Verdict with Ted Cruz - November 04, 2025


BONUS POD： Safe in the Holy Land-A Firsthand Look at Life in Jerusalem Today


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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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00:00:05.800 Have some of these raids gone too far?
00:00:08.100 No, I think they haven't gone far enough
00:00:10.120 because we've been held back by the judges,
00:00:13.180 by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama.
00:00:17.120 You're okay with those tactics?
00:00:18.860 Yeah, because you have to get the people out.
00:00:20.480 You know, you have to look at the people.
00:00:22.040 Many of them are murderers.
00:00:23.480 Many of them are people that were thrown out of their countries
00:00:26.300 because they were, you know, criminals.
00:00:27.880 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
00:00:32.200 Good morning.
00:00:32.780 It's nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:35.800 And we are live in Jerusalem right now.
00:00:38.800 It is actually Tuesday.
00:00:40.680 Well, where we're recording this with my producer, it is Monday.
00:00:44.000 Eight hours ahead of where he is right now.
00:00:46.420 And I got to tell you,
00:00:47.560 trying to figure out the times to do these connections,
00:00:50.600 the U.S. has been comical.
00:00:52.260 This show is going to have a little bit different feel than normal
00:00:55.600 as we are going to be in Israel all week.
00:00:58.160 And we're going to start with one of the incredible stories
00:01:01.160 that is on the front page of the Jerusalem Post.
00:01:04.340 But first, right now, all of us,
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00:01:44.240 The psychological torture that is taking place on the Israeli people by Hamas.
00:01:51.420 The headline is simple.
00:01:52.720 The three partial remains that Hamas returned to Israel on Friday night
00:01:57.340 do not belong to any of the hostages still in Gaza.
00:02:01.300 DNA tests conducted at the Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine
00:02:05.300 have concluded late on Friday,
00:02:07.360 the IDF was preparing for the return of the partial remains
00:02:10.880 of three slain Gaza hostages.
00:02:13.340 The Red Cross, acting as intermediaries,
00:02:16.980 handed over the remains to the IDF troops overnight.
00:02:20.420 But Hamas had not specified whose remains it was handing over.
00:02:26.020 Hamas said in a statement on Saturday
00:02:27.960 that it initially offered three samples from unidentified bodies
00:02:32.640 to Israeli authorities for, quote, testing.
00:02:35.760 In order to not impede the handover of the bodies,
00:02:38.780 we offered to deliver three samples from a number of unidentified corpses.
00:02:43.340 Hamas stated on Telegram, saying, quote,
00:02:46.200 Israel refused to accept the sample
00:02:48.380 and demanded to receive the bodies for examination.
00:02:51.700 And we handed them over to preempt the enemy's claims.
00:02:55.520 Again, Hamas still referring to Israel as their enemy.
00:02:58.920 A statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross
00:03:02.280 said that the organization, acting as a neutral intermediary,
00:03:06.880 assisted this evening at the request and with the approval of both parties
00:03:11.900 in returning the remains of three bodies to Israeli authorities.
00:03:15.780 The identification process is the responsibility of the relevant authorities in Israel
00:03:21.340 and will be carried out by then.
00:03:23.020 The reality is these bodies did not belong to any of the hostages.
00:03:28.820 And this goes back to what I have been witnessing since I've been in Israel.
00:03:33.060 This has been an incredible trip as I have, for the very first time on my pilgrimage,
00:03:37.180 been able to see where Jesus walked,
00:03:39.200 see where he carried the cross for his own death,
00:03:42.920 and to see exactly what life is like in Israel.
00:03:46.720 There are a couple of things that I want to be clear about.
00:03:49.140 Number one, on this trip, it has been a spiritual journey for me.
00:03:53.820 I will never shy away from talking about that.
00:03:56.440 I will also tell you that if you're thinking about coming to Israel,
00:03:59.760 now is the time to do it.
00:04:01.280 It has been incredibly safe, especially in Jerusalem.
00:04:05.140 And I can tell you that there are so many people that want to come to Israel,
00:04:08.720 and they haven't felt like it was the right time.
00:04:11.000 After being here, I would feel incredibly safe bringing my entire family.
00:04:16.060 This ceasefire and the leadership of Donald Trump to get this peace in the Middle East
00:04:22.100 and the Abraham Accords is truly historic, but it's also very real.
00:04:26.540 But there's also another aspect of this trip that I think is as important to tell you about,
00:04:31.640 and that is witnessing the torture.
00:04:34.160 Just like the story I told you about Hamas and the partial remains sent to Hamas
00:04:38.960 that they said were the hostages were actually not at all.
00:04:42.900 What we are witnessing right now is truly psychological warfare.
00:04:47.520 It's psychological warfare by a terrorist organization that still refers to Israel as the enemy
00:04:52.540 in their own statement on Telegram today.
00:04:55.320 What we're also witnessing is something else that's extremely concerning,
00:04:59.280 and part of the reason why I decided to take this trip to Israel.
00:05:02.260 And that is the rise of anti-Semitism on the right in America.
00:05:06.760 I had the privilege this evening of speaking with and hearing the story
00:05:12.180 of the mother of one of the hostages that was just returned to Israel.
00:05:16.140 You may remember the video that went viral of a young lady on the back of a motorcycle
00:05:21.900 sandwiched between two men holding her hand out begging for help from her boyfriend.
00:05:26.620 You may remember that he moved that camera to the right,
00:05:30.520 and you could see the boyfriend pleading and wanting to grab his girlfriend.
00:05:35.600 They were taken hostage, and they were separated.
00:05:38.900 That story I was able to film tonight of a man by the name of Mr. Orr,
00:05:46.260 the mother of the hostage, told the story of her son,
00:05:50.320 of how she found out about when he was taken,
00:05:53.220 and how he was kept underground without being able to see the son literally for years.
00:05:59.120 That story I have put up on social media so that you can hear it.
00:06:03.540 I have put it up on my Facebook account, the video.
00:06:08.300 And I hope that every one of you will go look at it on Facebook so that you can hear that story.
00:06:12.920 But what you learn when you are here and you talk to the hostage victims and their families
00:06:18.000 is that their stories have not been told by the media.
00:06:22.220 Their torture has not been told by the media.
00:06:24.820 And in fact, what we've seen by the media is for them to imply on every opportunity they get
00:06:29.700 that Israel is somehow evil, that they are committing genocide,
00:06:32.860 that they are the ones that are hurting innocent people, which is not the case at all.
00:06:37.200 I go back to this partial remains that were sent by Hamas,
00:06:42.540 knowing that it was not actually the hostages' bodies.
00:06:47.100 This is torturing the families.
00:06:49.540 They know this is psychological warfare.
00:06:51.680 We also know that because of the leadership of President Trump,
00:06:55.020 we got to the point where all living hostages were given back.
00:06:58.600 And there is incredible gratitude in Israel right now for the President of the United States of America
00:07:03.340 and him accomplishing something very quickly that the prior administration couldn't do
00:07:08.400 or didn't do on purpose.
00:07:10.360 You can decide.
00:07:11.420 Which brings me to the other point,
00:07:13.200 and it's something I'm going to be focusing on on this show the next several days.
00:07:16.800 There is definitely a rise in anti-Semitism in America in the right right now.
00:07:22.240 It is being led by names that I'm sure you know about.
00:07:25.100 Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuente, and others who have decided
00:07:30.040 that Israel is not important as an ally of the United States of America.
00:07:34.380 It is also giving incredible help to the terrorist group Hamas.
00:07:39.140 And there is many that are concerned in Israel about this happening in America.
00:07:44.640 In fact, it's been the number one thing I've been asked about as I've been in Israel,
00:07:49.400 is what is happening with Republicans and conservatives.
00:07:52.600 There was a warning on the top page of the Jerusalem Post yesterday.
00:07:55.980 The headline read,
00:07:56.820 A Growing Cancer.
00:07:58.020 Senator Cruz Warns of Anti-Semitism Spike on the U.S. Right.
00:08:02.420 The senator says issue is accelerated by online normalization of fringe figures.
00:08:07.420 He also said the church is asleep.
00:08:09.340 I couldn't agree more with that.
00:08:10.700 And he called on Christian leaders to act.
00:08:13.060 Senator Cruz delivering a dramatic warning that anti-Semitism is spreading
00:08:17.460 on parts of America's right and urged conservatives, pastors, and lay leaders
00:08:23.620 to draw red lines and confront it head on.
00:08:27.340 After being in Israel, I couldn't agree with this more than what I've witnessed since being here.
00:08:32.260 And the danger is very high.
00:08:34.480 The danger, as President Trump has put it, and Senator Cruz has put it,
00:08:37.940 is that you now have hardcore conservatives that are turning a younger generation to be anti-Semitic.
00:08:44.900 There's real anti-Semitism on the right now.
00:08:47.860 And there are a lot of conservatives that are now believing that it's somehow okay to say to Israel,
00:08:54.340 you're not our ally.
00:08:55.840 I also want to talk about national security issues.
00:08:58.500 And it's something we'll focus on tomorrow.
00:09:00.700 And that is just how important Israel is when it comes to fighting ISIS, Al-Qaeda,
00:09:06.520 and Islamic extremism in the Middle East.
00:09:08.920 And how much intelligence they give to America that allows us to stay safe.
00:09:13.240 That is going to be part of what we're going to talk about.
00:09:15.620 We're also going to talk about what I see on the ground,
00:09:18.280 as I am going to visit the site of the terrorist attack, where that festival was.
00:09:22.660 I'm going to meet with more families tomorrow that loved ones were killed,
00:09:27.060 and some that were able to come home.
00:09:28.980 And the leaders that are having to deal with the fallout of the war that has happened for far too long.
00:09:35.040 So we're going to take a moment this week to talk about Israel and the politics of it.
00:09:39.660 So what I'll tell you is this.
00:09:41.320 Go on Facebook and watch the video of the mother tell the story of her son who has just returned.
00:09:46.460 And listen to that story and tell me,
00:09:48.060 Why on earth would we not stand with these people that were attacked in a horrific way?
00:09:53.020 The worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
00:09:55.740 Listen to her words.
00:09:57.320 And we'll talk more about anti-Semitism on the right as well.
00:10:00.780 Finally, what I'll tell you is this.
00:10:02.620 The people of Israel, they are so thankful for Donald Trump becoming president yet again.
00:10:08.160 They love that we have a president that is standing with them.
00:10:11.000 And also understands there's a difference between right and wrong and good and evil.
00:10:14.980 That there is clarity in the world now of where America stands with Israel.
00:10:19.220 And it's part of the conversation I'm happy to be having while I'm here in Jerusalem.
00:10:24.160 I'll see you back here tomorrow for more from Israel.
00:10:27.560 Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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00:10:41.460 And we will see you back here tomorrow.
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