Join us for a special edition of The Mike Gallagher Show as we dive into current events from the heart of Israel. With insights from Mike’s final day in the Holy Land, hear about the emerging conservative infighting sparked by Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. As tensions rise around discussions of Zionism and anti-Semitism, explore how beliefs shape political agendas and challenge existing narratives within the Republican spectrum. Delve deep into the transformative power of cinema with Dinesh D’Souza as he discusses ‘The Dragon’s Prophecy,’ a film connecting ancient biblical prophecy with modern-day events. Discover how archaeological finds
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This is a special edition of the Mike Gallagher Show as Mike returns to Israel on behalf of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. And now from Jerusalem, here’s Mike Gallagher.
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It’s our final day from the Holy Land. Take a look at the headlines making news. President Trump has urged the Republicans to end the shutdown by going nuclear on the Senate filibuster. Wow. That’s a big headline that we’ve got to sink our teeth into. According to a Fox News poll, Zoran Mamdani’s lead in New York City has narrowed. He’s still pretty… convincingly wins, but we will see where that’s going to land because we’re just a couple of days away from that historic election. And finally, the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, releases a statement about this dust-up among conservative circles. It feels like an, what’s the word, intercenine, intramural fighting, I think is the better way to put it. Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes and the State of Israel. If you’re on social media, last night I was telling Joey Hudson here in Israel, it’s kind of wild to see this battle royale about Israel. the role that conservatives play with support for the state of Israel. And it kind of all started when Tucker invited Nick Fuentes on his show. Now, I’m kind of of the mindset That if it’s true, if the narrative is correct, that anti-Semitism is creeping into MAGA and conservatives and influencers, we’re going to all have to take a stand. We’re going to all have to pick a side. And you know me, I’m a big Tucker Carlson fan. But when Tucker said that he dislikes Christian Zionists more than anybody… My jaw hit the floor. What does it mean to be a Zionist? It means you believe that Israel has a right to exist and God’s chosen people belong in Israel. It is foretold. It is prophesied in the Bible. I am no biblical scholar. I’m the dummy who said the other day that Jesus rose from the dead. Now, I think that’s still pretty… a normal way of talking about Jesus’ resurrection, but a lot of people said, no, no, no, he didn’t rise from the dead. He rose from the tomb. Jesus never died. And I’m not equipped. I am a Bible-believing Christian and a big-mouth talk show host. There’s people a lot smarter than me when it comes to being able to opine about scriptural declarations. But I guess I looked up what it means to be a Christian Zionist, and I thought, well, yeah, that’s me. Christian, do you have the clip of Tucker with what he said originally? We’ll play that for you in just a moment. But we do have the Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts, right? I want to play that clip for you because somehow the Heritage Foundation decided to get involved in this mess. And I’ll admit, it’s a mess. I’m going to ask our friend Dinesh D’Souza about it a little bit later this hour. He’s going to stop by to join us to talk a little bit about his latest project. So Tucker interviews Nick Fuentes, who is described as a… I mean, he’s in always negative terms. He’s a white nationalist. He’s a young guy who’s got the followers of the Groypers and all of this stuff. And look, I… I don’t know enough about him one way or the other. Some of the clips I’ve seen seem pretty offensive and shocking. And I watched the interview that Tucker had with Nick Fuentes on Tucker’s platform. It was two hours long. It was a long flight over here. And so I was looking for a lot of stuff to keep me occupied. The criticism that I’ve seen online of Tucker is that he was not harsh enough or didn’t press Nick Fuentes enough. He let him just say a lot of stuff, didn’t challenge him on anything, just in Tucker’s style, sort of asked a lot of questions. And so that has blown up that Tucker is sort of aligned with the America first white nationalist, we don’t want to support Israel anymore. movement within the conservative body. And so along comes Kevin Roberts from the Heritage Foundation, and he released a statement seemingly reacting to the criticism that Tucker Carlson has been receiving. Check this out.
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Guys. Guys. But when it doesn’t, conservatives should feel no obligation to reflexively support any foreign government, no matter how loud the pressure becomes from the globalist class or from their mouthpieces in Washington. The Heritage Foundation didn’t become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people or policing the consciences of Christians. And we won’t start doing that now. We don’t take direction from comments on X, though we are grateful for the robust free speech debate. We also don’t take direction from members or donors, though we are inherently grateful for their support. And we’re adding more every day. This is the robust debate we invite with our colleagues, our movement friends, our members, and the American public. We will always defend truth. We will always defend America. And we will always defend our friends against the slander of bad actors who serve someone else’s agenda. That includes Tucker Carlson, who remains, and as I have said before, always will be a close friend of the Heritage Foundation. The venomous coalition attacking him are sowing division. Their attempt to cancel him will fail. Most importantly, the American people expect us to be focusing on our political adversaries on the left, not attacking our friends on the right. I disagree with, and even abhor, things that Nick Fuentes says. But canceling him is not the answer either. When we disagree with a person’s thoughts and opinions, we challenge those ideas in debate. And we have seen success in this approach as we continue to dismantle the vile ideas of the left. As my friend Vice President Vance said last night, what I am not okay with is any country coming before the interest of American citizens, and it is important for all of us, assuming we are American citizens, to put the interest of our own country first. That’s where our allegiance lies, and that’s where it will stay.
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Okay. Now, again, that’s the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts. There was a… I saw one bit of analysis from somebody I follow on social media who says, here’s what I will say as a longtime fan of Heritage. It’s understandable that an organization like this would want to focus on fighting the left and avoid what they view as infighting on the right. But there are two very clearly incompatible ideas that Kevin Roberts advanced in that video. On the one hand, Kevin argues we should confront bad ideas instead of just canceling them. Then, less than a minute later, he refers to people confronting the bad ideas of Tucker Carlson slash Nick Fuentes as a venomous coalition and accuses them of sowing division. So which is it? Should we confront Tucker? Debate him? Call him out? Or if you do that, are you venomous and sowing division? This is very difficult and disappointing for me because I’m really hurt by all this infighting. And we’ve got everybody involved in this. You’ve got Brandon Tatum, who’s a friend of mine, and you’ve got people I don’t know like Candace Owens and people I’ve supported like Tucker Carlson. At the end of the day… A united right is going to outflank a united left every day of the week. And I’m telling you something. I think we are on the verge of having to get to a point where we’re going to have to make a decision. You’re going to have to choose a side. So let’s tackle this together. Let’s try anyway. 800-655-MIKE. Again, a little bit later this hour, we’re going to chat… with Dinesh D’Souza, the author, the filmmaker, host of the Dinesh D’Souza podcast here at Salem Media. And he’s got a tremendous, boy, what a great time to talk to Dinesh sitting here in Israel because he knows a thing or two about Israel because he’s all about The Dragon’s Prophecy, which is a tremendous film that you’re going to want to see. We’ll talk to Dinesh about that and a whole lot more. But first, let’s try to break all of this down. Let’s break down what you just heard from Kevin Roberts from the Heritage Foundation. And let’s get your take on this battling going on within the conservative movement. Because it’s painful to watch. It really is. And I’ll make no bones about it. I hate every bit of it. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. We’re in the Relief Factor studios in Jerusalem for our final day. We’re so glad you could be here. We’ve got a lot to cover. First of all, let’s put your voice front and center here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Hey, I’ve got to tell you, Tritail’s Premium Beef, my favorite meat delivery service in the world. They’ve got a deal right now that you can’t miss. For the first 30 orders over $499, they’re going to throw in a roast absolutely free. That’s right, a centerpiece meal straight from their Texas ranch added to your order at no cost. Here’s the thing. Once those 30 are gone, they’re gone. No second chances, no rain checks. This is ranch life, not retail stores, not retail games. Don’t wait. Gather your family, feed your table, feed your legacy. And if you’re the kind of person who says, well, I’ll get to it tomorrow, let me remind you, tomorrow’s roast will be somebody else’s. And Tritail’s Premium Beef still has all my favorite cuts with the Gallagher Patriot Box, just for you. Get one or two of those, add some of your favorites, and get yourself that free roast. Whether or not you get a free roast, you always get free shipping on all first orders and an automatic 10% off. Not a trick. It’s a treat as this offer expires halloween night 10 31 is the last day to get that free roast go right now to try beef.com slash gallagher that’s try beef.com slash gallagher try beef.com slash gallagher
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Who would have ever thunk it that John Fetterman would be the normal Democrat in America, huh? But he is, making a lot of sense, and he seems to be very concerned about SNAP benefits running out over the Democrat shutdown, the Schumer shutdown. It’s a mess. It’s a real mess. President Trump now floating the idea of nuking the filibuster, going nuclear, the nuclear option. And that just makes my blood run cold when I consider what the Democrats would do with that option if and when they get back into power. Heaven help us all. And, you know, as we’re trying to wade through this bizarre inter-movement fighting about democracy, Christianity and Zionism and anti-Semitism. Here I am in Jerusalem getting to talk to my friend and colleague, Dinesh D’Souza, about The Dragon’s Prophecy. And he joins us because it’s an amazing, amazing movie. And Dinesh, how great is it that I get to interview you from the heart of Jerusalem? Pretty cool, huh?
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Mike, it almost seems like our places should be reversed. I should be promoting the film right from Jerusalem. You should be at home base, but we are places interchanged. But it’s great. No, I envy you because that is such a special place in so many ways. And I’m glad you’re there.
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Well, and I’m delighted to promote the Dragon’s Prophecy by talking to you about it here on the Mike Gallagher Show from the JNS Studios here in Jerusalem. Before we get to the Dragon’s Prophecy, I know already it’s getting incredibly great feedback. I just couldn’t… I devoured it. It was amazing. It’s remarkable. It’s based on Jonathan Cahn’s number one international bestseller, The Dragon’s Prophecy. We’ll tackle that together. But, Dinesh, you’ve got… some personal hands-on experience with this battling that’s going on right now. When we get Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes sitting down together, the Heritage Foundation yesterday, Kevin Roberts comes out, I’m sure you’ve seen the clip, and he’s vociferously defending Tucker and saying we shouldn’t be canceling one another. All of this hurts my heart because I know that a united right is needed to defeat the United Left. And all this battling and bickering about what is right or wrong about Israel is kind of distracting and it’s counterproductive to what needs to happen right now. But Dinesh, I remember, correct me if I’m wrong, I think you debated Nick Fuentes and you shared that our dear friend and colleague, Charlie Kirk, Was not happy with that. He didn’t want Nick to be platformed. Make no mistake, Charlie Kirk was no Nick Fuentes fan. Can you share with us a little bit of that backstory and pull the curtain back a little bit? And then more importantly, give me your take on this battling that’s going on right now between Tucker and the rest of, you know, conservative world.
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Yeah, I think the key distinction here is between having a debate, having a forum, challenging ideas in the open market on the one hand, and what I’m going to call kind of credentialism on the other. In other words, giving someone recognition, mainstreaming them, amplifying them, giving them a kind of passport of respectability, if you will, on the right. Those are two very different things. Now, I debated Nick Fuentes because I kind of heard him saying something like, I’m the alpha male. Everybody’s scared of me. Ben Shapiro’s scared of me. Charlie Kirk’s scared of me. Nobody will debate me. And I’m like, I’ll debate you. And so that’s kind of how that got set up. It turned out it was a very lively debate. It was very substantive, focused on the Trump strike on the Iran nuclear facilities. Nick was actually came like dressed like a schoolboy, very respectable, was very courteous. So this was not an abusive debate. You know, he didn’t have the I was kind of worried it’d be like, Dinesh, go back to India. You’re brown. We don’t need brown people in this country. He has done that kind of stuff before, but he didn’t do it in our debate. Now, right after the debate, Charlie kind of very testily text me multiple texts. The net effect of which was this guy’s vermin. I can’t believe you even gave him a platform. You’re mainstream. You’re helping to mainstream him. And I said to Charlie, I’m not mainstreaming him. I’m actually debating him. I’m on the other side as Nick Fuentes. I think this is really the key difference between me and Tucker. And that is that I am challenging, attacking, debating Nick. And what Tucker is doing is basically playing the avuncular uncle, giving Nick respectability. Nick will say outrageous things and Tucker’s like, oh, yeah, well, that’s very interesting. So Tucker plays the neutral. But it’s quite clear if you look at the contrast between the way Tucker treated, say, Ted Cruz on the one hand and Nick Fuentes on the other, whose side Tucker Carlson is on.
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Well, Tucker advances an America First agenda and in so doing suggests that we shouldn’t be involved in anybody else’s wars, we shouldn’t be investing in anybody else’s conflicts, and as a result of that, Tucker is being accused of being anti-Semitic. From your point of view, and I think, and Tucker’s defenders would say, look, criticizing Israel, questioning Israel, disputing what Israel is doing doesn’t make you, in fact, an anti-Semite, doesn’t in and of itself at least make you an anti-Semite. What do you make of the accusation that Tucker Carlson is an anti-Semite?
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Number one, I’m extremely reluctant to use that word, partly because I think that words like racist and anti-Semite can in the past have been overused and misused in some cases. I think with Tucker, it’s completely disingenuous to say that he’s solely criticizing the actions of Netanyahu or of the Israeli government. Tucker has kind of discussion of this topic has metastasized pretty far and wide. Here are some of the things that he has said. Number one, he had a guest on who said to Tucker’s approbation that Churchill was essentially the villain of World War Two, not Hitler, but Winston Churchill. Number two, we should potentially have allied with Hitler against Stalin and not the other way around. Number three, Sharia law is not so bad. Tucker’s newsletters are full of defenses of Qatar. Tucker has said that Hamas is not really a terrorist group, but a, quote, political movement. Tucker has implied that the Jews killed Christ. Tucker described even at the event we were at, the Charlie Cook Memorial, a bunch of kind of hummus-eating people, obviously Jews, chuckling over the shutting Jesus up kind of in the same way that this assassin shut Charlie Cook up. Tucker has actually gone way beyond kind of you could call it foreign policy, America first disagreement about Israel. And so I think it is reasonable to ask. And by the way, these are views that Tucker is expressing now that are radically different from what Tucker himself used to say before. So I think it’s reasonable to ask, what are the guy’s motives? What’s going on with this character?
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Well, I’ll add one to your list, and I watched the Nick Fuentes interview that Tucker did on his platform, and Tucker expressed, and I played the clip a moment ago, he dislikes Christian Zionists more than anyone. He thinks that’s Christian heresy, and of course… You look up what it means to be a Christian Zionist. We believe that the Jews have a right to the land of Israel, that Israel has a right to exist, and that it’s biblical prophecy. And Tucker dislikes those of us who believe in that more than anyone else. And I have to admit, as a longtime Tucker fan, I’m kind of shocked at that. I mean, should we be ashamed to be so-called Christian Zionists?
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You know, the weird thing here, Mike, is that these sort of advocates of supersessionism or replacement theology, they act like they’re doing some interdenominational argument with dispensationalism, as if you and I spend all day talking about what’s going to happen week by week in the end times. The Pope. not exactly a dispensationalist, obviously not a Protestant, just came out and basically said there’s no Christianity that’s not anchored in the Old Testament, that Jesus is a product of the prophets and of Abraham, and there’s a sort of straight and continuous line running from the Old Testament to the New. So this is not dispensationalism. This is the mainstream of Christianity, what C.S. Lewis called mere Christianity, going back 2,000 years. That’s what they’re attacking.
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Dinesh, I want to, of course, talk about the Dragon’s Prophecy, but one more point on this debate going on right now online and on air. among conservatives. You and I have a history here about confronting and challenging, and yes, I guess we’d say platforming, people with whom we disagree. Years ago, I was in touch with the Westboro Baptist Church crazies. Those people would go protest outside the funerals of people who suffered terrible deaths. And it was awful. They were going to protest outside those kids, those Amish kids that were slaughtered. They were protesting out of various high-profile funerals. And I struck a deal with them. I said, look, because they wanted to come on my show. And I said, look, if you come on my show and promise not to protest at one of these funerals, you could debate a friend of mine, Dinesh D’Souza. Would you be willing to do that? Do you remember that? That had to be 15, 20 years ago.
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I do remember it.
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It was crazy, and it was wild, and it was productive because they spewed their craziness. You challenged them because, look, I’m not equipped to debate scriptures with anybody. And I got some criticism for, again, platforming the Westboro Baptist Church. In my mind, I was preventing them from hurting more people. And the agreement they came to was if they come on my show and debate Dinesh, they won’t go to that high-profile funeral that was going to be taking place. And I didn’t want those families to be hurt by those awful ghouls with their picket signs. And so that was the agreement. And I was actually very proud of that. And I was proud of you because you did a magnificent job in taking them on. But it’s the same kind of argument here. Tucker shouldn’t platform Nick Fuentes. So what you and I did… We challenged the Westboro Baptist Church every step of the way. I think the criticism Tucker’s receiving is he didn’t do enough to challenge Nick Fuentes the other day.
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Yes, I think that here’s my disagreement, really, with Charlie in that series of texts. I thought to myself, over the years, I have debated people on the far left, Jesse Jackson, years ago, Walter Mondale, the head of the Civil Rights Commission, Mary Frances Berry. Then in the 2010s, right about then, I debated all these leading atheists with whom I could not disagree more vehemently and on a more fundamental issue. So why would I be willing to debate people on the left and the far left and not be willing to debate Nick Fuentes? I’m in favor of challenging these kinds of ideas. My worry with Tucker is really something quite different. And this is where Kevin Roberts kind of either missed the point or tried to shift the focus. It’s not about canceling anybody. It’s not about shutting down free speech. It’s ultimately about What do we stand for on the conservative right? I mean, Nick Fuentes has said some outrageous things about beating up on women and all kinds of stuff, jokes about the Holocaust. I mean, the Republican Party, if you mainstream that kind of stuff, it’s hard to see you winning another national election. And so I think this has implications way beyond Tucker. It involves people like like Bannon, J.D. Vance. Ultimately, what we’re saying is let’s try to figure out what we on the MAGA right really stand for. And that’s a quite separate issue from whether or not it’s a good idea to have open debate, which I think it obviously is.
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All right. I knew you would have some compelling analysis over all this, and we haven’t even gotten to the dragon’s prophecy. I hate to do this to guests live on air, but do you mind holding over for a couple of moments so we can get into the film? I’m happy to. Thank you, Dinesh. I always appreciate that very much. in America. Now that’s no surprise to me, that’s no news to me, because his work reflects integrity, faith in God, and the conservative values we hold dear. The joke I always have with Dean, and of course my business manager, Joey Hudson, is I wish I had met Dean years ago, he would have saved me a lot of money. But he’s saving me money now because that’s Dean’s focus, is to keep you from paying one extra penny to the government that you don’t have to. He’s going to help develop a financial plan for you long term. He wants to take great care of you and your financial future, so don’t wait. Take control of your future. Call Dean Owens’ office today at 270-554-0720. 270-554-0720. Or just visit owenscpa.com. Let someone who shares your faith and values, because he’s one of us, help you secure the financial future you deserve. He’s doing a great job for me. He will for you, too. My CPA can be yours, too. Dean Owens, CPA. OwensCPA.com or call 270-554-0720. More with Dinesh D’Souza, live from Israel, coming up. You ready to drop up to 20 pounds or more by the new year? Have you been struggling with belly fat forever? You know, the older you get, the harder it is to say goodbye to those unwanted pounds. PHD Weight Loss cracked the code. They have a metabolic reset system that’s a science-backed way to get your body to burn fat first. Look, I’ve tried everything my whole life. I counted points. I counted calories. I did crazy starvation diets. Then I met Dr. Ashley Lucas, and I learned all about her brilliant program called PhD Weight Loss, the only program that guarantees your success and your results. If I can lose over 50 pounds and keep it off over a couple of years, you can too. Everybody can. When you call right now, they’ll waive your consultation fee, you’ll get two extra weeks free, and they’ll cover the cost of your food during the program. Just for booking, you’ll get Dr. Ashley’s book, Five Steps to Reset the Scale. Hurry, call today, 864-644-1900, Ph.D. Weight Loss, 864-644-1900, or visit their website at myphdweightloss.com.
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I always hate it when a talk show host says to a guest, can you stay another segment with me? Because I always feel like it’s putting the guest on the spot, and I hardly ever do that. But Dinesh, I wanted to get to the Dragon’s Prophecy. We got a little sidetracked with some great conversation about this whole Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes and all that stuff. The Dragon’s Prophecy, just an amazing movie. I finally got around to it. I’ve been waiting to see it. I loved every second of it. Look, it speaks right to sort of this debate we’re having among conservatives. A Christian Zionist is a Christian who believes that the return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel and the modern state of Israel are fulfillments of biblical prophecy and part of God’s divine plan. Look, this is one of the big themes of your movie. How does good prevail over evil? Who is good? Who is evil? Whose land is it anyway? Tell us a little bit about this splendid movie, your latest work, The Dragon’s Prophecy.
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The film, which is a bit of a departure for me in the sense that my earlier films are focused mainly on the meaning of America, but this film is a connection between politics and the Bible. It’s about Israel and Hamas and radical Islam, but it’s also about biblical archaeology and biblical prophecy. Now, I’ll say a word about the archaeology for a moment because it ties into what we’ve been talking about. For many, many centuries, you have these major figures in the Bible from Pontius Pilate, the high priest named Caiaphas. But centuries earlier, the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah and centuries before that, King David. Now, these guys were in the Bible, but they were only in the Bible. You needed to have sort of faith to believe in them because there was no non-biblical tradition. attestation about them. But now, in recent years and decades, out of the ground are coming artifacts, by which I mean stone inscriptions and clay seals and other objects, coins. And what’s happening is that these figures from the Bible are jumping into the pages of history via the pathway of archaeology. So what does this show you? It shows you, number one, that not only is the Bible historically valid, it’s about real people and true events. But number two, it shows you the ancient presence of the Jews in that land. And so it’s very relevant to the debate about whose land is it really. And so the film, again, it’s October 7th, it’s about the war, but it goes back to the very beginning and it projects forward to give you a hint also of biblical prophecy, like where are things going in the future?
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Our colleague Tom Tradup sent me a video from our headquarters at Salem showing them sending out boxes and boxes and boxes of the DVDs. And I can tell you right now how it’s available, salemnow.com. You do not want to miss it. The Dragon’s Prophecy. People are clamoring for it, and I promise you, you’ll be glad you watched it. SalemNow.com. It’s now streaming. It’s available. SalemNow.com. Dinesh D’Souza, what an incredible privilege it is and a blessing to talk to you from the Holy Land. I so appreciate your participation in the show. Keep fighting the good fight. We’ll see you again soon.
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All the best. Thank you, Mike.
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Thanks, Dinesh. When we came here shortly after October 7th, we interviewed Colonel Keith Isaacson. He was in charge of security for the kibbutz that was so brutally attacked by Hamas. I wanted to catch up with Colonel Keith Isaacson and see what his perspective is today after that dreadful, awful day, October 7th. Stick around. There’s a lot more from Israel coming up. Stay with us. Every single day it’s a joy to remind you that portions of our show are sponsored by MyPillow. As you know, our friend Mike Lindell, big legal victory last week. He’s been in a ton of hot water, as you know, because he believes in election integrity. Of course, due to his friendship with President Trump. Well, last week there was a $5 million vote. judgment against Mike that was overturned by the courts. Good news for MyPillow. So you keep praying for MyPillow and you keep supporting this great American company. The premium MyPillow, limited time, great price, $18.98. If you go to MyPillow.com, this pillow is a godsend. Look, I bring the MyPillow products with me when I’m on the road. Here at the hotel in Washington State, I’ve got the MySlippers with me, those unbelievable slippers, because I pat around in the hotel room. I don’t know what’s on that rug. I bring the MyPillow with me. I roll it up into the suitcase. I’ve even got my MyPillow loungewear. Tons of great products. If you haven’t been to the site in a while, go check it out. Go to MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher specials. Click on that box. And with anything you order, enter the promo code MikeG. You’re going to save big. The slippers, the doggy beds, and the Giza dream sheets. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Like we love to sing. For the best night’s sleep in the whole wide world, visit MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG.
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This is a special edition of the Mike Gallagher Show as Mike returns to Israel on behalf of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. And now from Jerusalem, here’s Mike Gallagher.
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There’s an awful lot of breaking news to cover today, including President Trump’s suggestion that maybe Republicans should go nuclear and get rid of the filibuster in order to reopen the government. And that’s, of course, getting a lot of people’s attention. There’s also a lot of drama about battling within the conservative spectrum, if you will, over support for Israel and what it means to support Israel. And is it anti-Semitic to question what Israel is doing? And there’s been a real robust, contentious dialogue that has emerged from Tucker Carlson sitting down with Nick Fuentes on Tucker’s show. So there’s just a lot to do. And this is our final day today from Jerusalem. It has been a very, very meaningful week for us. I hope you’ve appreciated our shows from the Holy Land here in the Jewish News Syndicate TV studios and radio facility. It’s been an honor and a blessing to be back in the Holy Land again. And I have to say, it’s a much different atmosphere from the last time we were here, which was just a couple of months or number of weeks, actually, after the Hamas terror attack of October the 7th, where so many men, women, and children were brutally slain, taken hostage. These monsters know no mercy. And… We had a chance to interview a number of people in the aftermath of the October 7th attack, including Colonel Keith Isaacson, who’s a lieutenant colonel with the IDF, chief of security, the Eshkol region. And it was his… duty to deal with the horrific, horrific attack. As the chief of security, he has been safeguarding 32 communities along the Gaza border. If you’ll remember, if you’ve been with the show long enough, we went to the Gaza – what’s called the Gaza envelope. And in fact, during my interview with Colonel Keith Isaacson, we could hear a big boom off in the distance. And, of course, that was one of the so-called cannons firing off in this ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. I thought it would be appropriate, since we returned to Jerusalem under much different circumstances this week, we are here on behalf of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews once more, this wonderful ministry that does so much good for so many people here in Israel. And this is the final day of our campaign to invite you to support the fellowship with your donations. I thought it would be meaningful and significant to visit with Colonel Keith Isaacson again. So, it is with… that in mind that we welcome Colonel Keith Isaacson back to the Mike Gallagher Show. Colonel, it’s great to see you and have you back on the show again on what is now a very different time, certainly a different atmosphere here in Israel, as I said, and I thought it would be nice to sort of catch up with you. Can you share with us Where you are today and how you feel today, looking back on the time since October 7th to now, give us your thoughts about the security and the safety of the people that you are responsible for. Just tell us a little bit about maybe share with us your heart a little bit about what it was like then and what it feels like today.
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Well, thank you for having me. It’s good to be back on your show. The 7th of October, if I can put it in one word, one sentence, we were by ourselves. The army was fighting something that was almost impossible for the first hours. Many terrorists, thousands of them breaching in many, many different places. They attacked bases, they attacked communities, 28 communities, all the bases. and a few other things. And it was hours long and very difficult hours until we got control. It took about 12 hours and then another 12 hours to clean the area. The fighting went for two weeks because there were still pockets of terrorists all over the place. So only on the 21st of the 10th, the fighting finished. Now, Two years later, first of all, yesterday, the kibbutz that was hit very badly and 76 hostages were taken. The last one came back. Unfortunately, he’s not alive, but he came back to be buried in Israel. So 76 of the one community, all the hostages have come back. So that is like closing a… like a two-year period. 28 communities have come back out of the 32. We still have four communities that are not back yet, most probably during 26 and maybe even 27 until they come back. four communities from Eshkol and another one community from another municipality. Of course, the arrangement, the security arrangements have changed. Also, the army has a different approach. And, of course, we are monitoring what’s going to happen, what kind of agreements at the end between – God and Israel. At the moment, we have the yellow line, which that’s something is very, very important. What’s important to us that there’s a buffer zone.
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Sure.
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How much of a buffer zone? I won’t get into that, but that’s very important for us. Another thing is very important is the Philadelphia corridor that is very, very important for us that it’s under our control. Of course, our first responders, we are training much more. We have more equipment and there’s still a lot, a lot of work still to be done. But we are rebuilding. And that’s also where the fellowship comes in. We are rebuilding our victory sign. is coming back, rebuilding, being stronger, and having more families come to live in this area.
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Well, and that’s why it’s so important for our audience to support the fellowship, because you’re absolutely directly helping with this rebuilding effort when you support the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. I hope everyone will go to mikeonline.com. and make an online donation please support this tremendous ministry because they are they’re doing they’re doing the lord’s work they’re doing god’s work they’re doing incredible things uh and you have an opportunity to have a direct hand in this rebuilding effort since october 7th so you can go to mikeonline.com to make a donation and thank you thank you for supporting this fellowship this this wonderful ministry keith if i can go back and ask you about the 76 hostages that were were taken from one particular community I noticed that you sort of, you said they’ve all come home, but of course that’s living and dead. And a lot of people don’t understand that the importance for the Jewish faith, for the community, to have even the remains of a loved one who has been killed returned. In other words, a lot of people say, look, the 20 living hostages came back yesterday, Let’s just blow Gaza to smithereens. Who cares about the remains? They’re dead. I think it’s culturally important to make sure people understand that to the Jewish people, there’s not really a difference between living and dead, right? The sanctity of the body, the sanctity of the remains is very, very important. And I think that maybe… in the United States and people who aren’t Jewish, maybe we don’t fully understand that, but that is true, right? That you, you, you hold both the living and the dead in sort of equal stead. Do you not?
SPEAKER 07 :
I’ll make it very simple. We will do everything. We will go in. We will fight myself, my kids, my family to get every dead hostage back to burial grounds. in the state of Israel. Very, very simple.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yep, yep. And look, you have done that. You and your brother, Brett. The story of the Isaacson brothers is one for the ages, because your brother, it’s been described to me, almost single-handedly protected the Miv Tahim Junction, which is the main access point. You, as head of security, you commandeered a vehicle. You commanded intense operations from a bunker. You thwarted future attacks. You and your brother are heroes. You’re like a couple of guys from one of those action movies, I think. And it just makes me so proud to know you and to be able to talk to you. If I may ask, of the 76 hostages… And again, we’ve not distinguished between the living and the dead. How many of those 76 were killed by Hamas?
SPEAKER 07 :
I better not answer that because I don’t know and I don’t want to make a mistake. So I don’t remember how many came alive and how many came dead. But even today when I spoke to someone living in Neroz, he said, Wow, we finished. They’re all back. He didn’t say live or dead. He just said they’re all back. And that is so important to us. And just to say one thing, the real heroes are my first responders. 32 of them were killed on the 7th of October defending the 32 communities. And if it wasn’t for those first responders and, of course, the IDF, I never forget the IDF and the soldiers, the many soldiers and officers that were killed. But my first responders, 32 were killed, saving thousands of civilians living in their school and also first responders from other communities surrounding the Gaza Strip.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, you’re one of our heroes. I know you’re modest. You and your brother are incredible, incredible human beings. And God bless you. Thank you for visiting with us today. I feel a lot better talking to you now than I did back then in those weeks after October 7th. Keep fighting the good fight, Colonel Keith Isaacson. I’m glad you could join us. God bless.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you very much for having me.
SPEAKER 04 :
Eighteen past the hour. More coming up from Israel, including we got we’re going to dive into this. Let’s tackle it. President Trump threw a proverbial hand grenade under the tent of politics of the body politic. This government shutdown does not seem to be coming to an end anytime soon. Our president suggests it’s time to go nuclear, get rid of the filibuster, and let’s get the government reopened. We’ll see what you think about that and a whole lot more coming up on this Friday, October 31st episode of The Mike Gallagher Show from the Jewish News Syndicate studios in Jerusalem, JNS.org. For all things Jewish News Syndicate, you don’t want to miss it, JNS.org. The Mike Gallagher Show continues.
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