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Donald Trump
This is an iHeart podcast. Well, then, for Iran's leaders to renounce terrorists, stop threatening their neighbors, quit funding their militant proxies, and finally recognize Israel's right to existence. They have to do that. They have to do that. And to Iran. And as you know, this is not said out of weakness, that there's no weakness. But I'm going to say this, that we are ready when you are. And it will be the best decision that Iran has ever made. And it's going to happen. It's going to happen. And they're good people. A lot of the. I know a lot of Iranians in the United States are good people. Smart, hardworking people. They don't want to see what's happened to their country. The story of fierce Israeli resolve and triumph since October 7th should be proof to the entire world that those who seek to destroy this nation are doomed to bitter failure. The state of Israel is strong and it will live and thrive forever. And that is why Israel will always remain a vital ally of the United States of America. Israelis share our values. Field one of the world's most powerful militaries. You really do. You have an amazing. What a job. What a job you've done. And have one of the most innovative economies on earth. Those are just a few of the reasons why I'm proud to be the best friend that Israel has ever had. And they all say it in the White House. They all say it. I guess it's true because everybody says it. Bibi said it today.
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David Brody
Thank you.
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Donald Trump
But as president, I terminated the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. And ultimately I terminated Iran's nuclear program with things called B2 bombers. It was. It was swift and it was accurate and it was a military beauty. I authorized the spending of billions of dollars which went to Israel's defense, as you know. And after years of. And after years of broken prom from many other American presidents, you know, that they kept promising. I never understood it until I got there. There was a lot of pressure put on these presidents. It was put on me, too. But I didn't yield to the pressure. But every president for decades said, we're going to do it. The difference is I kept my promise and officially recognized the capital of Israel and moved the American embassy to Jerusale. Isn't that right, Miriam? Look at Miriam. She's back there.
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Jake Novak
Stand up, Miriam.
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Donald Trump
Stand up. Miriam and Sheldon would come into the office. They'd call me, he'd call me. I think. I think they had more trips to the White House than anybody else. I can't Think of. Look at her sitting there so innocently. She's got 60 billion in the bank. 60 billion. And she loves. And she. I think she's saying, no more. And she loves Israel, but she loves it. And they would come in and her husband was a very aggressive man, but I loved him. He was very aggressive, very supportive of me. And he'd call up, can I come over and see you? I say, sheldon, I'm the President of the United States. It doesn't work that way. He'd come in. But they were very responsible for so much, including getting me thinking about Golan Heights, which is probably one of the greatest things to ever happen to Israel. Miriam, stand up, please. She really is. I mean, she loves this country. She loves this country. Her and her husband are so incredible. We miss him so dearly. But I actually asked her. I'm going to get her in trouble with this. But I actually asked her once, I said, so, Miriam, I know you love Israel. What do you love more, the United States or Israel? She refused to answer. That means that might mean Israel. I must say, we love you. Thank you, darling, for being here. That's a great honor. Great honor. She's a wonderful woman. She is a great woman. I've always stood for the people of this community, and I always will. I'll always be with you. I'm always going to be with you. I guess maybe something could happen that changed my mind. Somebody that's really stupid gets into office and wants to do really bad things, but that's about it. We don't think we're going to have that happen. I hope we're not going to have that happen. And this man is a good man right here. These two men are good men right here. I have an idea. Mr. President, why don't you give him a pardon? Give him a pardon. Come on. By the way, that was not in the speech, as you probably know, but I happen to like this gentleman right over here. And it just seems to make so much sense, you know, whether we like it or not. This has been one of the greatest wartime presidents. This has been one of the greatest wartime presidents. And cigars and champagne. Who the hell cares about that? All right, enough controversy for the day. Right? It's actually. I don't think it's very controversial. So, you know, I mean, I see. So popular. You are a very popular man. You know why? Because you know how to win. Over the past two years, I've met many of the families of the Israelis taken hostage and those that were taken hostage. Unbelievable. I've looked into their eyes. I've seen the worst nightmares of their suffering. But I've also seen something else. The beautiful love of the people. The love of people, frankly, that hold things together. The love that gives you the courage to carry on through thousands of years of persecution and repression and to emerge with the Heart of David. It's the Heart of David. It's that love that's defeated the enemies of civilization, built this incredible country and this unbelievable economy, and forged one of the great democracies of the world. That is why it's a true honor to stand here today and address this assembly in your ancient and eternal now capital, Jerusalem. I'm proud to have helped in that regard. This city and this nation stand as living proof that a much brighter future for this entire region is truly within our grasp. For thousands of years, Jerusalem has been a home to Christians, Jews, Muslims, and people of all ethnicities and creeds. This is the holy center of the world's three great Abrahamic faiths. I like that too. Adorned. It's the first time I've seen that word in a while. Adorned with their sacred sites and alive with their pilgrims and visitors from every corner of the globe. But here, between the Western Wall, the Temple Mount, and the hill called Calvary, people of every faith and background live, work, pray, serve and raise their families side by side. And they do it with love. This example is just one of the modern miracles that Israel has given to the world. And just in closing, the leaders in this chamber know better than anyone else the challenges of disharmony. And it's been easily won. No, it hasn't. It has not been. It's been so tough, but it has been, some say, a miracle. What you've done is a miracle. Look at your size. Look at your chances when it all started. And you know, if you think about it, you are safer today, stronger today, and more respected today than at any time in the history of Israel. Think of it. People used to say it wouldn't exist. They don't say that anymore, do they? Yet if safety, security and coexistence can thrive here in the winding alleys and ancient paths of Jerusalem, then surely peace and respect can flourish among the nations of the broader Middle East. The God who once dwelled among his people in this city still calls us, in the words of Scripture, the turn from evil and do good to seek peace and pursue it. So he still whispers truth into the hills and knolls and valleys of his magnificent creation. And he still writes hope into the hearts of His Children all over the world. And that is why, even after 3,000 years of pain and conflict, the people of Israel have never given up from the threats of Zionism, from all sorts of threats. You want the promise of Zion. You want the promise of success and hope and love and God. And the people of America have never lost faith in the promise of a great and blessed future for all of us. From the very first day that modern Israel was founded, we have stood together through thick and thin of setbacks and through victory and defeat, through glory and heartache, we have built industries together. We have made discoveries together. We have confronted evil together. And we have waged war together. And perhaps most beautifully of all, we have made peace together. And this week, against all odds, we have done the impossible and brought our hostages home. So now we're going to forge a future that is worthy of our heritage. We're going to build a legacy that all the people of this region can be proud of. New bonds of friendship, cooperation and commerce will join. Tel Aviv to Dubai, Haifa to Beirut, Jerusalem to Damascus, and from Israel to Egypt, from Saudi Arabia to Qatar, from India to Pakistan, from Indonesia to Iraq, from Syria to Bahrain, Turkey to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates to Oman and Armenia to Azerbaijan. Another war that I just settled. We are going to have hope, harmony, opportunity and happiness here in the spiritual and geographic center of the entire world. That's what you are. Israel, America, and all of the nations of the Middle east will soon be safer, stronger, greater and more prosperous than ever before. And I want to thank you all once again for this exceptional honor. This has been truly an honor. It's seldom that a president is invited to do this. And I love Israel. I'm with you all the way. You will be bigger, better, stronger, and more loving than ever before. Thank you very much. God bless you. God bless the United States of America and God bless the Middle East. Thank you, everybody.
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Gal Kalev
Good luck.
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Donald Trump
Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Jake T. Bates
And there you see the rousing applause from the floor of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, for that speech from President Trump, a combination of soaring rhetoric of peace and optimism for the future. And also a little bit of stand up comedy, as we are so very used to from President Trump in any setting. A very historic day. I call it Trump's triumph in the Holy Land. What we have seen, for those of you just waking up over the last six or seven hours, is the return of all 20 Israeli living hostages to Israel. Many of them have already been reunited with their families. President Trump was supposed to speak a couple of hours ago at the contestant, but he decided to meet with the hostages and their families first. And that was, I think, a good reason for the delay. An extensive visit, not just a photo op. And so now as American Sunrise early edition ends a little late as well, we bring in the crew from American Sunrise, David, Rody T. Bates and Allison Hansen for Dr. Gina this morning. Folks, it's always great to witness history, but when it's also entertaining and rousing, it's even better, isn't it?
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David Brody
Absolutely. You know, what a day. What a day to witness. Jake, one of the things that comes to mind is that we just heard from Israeli leaders that they are nominating President Trump for next year's Nobel Peace Prize. It's something that we've talked about a lot here on the show, but I think just that reality and hearing someone say it again is just so powerful. David.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, there's no doubt about it. Look, this was a love fest on the floor of the Knesset. I don't think there's any question about that. And you're right, Jake. I mean, it was statesmanlike and it was Catskill like, you know, I mean, leave it to President Trump to, you know, take his show on the road, thinking he was at Kutchers up there in the Catskills. But it was classic Trump for sure. There's a lot to unpack. There were MAGA hats in the crowd. We saw a protester. Jake, you're saying it was a far left protester? Is that what you were saying? I understand. Far left protester.
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Jake T. Bates
Yeah, go ahead. As usual. Yeah, I mean, the far left, a guy named Oleg Kassin, who was almost expelled from the Knesset last year, narrowly missed it, you know, a couple of votes because he's basically a traitor to the Jewish state. He joined in the genocide calls. He joined in the international criminal courts, phony and now removed indictment of the land of Israel. I mean, the man is. It's amazing. He wasn't able to restrain himself, but they got rid of him quickly. As President Trump said, they're very efficient.
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Jake Novak
Yeah. And Alison, now we're gonna.
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Alison Hansen
I think the authenticity once again of Donald Trump on display, just a unique human being in this world.
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David Brody
Absolutely.
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Jake Novak
No doubt about it.
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David Brody
Jake, you've got the last word.
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Jake T. Bates
Well, it was just, it's so great to see the history. I ask you all, after you watch Real America's Voice today, watch the videos on social media of the families reuniting with the hostages, you will not have a dry eye, I promise you right now. And that's first and foremost in my mind right now, guys.
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David Brody
Breaking news from real America's Voice. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we want to begin this special edition of American Sunrise with breaking news as President Trump is jet setting across the Middle east to oversee the first phase of the peace plan between Israel and Hamas. As part of the deal, just hours ago, Hamas released the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages that were taken on October 7th two years ago. In moments, you're going to hear from some of them. In fact, the first comments from those newly released hostages. We're going to air that for you. In the meantime, nearly 2,000 Palestine Palestinian prisoners have also been released as part of this peace deal or are being released aboard Air Force One. Earlier today, President Trump emphatically saying the war between Israel and Hamas is now over.
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Alison Hansen
Mr. President, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, has not gone so far as to say the war is over. In your view, is the war between.
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Donald Trump
Israel and Hamas over? War is over. The war is over. Okay?
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David Brody
Do you understand that, Mr. President, is.
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Jake T. Bates
The ceasefire going to halt?
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Gal Kalev
Are you confident the ceasefire will hold?
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Donald Trump
Say it.
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David Brody
Are you confident that the ceasefire is going to hold?
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Donald Trump
I think so. I think it's going to hold. I think people are a lot of reasons why it's going to hold, but I think people are tired of it. It's been. It's been centuries, okay? Not just recent. It's been centuries. I think people are tired of it. Yeah.
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David Brody
And you just heard his speech before the knesset. During that speech, 47, calling on the world to never forget October 7th, one.
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Donald Trump
Of the most evil and heinous desecrations of innocent life the world has ever seen. The worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. The cruelty of October 7th struck to the core of humanity itself. Nobody could believe what they were witnessing. The United States of America grieved alongside you. And we mourned for our own citizens who were so viciously taken that day. And to all the families whose lives were forever changed by the atrocities of that day. And all of the people of Israel, please know that America joins you in those two everlasting vows. Never forget and never again.
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David Brody
It has already been a very busy morning, but we've got you covered here on Real America's Voice and on American Sunrise. Let's discuss and break it all down. Allison hines in for Dr. Gina this morning. David Brody in Washington, D.C. with the latest. Alison. David, good morning. David, I want to start the conversation with you. The release of the hostages, of course, that is the story that's gripping the world's attention But I'd love to get your perspective on this upcoming peace summit in Egypt. President Trump is going to be heading there next. It seems to me that that's really where the rubber is going to meet the road in terms of a lasting peace.
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Jake Novak
Absolutely. And it's going to be a different vibe. Guys, we talked about the love fest in Israel. This will be a lot more of a serious tone. This is going to be a summit hosted by Egypt's President Sisi. Look, there are a couple things to point out, and we're getting this news in the last hour or so. Bibi was invited by President Trump to go to Egypt. He has declined. That's significant. Clearly, Bibi didn't want the PR handshake of some sort or even the presence to be there, because I think what we're reading into that is that Bibi is hopeful that phase two will potentially turn into something, but that's not guaranteed. And I think Bibi wants to kind of slow the roll there a little bit and not get ahead of himself or Israel's situation in all of this. So I think that's important. Beyond that, look, Sharm el Sheikh, which is where President Trump is now going. This is, of course, a resort city that is very famous for hosting peace summits in the past. Alison, the last One was in 2005, 20 years ago, and you had Hosni Mubarak at the time, the Egyptian president, basically ending that second intifada when he had Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel there, along with Mahmoud Abbas, who, by the way, will be at this 1 in 20, 25, 20 years later.
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David Brody
Before.
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Jake Novak
Allison, I get the comments from you on that we do want to place some of these hostage family reunions here. I mean, just absolutely compelling. Let's show you a little bit of it. Here you go. And it goes on and on. Alison, your thoughts?
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Alison Hansen
David, when you see those videos, you can't help but feel so deeply about this day and what a miracle it is to have these hostages home at the same time. This is such a tenuous moment, a tenuous day. Everything is so layered because there are a lot of people involved. And while we're happy to have the hostages back, we just don't know what's going to happen in phase two. And I think that's on the heart of, certainly my heart today and the heart of many people across the world.
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David Brody
No, absolutely. Alison, would you give us. David, I'm sorry, can we move forward? Let's get our Bible verse in. I think this is an appropriate time. And then we'll continue our conversation.
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Alison Hansen
Okay, I think we are going to get to the Bible verse and it is offering prayers and peace which we are focused on for the freed hostages and the victims of this war. It's from numbers 6, 25, 26, and appropriately from the Old Testament. It goes, the Lord makes his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. And as we are saying, peace is the message of today, even a fragile one. We are watching history unfold. And for more, let's bring in the CEO and the Jerusalem bureau chief for the Jewish News Syndicate, Alex Traiman. Alex, thank you so much for being here this morning. I think the question on all of our hearts, can the Palestinians and the Arabs in the region be trusted going forward? Good morning to you.
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David Brody
Good morning to you. You know, I don't think anybody here in Israel trusts that Hamas is going to disarm or that Gaza is going to be demilitarized as President Trump state emphatically in the speech today. But Hamas no longer has the greatest ace up their sleeve, which is the Israeli hostages that they've been holding for two years. And so while there is some hope that Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, other countries will put pressure on Hamas to at least stand down while rebuilding process can take place, if they do not now that the hostages are not there. The prime minister has not said what the president said. The prime minister did not say this means the end of the war. He said that this is a cease fire. And if Israel believes that Hamas is violating the terms of the ceasefire, Israel will not be afraid to go back in and to guarantee that Hamas cannot rearm itself and become a threat to the state of Israel.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, Alex, I'm glad you said that because that's why we played that soundbite at the beginning from President Trump on Air Force One coming here because Bibi has not said the war is over. And that's why President Trump literally, emphatically stating the war is over. He made it very clear that the war is over. Yeah, TBA on that. We should point out that throughout this next hour or two, President Trump eventually will be on his way to Sharm El Sheikh, about an hour or so from Tel Aviv, though I guess he has to make his way up to Tel Aviv first, which is about an hour. Well, an hour with no traffic on the roads and it all cleared maybe about 40 minutes or so. Alex, tell us a little bit about what you expect going forward here, specifically on Bibi, because he's not going to Egypt. What does that tell you?
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David Brody
I think we all need to wait and watch to see what headlines come out of the meeting at Sharm El Sheikh. I mean, it's already been such a dramatic day in Israel with the return of the hostages and President Trump speaking in the Knesset. But ultimately, you know, we have to see what is in store, what the rest of the Arab world's understandings are, what the Europeans who are attending, what their understandings are going to be. But I do think that there is a lot of pressure that will be placed on Hamas to just stand down and wait because as President Trump alluded to, there's going to be a lot of money that will be poured into the rebuilding of Gaza so long as they stand down from terror. So we just have to really wait and see and watch where this is going to go from here. But again, at least Hamas does not have the card anymore of holding those Israeli hostages. That was a major, major war goal and a victory for Israel to bring them back home, something I think most people never really thought was going to be possible. Alex, good to see you. And we appreciate you being here with us this morning. I'm curious about Bibi Netanyahu's political future. Obviously, at the moment this is all seen as a victory, specifically the return of the hostages. But if Hamas, as many of us expect, does not hold up its deal, will that turn out to be a political loss for Bibi Netanyahu? And the other angle? And this is something that just happened in President Trump's speech. He came out and said, you know what, go ahead and pardon Bibi. Go ahead and throw the case against Bibi Netanyahu out, which I would imagine it kind of came out of left field for many. But it's going to be a conversation, the topic of conversation, I would imagine, there in Israel. No. Well, I think that most Israelis really aren't too moved by the cases against them anymore. They've been going for five years and they really haven't produced anything more than generate headlines. There's no meat to the cases. And we could talk about that for an hour, but I don't think that that's what we need to speak about right now. Netanyahu is polling very strong, and there's a very good chance that we're going to be in elections in a matter of months. It could be a snap election in as quick as three or four months from now. It might be in six months from now. The latest it can be is in a year from now. I think that Netanyahu is not finished. He wants to see this process of the Abraham Accords continue. He would like to see Israel sign and himself sign a deal to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia. You have the president of Indonesia now potentially scheduled to arrive in Israel tomorrow. Perhaps there could be a deal there, perhaps there could be deals with Lebanon and Syria. And in fact, there's already been work towards the creation of those types of deals. So I think Netanyahu feels like his job is not yet finished. He doesn't want to leave the office of the prime minister. And, you know, we'll have to see if the Israeli public thinks that he's still the man to lead Israel for the next several years.
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Jake Novak
Alex Trehman, great to have you on the ground there in Israel.
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Alison Hansen
Thank you.
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Jake Novak
Thank you. Thanks so much. We should point out that Bibi, of course, won't be there and neither will anybody from Hamas, obviously. So the two principal parties have no representation at all at this summit, and that's significant. President Trump, a short time ago, as you guys know, as we all know here, addressed the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset had this to say about the momentous day this is in the Middle East. Take a look.
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Donald Trump
This is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God. It's the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for Israel and all the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent region. I believe that so strongly. This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East. I want to express my gratitude to a man of exceptional courage and patriotism whose partnership did so much to make this momentous day possible. You know who I'm talking about. There's only one Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Please stand up.
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Jake Novak
All right, for more, let's bring in retired Navy officer, a former member of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in New Jersey, Lieutenant Steve Rogers. Steve, good to have you on the show this morning. You know what to me was was interesting throughout all of this is that Trump didn't bring in diplomats to do the deal. Right. It was Kushner and Witkoff, two business guys, guys that can speak the language of other Arab nations in terms of financial empires and all the business stuff, to me, that not only channels Trump, because Trump's a business guy, but I think that was key in getting some sort of deal done. Good morning to you.
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Jake T. Bates
Good morning to you.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, you're absolutely right.
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Jake T. Bates
And I must tell you, what's going through my mind is what we are witnessing is the fulfillment of prophecy right in our lifetime.
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David Brody
I mean, this is so significant with.
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Jake T. Bates
Regard to where we're going to be moving as a world, let alone what's going to happen in the Mid East. Look, I know you talked about Hamas earlier. I don't trust them. I hope to God and pray that.
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David Brody
They will somehow fulfill their part of this deal.
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Jake T. Bates
I'm interested in what Iran's up to.
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David Brody
They don't want any part of this.
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Jake T. Bates
So there's a real long road to go, but is now on the road to success. And I hope more business leaders come.
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David Brody
In and get involved.
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Jake T. Bates
As you point out, not just politicians. I gotta tell you, not many people trust politicians. You might trust the business guys coming.
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Jake Novak
In because they're going to be investing.
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Jake T. Bates
Millions and billions, in fact billions of dollars in that region which will help rebuild the Mideast.
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Alison Hansen
Well, Steve, of course we have concerns about rogue elements within the Mid east, but we have our own concerns here at home. I mean, should we be on a higher alert here in the us?
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Jake T. Bates
Well, we absolutely should be. We should never let our guard down. I've said all along that since the borders were opened by the Biden administration, a lot of terrorists have crossed that border. In my view, I believe they're here.
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David Brody
I believe that they're going to strike.
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Jake T. Bates
At some point in time. It's not a matter of if, it's.
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David Brody
A matter of when.
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Jake T. Bates
So we should be an all hands on deck country. Everyone in this country, keep your eyes open, your ears open.
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David Brody
A lot of people want to disrael.
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Jake T. Bates
What we just witnessed today, but we.
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Jake Novak
Could prevent it if we keep our.
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Jake T. Bates
Eyes and ears open.
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David Brody
You see something, say something. Steve, I think you must have been reading my mind because you briefly mentioned Iran. So I'm going to follow you down that path. Iran will not be at today's peace summit. They have elected not to come. Obviously Iran is the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. So I'd like to kind of tap into your terror background because it seems to me that given that all these Arab nations are going to be meeting in Egypt and Iran is not going to be there, Iran is going to be isolated. Or do you believe that Iran will now be more isolated given that the rest of the Arab world seems to be coming together and getting on board with President Trump? And does an isolated Iran make it that much more dangerous or desperate?
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Jake T. Bates
Well, it will make Iran more dangerous, more desperate. They're going to be isolated to a degree.
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David Brody
There's no doubt in my mind that.
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Jake T. Bates
They'Ll be feeding terrorist organizations, whether it be Hezbollah, whether it be the terrorists in Yemen, would it be Hamas? They're still going to be involved in their spreading of terrorism worldwide. Perhaps. Perhaps the countries that are now involved in this whole peace process will put so much pressure on Iran that they will think before they act. But I doubt it. They've got, listen, they've got it on their mind. They want to destroy Israel. They want to destroy the United States of America. They want to destroy freedom and liberty worldwide. Well, they've got to get through their heads at this point.
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Jake Novak
It's not going to happen, but we'll.
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Jake T. Bates
Have to wait and see.
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Alison Hansen
Steve, can I ask you one last question? I don't know if you saw any of the video of when President Trump showed up at the Knesset earlier today and the mobs that were around him within the hallways. That seemed like a security risk to me. What did you think?
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Jake T. Bates
Yeah, I have to agree with you. I guess wherever many of our political leaders go today, especially the president, it's a security risk. But I've got to tell you, by the president of the United States, I mean, really demonstrating courage in doing what he's doing. He's making sure that he's sending through his actions a message to the bad guys. And you're not going to move freedom, you're not going to move liberty.
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David Brody
I'm going to walk where I want to walk, go where I want to go.
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Jake T. Bates
We do not fear you. You should fear us.
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Alison Hansen
Truly amazing. Steve Rogers, thank you so much for being here today. As we have been covering all morning long, Hamas releases the remaining hostages. On this historic day, the first seven were turned over to International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza. Then another transfer happened a short time later for the remaining 13, and roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been released. David?
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Jake Novak
Yeah, Speaking of those 2000 prisoners, I guess officially it's about 1900 or so, 250 are really bad guys. Now Hamas wanted these four really, really, I mean it, really bad guys, but were not released. Having said that, out of some of the ones that were released, I've been looking at some of their bios, if you will, and they're not pretty, as you might imagine. One of them, and I won't say his name probably for two reasons. One, I don't want to give him credence, as Terrence likes to say, and also I probably can't pronounce it anyhow, but the point is, is that he killed 13 Israelis back in 2003. 2005, it was around the second intifada when that was going on, guess what? He's a free man today. So look, this is the victory part of it for Hamas that we don't really want to talk about. But that, well, I say we, we do talk about it, but people don't really want to talk about it. And especially on a day like today where there's so much jubilation in the air in Israel. But the truth of the matter is the hard right in Israel, they are not happy, not happy at all with the fact that you've got these 1900 getting out, especially the 250 really bad guys. For more, let's bring in the founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and the author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam. That would be Dr. Zudi Jasser. I tell you what, Zhudi, talk to us about this aspect of it. The Palestinian prisoners. The truth of the matter is we just need to be realistic here. And that is, is that this is a way for Hamas to rearm. I'm not suggesting they're going to rearm in the next six weeks or six months, but looking down the road, who knows what's going to happen in terms of these bad guys getting out. The farm team has been released from Israeli jails and that does not sit well with Netanyahu and the folks there in Israel.
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Jake T. Bates
Yeah, you're right. And you know, first of all, we cannot underscore enough how amazing of a day this is for the release of the last 20 hostages. And the fact that this does, does in many way begin the, the last journey, if you will, in the end of this over two year war. But the long war is not ending. And I wrote a piece a few months ago saying that the only way to end this war is for Hamas to surrender unconditionally. And we almost got there, but unfortunately, as we've been discussing in this peace agreement, it's between Israel and Hamas. While I wish it was really between Israel and the Palestinian people, because I think that is what's going to happen, I think that this is a way to slow walk this into the end of Hamas. I don't think Israel from Prime Minister Netanyahu on down are going to in any way tolerate not only any rearming, but any reinstitution of Hamas as a, as a organizational government maker, if you will, in Gaza. And they will continue to have to control Gaza as it transitions then. They already said they won't even accept the Palestinian Authority in running Gaza. So this is the beginning of a new era. How you marginalize the Militant radical ideology. They have traded for a long time, including in the United States and the West. We have always, you know, the reason they take hostages that are American or Israeli or Western is because we will do what we can to save one life. While to them, hundreds of lives are not, you know, they're salvageable and they're prisoners and are of a militant human, you know, inhuman make if you will. So, you know, Israel did that. They've been doing that for years. And another day will come where they will defeat them again.
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Alison Hansen
Well, Dr. Jasser, you wrote the book on radical ideology. So in your opinion, who is winning the battle for the soul of Islam, Moderates or radical Islamists? Where do we go from here?
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Jake T. Bates
Well, you know, we're post remember how we got here. We got here because Obama, Biden basically appeased the Iranian regime, gave allow them to give billions to Hamas basically gave an unfettered fueling of radical Islam by Qatar. Turkey and Syria now has a jihadist bottom line. It's good that Assad is gone. There's been a huge re shaping of the Middle east now thanks to President Trump's first term and Abraham Accords 1.0. I think we're seeing now the Arab countries that came to basically say that we have to have this peace accord, we have to release the hostages, we have to begin the end of Hamas. That is going to be the beginnings of Abraham Accords 2.0. But make no mistake, the Islamist ideology that believes in the fact that the world is divided into the land of Islam and the land of war and that they will lie and deceive in order to get the ends justifying the means that they say one thing in Arabic or Farsi and they say another thing in English. All of these things have not changed. Qatar still last week was was through Al Jazeera and their state media delegitimizing Israel and saying one thing to their own Arabic population and doing another at the peace table. So not only can we not trust them, they are still fueling this radical ideology and Islamic modernization. Separation of mosque and state, the defeat of political Islam, the embracing of Western liberty will come with continued full pressure. Muscular liberalism in the Middle East. And I think President Trump is beginning the process through what will be Abraham accords 2.0 to begin to reward those who share our ideals and to marginalize those who don't.
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Alison Hansen
Well, thank you so much for your expertise this morning. It's something that is only beginning right now and it's going to be a long road ahead. Thank you, Dr. Jasser for joining us this morning.
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David Brody
Thanks, Dr. Jasser.
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Alison Hansen
Well, we have more breaking news coverage of Hamas releasing the remaining hostages right after the break.
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David Brody
Breaking news from Real America's Voice. We are back with an update on breaking news involving President Trump's visit to the Middle East. He is on the ground in Israel at the moment. This is Air Force One. The president is headed over to Air Force One to board and then go to Egypt where he will meet with other world leaders for a peace summit. Those other world leaders include leaders from obviously places like England, Germany, France. The this event is going to be co hosted not only by President Trump, but also the president of Egypt. So we'll of course be following this for you and get you there. President Trump running behind schedule a little bit, but he's the president so everyone will wait for him. Again, we are waiting for President Trump to board Air Force One and take off headed to Egypt. We'll show you that departure here in short order the moment it happens. In the meantime, President Trump addressed the Knesset just hours ago, not even quite hours ago, just a little while ago, and he touted the nature of this historic day that saw the release of the remaining hostages that were held by Hamas.
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Donald Trump
This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope, hope and of God. It's the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for Israel and all the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent region. I believe that so strongly this is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.
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David Brody
For more, let's bring in the Chairman of Judaism 3.0, the think tank, also a Jerusalem postwriter and the author of the book the Assault on the Existential Threat is Coming from the West, Gal Kalev. Welcome to the show, Gaul. It is always good to see you, my friend.
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Gal Kalev
Great to see you on this great day, Gaul.
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David Brody
It is a great day. It's a day of jubilation across Israel, I'm sure, as the hostages are back. But I think the question has to be what next? What are the concerns on the street from regular people across Israel in terms of what comes next?
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Gal Kalev
Absolutely. I mean, first of all, we do need to, as the president said, take a moment and just celebrate this victory delivered by our troops, by Prime Minister Netanyahu and by President Trump, who this victory would not have been. This would not happen without his strong leadership and he made it. This is a Trump deal. But as far as what's next, we're going to see tomorrow. So as we said all along on this show, there's a dual attack on Israel, there's the physical attack by Iran and its proxies, Hamas, that war is over. The president said on Air force one, the two year war that started two years ago on October 7th is over that round of war. But we still have the ideological assault coming at us from Europe and its proxies, the whole two state solution thing, which is just a codename for the eradication of the Jewish state. And tomorrow we're going to see it in Egypt. We're going to see, even though the President craftably tried to keep some of the Europeans out, they're coming in. We have Qatar, we have Turkey, we have ideological threats. So the next two days will really answer this question as to what is next.
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David Brody
And to your point, this meeting, this summit in Egypt will really be key, I think, in determining the way forward. It can really set the tone, if you will, for how involved other Arab nations will be and the sort of pressure other Arab nations put on Hamas, put on its proxies, put on Iran. Let's just be honest, Iran is critical in all of this, I would think.
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Gal Kalev
Yeah, I mean, the President has a great plan and he has an enormous amount of leverage over all of those leaders. And that is, again, as we spoke in the past, the unique thing. There's two things that have made this thing happen. One is the personal clout of President Trump having personal relationship and respect. But the other is the MAGA revolution. America is a different country today than it was nine months ago. And therefore President Trump leveraged the strength of America to put pressure when needed and to give, you know, carrots when it leads to those Arab and Muslim countries. And we're seeing the results now. We'll see what happens tomorrow. But as the President spoke at the Knesset, we are looking at really the end of a conflict that never really, you know, was over. Conflict decides. We don't really have any quarrels with our Arab neighbors. We the, we have Al Jazeera, we have European incitement, we have Western media, we have progressives that have incited us. And then we have the situation in Gaza and Judea and Samaria. But as far as the outer Arab world, I think what we're going to see tomorrow is them coming together and delivering on the leadership of President Trump.
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David Brody
Gaul, to quote the title of your book, the assault on the existential threat is coming from the West. This is an ideological war. And you mentioned that. And it seems to me that fighting an ideological War isn't something that happens or is won in a generation because there are generations of Palestinians who still have this ideological, this way of thinking about Israel, that Israel should not exist. That is still a reality in terms of thought process for many Palestinians, is it not?
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Gal Kalev
Absolutely. We have layers of ideological assault, certainly from Gaza, Gazans that for the last 20 something years have been indoctrinated by Hamas, that one of the core values should be murder, rape, beheading. They're not just overnight change and love us. I mean, again, for 20 years, since there were children, children that were indoctrinated. We have the Palestinians in the west bank that the situation is more nuanced. But the Palestinian Authority in their textbook have indoctrinated with the same thing. But the biggest thing, again, let's not forget that people in Gaza have been there for 80 years. I mean, these are people that used to, that are known as 1948 refugees. They lived elsewhere within Israel in 1948. So the biggest, the 3,000 years that I think the president's alluding to did exist, but not in the form of the people in Gaza and the West Bank. I mean, this came, this is coming from Europe. I mean, the longest conflict in Israel in the longest company in the world is the European Israeli conflict. Europe has not come to terms and cannot come to terms with the idea of the Jewish state. We're in the midst of an attempt to ideologically negate this idea of the Jewish state and through the idea of Judaism. And as I'm showing in the book, as we spoke on your program, this is also a proxy for an assault in America because let's not forget, for 2,000 years, Europe dominated the world. Oh, it's only been 100 years since Paris shifted to the United States. And Europe has not come to terms with that. Today, what we're seeing through President Trump is maybe another phase of the American revolution because this is not a European two state solution thing. This is not coming out of Europe. This is coming out of America, out of President Trump engaging the Arabs, engaging Israel. And I think this is a great exertion of American power and strength.
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David Brody
Gal, it's always good to see you, my friend. Always good to talk to you. I celebrate the return of the hostages with you today, but we'll be prepared to get back to work tomorrow because there's still work to be done.
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Gal Kalev
Thank you.
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David Brody
Thank you. We have more breaking news coverage of President Trump's historic trip right after this break. Folks, we're going to take a quick break now. Grab yourself A cup of coffee and then get back in front of your TV screen because there's still a whole lot to unpack. Breaking news from real America's Voice.
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Alison Hansen
At a live shot of the airstrip where Trump is about to depart to Egypt. Gentlemen, your thoughts?
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Jake Novak
Well, President Trump left Jerusalem, left the Knesset at 8:35am our time. He should be arriving there in Tel Aviv at about 9:15 or so. It takes an hour, typically, to get to, from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. I've done that trip many times. Of course, I'm just a regular guy. He's the President of the United States. So an hour means more like 40 minutes. So he should be there about 9:15 or so. And of course, we're going to have continuing coverage with the picture in picture, as you can see there. You know, I was actually, I'm sorry, not to name drop. It sounds like name dropping. I'm not trying to name drop, but I was texting with Jared Kushner over the weekend, and one of the things he told me here, he said, quote, a lot of work still to be done is what he said. And then he put a couple of hearts, a couple of prayer emojis, and then two fingers crossed. And I think that pretty much sums up, you know, where we're at at this stage. But, but t. We should make clear here that the ceasefire is done. I mean, we need to be able to. We talk about phase one and the hostages. But the cease fire is done. It's holding. It should hold for now. But the point is that you can't take that away from Trump. Here's my point. No matter what happens in the future, he got the ceasefire, he got the hostages out, and that is the bottom line. I understand there's a lot more to sift through, and you and I are very skeptical about what this is gonna mean going forward. But you still. It's just important that we can't take this moment away from what President Trump did here being historic as it relates to the ceasefire on the hostages. Go ahead.
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Gal Kalev
Sorry.
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David Brody
I'll agree with you on that. That's a very good point. And you're right, he did achieve something. I am skeptical about whether it really will hold or how long it will hold. I think that's a fair question. And I think many, probably in Israel would tell you, you that they are skeptical. I'm also skeptical, to be honest with you, David, about this upcoming summit in Egypt. President Trump, as we were reporting and you see there at the bottom of your screen, is going to be boarding air Force One and heading to Egypt. First of all, he's running late, so I hope that everyone is still there, that they waited for him because he's pretty late. But beyond that, really the bigger issue is there are going to be so many voices at the table. You've got a bunch of European leaders who are joining the Arab leaders, and there are all these voices at the table who are going to want some input. And I hope that there aren't so many voices at the table that it waters down the conversation and that less is accomplished and ultimately would be accomplished if it was just President Trump at the table with the other Arab leaders. I am concerned that there are so many voices at the table, specifically those other European leaders. Alison?
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Alison Hansen
Absolutely. And what I found very interesting during the presidency speech, when he was saying, israel, this is your victory, this is your victory. And I was thinking at the time, what is Hamas thinking of this speech? What are they thinking of those words? Very tenuous time, very tenuous day. Well, thank you, gentlemen. We'll be back with more coverage of today's historic event, President Trump's triumph. The relevant trip to Israel continues on American Sunrise. It begins in just two minutes. Stay with us.
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David Brody
Breaking news from Real America's Voice. We begin this special edition of American Sunrise, the second hour with a live look at Air Force One as President Trump is headed that way. We're expecting he will arrive here in short order. We actually saw a convoy with some vehicles pull up just moments ago, and we expect the president will be in that convoy and getting ready to board Air Force One leaving Israel, heading to Egypt. You see the red carpet, carpet rolled out there. It has been rolled out for the president all day as he came to oversee the release of the hostages. 20 living Israeli hostages are now back with their families back in Israel after having been released from Hamas custody. They, of course, have been held since October 7th, two years ago. And now they are home. President Trump now on the second leg of his trip, going to Egypt to meet with other world leaders to continue discussing peace across the Middle East. Let's bring in Allison Hans, David Brody to talk a bit more about this as we continue to watch the ceremony here. The president getting ready to walk down the red carpet and board Air Force One and take off. David, this next leg, and you and I have been talking about this, Alison, we've been talking about this as well, is really where the rubber meets the road. This is the meat of this trip. Yes, President Trump was in Israel this morning. He oversaw the release of the hostages, spent time with the hostages who are now back home in Israel, addressed the Knesset, which is basically the Israeli Parliament. That was the ceremony, if you will. That was the pomp and circumstance of the moment. But this next part of the trip, meeting with these other world leaders for this peace summit in Egypt, this is really the meat of moving forward and making sure that there's everlasting and the long lasting.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, it never. Look, this doesn't happen if there's not buy in from Arab nations. And he got the buy in, the President got the buy in. And so now this is part two of that, if you will, to kind of say, okay, so what is this going to look like, exactly? And they're going to have to figure that out. And this is going to be a process. But, you know, Trump moves quickly. So this idea that this is going to, you know, basically take years and years, no, maybe finally to have it be the Riviera of the Middle East. Yes. But in terms of governance of Gaza, no, that's gonna. That's gonna go on pretty quickly. The way the President says. Right away, actually, he wants this to happen right away. This will be about an hour flight, FYI, over to Sharm el Sheikh. Of course, Sharm el Sheikh is on that. It's a beautiful coastal city. I've never been there, but I've seen pictures. And it's got, you know, white sandy beaches and it's got all the beautiful amenities and the beautiful hotels and all of that stuff. So, you know, very luxury type city. By the way, who will be there? OK, I can go through the whole 20 list of countries that'll be there, but let me just focus on a couple. Turkey will be there.
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David Brody
Erdogan.
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Jake Novak
President Erdogan will be there. That's significant. Look, let's just cut to the chase. President Erdogan is not a good dude. Okay? Let's just be clear about that. He wants an Islamic caliphate. That's what he wants. And for him to set foot potentially in the Gaza Strip. Not today, they'll be in Egypt. But I'm talking about eventually, Turkey's going to have a peacekeeping world. They're going to have troops, if you will, or some folks on the ground in Gaza, that is nirvana for Erdogan. I mean, he loves the fact that he's in Gaza. Remember, he wants this, like I said, this Islamic caliphate that runs from Turkey to the Mediterranean. So the fact that he could be in Gaza is music to his ears. Qatar will be there. The Emir of Qatar will be there. And let's just raise Some thorny questions here. Was Qatar being promised in exchange for their help here? We saw reports over the weekend that Qatar is going to or we're gonna help Qatar build an Air Force facility in Montana. I'm sorry, but listen, I ain't the brightest bulb in the shack, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that that's an interesting timing considering Qatar just helped broker this peace deal. So, Alison, I mean, if you put it all together, you wonder about Qatar, you wonder about Turkey and what they're getting in return for their help to bring peace here between Israel and Hamas.
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Alison Hansen
You're right, David. And I think that the buy in from these Arab nations, I think we're really looking at the younger generation of Arab leaders who were willing to buy in. The question is, what are we willing to give or what have we decided to give over? I'm not sure if this type of deal could have happened 20 years ago with those leaders. I don't know your thoughts on that. I'd like, I'd love your perspective, by.
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David Brody
The way, just really quickly. That Qatari air force base I believe would be in Idaho, not Montana.
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Jake Novak
I'm sorry.
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David Brody
Yes.
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Jake Novak
Thank you. Thank you.
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David Brody
No problem.
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Jake Novak
You're fact checking me in real time. I like it. I'm literally fake news.
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David Brody
I'm fake news, David. I didn't mean for it to come across like that. I just, I, I, I, I'm glad you did.
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Jake Novak
I'm glad.
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David Brody
I figured the, the chat would be good, would be up in arms and so I just wanted to clarify that.
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Alison Hansen
Go ahead, I'll jump in. Right now. We're looking at Monica Crowley talking with Bibi and his wife Sarah. Monica has been amazing all over the world, greeting leaders across the globe. She is a fantastic representative for the United States. Smart, elegant, beautiful woman who has done a fantastic job so far. I just wanted to say that.
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Jake Novak
And the reason she's there is she is the ambassador of protocol, which is obviously very important, especially in these situations. I mean, yes, in Israel, but really when they get to Egypt, you know, the protocol will be very important there as well. By the way, also on this trip, and it's just not, it's not a huge contingent. I mean, your normal cast of characters, I hate to call it that, but you know, you got Margo Martin, who is a special assistant of the President. Caroline. Stephen Miller, Caroline Levitt, Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino. But then of course you have the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Pete Hegseth is with him as well. And of course Ivanka Trump, his daughter, and Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. So I might have missed a couple, but those are, are, those are the big ones, if you will. And we are watching the president head.
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David Brody
Towards, as we watch all of this, especially here, this, this picture of Bibi Netanyahu. He's obviously there. He could be flying with President Trump over to Egypt to participate in the talks. He has decided not to, despite the offer, an invitation from President Trump. It seems to me to be very interesting that the two parties really at the heart of these peace talks will not be party to the actual Egyptian peace talks. And that specifically would be Israel and Hamas. While we don't trust Hamas and while Hamas is considered a terror group, they will, they are, let's just be honest, critical to maintaining the peace. Neither party will be part of these peace talks. However, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, plo, and they will be there, which I find very interesting, that PLO will be there in party to the talks, but not the two critical parties that are really at the center of these peace talks. David, am I off base here? I'd love to get your thoughts on that.
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Jake Novak
Now you're not off base, but it makes sense why Netanyahu wouldn't go. First of all, a couple of reasons. One, he doesn't want necessarily the PR of him around all of the Arab leaders right now. He thinks it's too soon. But beyond that, let President Trump do the, quote, dirty work. In other words, you know, this is about Arab buy in. It always has been. And President Trump is in his elements there. I think Bibi being over there would be a distraction to everything going on. And as for Hamas, look, they don't like this deal at all. Of course they didn't want to give up the hostages, but they felt compelled to after Arab nations got involved. And when I say they don't like this deal. Alison, let's, and let's be clear. Phase two is something that they are just not going to agree to all of a sudden and they don't want to do that at all. So that's why they're not there. Obviously.
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Alison Hansen
I agree 100%. Bibi, going over there would be a distraction. This is Donald Trump's deal. He has to get in there and execute the details and just get down and dirty. He arrived with a small group and this is going to be a larger group that he's dealing with. But he's calling the shots and here he is.
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Jake Novak
Maybe we can listen in. Might be able to hear something.
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Jake T. Bates
Hold on.
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Gal Kalev
That. All right.
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Jake Novak
As we continue to monitor the situation in Israel. And as it says in the Bible, Matthew 5, 9, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. That is for sure. Let's get some reaction now from the region. Got Israeli journalist digital aid to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Talk to us a little bit about what we're seeing here and the interaction between Bibi and Netanyahu and that state of that relationship. It's strong, but I feel like Bibi has to swallow hard at times on some of the stuff that's gone on with this deal.
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Jake T. Bates
Good morning, good morning, and good afternoon from Tel Aviv. I have to tell you, you actually see this strong, strong relationship between the prime minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, and President Trump as he landed in Israel. You saw how President Trump embraced Bibi and actually offered him a ride in the Beast en route to Jerusalem. That was outside of the protocol. But if you were in Israel right now, you would see flags of the United States flying everywhere. This shows you how appreciative, including the state of Israelis and we Israelis are for what President Trump has done and what I believe will continue to do. But I have to say, because that's a very important fact, because for the first time since 2014, there are no leaving hostages in Gaza. So this is really unprecedented. This is historic times that we're living in in. And as this the name of this operation is, by the way, Operation Returning to Their Border. From the Bible, from Jeremiah 31:17 that says your children will return to their own land. So this is actually what we are seeing right now, historic times. The people of Israel are celebrating with flags of the United States, with flags of Israel.
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David Brody
And I think that this is just.
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Jake T. Bates
Amazing to see this. All right.
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Jake Novak
Well, Hananya Naftali, we're in a fluid situation here, so thanks for hanging with us. We've got the president there on the tarmac in Tel Aviv about to take off for Charmel Sheikh. We are back in a moment, folks.
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David Brody
Breaking news from Reed America's Voice.
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Alison Hansen
And the president just stepped aboard Air Force One, pumping his fist in the air, leaving for Egypt and the next phase of these talks, a historic morning, overnight hours. Joining us now with more insight is Florida Representative Randy Fine. Congressman, good morning to you. The this historic moment is surely causing a stir on the Hill right now. What are your thoughts on everything we've been seeing overnight and this morning?
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Jake T. Bates
Well, it's an extraordinary moment that many people thought would never come. I mean, the idea that Hamas has effectively surrendered in the war, shut down, returned all of the living hostages, and given up the leverage that they've had for all of these years. It's an extraordinary achievement. And frankly, it's an achievement only one person I believe in the entire world could have made happen, and that's President Trump. So we owe him an incredible debt of gratitude. And I'm just sort of overwhelmed by both his speech and the videos that are coming out of the hostages as they get reunited with their families. It's truly a historic day.
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Alison Hansen
What has struck you most in the overnight hours, watching everything that has taken place. Is there a moment?
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Jake T. Bates
Look, the moments that I'll remember the most will be the parents sobbing, seeing their children. I mean, people, these kids have been held for two years, some of them with really no proof of life. But to juxtapose that with Donald Trump giving that extraordinary speech before the Knesset, where you could see the genuine love and appreciation that they have for him. I mean, no person in the history of Israel has ever done so much for Israel that was not Jewish. And Donald Trump did that. And I think that's why they intend to recognize him in the way that they had. He may not just have ended a two year war in Gaza. If he gets where he's going, he will have ended the war that started in 1948 when Israel was created and none of its neighbors would ever respect that. So it's an extraordinary achievement that the President has accomplished.
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Alison Hansen
Well, Congressman, some members of Congress haven't been shy about their takes on the conflict, some even sharing sympathy for Hamas terrorists. How do you think your fellow members of Congress known as the Squad, are going to react to this historic moment today?
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Jake T. Bates
Well, they won't say anything because for them this was a failure. This was never about Palestinians, it was never about Gaza. A it was about anti Semitism and destroying Israel. If it was, they'd be speaking up because apparently Hamas and other Palestinian groups are slaughtering each other right now. But there's no protests, there's no encampments, there's no speaking out about that. The squad is infected with a hatred of Jews. And you can see it, you know, with one of their other titular leaders, Mamdani, running in New York, who literally went to go raise money for Hamas just the other day. So for them, it's a terrible day.
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David Brody
And it's why you don't see them.
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Jake T. Bates
Them speaking about it.
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Alison Hansen
Excellent point about Mandami. What do you see happening there?
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Jake T. Bates
I don't know. I mean, it's very upsetting that we live in a world where that many people would vote for someone who ardently and passionately believes in Muslim terrorism, it is my hope that there are more right minded people in New York that will vote to do the right thing and not elect someone who engaged in immigration fraud to come here and literally is out every day advocating for Muslim terror. Like what we saw on 9 11, like what we saw on October 7th. They're considering voting one of them in in New York. And it's crazy.
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Alison Hansen
Unbelievable. Well, Congressman, thank you so much for taking the time to join us this morning. We appreciate it.
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Jake T. Bates
Thanks for having me.
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Alison Hansen
Coming up, we have more on what's happening on the ground in Israel today. Stay with us.
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David Brody
It's breaking news from Real America's Voice. We're back with breaking news on this special edition of American Sunrise. President Trump on board Air Force One preparing to depart for Egypt. He'll be meeting with other world leaders, specifically leaders of the Arab and Muslim world, to discuss the ongoing peace in the Middle east, the ongoing peace between Israel and Hamas and all other Arab and Muslim countries there within that region. Again, we are continuing to watch things unfold as President Trump is getting ready to depart Israel, headed to Egypt to talk with other world leaders. In the meantime, we're also getting ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Obviously, all eyes are going to be on the stock exchange to see how much of an impact the president's trip to Israel is ultimately going to have on US Stocks. I can tell you that in pre market trading, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are all looking up. The Dow Jones almost up a full percentage point. Nearly a full percentage point. In pre market trading, the S&P 500 up over a full percentage point. And you can see Nasdaq and the rest of the board also looking really strong at the moment.
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Gal Kalev
Moment.
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David Brody
So we'll take you to New York for the opening bell here in short order and see how things officially look once the markets open. But now let's get you over to David Brody as in the bottom of your screen you can see the preparations for Air Force One to take off en route to Egypt. David? Okay.
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Jake Novak
T. Bates, appreciate it. This is where we usually talk business with American Sunrise Early Edition host and the guy behind Jake's take substack, that'd be Jake Novak. Jake here this morning. But also so he wears many hats and one of them and he's done this for a long time, he's a Middle east expert, a former Israeli consulate staffer so, Jake, as we watch Air Force One start to wheel away over to Egypt, you say this peace deal may have something different about it. And the famous Israeli Egyptian agreement and the Israeli PLO peace deal that we saw at Sharm El sheikh back in 2005. Talk to us about that.
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Gal Kalev
That.
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Jake Novak
Yeah.
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Jake T. Bates
You know, listen, David, I'm sure a lot of our viewers are thinking, you know, I'm sure they're very optimistic and they're supportive of President Trump, but they might be thinking, hey, haven't we seen these peace deals before where we were promised that this would be the change and that the Middle east would now be a place of peace going all the way back to 1978 and Anwar Sadat Menachem Begin, and then, of course, the big PLO deal with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin and. And, you know, the answer to that question is there is reason to believe there's something different about this because of Iran not being a strong player or as strong a player in the region as it was even just a few months ago. Iran wasn't able to destroy the Israel, Egypt peace as far as causing another war between those two countries. But it used that peace agreement to start the mass surge back to violent Islamism, and it actually led to more war. They kept pointing to that and seeing and calling each other Egypt to traitor over that. And then, of course, they scuttled the PLO Israel peace deal, which could have been a much more positive step. There were some positives that came out of it, but it started the whole intifada, the car bombings, the bus bombings, and everything else like that. Iran's still around, of course, but they are much weaker. They don't have Hezbollah anymore, for the most part. It's almost gone. Hamas almost gone. Houthi is basically gone as well. And without those terror proxy armies, David, they don't have the joint juice, to use a street term. They don't have the juice on the street anymore to really scuttle in a big way. They can cause a lot of problems, but they aren't the big guy on the block that they were all those years ago and even just as recently as eight months ago. And so that, to me, leads me to believe that there's a better chance that this really could be all the things that President Trump is promising.
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Jake Novak
It makes perfect sense. Let me bring your attention to Turkey and Qatar, to a degree, but this just in, right? Erdogan's a bad guy.
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Jake T. Bates
All right.
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Jake Novak
He's a bad dude. And, oh, by the way, Have I used the words Islamic caliphate today on the show? I mean, that's what he wants. And now you're gonna put Turkey as part of this international stabilization force. In other words, troops or whatever you wanna call it, from Turkey on the ground in Gaza. That is music to the ears of Erdogan, who wants to go from Turkey all the way to the Mediterranean. What in the world are we doing here with Turkey and Qatar in terms of. Look, they helped broker this peace deal. They had buy in from the Turks and the Qataris. But what does that mean in terms of what we're giving up here? And we've seen reports about Qatar and this military base or this Air Force facility in Idaho. I got concerns. Jake Novak.
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Jake T. Bates
Yeah. You know, my first question when we heard the news and you were asking us about it in our, you know, just off the air on Friday, you know, what did we do? Doing with this base in Idaho?
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Jake Novak
Yeah.
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Jake T. Bates
And my first question is, who's going to build the base for the slave laborers? Literals. I'm not, you know, this isn't a hyperbole. The literal slave laborers that Qatar used to build the World cup stadiums back for the 2022 World Cup. I mean, I don't know who's going to do this. So, of course, I'm very wary of all those things. I will say this about Turkey. While Erdogan is a bad guy, the Turkish people have had an understanding with Israel for a long time. There is hope there, but not while Erdogan is completely in charge. He'll have to be watched closely for all the negativity of Qatar and Turkey being involved in this. There's also the big positive of Indonesia, which is actually the world's largest Muslim country, has more Muslims in it than all the Arab countries combined. They are getting more involved in this, apparently. There are. JD Vance said yesterday, Vice President Vance said that Indonesian troops may go to Gaza. Gaza. And the president, you know, the leader of Indonesia is going to Israel tomorrow. And I met with the religious Muslim leader of Indonesia last year or two years ago, I should say. And he's very, very pluralistic and far ahead of other Muslims. So, look, I don't disagree with anything you said about, about Qatar and Turkey, but if Indonesia gets as involved as they could into this thing, then that could dilute their negative influence. Influence.
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Jake Novak
Sorry to be negative, Nancy, this morning. We've got about a minute or so left as we see, as we see Air Force One take off to Sharm El Sheikh, about an hour or so from Tel Aviv. I'm looking at the list of these 20 countries and leaders who are going to be there. You got Macron is going to be there. You've got Keir Starmer from the uk Got the Spanish Prime Minister, Oy Gavolt, Pedro Sanchez. And you go down the list and then of course you have all their Arab nations. And I'm thinking, is this all a setup?
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Jake T. Bates
Setup?
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Jake Novak
I mean, when I say a setup, this is set up for a Palestinian statehood push. And it just concerns me about where this might be heading here.
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Donald Trump
Yeah.
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Jake T. Bates
You know what this might be for those of you with long memories, you know, the Final 4 in the NCAA, they used to have a third place game. That used to be the game they played on the, on the Sunday. That's what this is. This is the third place game. And President Trump is just going to be there to sort of to participate. But this is a meeting of a bunch of losers who were hoping for a different result from this war, who were hoping. And they can talk about a two state solution all they want. There is no Palestinian leadership that will live to administer that. They exist to be human cannon fodder, quite literally against Israel. So this is the third place game for a meaningless trophy. And that's what that's all about.
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Jake Novak
Well, I couldn't agree with you more about that. All right. And speaking of that, Mahmoud Abbas yet making another appearance from what his continuing governance or what continues to get after his. I don't know how many terms he's on. Yeah. Fifteenth. Fifteenth term. Yeah. Great. Okay, sure. All right, Jake, thanks for being here. Great insight as always.
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David Brody
Thank you.
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Jake Novak
All right, it's time for Terrence in Denver. We're going to get to the opening belt in New York Stock Exchange that is still going on with everything going on today. It is sponsored by amac.
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David Brody
The association of Mature American Citizens is the conservative voice for American Republicans 50 and older. AMAC is fighting for the values that you hold dear. Join today together we can right the course of America. We're counting down to the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Interested to see how things ultimately shake out given all that has happened today. President Trump, as we've been reporting, was on the ground in Israel just moments ago. He came there to some degree overseas the release of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. He is now en route to Egypt to help continue to move the peace process forward. He'll be meeting with a number of world leaders and Arab and Muslim leaders there in Egypt, as you can see. FACTSET is at the podium right now the applause is underway, which means the opening bell is going to be ringing here in moments. And then we'll get an idea of how the markets are looking. Right on cue, the opening bell rings, which means, means the markets are now officially open. And just like that, it looks like the Dow S P500 as well as the Nasdaq are looking pretty strong here. You see it right here. All of the indices are in the green. There's really only one blemish on our map at this point or on our board at this point. Everything else looking really good. We'll continue to monitor it for you throughout the day. And hopefully the good tidings coming from the Middle east will mean good investments here in the United States. Well, of course, course. Let you know throughout the day. We'll have more American Sunrises coverage of President Trump's historic visit and peace deal in the Middle east coming up. Don't go anywhere.
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Alison Hansen
And we are looking at a live shot of the meeting room in Egypt where soon President Trump will be landing. He just left Israel. He is aboard Air Force One and it should be about a 45 minute trip to the area and we are waiting on that. And we'll bring you full coverage and soon as we have it. Well, welcome back to American Sunrise. I'm Alison Hans and thank you for joining us this morning. Of course, we invite you to join the conversation on getter and rumble. Time now to take the political pulse of America the beat today. Well, Today marks day 738, more than two years since Hamas took hostages. The October 7th attendees that killed 1200 people. Today, Israel has received all 20 living hostages that were held in Gaza. They were handed over to the Red Cross, then to the Israeli military at the Reim base in the south where their families have been praying for this day for 738 days. Ambulances were on hand in case any of the hostages needed immediate care. After more than two years of captivity, a moment of hope, healing and heartbreak as Israel prepares for what could have been an end to this nightmare. President Trump paid tribute to those lives lost when he spoke to the Israeli Knesset earlier today. And here's what he had to say.
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Donald Trump
So as we celebrate today, let us remember how this nightmare of depravity and death all began. Two years ago, on the eve of the Simhat Torah holiday, thousands of innocent Israeli civilians were attacked by terrorists and one of the most evil and heinous desecrations of innocent life the world has ever seen, the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, the cruelty of October 7th struck to the core of humanity itself. Nobody could believe what they were witnessing. The United States of America grieved alongside you. And we mourned for our own citizens who were so viciously taken that day. And to all the families whose lives were forever changed by the atrocities of that day. And all of the people of Israel, please know that America joins you in those two everlasting vows. Never forget and never again.
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Alison Hansen
And joining us now for the latest from D.C. is RAV chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn. Brian, good morning to you. What are you hearing from the White House the same morning?
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David Brody
Well, I know that everyone is absolutely relieved and very celebratory that this peace has finally been achieved by President Trump. And I often said, and it's one of my first things I ever asked him in the Oval Office when he returned to the White House, is you want to be known as the peacemaker. And I think absolutely, we've seen that play out numerous times, and today we get to see it play out live in front of us. But, you know, one of the things that I really, one of my biggest takeaways is how fake the Democrats have been, Alison, in this outrage, in this call for peace and ceasefire, all of this stuff that we have heard for years, since this, since October 7, when the attack happened from Hamas, we have heard nothing but what ceasefire, peace plan, all of this, we finally get it. And it's crickets in tumbleweeds. Not only in front of the White House, where there is no, you know, celebratory praise for President Trump first, basically making this peace deal, but right here in front of our office, in front of our studios, it's been nothing but every day banging pots and pans, calling for a cease bar, calling for peace. And where are they? As I walked in the studio today, no one is out there. As I get on X to find out, where is Rashida Tlaib? Where's aoc? Where's the praise from the Democrats towards President Trump for finally bringing peace in the Middle east and ending this death and destruction? It doesn't exist. It doesn't exist. It's fake outrage. It should anger everyone because we have been told that President Trump was going to create chaos and war around the world. And in fact, he's brought peace to the Middle east, the most historical place. So I'm sorry if I turn the page a little bit. I'm very gracious and I'm very happy that we have, that we are seeing what needs to happen. But I am also a little angry that we have Been finger wagged by the Democrats. So much for getting peace in the Middle East. We finally do it and it's cricket.
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Jake Novak
Well, let me just say, Brian, I mean, yes, 1 million percent, I'm ready for you to storm off the set right now, but yes, for sure. So look, look, here's another thing to kind of get your hide up a little bit. How about the security around President Trump at the Knesset? What the heck? I mean, talk about a scrum. I mean, that didn't seem too secure.
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David Brody
No, not at all. And for someone who's traveled with the President, probably more than a lot of people I know how secure and how organized and how detailed they are as far as allowing people to get in kind of that inner bubble. Today was a rugby match is what you saw. For lack of a better term, it was loose, it was fluid. You had people walking across the shot.
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Gal Kalev
You got people.
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David Brody
The media was all up in it. I am blown away of how loose that security was today. And just praise God that he got out of there without any idiot popping something off, for lack of better terms. But, but yeah, David, I was very shocked because I know that when those leaders come to this country, they get the finest motorcade, they get all the security that escorts them in to the White House or wherever they're going to go here in D.C. i did not see that today. And hopefully the security team there can learn a little bit of a lesson and watch the playback and go, wow, we probably should have secured that a.
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Alison Hansen
Little tighter, I think so. Rugby match. I think you termed it it perfectly. That was wild. Brian, thank you.
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David Brody
This is my Brian Glenn right here. Brian, this is me doing you right now with the finger. I love it.
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Jake T. Bates
My friend.
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Alison Hansen
Brian, take a breath. Take a breath. It's going to be a long day.
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David Brody
Okay, let me refresh Rashida Tlaib and AOC's account real quickly. As of 9:40. Yes. No, no. Tweet for praising. It's just about the government shutdown, which, by the way, we need to open it up.
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Alison Hansen
That's true, but okay, there's always Fetterman.
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Jake Novak
Fetterman.
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David Brody
Yeah, that's true. That's true.
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Alison Hansen
Thank you, Brian.
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David Brody
Thanks, Brian.
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Alison Hansen
Turning now to the human element, Israel has now received all living hostages from Hamas. Here's what it looked like when hostage Bar Kuberstein was reunited with his family after two years of captivity. Incarceration, Gaza. Yeah.
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David Brody
Let me show.
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Alison Hansen
Unbelievable. Joining us now for more is former Israeli diplomat Shahar Azani. Shahar, good morning to you.
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Gal Kalev
Good morning to you, Alison. To all of you, and to all of us in Israel and around the world who seek justice and humanity in welcoming those innocent live hostages back from the most evil place, the dark tunnels of savage Hamas in Gaza. It's truly a miraculous day.
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Alison Hansen
It sure is. What do you think is the international reaction to what's happening at this point?
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Gal Kalev
Well, I think the basic thing is clear. Anybody who has any shred of humanity or decency within them needs to stand and applaud not just the return of the hostages, but also the morality shown by President Trump in Israel today. The humanity, the ability to look reality in the eye. And that wonderful speech at the United nations while they were trying to tamper with his escalator and teleprompter, the president stood there and made no nonsense of looking that reality in the eye and focusing on what's important, which is remembering the October 7th massacre, how this all began, and focusing on the return of the hostages, dead and alive. We're still waiting for the 28 bodies of the deceased. Hamas indicated earlier that they will only deliver four today, which is a breach of the agreement. We want to welcome all of them back home.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, Shahar, listen, this is such an emotional day, I'm sure, obviously in Israel. How do you kind of maneuver through that, knowing that. Here we go, phase two now going to be negotiated. Hamas is not going to agree to any of this phase two stuff. They're not. So, so what does that mean for the region? And I get it, that he's got that the President has Arab buy in, which is great, that's very important. But I'm concerned about this peace summit or this international peace summit that's going on in Sharmel Shake, because, you know, you look at the cast of characters that have been invited to this. This feels like a, a two state solution peace summit of some sort. Like, I don't know. Give me your take on what's going on here.
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Gal Kalev
You know, you're absolutely correct, David. So let's divide it into two. First of all, it's the return of the hostages. This has been our focus for the last couple of years for all of these chanting, death to America and death to the US on our streets, who supposedly have been wanting, wanting to see this end. This could have ended a year and a half, two years ago. First of all, Hamas should have never started this. And when they did, the minute that they would have returned the hostages and put down their weapon, we would have seen an end to this suffering. But having, you know, now that we need to move forward, we really have to be very cognizant of reality, not abide by the rules of October 6th when we chose not to believe those chants and slogans. When we refuse to look reality in the eye. And you're absolutely correct that Hamas is willingly will not put down their weapon. But at this point, all options are on the table. Israel will never make the same mistake again and will never afford itself to make the same mistake again as not look reality in the eye and allow the festering of such a monstrosity to be on our very border. You are talking about the two state solution. I call it the two state delusion. The Palestinians already had a state. They had a state of their own, which was given to them after Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip. We all saw the result of that sovereignty. Billions of dollars that made their way into Hamas's hands from Qatar, from Arab states and from Western donor nations did not go to build hospitals or shelters. They went to build tunnels for terrorists, climaxing in the most horrendous massacre on the global stage that we've seen of Jews since the Holocaust. Separating babies from their mothers, executing elderly people in their wheelchairs. It was the purest manifestation of evil. So what does the future hold? First of all, we have to stop patronizing Palestinians. They need to take responsibility and behave like adults. They need to mature and grow up. They need to de radicalize their own society in a move that may take a month, a year, a decade, maybe 50 years, until they're able to disentrench themselves from the tunnels of hatred, not just physically dug in Gaza, but dug into their hearts. We remember the Palestinian summer camps where children are taught about how to properly massacre an infidel or a Jew. How to kill a Zionist. That has to end. And there is no future for Palestinians or for the region as long as they are controlled by this kind of hatred, whether it's espoused by Hamas or the Palestinian Authority or any other organization in Israel cannot allow this to happen.
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David Brody
Shahar, we'll have to leave the conversation there, but this is a conversation that we absolutely will continue with you and others in the future. It is always good to see you, my friend. Shalom, as they say.
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Gal Kalev
Thank you for having me. Shalom and toda to the United States and to President Donald Trump for that kind of leadership on the global stage.
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Jake Novak
Amen.
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David Brody
Thank you so much, my friend. Coming up, we'll look at the very latest in the hostage releases and returns that are happening right now across Israel. That's next. As we look at a picture of the 20 living hostages who are returned today to their homes and to their families. This is a look at Hostage Square, where there is celebration and, in fact, celebration across Israel this morning as the 20 live, remaining hostages taken on October 7, two years ago are now back in Israeli custody. The bodies of those who were killed are also now in the process of being returned. But this is the next chapter, the next page in moving forward towards peace between Israel and Hamas, at least we hope so. And again, we're looking at a live picture here of Hostage Square where celebrations are underway as the bodies and as the living hostages who were taken are being returned. We're also continuing to monitor the historic moment in Israel throughout this day. This as President Trump is traveling to Egypt as we speak. While in Israel, though, he talked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about his political future. And it's coming into focus Focus, in fact, Bibi Netanyahu, that would be Benjamin Netanyahu has been facing several corruption charges, including for bribery and fraud. President Trump jumped right into the middle of the issue earlier today while addressing the Israeli Knesset. Here's some of what he had to say.
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Donald Trump
And this man is a good man right here. These two men are good men, right? Hey, I have an idea, Mr. President, why don't you give him a pardon? Give him a pardon.
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David Brody
Joining me now with reaction is former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ruthie Blum. Ruthie, it is always good to see you. Before I get your reaction to what we just heard, I'd like you to kind of share with us your experiences throughout today as you've been out and about across Tel Aviv in terms of the jubilation, the relief, the satisfaction that many of your Israeli brothers and sisters are dealing with today as these hostages have now been returned and as you can kind of begin the process of moving forward. Well, there is jubilation. And I have to say it's the first time in two years that you have consensus on something. Pretty much consensus, okay. It's not entirely because they always say two Jews, three opinions. But the consensus is that everybody is delighted to see that the 20 remaining live hostages who've been starved and tortured in the tunnels of Gaza are finally back in Israel. So, of course, really, I gotta tell you, you can't help but cry. I'm watching it, and I didn't watch it in person. We watch it on big screens or at home on television. And it is, it's extremely moving because we've all gotten to know personally the names and faces of Each of those hostages from the beginning of the war for two reasons. One is that Hamas photographed and videotaped all of its own atrocities purposely and posted it all over Facebook and Instagram. So we even watched real time on October 7, the morning of October 7, as they did, like, stories, Facebook stories of their own crimes and atrocities. And we could see the people it was being done to, those atrocities were being committed against. That's one thing. The next was the families of the hostages. They've been on TV for two years. They've been. Now, many hostages were already returned. Some died in the tunnels, some were rescued, rescued in operations, and some returned in trenches of hostage releases slash ceasefires with Hamas. So we've gotten to know them really personally. And so when one got off the plane and we see them, we all know his name and his face. He doesn't know us, but we know him. Ruthie, based on what you said, this just popped into my mind and I hope it is a fair question. But these are unforgivable atrocities that happened. And as we move towards peace, there are certain things that you just can't forgive and certain things that are just naturally impediments towards peace. And we already know that ideologically, Hamas and its proxies there, across, you know, in Gaza, Gaza don't want peace either, just from an ideological standpoint. So is the idea of a long lasting and everlasting peace, is that a pipe dream? And I hate to put it that way on this day of victory, but I think it's a fair question. Oh, it's a totally fair question. And it's got a few answers. And I'll just say that, you know, the short answer is, of course not. There's no peace with jihadist organizations like Hamas. Hamas doesn't want peace. That's why I don't like to call this a peace deal. Now, I say this with all the admiration I have for President Trump. We know that he speaks in hyperbole, though much of it is true. I mean, when Israelis say that there has never been a better friend to Israel in the White House than President Trump, that's true, that's not an exaggeration. But when Trump says peace is busting out all over and this conflict is going to end once and for all, and peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, that's an exaggeration. And why? Because he's mixing up several conflicts. I mean, if he were to say to you right now, I have just ended global jihad, you would laugh, because really, look at the streets of London, Paris, Montreal, Sydney, Melbourne. Okay. And look at New York City, where Mamdani is likely to become a mayor, but both a woke activist, a communist, an Islamist or jihadist. So the reason I'm saying that is you're not. This is not peace. You know, suddenly everybody's at peace. What he's trying to do is expand the Abraham Accords to include Arab and Muslim countries that heretofore were enemies of Israel's and have an interest, financial and otherwise, in stopping to try to kill us. Ruthie, I love your perspective as always. It is always good to talk to you and I celebrate this victory with you and we will get back to work tomorrow and look forward to the future. Thank you so much, Ruthie Blum. Well, thank you so much. Still to come, here on American Sunrise, the art of the deal in action. We'll look at how President Trump may have changed foreign policy for forever. Looking forward to that conversation. We're back in a moment.
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Jake Novak
Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. I am David Brody. Thanks for joining us. Boy, I'll tell you what, What a historic day. Not just in Israel, number one in Israel, but across the entire world and of course, here in America. Earlier this morning, President Trump spoke to the Israeli Knesset outlining his vision for a peaceful future in the Middle East. Here's some of what he had to say.
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Donald Trump
All across the Middle east, the forces of chaos, terror and ruin that have plagued the region for decades now stand weakened, isolated, and totally defeated. A new coalition of proud and responsible nations is emerging. And because of us, the enemies of all civilization are in retreat, thanks to the bravery and incredible skill of the Israeli Defense Forces in operation rising lion.
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Jake Novak
10 seconds each, guys. Finally. Thoughts, Terrence?
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David Brody
I pray that it's a lasting peace and that peace will be the ultimate deal.
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Alison Hansen
I think it's the strength of the human spirit and the strength of human agency.
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Jake Novak
Amazing, wonderful art of the deal coming up in Egypt. Keep it here. Real America's voice for the latest. Thanks for joining us, everybody.
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Alison Hansen
War room's up next. Go Boldly now is up next.
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Jake Novak
See you.
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Donald Trump
This is an I Heart podcast.