Israel Battles a Hamas Resurgence | Faith Nation - May 13, 2024

tonight as the IDF pushes ahead with its plan to eliminate Hamas in Rafa a warning that it won't solve the root problem a problem that both of us want to solve which is making sure Hamas cannot again uh govern Gaza what does the future of Gaza look like once Israel's Invasion ends plus the legal Trials of Donald Trump his former fixer takes the stand in the former presidential criminal hush money case and China has a strategy they call it disintegration Warfare Beijing may not want a physical war with the us but it's waging a battle of a different kind a look at China's threat to America all this and more tonight on faith [Music] Nation hundreds of thousands flee Rafa ahead of a fullscale IDF Invasion good evening and thanks for joining us for Faith nation in Washington I'm Caitlyn Burke more than 300,000 Palestinian civilians are trying to escape the southern Gaza City but more than a million remain in Rafa with few options it comes as Israel vows to carry out the operation to eliminate Hamas strongholds in the South senior International correspondent George Thomas has the details in tonight's top story George uh Caitlyn as Israel makes preparations to potentially move on Rafa in the South there's new evidence that Hamas Fighters are regrouping in Northern parts of the Gaza Strip in areas by the way that were once cleared out by Israeli forces leading us officials to warn of a possible Insurgency it all comes as Washington Post revealed over the weekend that the Biden Administration has been get this withholding critical intelligence from Israel about the whereabouts of top Hamas leaders this shows the scene Monday on the road out of jabalia we escaped from the shelling and missile attacks we couldn't bear all this so we ran out the Palestinian Exodus from Northern parts of the Gaza Strip intensifying as Israeli forces hit some 120 targets across the area in just the past 24 hours and there's evidence now that despite IDF efforts to eliminate Hamas from northern Gaza that Fighters are regrouping in areas once cleared out us officials warning Israel that it needs a viable plan for governing Gaza or face a resurgent terror group Israel's on the trajectory potentially to inherit an Insurgency with many armed Hamas left or if it leaves a vacuum filled by chaos filled by Anarchy and probably refilled by Hamas meanwhile in Rafa some 360,000 gazans have fled for safe zones as Israel potentially prepares a fullscale invasion of hamas's last stronghold the Biden Administration still trying to prevent such an operation inside Rafa reportedly has withheld critical intelligence regarding the location of Hamas leaders including Yaya sinir the architect of the October 7th attacks the release only coming if the Israelis agree to a limited and targeted operation in in the southern Gaza City this is uh part of a trend and a pattern uh the Biden Administration has been trying to control uh this conflict from day one whether uh it escalates or not how many days who goes where who does what uh I think this is not the best course of action this is not the policy uh we help our allies against our enemies that's how it should be the Washington Post reporting that us Ence even contains the precise location of the group's Terror tunnels so if this is the case and we know where senoir is and we know how the tunnels look like so what are we as the United States government uh waiting for the White House facing bipartisan criticism for exerting pressure on Israel and withholding weapons in their fight against Hamas for us to step in and say no you can't go into Rafa and finish a job I think it's tan Mount to in in in arms embargo it's also very similar for us to say in World War II hey uh like my dad's generation you can invade all the way up to Berlin but you can't go into Berlin to finish the job meanwhile hezbollah's leader Hassan Nala warned today that Israel faces quote a historical dilemma in a televised address said if Israel stops the war right now it will be a major defeat for the Jewish state if it continues its military operations Israel moves into an abyss a possible reference here Caitlyn to a long drawn out conflict with the terror group so George if the Washington Post reporting is correct as we saw in your package the bind Administration knows where hamas's top leader is what's the latest assessment of his whereabouts yeah according to these uh to the reporting by the uh the wp uh the assessment initially the sort of the the reason why Israel has been targeting and wants to go after uh Rafa is the understanding that sinir is actually in Rafa surrounded by these four Hamas Battalion groups but the reporting is that in fact he may have not even left the KH Yunis area which is in the northern portion of the Gaza Strip and according to the Washington Post the Israeli intelligence does agree with the American assessment as as of right now as to where Sinar is is hold up all right George Thomas thanks for coming on you're welcome when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th terrorists took Israeli Jews as hostages but they also captured Israeli Arabs and people from other countries one Israeli ban family was hit especially hard Middle East correspondent Julie stall brings us their heroic story 27-year-old Basher Al zadna a bedan araban law student saw his life turned upside down by the events of October 7th I'm the spokesman of my family here in t Aviv in the family's headquarters and the family's Forum of the hostages I had four family members kidnapped on the 7th of October and held his hostages as well bashir's uncle ysf and three of his children were working at the dairy in kibutz holit when Hamas attacked at 7 and a half the morning they were captured we saw photos videos of them being held by Hamas very hard images very hard footage Hamas released one son Bilal and daughter Aisha after nearly two months because they were both under 18 they told us that they had almost no food they've told us that they have been staying deep down in the tunnels they've told us that although the gods of Hamas spoke Arabic and they speak also Arabic they never sh the world together never spoke together all four of them were staying in the same room and their gods gave four of them each one a Quran book which is the Islamic Holly book it was very hard for them to stay in captivity ysep and his son hamsa remained captive the father who's 53 years old who is still held his hostage in Gaza has diabetes and we know that he doesn't take his medications Hamza is 22 years old also still held his captive in Gaza by Hamas he has migraines and he also doesn't take his medication unfortunately the tragic impact doesn't end there I have a cousin of mine whose name is ABD Rahman he was murdered on the 7th of October by Hamas was murdered murdered alongside his wife who happened to be a Jew they believed in coexistence and they coexisted together they they just fell in love and got married they were just having fun in zakim Beach they stayed the night there and we woke up with a very sad message of them Basher who lived in STO wasn't there that day luckily I went to my mother's place the weekend that happened I was in rahad on the 7th of October and now I am in t Aviv because I have been evacuated from Gaza envelope to the center of Israel another relative became a hero I'm an Arab bedwin I'm proud to be Israeli I personally saved the lives of 30 people on that Black Sabbath YF Al zadna a bus driver provided Transportation at the site of the Nova Music Festival he tells CBN News he had dropped off passengers there earlier and planned to pick them up the afternoon of October 7th around 6:00 a.m. the phone rang I saw on the phone the name Amit Adar the guy that had ordered the transport he said y save us I said what is it he said there's a mess alarms Rockets there are terrorists I didn't think twice I started my car and drove there despite Rockets gunfire and terrorists he successfully rescued 30 people packing them into his 14 seat bus all the young people that are brought back thanks to God they returned whole no one was murdered no one was kidnapped later Hamas found yosef's phone number on Facebook called and threatened him for me we're all human beings there are good and there are bad people and I did this as a person a human being in the end we're one people and this is our country and we must live together this is a a miracle that he went there and got out without any damage Basher says the reaction of Israelis following the attack truly surprised him we saw people in Israel from all parts of the Israeli Society come together stand together and fight together and help each other it doesn't matter if they were Jews Arabs Christians dzi Muslims liberals Orthodox Jews you saw all Israelis come together and behave like one big society that lifted one another Basher says he's never viewed Hamas as representing Muslims or Palestinians to him it's a radical terrorist organization that's one reason Basher believes there's still hope for peace between is Isel and the Palestinians we should find the common things we cherish and we should find the focus on them and we should find a way to to heal our wounds and also fight for a better future for both of us Israelis and Palestinians what happened on the 7th of October should never happen again and what is happening right now in Gaza should also never happen again Basher says he wants people to pray for the war and violence to end and for peace in the world Julie stall CBN News while the fight to free hostages continues here in the US protests on college campuses against the Gaza War now interrupting graduation ceremonies from coast to coast over the weekend Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld was about to receive an honorary degree from Duke University when students walked out during his speech at UC Berkeley graduates chanted and waved the Palestinian flag honestly it's truly devastating what is going on overseas as an Israeli student I'm extremely saddened by it but at the same time this is our graduation this is our moment right now to reflect and honor all our hard work on Sunday police scuffled with demonstrators outside Pomona College in Southern California since April 18th more than 2400 students have been arrested at campus protests president Trump's former lawyer takes the stand what Michael Cohen's testimony means for the hush money case and the 2024 election When Faith Nation returns did Senator Bob Menendez participate in an international bribery scheme involving gold bars luxury cars and aiding Egypt that's what federal prosecutors intend to prove as the New Jersey senator's corruption trial kicks off Menendez is pleading not guilty to charges he used his influence and power to benefit the Egyptian government government his wife is also charged in the case defense lawyers for the Senators say in part they'll make the case menendez's wife is at fault meanwhile in a New York Court former fixer Michael Cohen has taken the stand in the criminal hush money trial of former president Donald Trump prosecutors will use the star witness's testimony to try and prove Trump was involved in falsifying records to hide hush money payments to porn star stormmy Daniels The Once president's former lawyer does have an image problem admittedly lying in court in the past even serving prison time for his involvement in the hush money payoff Trump's lawyers are playing off Cohen's testimony as untrustworthy and with that let's bring in CBN Chief political analyst David Brody David Cohen directly implicated Trump today despite his inconsist inconsistency excuse me in the past do you believe his testimony could be damaging for Trump well I guess the bottom line is it's not up to me it's up to those jurors and and really the the word of the day Caitlyn here is credibility I mean Michael Cohen let's be uh honest with the facts here he's lied to Congress he's lied to the IRS he's lied to the southern district of New York today we found out he lied to his wife uh because he took out a home equity loan and she didn't know anything about it because she was running the bank accounts for the checking account but not the home equity loan uh now we find out that he made a secret uh tape audio recording of Donald Trump technically it is legal in New York to do that it's one party consent but he's going around taping phone calls so look uh it's really up to the jury at this point to decide if he has any credibility and it only takes one and this case is over thus far Trump has benefited politically from his legal trouble as this case enters its final stretch and jail time could be the result of a guilty verdict could that even bolster his campaign as well oh I don't think there's any question about it look I I think uh kind of how do you say that the fix is in and I don't mean from a from a nefarious standpoint but I think the cake is baked how about that we say it that way uh because uh the truth of the matter is is that everybody has an opinion about this and I don't think there's many folks uh you know Trump plays the Martyr very very well and he's got a lot of martyr material here we don't need to go into the whole weaponization of the doj but indeed that's going to be the Mont going forward so yeah I mean look if he went to jail for this uh that's just going to further his martyr credentials and really believe it or not in a weirdest sort of way solidify him even better politically Trump maintains that this case and others are politically motivated and much of his base agrees with that but what about swing voters well here's the problem uh there are not many of them left uh there are some swing voters out there there's no doubt you know we always talk about in elections how oh the key is the middle the independence the s voters well let's be honest we live in a divided States of America we live in a polarized United States of America and I think a lot of people have pretty much chosen size are there people in the middle that aren't sure yes is it dwindling yes I think it's a small minority of folks I'm not convinced that it's enough to swing either way positive or negative for Donald Trump all right CBN Chief political analyst David Brody thanks so much for coming on you bet cayin thanks up next from cyber attacks to the fenyl crisis China is undermining America from within an investigative journalist exposes the evidence next on faith [Music] Nation China is accused of sending fentanyl across our Southern border and that's not all from undue political influence sewing social chaos and even funding the drug trade an investigative journalist and author is accusing the Communist Regime of efforts to undermine America from within cbn's Gary Lane spoke with Peter schwitzer about his claims we've seen many examples of the danger China poses from cyber security hacks to the fentel crisis in his book Blood Money why the powerful turn a blind eye while China killed Americans Author Peter schweer makes the argument that the Communist leadership is at war with America sowing chaos and death without firing a shot China has a strategy they call it disintegration Warfare uh that says look we don't want to have a kinetic fighting war with the United States because that would lead to all kinds of disruption and damage in China so we're going to try to beat them by not going to war but by undermining them nonetheless schweer sees the Chinese Communist Party employing the tactics of ancient military strategist sunsu in The Art of War he teaches an enemy can be defeated without having to fight they're doing this by sewing social chaos in the United States they're literally killing Americans with fenol the Mexican cartels are the junior Partners this is a Chinese operation and they are engaging in other activities that are designed to tear America apart and it seems to be working as fentel has continued to pour across the US Southern border the CDC reports that in 2023 alone the drug led to the deaths of more than 112,000 Americans schweer writes that this ongoing crisis can only continue through political corruption he claims to have found a link between gang leader Jang un Lee also known as whitewolf and the Biden family whitewolf has a business partner who gave the bidens in 2017 a $5 million forgivable loan that the bidens have never repaid so you literally have one degree of separation between the first family of the United States and this poisonous fenel trade schweer believes this could be a reason why President Biden has not been more aggressive in confronting China on the fenel issue we need to remember that the bribery and Corruption statutes in the United States say even if the actual politician doesn't get a dime if his family member number profits that in and of itself is corruption schweer alleges China has Financial ties with members of both major political parties in the United States including outgoing Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell schweer writes the McConnell's wife and former Transportation secretary Elaine Chow owns a shipping company called foremost shipping which has grown and expanded due to its Chinese business connections if Mitch McConnell as a senator were to do or say something that particularly angered Beijing they could destroy the family shipping business overnight that's the kind of Leverage they have and the kind of Leverage that they use as to the allegations a spokesperson stated that chiao had not been involved with her family's business for over 40 years and deemed the allegations as spurious and deliberately malicious according to schweer his most surprising discovery is the involvement of two Chinese billionaires in inciting this Division and chaos he argues that Roy Singham the founder of thought works and Joe Sai the co-founder of Alibaba have invested millions in radical cultural causes such as the transgender movement Alibaba is a Chinese e-commerce company similar to Amazon but unlike Amazon in the United States this is a business that's closely wedded to the Chinese government what's troubling about these actions is not only their support of the cause but the fact that they don't actually advocate for these causes in China itself which leads me to believe that they see it more as a disruptive force in American society than something that they actually embrace as a belief system what can be done schweer believes the country must first deal with Chinese political influence in Washington after that Americans need to be aware of what is going on he says if people stay informed and are equipped they can win this war for American hearts and Minds Gary Lane see CN news coming up a rare Celestial show seen here in the states next on faith [Music] [Music] Nation finally tonight God's creation was on full display in the skies this weekend the Aurora Borealis known as the Northern Lights was seen farther south than it has been for Generations Millions Across America were treated to a gorgeous Glow In The Sky even as far south as Texas it was all thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm on the surface of the Sun producing a rare sequence of solar flares I hope some of you got to see it I will be honest I did not stay up late enough that is going to do it for Faith Nation tonight we will see you tomorrow

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