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It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you and Senator we have got a lot to talk about, including later in the show, we are going to get a live on the ground update from Israel of what's happening in Israel right now, something very important that I want to point out, so make sure you stick around
for that. Also, before we get to that, there was a shocking news story that came out and I'm still trying to get my head around at Centator terrasts that have been caught illegally crossing the border in this country were released and allowed to roam free for nearly a year because apparently we don't have time to check backgrounds of terrists that we are allowing to go free in this country. And the Biden Administration's like, oh, yeah, that happens.
And oh, by the way, there's a hell of a lot of terrorists on the terrorist watch list that are being caught now every single month in this country.
Well that's exactly right. I've said a number of times that I believe the risks of a major terrorist attack right now are greater than they have been at any time since September eleventh, and this story that broke this week is further underscores that. So the story that broke was an internal federal memo that indicated that a terrorist was apprehended by the Biden administration at the southern border and they released him into the country. They released him
into the country for a year. And this individual, who was a member of the Somali terror group Al Shabab, was released shortly after being caught illegally crossing the southern border near Sanya Cidro, California. And that was on March thirteenth, twenty twenty three, and the Daily Caller News Foundation published this.
They have a memo from the federal government that's been released, and the Terrorist Scream Screening Center initially quote deemed him a mismatch, so in other words, they said, okay, this is a guy is not a terrorist after running him.
Through the terror watch list.
However, on January eighteenth, twenty twenty four, so just a few days ago, the Terrorist Screening Center made a redetermination that the individual was in fact a quote confirmed member of Al Schebab and was involved in the use, manufacture, or transport of explosive or firearms. Two days later, Ice arrested the Al Schebab member in Minneapolis, Minnesota. So understand, we caught a terrorist and the Biden administration let him go, and he was in the United States for nearly a year.
And just last year in twenty twenty three. Do you know how many terror watchless suspects were caught by border patrol last year?
Yeah, this is a number that I know, but I want you to share it with everybody because it's so shocking. It should terrify everyone listening the fact that they're doing this in this country.
One hundred and seventy two now one one hundred and seventy two last year. By the way, during the Trump administration, most years, every year was in single digits. There were numbers like zero two four zero, one hundred and seventy two last year. Do you know how many were apprehended in the last three months just October to December.
These numbers are even more terrifying. And I say this because you're asking the question, and it means that there is an uptick in terrorist activity of terrorists coming into this country.
Tell everybody this number fifty.
Five zero five zero and three months and fifty times four if you have four quarters of a year is two hundred. That means last year is one seventy two. We're on a pace to be at two hundred. To put that in perspective, fifty terrorists on the terror watch list apprehended on the southern border during just the last three months. Do you know how many people on the terror watch list were apprehended in the entirety of the
Trump administration four years? How many thirty so more people on the terror watch list we're caught at our southern border in October, November to December than all four years of the Trump presidency. That's how bad Joe Biden's open borders are.
You also have to compare it so people understand how staggering these numbers are. When you have fifty in the last three months of the year that came in that were caught, that doesn't count the number of godaways who
are on the terrorist watch list. And to be clear, the people that are being caught, the fifty that were caught, they're not walking up to border patrol agents like literally the millions of people that are coming into this country in total who are looking to turn themselves in to government agents because they know they're not going to be kicked out and they get to stay here.
That's the other part is how many have we not caught?
Center If we caught fifty while there's an onslaught at the border of ten thousand a day.
Now, that is exactly right. The most terrifying number under the Biden administration is the over two million Godaways. Those are the people that run that we know crossed in the border but the Border Patrol did not apprehend. We have nine point six million, more than nine point six million that we know of, and the vast majority of them, seven plus million of them essentially turned themselves into the
Border Patrol. Those are less likely, although to be honest, the one hundred and seventy two people on the terror watch lists, some of them are in that group. Many of them are in the Godaways or they were in the Godaways and they get apprehended. But the two point two million, they're much more likely to be criminals, to be murderers, to be rapists, to be child molesters, to be gang members, to be an MS thirteen, or to be terrorists. And understand, the Border Patrol has sent out
written memos direct instruction of Border Patrol agents. When I've been down on the border. Border patrol agents have told me they are very, very concerned about Hamas and Hezbela terrorists crossing the southern border and the risk of an October seventh style attack here in the United States, and Joe Biden and the Democrats are increasing our vulnerability to that every single day.
Let's also put this in a perspective center. And if my memory serves me correctly, it was nineteen terrorists from al Qaeda that hijacked those four commercial airplanes.
Nineteen so nineteen people.
Is what it took for nine to eleven to take place on that Dan and the attack. When you have one hundred plus terrists that are being caught in the last year, one hundred and seventy plus and you have fifty at the end of the year, these numbers are staggering.
And there have been how many hundreds or thousands more are in the godaways that we do not know about, that are in place in cities across America and preparing to commit horrific acts of terrorists.
Well, and that goes back to the warning that we also learned about that's been very quiet, that we mentioned on this show.
I think it was several weeks ago.
Now are a terrorist attack they're concerned about that could mimic the same style of attack that we just witnessed in Israel.
Now, that's exactly right, and it is at this point, it's just insane. It is Joe Biden and congressional Democrats exposing the American people to incredible vulnerability. And you know, I fear for what's going to happen this year, because every day our exposure gets greater and greater.
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or nine seven to Patriot. Senator, what is it going to take for this administration to wake up to these numbers because this is no longer a conversation or debate about illegal immigrants under the Biden administration, which yes, has placed an immense pressure on all of our federal resources. And we have now many cities that are whining and complaining. Liberal cities Denver, for examples, freaking out that it's going to bankrupt them with their budgets because they have so
many illegal immigrants there. But this isn't about that. This is about national security. This situation is endangering our nation. It's clear that our safety is depending on enforcing our immigration laws. Otherwise we get these terrorists on the watch lists coming into our country and we don't know where they are.
Look, that's exactly right. And Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Chuck Schumer are the congressional Democrats. They want this crisis to be happening. The nine point six million who've crossed into this country, they want them to come. How do I know that? Because Biden could stop it tomorrow if he wanted to. He does not want to. He looks at every one of these as future Democrat voters, and he's willing to accept the risk of terrorism, the risk of Americans dying in order for Democrats to get a
partisan advantage. And by the way, this is not a phenomenon limited to our southern border. This Biden White House, they have a consistent pattern. It's a pattern. Ben Frankly, I don't understand. They give money to people who hate us and want to kill us. Joe Biden has flowed roughly one hundred billion dollars to Iran and Iatola, who chanced death to America. He's flowed hundreds of millions of
dollars to Gaza that's gone directly to Hamas. And I'll tell you there was a story that broke the last week that is really studying, which is the United Nations. Look, the United Nations is a global institution with massive problems, massive corruptions, massive anti americanism it has. It is in a terrible institution. As bad as the UN is. There's actually an institution even worse than the UN, and that is a part of the UN that's called UNRA.
Now what is RA.
UNRA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and UNRA is established to focus on Palestinian refugees. And the problem is UNRA has been a pit of radicalism, of anti Semitism, of anti Israel, hate, of extremism. And there's a story that broke this last week that is really studying, and the Wall Street Journal broke it. A number of places broke it, which is at least twelve UNRAH employees were directly involved in the October seventh attack. Understand that.
Let me let me repeat that, because that's a headline that people go.
What holy crap.
At least twelve employees who worked for the United Nations, for this subsidiary called UNRA were actively involved in the October seventh terrorist attack. And yet you know what Joe Biden has been doing for three years flowing money to UNRA because he gives money to terrorists who hate America and hate Israel.
What's even more shocking is there were warnings about UNRA that have been going on for quite some time. And I want to play this for everybody. This is not that long ago. Okay, on December the eleventh, So do the math here. December the eleventh, What happened before December the eleventh of twenty twenty three was the attack on Israel.
On December the eleventh, the twenty twenty three, the Biden State Department spokesman Matt Miller was question about this type of radicalism from UNRA, and he defended UNRA and said they were doing vitally important work for those on the ground.
Listen to this carefully. This is at the State Department.
In light of a recent Jerusalem Post report about a UN agency EUNRA school teacher in Gaza holding a hostage captive in an UNRA school, as well as a teachers at UNRA schools in Gaza praising the attacks on social media with ties between Hamas terrists and the agency's schools. Is President Biden now willing to defund this terrorist un organization UNRA? And I have a follow up.
So I would just say with respect to that first report, we saw that report, we sought information from UNRAH about it. I would add to our knowledge that report has never been verified. Certainly, if that were the case, we would expect accountability for the individual involved. But I do want to speak about UNRA specifically UNRAH. UNRA is providing life saving work for Palestinians right now under very difficult circumstances.
Can we just hit pause there, We'll continue the second apartment. I got to get your reaction to that center I mean, not only is the State Department now defending terrorists, they're saying that the terrorists are doing great work.
Look, I gotta say, I'm just annoyed at listening to that White House hat go UNRA like he pronounces it almost like he's singing like a love poem. UNRA, they do life saving work. Look, the report that has just come out is that ten percent of unra's staff, it's Gaza staff, have ties to Hamas and Islamic militant groups ten percent. So you've got the un funding Hamas terrorists. And mind you, these are people who participated in October seventh.
And you know where UNRA gets their money from. Joe Biden, Donald Trump cut off the money for UNRA. By the way, I've advocated cut UNRA off. They're a pit of anti Semitism, anti America, anti Israel, hatred terrorism. What did Joe Biden do when he came in back into office, Key, he said, all right, let's give money to the people who hate us. And I will say Biden, in the face of this shocking report, was forced to temporarily pause funding for UNRUH.
Temporarily, by the way, But listen, let's go back to December. I want to finish this so that people can hear how much they were defending the terrorists and their great work that they were doing on the ground. I'm going to back up about ten seconds so you hear the context.
Listen to our knowledge that report has never been verified. Certainly, if that were the case, we would expect accountability for the individual involved. But I do want to speak about UNRA specifically. UNRA is providing life saving work for Palestinians right now under very difficult circumstances. We've seen I think it's more than one hundred unrestaff killed during this conflict while they are out trying to get food and water and medicine to the Palestinian people. The work that they
are doing is essential, is saving lives. The United States continues to be the largest donor of humanitarian access to the Palestinian people. We continue to support UNROUGH for the work that it's doing and will continue to do it because they are I will say, as I said a moment ago, actually there on the front lines, under staff putting their lives at risk to get food, water, medicine to children, to babies, to civilians. So we absolutely support the work that they're doing well.
One of the things that the White House there said that was accurate is UNRAS on the front lines. Yes, you're right, they're on the front lines with Hamas engaged in terrorism. And it is stunning that the Biden administration was happy to fund them. This was known for a long time that they spread anti Semitism, that they were vicious, that they hire Hamas sympathizers, and yet this Biden white House is willing to give them money. Right now. The report is so stunning they paused it. But let's be
absolutely clear. This Biden white House wants to resume funding to UNRUH as soon as a little bit of time passes, and they could say, oh, we got rid of a few bad apples, let's keep giving them money.
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Other questions I want to ask you about this, this story that comes out. I love how this administration refused to admit that this story on UNRO was real because it was reported in the Jerusalem Post and they immediately discredit for like, oh, well we don't we don't count that as as being a publication that we'll listen to. And you noticed how he shot back so hard. He's like, well,
this hasn't been verified. We now find out all these other countries are pulling out their funding from UNRA as well because the information is so damning, and it was damning in December. They just refused to look at it in December.
No, that's exactly right. When the United States halted funding, we saw countries throughout Europe do so as well. Germany halted funding, the United Kingdom halted funding, Finland halted funding, Australia halted funding, Canada halted funding, Italy halted funding, the Netherlands and Switzerland halted funding. So it was at that
point unavoidable. But listen, many of those countries, particularly the European countries, have long been willing to stand with the Palestinians against Israel, and it says something that the Biden administration is not willing to lead, and they will only stop giving money to people supporting terrorism when the pressure become unbearable.
Senator, you and I have talked so much about what is happening in Israel, and look, there's a lot of other issues that obviously are happening in the news, other things that are happening in this administration and policies in Iran. But I do want to pause and you and I talked about this and go back joining us now as a guest. Yeall ex Stein is the president and the CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, doing amazing work on the ground, especially with those that were
affected by the horrific attacks in Israel. First of all, thank you for coming on. We really appreciate it and the work you're doing. You're in Israel right now.
Correct, Thank you so much for having me.
What and honor, Yeah, welcome, We're very glad to have you on Verdict. And tell us where in Israel are we talking to you?
So I'm in central northern Israel, where we've had a few rockets from US come in. I've been in the bombshilter, both with my children and also with different senators from America. Governor Kakabi I was in the bomb shelter with him in Tel Aviv, And the biggest threat right now in Northern Nidral is actually Frezvalah, which would make the war
like come with Kamas feel like something small. So here in Northern Nidril we're very on edge that a huge figure war with the Hazalah would break out, which would see around one hundred and fifty thousand rockets on tiny Israel.
Tell us what is the spirit, what is the morale that people are feeling in Israel? With obviously in the wake of October seventh and the horrors that unfolded then and now several months of active warfare, how are people doing on the ground in Israel.
Israel is resilient. Israel has always been resilient. We've never lost sight that. Since nineteen forty eight, we've been in a fight for our survival and there's no other country to go to. There are twenty two Arab states with the population of four hundred and forty million people living there, and there's one Jewish population around seven point five million Jews.
So no one in Israel has lost sight of that, and we are all unified and resilient and finding moments of hope and moments of moments of peace and comfort as well, that we're together and that God is with us, and that we see how there are hundreds of millions of mostly Christian friends around the world who are standing with us as well. I just saw an estimate that there's around seven hundred million Christians around the world who
are praying for Israel. So I think what's in a way most difficult for Israel right now and the people is to see how anti Semitism is rising again, to see how once again the world is questioning if the Jewish people should have a right to exist being okay with Israel and the Jewish people's annihilation. So I want to start off by saying thank you to you. In
a world that is lacking such moral clarity. You, since October seventh and before have been proveding such a moral compass to all of your listeners, all of your followers, which especially day so unique and sacred and what everyone here in Israel is just appreciative for.
Well, yeah, y oh, thank you. I will tell you we are proud to stand with the people of Israel. October seventh made clear to the world, to anyone paying attention, that this is a battle between civilization and barbarism, and this is Israel standing against the face of evil. And I'll tell you, Heidi and I our family, we are praying for the people of Israel. The people of America stand with you. And as horrific as what happened on October seventh was, I believe there are at least two
good things that will come of this. Number One, Israel stated commitment to utterly eliminate Hamas if and when that happens, and I think we've made real and meaningful progress towards that. That is a very very good thing for Israel. That is a very very good thing for America because Hamas hates Israel and hates America and they want to murder us both. And secondly, you referenced anti Semitism. I think one of the things October seventh.
Did is it laid bare.
It exposed the vicious anti semitism we see globally but tragically, especially in US universities. And listen, I believe that anti Semitism was there on October sixth. I don't think that was newly created. But what happened on October seventh exposed it, and I think shining a sunlight on it is a key step to eliminating it.
And so.
Know that despite the viciousness, you're seeing that millions and millions of Americans and people across the world stand with the people of Israel.
It's incredible, it's so inspiring. I read the words of Isaiah five, for example, and says in the last of days, good will be evil, and evil will be called good. And I see how in the beginning of the war in October eighth, people were debating if fromas beheaded babies or just peacefully burned them alive. And then it took less than one minute it TOAs bread the lie that Israel bomb the hospital, which ended up in the Samas rocket. But there is so much hatred towards the Jewish people,
there's so much anti Semitism. What I see, Senator Cruiz is exactly what you're saying, that this isn't nineteen thirty eight today, it's a different reality because we have the State of Israel which is able to protect the Jewish people, and we have millions of Christians around the world who stand with us. And that's exactly the message of the Fellowship. You know, we've all learned about the righteous gentiles during
the Holocaust. We've learned about the Corey Tamboons and Oscar Shimmler's and there's even a forest in Jerusalem that's planted outside of the Yaddashian for the righteous gentiles. And what I see today is if we had to plant a tree for every righteous gentile who's dancing with Israel, to
cover an entire continent with trees. And so what I represent on the ground here in Israel is millions of Christians who are feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, who are not political at all, but are standing with the biblical words of the Bible. Naha uai comfort you, comfort enite people by bringing food to Holocaust survivors and their
bomb shelters and providing bulletproof ambulances. And that is the difference today between twenty twenty four and nineteen thirty eight, and it's significant.
Well, yeah, I want to ask amen, Amen, absolutely, I want to ask you and inform the vertical listeners because there's so many listeners to show that. Ask Center Cruz when he's traveling and myself, they ask the same question, what can we do to get involved. Talk a little bit about what the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews does.
The mission you mentioned and this is something that I learned from you when we got to sit down and break bread, is that there are these, for example, the ambulances that they need, not just ambulances, but bulletproof ambulances. And these are some of the resources that you guys are helping with those on the ground that desperately need these life saving not just care, but also the meals and everything else.
Thank you so much so. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is the largest philanthropic organization in Israel, and we represent the Christian community on the ground in the Holy Land. We have three different areas that we focus on. One is Aliak, bringing Jews from at risk countries home to Israel and the vision of the Bible, and that's actually continued since October seventh. Almost every day we've had people landing in Israel from Ukraine, from the Arab world,
different places where they're persecuted. The second is focusing on poverty and welfare, where we provide food and meals and all the basic needs to people who are hungry and hurting. And the third is security. And so on October seventh, we were already prepared on the ground. We already provided over five five hundred bomb shelters on the ground in Israel. We are ready to wow at bulletproof best. We already
distributed bulletproof ambulances. We already in Barzilai Hospital which got four direct rocket attacks, we already protected their labor and delivery and nicky unit that's completely fortified, so that they were protected. And to October seventh, we were already, we were already mobilized. We already had the connections with all of the security officials, with all of the welfare officials.
And what happened on October seventh was that suddenly the people who are normally there to provide aid became the victims. We had a head of social work, head social worker in southern Israel who was kidnapped. We were calling her to say, what do you need, how can we help? She was in Agaza, she was kidnapped by the Kamas terrorists. We had heads of cities who their children were murdered.
And so the Fellowship moved in on October seventh to say, until the local national government is able to get together to care for the systems. We're here, We're on the ground in Steiroath. As there were terrorist roaming, going shelter to shelter bringing food. As the first responders were going down south to fight the terrorists, the Fellowship was there providing thousands of bulip Who's helmets and flat jackets. Because, simply put, Israel wasn't prepared for October seventh. It took
us by surprise. And so the fact that the Fellowship has been there on the ground providing security for over fifteen years, we were able to mobilize on October seventh and we haven't backed since.
What are the needs right now for specifically people in the US that do want to get involved and want to help, and how can they get involved in help?
Well, one of the biggest needs right now is actually for food and basic needs for those who are evacuated, people who haven't had a business, people who haven't had jobs,
many of them for over four months. We have reserve soldiers who are called up four months ago, who have barely come home, who haven't been able to work, and those families, many of them were poor before October seventh, and so one of the just needs that we're seeing is really for the basics, to bring food to the families whose husbands are in reserve duty, who are poured before the war and now are desperate to the evacuees, to the Holocaust survivors. I was in Sterot just a
few a week and a half ago. Scaut is a city on the border with Gaza that was evacuated right after October seventh, almost four months ago, and there are five hundred elderly over eight years old who they said, we would rather stay here and die in our homes than live again as refugees. Most of them are Holocaust survivors.
And so there's no gross restores opened, there's no infrastructure there, and so it's the fellowship who's they're providing food to these elderly in the evacuated war torn city of Stereot. So right now it's the basics, which means we're not looking for millions of dollars, we're not looking for huge donations. Twenty five dollars provides a food box to one of those elderly in Steros.
It's incredible the work that you guys are doing. Where can people find out more specifically online?
So online you could go to our website www. Dot ISCJ dot org and get all the information there. And I'm veridicated to showing on a day to day basis what the Fellowship is doing. So you can follow me y Lxtein on all social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and get day to day, real time updates on the donations are saving lives.
Well, yeah, Welle, thank you so much for joining us, and thank you for all that you are doing, and know that our prayers are with you, Our prayers are with the people of Israel, and truth will prevail, Israel will stand against the face of evil, and America stands men.
I can't tell you how comforting those words are and how much you've put truth to action. So thank you, thank you, thank you.
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