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On today's Quick Start podcast: NEWS: Teen Accused in Stabbing Released – Karmelo Anthony, charged with murdering fellow student Austin Metcalf, is now living in a gated $900K Frisco home after posting a reduced bond. The luxury setting and $440K fundraiser are drawing backlash. Iran Threatens Christian Iraq – Iranian militias are advancing into Christian towns in Iraq's Nineveh Plains. Nadine Maenza warns the region may fall within 24 hours without U.S. intervention. Netanyahu calls Iran's nuclear goals a “threat to Israel's existence.” FOCUS STORY: A new study reveals a troubling shift: more Americans say they're “spiritual but not religious.” Experts warn this mindset leads to a self-centered view of faith that detaches from biblical truth and weakens the church's influence. THE MAIN THING: The future of Christianity is hanging in the balance in Northern Iraq. Nadine Maenza explains why Christians in the Nineveh Plains face extinction—and how she believes one phone call from President Trump could change everything. TODAY'S VERSE: Psalm 50:14 – “Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.” SHOW LINKS JESUS AND THE PROPHECIES OF CHRISTMAS : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jesus-and-the-prophecies-of-christmas/id1783607035 NEWSMAKERS POD: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/newsmakers/id1724061454 DC DEBRIEF POD: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/d-c-debrief/id1691121630 CBN News YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CBNnewsonline CBN News https://www2.cbn.com/news Faithwire https://www.faithwire.com

President Trump is using his executive power to rip the lid off the deep state's most egregious fraud, waste, and abuse—starting with USAID. But what about Congress? Reps. Keith Self and August Pfluger join The Kevin Roberts Show to reveal how they're working to codify Trump's reforms, gut the bureaucracy, and put America back on the path to military strength and fiscal sanity. From cutting trillions in waste to dismantling Biden's radical policies, this episode breaks down the real fight for America's future.About Rep. Pfluger: Serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman August Pfluger represents 20 counties in Texas' 11th Congressional District, including Brownwood, Killeen, Llano, Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo. August grew up in San Angelo, where he lives with his wife Camille and three daughters. August graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy before serving in the military for twenty years as a decorated fighter pilot and squadron commander, including two deployments to Syria and Northern Iraq. August also served on the United States National Security Council (NSC) during President Trump's first presidency and still serves as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. In Congress, August is the first Member to represent Midland and Odessa on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He also serves as Chairman of the Republican Study Committee – the largest caucus of conservatives on Capitol Hill – and as Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. Additionally, August co-founded the MACH 1 Caucus and the Texas Ag Task Force. He is a conservative Republican, a proud husband and father, and a devoted follower of Jesus Christ.About Rep. Self: Keith Self was born in a military hospital during his father's service in the United States Army and was raised in Texas.  After graduation from High School in Amarillo, he accepted an appointment to The United States Military Academy at West Point, where he began a 25-year career of service to our country.Keith's Army tours included Airborne Infantry Platoon Leader, Airborne Infantry Company Commander, Special Forces Detachment Commander and Special Forces Company Commander.  His service took him to Europe, the Middle East, and the Pentagon, where he worked on the most sensitive military programs.  He deployed to Grenada, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraqi Freedom. During his career, Keith received the Master Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, and Joint Staff Badge.  He retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.Upon retiring from the Army, Keith was elected County Judge in Collin County, TX, in 2006.  He served three consecutive terms before retiring in 2018.Keith and his wife Tracy have been happily married since his graduation from West Point.  They reside in McKinney, TX and are active members in their church and local community.

In the 1990’s, Gloria Hardy learned about the desperate plight of the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq and decided to get involved. This was the beginning of several adventures that the Lord led Gloria on. She’s written about her experiences in her book, 'The Master’s Touch.'Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1991, Gloria Hardy was feeling very disgruntled and thought there was no way that God could use a 51-year-old swim coach. However, that all changed when she learned about the desperate plight of the Kurdish people in Northern Iraq - who’s homes had been bombed by Saddam Hussein. She decided to get involved and God led her on some incredible adventures.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Donald Trump scheduled to take over as the 47th President of the United States of America, there is widespread anxiety on the impact on global climate action. A climate change denier, Trump is a vocal supporter of fossil fuels and in his last tenure made US exit from the Paris Agreement on climate action. It is feared climate financing will take a serious hit. We talked with Anisha Dutta, a New York based investigative journalist focusing on politico-economy to understand the why and how of America electing Trump, the impact it will have on energy transition policies of the US, and the domino effect on climate action and green funding across the globe.  Dutta has been a journalist for over a decade, earlier in New Delhi and now in New York. She has worked with some of the leading newspapers in India - The Hindustan Times as an political and  infra reporter and for The Indian Express as an investigative journalist. Recently she has also reported from war and conflict zones in Northern Iraq. Her recent works have been published in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Columbia Journalism Review, The Hindu Frontline, among others.   Full transcript of the episode is available in English  Presented by 101Reporters Follow TIEH podcast on Twitter, Linkedin & YouTube Anisha Dutta is on Twitter and LinkedIn Our hosts, Shreya Jai on Twitter, Linkedin & Dr. Sandeep Pai on Twitter, Linkedin

William has just returned from a week in the mountain city of Dohuk in Northern Iraq, where he met, at the Middle East Peace and Security Forum, some of Donald Trump's advisors. Meanwhile, the whole world has gone crazy, with Turkish sponsored extreme Islamist militia trying to overthrow Bashar al Assad and restart the Syrian civil war.Support the showReflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation

Barzan Majeed thought he was safe in Iraq but all that changes following the release of this series. Police and prosecutors in Iraq start their own investigation and before long they announce dramatic developments. For reporter Sue Mitchell, and her colleague, former soldier and aid worker, Rob Lawrie, the news signals possibilities for securing justice for some of those harmed in boat and lorry crossings.This a bonus episode which covers developments following this BBC investigation. In the Kurdish controlled areas of Northern Iraq, Barzan Majeed's smuggling operations come under intense scrutiny. The Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani, tells the programme that he hopes for a closer working relationship with Europe when it comes to tackling this problem. He has met with bereaved relatives and seen the pain and loss that comes with migrant journeys at the hands of smugglers like Scorpion.For the UK's National Crime Agency, the developments signal a real possibility of securing justice for some of the families who have suffered. This is also a chance to progress international links that could result in further arrests. There are other cases like Barzan's - where smugglers have been tried in their absence by courts in Europe after escaping arrest and returning to Iraq. Those names have now been passed to the authorities in Iraq.To Catch a Scorpion is a BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4 and is presented and recorded by Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie. The series is produced by Sue Mitchell, Winifred Robinson and Joel Moors The Editor is Philip Sellars Commissioning Editor is Daniel Clarke Assistant Exec Tracy Williams Assistant Commissioner Podcasts/Digital, Will Drysdale Original music is by Mom Tudie and Sound Design is by Tom Brignell

In 2014, more than 100,000 Christians fled their homes as members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State invaded Mosul and other towns in northern Iraq. Many stayed and died for their faith. Thursday on Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, Todd Nettleton, VOM VP and spokesperson shares with us that Christians around the world will observe Day of the Christian Martyr on June 29, 2024. VOM is focusing on an entire group this year: Christians who lost their lives in Northern Iraq and Syria as ISIS swept across that region ten years ago this month. Day of the Christian Martyr - Free Digital ResourcesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Day of the Christian Martyr is Saturday, June 29th. Instead of focusing on one person this year, a whole group will be honored: the Christian martyrs of Northern Iraq and Syria who lost their lives as ISIS swept across that region TEN YEARS AGO this month. Free resources from Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) – including a video about the Christians of Mosul—are available at www.Persecution.com/martyr. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Assyrians around the world have a traditional religious festivals throughout the year. In May each year, Assyrians in the villages of Ashrafya-Nineveh plains celebrate the St. George festival. Traditionally, lamb meat is sacrificed and cooked as part of the saint's memorial. Naseem Sadiq attended the festival and filed this report

Summary   In this episode of the Rising Tide Leadership Podcast, host Mo interviews his friend Dave, a retired Chief Warrant Officer from the United States Army. They reminisce about their time in the Army and discuss the role of a Chief Warrant Officer. Dave shares his journey from enlisting in the Army Reserves to becoming a Warrant Officer specializing in food service. He explains the unique position of Warrant Officers as specialists in their chosen fields, advising commanders and keeping them out of trouble. Dave also shares a funny story about a deployment where soldiers were fed nothing but chili dogs for several meals.    Overall, the conversation provides insights into the life and responsibilities of a Chief Warrant Officer in the Army. David Morphis shares his experiences working as a logistics officer in Northern Iraq and the challenges of being away from his family during his wife's labor. He emphasizes the importance of finding value in everyone and learning from their experiences. He also discusses the influence of his father and wife in shaping him as a person of influence.    David recommends the books '12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos' by Jordan Peterson and 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens. He encourages listeners to strive to be better and uplift those around them.   Takeaways   A Chief Warrant Officer in the Army is to be a specialist in a chosen field and advise commanders. Warrant Officers manage specific areas, such as food service, and ensure the commander's decisions align with regulations and best practices. Army deployments can last for extended periods, with soldiers spending months in a foreign country before returning to the United States. The Army Reserves have a different mobilization process than the active duty Army, with reservists going to a mobilization site before deployment. Deployments can involve challenging and dangerous situations, but soldiers find ways to cope and maintain communication with their families. Humor and camaraderie play a significant role in soldiers' experiences, even in difficult situations like being fed only chili dogs for multiple meals. Find value in everyone and learn from their experiences. The influence of family members, such as fathers and spouses, can shape a person's character. Read books like '12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos' and 'David Copperfield' to gain wisdom and inspiration. Strive to be better and uplift those around you.   Sound Bites   "An entire training organization of 2,000-3,000 soldiers was fed only chili dogs for about four meals." "It was the best deployment I ever had, mainly because of those four months working with the special forces." "We all have those staples of influence and shifting influences." "You can overcome just about all obstacles. You just have to stick with something." "There's a lot of wisdom in organizing yourself before you try to organize others." ------------------------------------ Books Mentioned in the Show 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, by Jordan Peterson David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens ------------------------------------------ Special Thanks To: Work it out by LiQWYD https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/l_work-it-out Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/erSmdVocHO0

If I could summarize this conversation with one phrase, it would be something Shannon said: “When people meet each other they find out that the other is not so other.”Shannon Stowell is the CEO of the Adventure Travel Trade Association, an organization for travel industry partners that believes travel can be a powerful force for good in the world. Shannon has spent over 30 years working in adventure travel, e-commerce, outdoor retail, and environmental science. Shannon and I met in person on a trip to Jordan this February, and we immediately connected around our shared belief about what travel could be. In this conversation, Shannon takes us to Kurdistan, an autonomous region in Northern Iraq, where Shannon traveled with his son in 2017. You'll learn about the meaning of the Kurdish saying “The Kurds have no friends but the mountains,” and what it feels like to visit the Yazidi sacred village of Lalish. We also discuss Shannon's must-see places for people like me who have already traveled a lot, the tomorrow's air initiative led by ATTA, why Shannon believes travel is a privilege, not a right, and what is a soft ambassador.What you'll learn in this episode:How Shannon defines adventure travelShannon's trip to Kurdistan in 2017What living off the grid in nature is likeWhat Maslow's hierarchy of needs has to do with modern depressionMust-see places for people who've already traveled a lotThe impact of media on destinationsMeeting the current moment: travelers' role in times of strifeThe story of “To kill a white person”What gives Shannon hope right nowFeatured on the show:Learn more about the Adventure Travel Trade AssociationCheck out Explore Mesopotamia tours in Iraqi KurdistanRead The New York Times story about KurdistanCheck out Shannon's book, Riding The Hula Hula to the Arctic OceanLearn more about the Tomorrow's Air initiativeFollow ATTA on InstagramGet more information at: Going Places website Join our Going Places newsletter to get updates on new episodes and Yulia's travel storytelling work. Subscribe at goingplacesmedia.com/newsletter!For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don't forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You'll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that sparks a better understanding of people

Nora Michael has been appointed as the new president of the Assyrian Aid Society (AAS) - Australia by its members. With over a decade of service to the AAS in various volunteer roles, Nora says she sees this as a new challenge and is committed to ensuring that the AAS remains focused on supporting Assyrians in Northern Iraq, particularly in continuing the education of Assyrian children.

That’s what Bob Blincoe said to Jesus in the 1990’s when he moved his family to Northern Iraq where, at the time, there we 0 missionaries in a million! And because God works with the unqualified there’s now a growing church of Kurdish Muslim background believers there. Bob Blincoe of FrontiersUSA joins the podcast to call you and me to give up our smaller ambitions and bring the gospel to places and peoples in the world that have NO access to the word of God. First Bob talks about the power of 0 missionaries in a million and the power of being unqualified to plant the good news where it’s never been heard andhow God loves these odds! Then Perry admits, “I want my heart to be a flame for the lost, but I’ve become lukewarm.” Perry asks Bob, “When you breathe your last breath, by the grace of God, what do you hope to see looking back at your life.” Next, Perry also asks Bob, “Should the reality of hell motivate us to go?” Then, “All the sad things will come untrue.” Just look at Psalm 22. Last, Bob is just now into his 8th decade of life, but his passion to preach the gospel where Christ is not known burns hot as does his passion to send the next generation to finish the Great Commission! Please share this show!Support the show: https://give.moodyradio.org/fall-share?v=def&appeal=MRWM&_gl=1%2a142i9we%2a_ga%2aNTE4MTE5MmUtY2U1Yy00YmQ3LWU4MmUtNjEwYTQ5YzAyODRj%2a_ga_4WH1937046%2aMTY5NTExODEwMS4yOTkuMC4xNjk1MTE4MTAxLjYwLjAuMA..&_ga=2.197426156.215784306.1695059984-1182841406.166859587See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Assyrian entertainer and singer Charles Tooma reflects on his latest visit to the homeland-Northern Iraq and his concert in front of thousands of fans and spectators. He says that the people's reaction to him was unbelievable and will never forget the love and admiration he received there.

Today we speak to Kurdish politcal analyst Ariz Kader about the rising levels of internal chaos taking place in Northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. It involves the government in Baghdad, Turkey, Iran, and Kurdish rebel group the PKK. Discounted internet privacy services for all our listeners: www.protonvpn.com/popularfront - Extra: www.patreon.com/popularfront - Info: www.popularfront.co - Merch: www.popularfront.shop - News: www.instagram.com/popular.front - Jake www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan

On 18 April 2024, World Hemophilia Day was observed in the Kurdistan region at the GIN Blood Centre in Duhok, Iraq. Many children with blood diseases enjoyed fun activities and were handed gifts and toys. Dr Omid Adnan, a specialist in blood disease treatment at the centre, discussed its significance with Naseem Sadiq, who filed this report.

In his report, Naseem Sadiq discusses how Iraqis observed drone and cruise missiles soaring through the skies of Erbil, located in Northern Iraq. He highlights the successful interception by the American anti-missile defense system, which neutralized two missiles. Consequently, these intercepted missiles fell in Rawandoz, within the Kurdistan region, without causing any damage.

#TURKIYE: Erdogan's Plan to control Northern Iraq and Northern Syria with proxies. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1870 Istanbul

PREVIEW: #IRAN: #TURKIYE: Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley re Turkiye's plan to dominate Northern Iraq and Northern Syria in order to suppress the Kurds -- and also to confront and to humble the Mullahs in Tehran who fancy themselves as the regional hegemon. More details tonight. 1870 Istanbul

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's worst electoral defeat in nationwide municipal elections has changed Turkey's political landscape. However, the Opposition's victory came at an awkward time. Turkey's Western allies were looking to strengthen ties with the Turkish President.  Turkey's main opposition CHP (Republican People's Party) gains in nationwide local elections are a significant reversal of the party's fortunes after Erdogan's resounding reelection last May."After the opposition's loss in the May elections, everybody thought the opposition was in a state of despair," explains Can Selcuki, head of Istanbul polling firm Economics Research."But that doesn't seem to be the case, and it's a turning point for the Turkish political landscape."It's the first time since 1977 that CHP has managed to come out number one in the popular vote."Threat of authoritarianismWith much of the media under his control and the judiciary targeting dissent, critics claim Erdogan's grip on power is tightening.Addressing supporters on election night Ekrem Imamoglu, the re-elected CHP mayor for Istanbul who Erdogan personally tried to unseat, claimed his victory was a stand against the global threat of authoritarianism."Today is a pivotal moment not only for Istanbul, but for democracy itself. As we celebrate our victory, we send a message that will reverberate worldwide,” Imamoglu told thousands of jubilant supporters."Democracy's decline is now ending," continued the mayor, "Istanbul stands as a beacon of hope, a testament to the resilience of democratic values in the face of growing authoritarianism." Deepfake videos used in local elections in Turkey as Erdogan battles for Istanbul Turkey's embattled civil society fears worst as foreign funding dries u Prosecutor seeks prison terms for alleged PKK members on trial in ParisMuted reactionsDespite this,Turkey's Western allies' response to the CHP's resounding victory was muted."There were no congratulations extended, even to Turkey's democracy, let alone to the opposition itself," Sezin Oney, a commentator for Turkey's Politikyol news portal, said.“[This] is a big contrast compared to the May elections because right after the May elections, the Western leaders, one after the other, extended their congratulations to Erdogan."So there is a recognition that Erdogan is here to stay, and they don't want to make him cross. And given that there is the Ukraine war on one side and the Gaza war on the other, they want a stable Turkey.”Turkey's location, bordering the Middle East and Russia, makes Ankara a critical ally for Europe and the United States in international efforts to control migration and contain Russia.Ahead of the March polls, Erdogan had been engaged in rapprochement with his Western allies, with Washington even inviting the Turkish President for a summit in May.However, Erdogan could still pose a headache to his Western allies as he ramps up his nationalist rhetoric in the aftermath of his defeat."We are determined to show that terrorism has no place in the future of Türkiye and the region," Erdogan said Thursday. "With the recent elections, this determination has been further strengthened."Massive military offensiveMeanwhile, Erdogan has warned that his army is poised to launch a massive military offensive into Northern Iraq and Syria against the Kurdish group PKK, including affiliates that work with American forces in fighting the Islamic State.A crackdown on the PKK, analysts say, will play well with conservative nationalist voters. Those voters were the ones with which the opposition scored its biggest successes in Central Turkey – a region known as Anatolia - for the first time in a generation."CHP has never been successful in those places before. These are places that are considered to be religiously conservative, or at least conservative," Istar Gozaydin, a Turkish religion and state relations expert at Istanbul's Istinye University, said."And that's also valid for Central Anatolia. Central Anatolia is usually much more nationalist and much more religiously sensitive, but for the first time, they've been successful.”It is not the first time Erdogan has sought to play the nationalist card. After the 2015 general election in which the president's AK Party lost its parliamentary majority, Erdogan launched military operations against the PKK across Turkey's predominantly Kurdish region, leveling many city centres.Erdogan's action resulted in his AK Party taking power in a second election later that year.Fix the economy"I'm sure there's a temptation," said analyst Can Selcuki, "but the facts on the ground do not allow it. Erdogan needs to fix the economy."Turkey's near 70% inflation and 50% interest rates, were widely seen as key factors in AK Party's defeat. But analyst Sezin Oney of Turkey's Politikyol news portal says a new conflict could change the political rules of the game."The economy is a concern, but there is a war psyche, then he [Erdogan] might be propagating," Oney added..Some Turkish analysts say the opposition victory will be viewed privately as inconvenient by some of Turkey's Western allies coming at a time of growing cooperation with Erdogan, with the fear now that Erdogan's resounding defeat could make the Turkish leader unpredictable at a critical time in both the Middle East and Russia's war with Ukraine.

LTG (r) Kenneth E. Tovo was commissioned from the U.S. Military Academy into the Infantry in 1983. After serving his initial tour with the 82nd Airborne Division, Tovo completed the Special Forces Qualification Course and transferred to Special Forces. He served as a Special Forces detachment, company, battalion, and group commander in the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne).Tovo's additional assignments included serving as a plans officer with 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta and Joint Headquarters Center (NATO); aide de-camp to the commander, Stabilization Force, Bosnia; chief of staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC); deputy commanding general, Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR); deputy commanding general, 1st Armored Division/U.S. Division Center, Iraq; commanding general, Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT); and commanding general, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan and NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (CSTC-A/NTM-A). Most recently, Tovo served as the military deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Fla.Tovo's operational assignments include the first Gulf War, refugee relief operations in Northern Iraq, noncombatant evacuation operations in Sierra Leone, peacekeeping operations in Bosnia on two occasions, five tours in Iraq, and one tour in Afghanistan. As mentioned in the podcast:Green Beret Foundation - https://greenberetfoundation.org/First Flight Venture Center- https://www.ffvcnc.org/Graham Allison: - Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?-https://amzn.to/3I2U0TBPeter Zienhan Books:- The Absent Super Power - https://amzn.to/3XdW4w1Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World - https://amzn.to/3YfcupCThe Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder - https://amzn.to/3Yr7cXtThe End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization - https://amzn.to/3RJCZRpChristian Brose - The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare - https://amzn.to/3HvnbwY P.W.Singer and August Cole - Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War - https://amzn.to/3HGFtvr Charles E. Heller - America's First Battles - https://amzn.to/3HBL1Hm   In this podcast, the opinions and statements made are solely those of the individual and do not represent any organization or entity. The views expressed are based on personal experience and research, and should not be taken as official positions or endorsements. The individual takes full responsibility for the content of the podcast and encourages listeners to form their own opinions based on their own research and analysis.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/philosophy-from-the-front-line--4319845/support.

In this podcast episode, host Matthew Lilley interviews special guest Aaron Custalow about his journey in youth ministry and missions. Aaron shares about his encounter with God in Northern Iraq and how it led him to have compassion for teenagers. He also talks about the power encounter he experienced at a youth camp and how it transformed his heart. Aaron then shares about the challenges and breakthroughs he faced in starting Jesus Clubs in high schools and the impact they had on students.

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On March 3, 2024, a press conference took place in Baghdeda (Beth Khdida), where ADM and Abnaa Alnahrain jointly announced their agreement to unite. Further steps are underway to finalize the agreement. Ninos Emmanuel interviewed SBS contributor Nassem Khubo from Dohuk, who shared insights on this development.

Phill Webster is an author, actor, and developing medium. After living abroad and travelling the world for twenty years, he returned to his native England in 2017 and embarked on an acting career. Most notably, he has worked with people such as Elle Fanning, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Hardy, and Benedict Cumberbatch, to name a few. At the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unexplained event, coupled with a devastating loss, sent him down a completely different path forever.These events prompted a life review, and an exploration into the mystical, which culminated in the Amazon top of the charts book ‘Letting Glow', and its soon to be released sequel, ‘Glowing Deeper'. In Book One, he documents his journey into mediumship, and sets out to de-mystify the mystical, making the unfolding and development of psychic senses accessible to us all. ‘Letting Glow' delves headfirst into how we can connect with our highest states of intuition, manifest lives of purpose, realign the connection between our thoughts, consciousness, and our authentic selves, and ultimately, searches for proof that we survive physical death.Phill has been a guest this year on over 50 podcasts and radio shows, including the world famous Coast To Coast AM, the most listened to late night radio show in America, along with appearances on Howard Hugh's The Unexplained, ABC News KMET Radio, and Jim Harold's The Otherside among many others. He was also a guest speaker at the Kent Wellness Festival in the UK, The Big Purple Psychic and Holistic Fair, and The Healing Weekend, among others.Later this year, he'll be travelling to Northern Iraq to star in a WW1 drama based on the book ‘Two Years In Kurdistan' by Captain Rupert Hay, who he'll be playing.Website phillwebster.comBooks Glowing Deeper: Book Two of the Letting Glow Trilogy Letting Glow: A Guide to Intuition, Spirituality, and Living Consciously

Since 2004, Shannon Stowell has been at the helm of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) — the largest global network of adventure travel leaders in the industry — which includes tour guides, operators, lodges, advisors, destination management organizations, media and more. He believes that tourism has the potential to be a powerful and protective force – if it's done right.   In this episode of Humans of Travel, Stowell takes listeners on a journey through some of his life's biggest adventures, from making  the natural landscapes of Salida, Colo., his playground as a teenager to taking his first international trip to Fiji and experiencing an especially impactful trip to Kurdistan (in Northern Iraq) a few years ago with his son, Ashton.   Stowell also explains the nuances of the term “adventure travel,” which is defined by the themes of cultural immersion, physical action or natural experiences (or a combination of the three), and how his own definition of adventure travel has shifted due to a recent health scare.  Listeners will also learn about the ATTA's mission of promoting sustainable travel — including how members of the travel industry can get onboard with this initiative — and the future of the adventure travel segment as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.  RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE ATTA: www.adventuretravel.biz   Tomorrow's Air (permanent carbon recapture subscription): www.tomorrowsair.com  Contact the ATTA: Info@adventuretravel.biz  ATTA's free community membership program: https://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-opens-doors-with-new-free-community-membership-program  Stowell's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonstowell/  ABOUT YOUR HOST  Emma Weissmann is the Managing Editor of TravelAge West, a print magazine and website for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the co-host of Trade Secrets, a podcast created with sister publication Travel Weekly. TravelAge West also produces national trade publications Explorer and Family Getaways, as well as events including the Future Leaders in Travel Retreat, Global Travel Marketplace West, the WAVE Awards gala and the Napa Valley Leadership Forum.  ABOUT THE SHOW  TravelAge West's podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry's notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the highs and lows that make them human.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bryan Summers was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He served a mission in Carlsbad, California, and earned a Master's Degree in Library Science at the University of Wales-Aberystwyth. He was a county librarian in Yuma, Arizona for 12 years, and is now a mortgage broker in St George, Utah. Bryan has served in the Church as a nursery leader, ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and bishop. He is currently a teachers quorum assistant. He and his wife have been married 24 years and are the parents of three boys and three girls. Bryan enjoys backpacking—especially the Timberline Trail on Mount Hood—and once spent three weeks wandering around the Kurdish areas of Northern Iraq and Eastern Turkey. Links Acts of the Apostles: @actsofapostles_ The Talmage Story There is already a discussion started about this podcast. Share your thoughts HERE. Watch on YouTube Transcript coming soon Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Highlights Coming soon The Leading Saints Podcast is one of the top independent Latter-day Saints podcasts as part of nonprofit Leading Saints' mission to help Latter-day Saints be better prepared to lead. Learn more and listen to any of the past episodes for free at LeadingSaints.org. Past guests include Emily Belle Freeman, David Butler, Hank Smith, John Bytheway, Reyna and Elena Aburto, Liz Wiseman, Stephen M. R. Covey, Julie Beck, Brad Wilcox, Jody Moore, Tony Overbay, John H. Groberg, Elaine Dalton, Tad R. Callister, Lynn G. Robbins, J. Devn Cornish, Bonnie Oscarson, Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Anthony Sweat, John Hilton III, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Blair Hodges, Whitney Johnson, Ryan Gottfredson, Greg McKeown, Ganel-Lyn Condie, Michael Goodman, Wendy Ulrich, Richard Ostler, and many more in over 700 episodes. Discover podcasts, articles, virtual conferences, and live events related to callings such as the bishopric, Relief Society, elders quorum, Primary, youth leadership, stake leadership, ward mission, ward council, young adults, ministering, and teaching.

I did not expect to have as much fun as I did in recording this episode. In this thought experiment, we explore what it would be like to discover and study governmental standards that exist in our world, as an outsider looking in. We also look at what God's standards are. Fani Willis, the disgraced prosecutor, claims she was doing God's will. I wonder what God thinks of Willis' standards. We also talk about the CEO of United Airlines, the standards he sets, and the offers that are being made to Claudine Gay after her firing from Harvard.What does God's Word say? Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.Hebrews 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Titus 2:12 Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.Romans 1:18-32 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ...Episode Links:Two days ago, Biden told reporters "I've already delivered the message to Iran. They know not to do anything." Today, they attacked the US consulate and airport in Northern Iraq.NBC reports the left is plotting ways to have military not be under civilian control. This dangerous and unconstitutional usurpation of power is being framed by NBC as good because it will undermine Trump if he is freely and fairly elected by Americans.Fani Willis is doing damage control on improperly hiring her boyfriend to prosecute Trump. "You cannot expect black women to be perfect and save the world…we need to be allowed to stumble. We need grace. We are all sinners.”Fani Willis's Affair: There Are Receipts; The likelihood of recusal just increased.EXCLUSIVE: Contracts Show Fani Willis Offered Top RICO Expert Lower Hourly Rate Than Her Alleged Lover In Trump CaseWhy Doesn't The FBI Want To Get To The Bottom Of Alleged Massachusetts Cash-For-Vote Scheme?Some student loan borrowers refusing to pay out of protest; Borrowers 'boycotting' repayment aim to pressure the government to cancel their debtsUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Says DEI Quotas are a Key Hiring Decision When Choosing Their Pilots. “We have committed that 50% of the classes will be women or people of color. Today only 19% of our pilots…are women or people of color.”The World Economic Forum is now equating their Fraudulent Narrative of Climate Change to Genocide…calling it ‘Ecocide' which includes Farming and Driving. Believing something this ridiculous warrants an immediate Psychiatric Assessment.4Patriots https://4Patriots.com/Todd See this week's discounts and deals before they are gone and get free shipping on orders over $97. Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. Bioptimizers https://bioptimizers.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% off your order. Bonefrog https://bonefrogcoffee.com/todd Use code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your first purchase and 15% on subscriptions. Bulwark Capital Bulwark Capital Management (bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com) Sign up for Zach's FREE 2024 Preview today at Know Your Risk Radio.com. SOTA Weight Loss https://sotaweightloss.com SOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART! GreenHaven Interactive Digital Marketing https://greenhaveninteractive.com Your Worldclass Website Will Get Found on Google!

Stigall breaks down last nights decisive caucus win for Donald Trump, plus audio reaction from the media and some of their hilarious shock at Iowa voters' opinions and attitudes. Then, a story getting almost no attention today as Iran attempt to take out an American consulate in Northern Iraq while rebels step up their attacks on ships in the Red Sea. KT McFarland - former White House National Security deputy explains why we should be paying close attention. She also makes some bold statements about our open southern border and who might replace Biden before Election Day. -For more info visit the official website: https://chrisstigall.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisstigallshow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisStigallFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.stigall/Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/StigallPodListen on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/StigallShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More details are emerging about the fatal one-vehicle car accident in Puyallup. Hot conservative sports takes on the NFL playoffs. KNOW IT ALL: 1) Shell Oil suspends Red Sea route.  2) WSJ calls ploy to get NFL fans to subscribe to Peacock a 'butt fumble'. 3) Trump wins Iowa caucuses. // Bryan and a guest talk about Iran's motivations in their latest missile strike in northern Iraq. // SCOTUS passes at a chance to weigh in on the issue of transgender students and bathrooms in schools. Woman crowned Miss America is also on active duty in the Air Force. Trump knows his popularity surges every time he makes a court appearance. 

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1-16-24 Welcome to 2024! GotMead Live is back with Carlos Herrera, owner of the soon-to-be Texas Longhouse Meadery in Wylie, TX, just north of Dallas. Carlos has done a lot in his life so far. He spent 8 years in the army as an airborne infantryman. He was medically discharged in 2011 due to combat injuries and became a Paramedic in 2013. In 2015 decided he wasn't ready for civilian life and went back overseas as a high threat diplomatic security contractor team medic. He then spent 2 years at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan and a year in Northern Iraq with the US Consulate before injuring his back again. He's had 3 spinal surgeries since then. Thank you for your service, Carlos! Carlos has been solo brewing mead since 2016. He was helping an older gentleman before that who used to make it for his Norse Heathen kindred group's ceremonial purposes. They used to make it what he would call the 'old ways' (open ferment in a bucket or old wood barrel, with no nutrients, and would add the kitchen sink if they could). Carlos thought there was a better way to do it so he started off on his own and learned a lot long the way thanks to people like Carvin Wilson, Tom Repas, Ken Schramm, and others. He decided to go commercial after winning multiple awards and being pushed by his homebrew club and friends to take the leap. Carlos loves bochets, pyments, and barrel projects. Carlos is in the process of building his meadery and is going to be talking with us about his journey in licensing and building a meadery, and also about his meads. Join us to see how he's doing! This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback.[break] Sponsor: Honnibrook Craft Meadery. Rated the very best winery in Colorado! Visit our state-of-the-art meadery and tasting room south of downtown Castle Rock, Colorado, in a converted man cave. Mention the Got Mead Podcast this month for a free draft taster!  Google H-O-N-N-I Brook for hours and directions. They love visitors!  www.honnibrook.com If you want to ask your mead making questions, you can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323) or send us a question via email, or via Twitter @realGotMead and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Upcoming Shows Show links and notes Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Let There Be Session Meads by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events Valkyries Horn Mead Competition Home and Commercial Entries are open until Feb 2! Enter your Meads! Commercial https://commercial.valkyrieshorn.com/ and home https://comp.valkyrieshorn.com/ https://emmconference.comThe European Mead Makers Conference is coming up, and registration is open until Feb 18. The Mead Madness Cup is taking entry registrations until Jan 31. Registration for MMC https://meadmadnesscup.com/ Registration for EMMcon https://emmconference.com/ Jan 19 - Lilly Belle Meads, Lancaster, NY - Music with Trever Stribing Jan 20 - Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO - Music with Lisa Jones Jan 20 - Meduseld Meadery, Lancaster, PA - Mid-Winter Mead and Music including Music, Magic, Trivia and Axe Throwing Jan 20 - Hickory Tree Farm Apiaries, Kent City, MI - Mead Make and Take Class Jan 21 - Old Station Honey and Mead, New Sarepta, Alberta, Canada - Northern Alberta Mead Makers Meet Up Jan 21 - Lilly Belle Meads, Lancaster, NY - Brunch at the Meadery Jan 23 - J. Bird Wines, Cambridge, MN - January Mead Pairing Dinner Jan 25 - Adesanya Mead and Microbrewery, Grandville, MI - Open Mic Comedy Night Jan 25 - Bumbling Fools Meadery, Minneapolis, MN - Trivia Night Jan 27 - Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO - Music with Veronica Mary Agnes Jan 27 - MeadKrieger Old Norse Mead, Loveland, CO - 1st Anniversary Party Jan 27 - Grimsby Hollow Meadery, Middleville,

In this episode we hear from J, who spent 11 years with his family in Northern Iraq living amongst the Kurds. We discuss ISIS (aka Daesh / the Islamic State), the connections that the Kurds have with the ancient Medes (as mentioned in the Bible), eco-tourism and archaeology, and the role that statehood (or lack of it) has for the Kurds. We also discuss the Californian, Roger Cumberland, a missionary to the Kurdish people who was martyred in 1938. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_CumberlandNB. Kurdistan is a term that Kurds may appreciate since it speaks of their dreams and aspirations for unity and statehood, but for others in Turkiye, Iraq, Iran & Syria it is a term imbued with a very negative political meaning, one that relates to separatism and division.For more on the Kurds, read:Ethnic Realities and The Church, Lessons from Kurdistan by Robert BlincoeFor J's sermon at the International Church in Dohuk, entitled What the Bible says about Kurds, click here._________________________________________________________________________________Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.matt@frontiers.org.ukYou can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.ukOr, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org (then select from one of our national offices). For social media in the UK:Instagram: frontiers_ukFacebook: @frontiersukfriendsAnd do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:www.momentumyes.com (USA)www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK) _________________________________________________________________________________

Welcome to Game Changers with Jeff Newkirk, where we speak with people who have done something to make this world a better place. It's simple: inspire, educate and let's go change this world!  On today's episode, Jeff welcomes guest Tim Jensen of Grunt Style. Tim is a Marine Corps veteran and leader in the business and advocacy veteran community. Born in Chicago, he is currently the Co-Owner and Chief Brand Officer for Grunt Style and lives in San Antonio. Grunt Style is one of the fastest growing retail and e-commerce brands in the country. In the Marine Corps, Tim served as an amtracker gone infantry man and was deployed to Iraq in September of 2004.  To begin, Tim explains his transition from amtracs to infantry, which most officers actually do the other way around. He participated in over 200 combat patrols in the extremely violent Northern Iraq, for which he was awarded Combat Action Ribbon and Navy Achievement Medal. He finds it immensely important that we celebrate the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our country from danger. By working alongside Grunt Style's CEO to align the brand's vision with its values, Tim's goal is to help grow the brand and ensure that their products meet the highest expectation of demand. Although the brand doesn't directly take any political side, they do recognize that the United States Constitution is something that should be known, celebrated and defended. Grunt Style also strives to be a leader in pride of the self, our military and our country.  Then, Tim shares about his journey from the military to Grunt Style. After returning to Chicago from the military, Tim found his life in a state that he was not proud of. Understanding that he was in need of making a major change, he quit his job and enrolled in college thanks to the GI Bill. He graduated in 3 years at the top of his class with a degree in video game design. He interviewed with Grunt Style and accepted a position working with the company's inventory. 11 years later, he is Co-Owner and Chief Executive of the business. He is also the Chairman of the Grunt Style Foundation, a nonprofit committed to serving veterans and their families. What Tim enjoyed most about his time in Iraq, he shares, is that he was able to see a group of people get the ability to vote for their own government for the first time in their lives. He als sheds light on the freedoms we have as Americans that we often take for granted. Finally, he shares that Grunt Style's goal is to continue sharing their love of freedom, our country and the self with people every day. They also plan to help people understand that patriotism is not a bad word. Learn more about Jeff Newkirk. Do you have any game-changers in your life? Be sure to let me know so we can celebrate their story and contribution to our world. Go to https://gamechangerswithjeff.com to enter your name to be on the podcast

Shownotes and Transcript Tera Dahl has just returned from 3 weeks in Israel where she was reporting for Real America's Voice and Bannon's WarRoom.  Tera returns to Hearts of Oak to share her time travelling throughout the country.  She spent time with soldiers from the IDF, with civilians who are regularly having to use their shelters for protection and with those living in Gaza.  Tera has seen the war up close and her experiences are fresh and raw. Tera Dahl served as Senior Advisor in the Conflict, Prevention and Stabilization Bureau (CPS) at USAID as a political appointee during the Trump Administration. She also served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the National Security Council (NSC) working in the White House under the Trump Administration. She has advised members of congress, staff, and policymakers on complex national security and foreign policy issues. She served as a national security senior advisor to Congresswoman and former Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. She has travelled extensively overseas to areas of conflict and war, raising awareness and reporting from an on-the-ground and frontline perspective, giving a voice to the voiceless. She has helped produce several documentaries going into dangerous situations to uncover the truth and shine a light on darkness. She has spent time camping out on the frontlines embedded with the Peshmerga forces in Northern Iraq during the war against ISIS, on the frontlines with the IDF on the Gaza border, backpacking through the jungles of Burma with fleeing and persecuted Burmese ethnics, and has embedded with U.S. Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. She has travelled to Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria and throughout the Middle East providing humanitarian and medical assistance. She volunteered with the American Red Cross to serve and support U.S. troops overseas during the Global War on Terrorism. Follow Tera on Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/tera_dahl/ Interview recorded 11.12.23 Connect with Hearts of Oak... WEBSITE            https://heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Support Hearts of Oak by purchasing one of our fancy T-Shirts....  SHOP                  https://heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and X https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Tera Dahl, it's wonderful to have you back with us. Thanks so much for joining us today. (Tera Dahl) Thank you, Peter, for having me.  Always good to have you. Of course, people can catch you on somewhere where I never delve, which is Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/tera_dahl/ That I think is the best place to find you, Tera. Yes, it is. Yeah.  Apart from on War Room regularly and Real America's Voice. Real America's Voice.  Obviously, all of that. And I know that many of the viewers will have seen your couple of weeks actually long postings from Israel and I'm really delighted that you made the time today to come on and to share some of those experiences because I think you talked to a lot of commentators, military experts, politicians, but actually to talk to someone who's been there on the ground is fairly rare, I think. So, I'm looking forward to finding out, but to tell us how do you get there? I guess you don't just get a, there are lots of flights cancelled. So I guess it's not just a case of going and booking a ticket with any regular airline, is it? You can get there. I went to Greece and then from Athens, then I flew into Israel, but the airlines are limited now. Definitely the US airlines are limited, they do not fly out of Israel. There's options to fly There's a lot of flights still that are coming in and out, but the airport in Tel Aviv was very quiet, but there was more, I think more people and more flights than I anticipated. Okay, what was the conversation? Cause you're, you're no stranger to going to, to war zones. when I was last over after my WarRoom slot, Steve was regaling me with stories of him talking to you in far flung places. So I guess most people would think, oh, it sounds a bit iffy, but for you, it's part of the job, I guess. Yeah, I was in Israel. I have been. I was in Israel in 2014 to cover the Gaza conflict, the war between Israel and Hamas in 2014 for Breitbart News. And that's when I really saw like I had been traveling around the Middle East during the Arab Spring. I had been to Afghanistan and Iraq, really, you know, on the ground with the war on terrorism, but especially especially during the Arab Spring prior to going to Israel in 2014. And really, I just kind of fell into that because I was on the ground in Egypt during the counter revolution when you had the 30 million Egyptians go to the street to call for Mohammed Morsi's ouster, the Muslim Brotherhood's ouster in Egypt. And I saw the way that the media was portraying that situation and how the media was impacting our policy. And I saw that it was impacting the Pentagon. It was impacting Congress because that's how they viewed it. That was their lens on the situation. And so that's how I started to really understand the need for accurate reporting on the ground. Because unless you're on the ground and you really understand the dynamics, you just read what the headlines are. And then you follow the headlines and then you base your decisions upon the headlines. So when you look at Israel, you look at the headlines, you look at the mainstream media. And it always has been going back to 2014 and going back to the Arab Spring and just the coverage from the mainstream media has been pro-Islamist. And that's what I noticed. I noticed that back in 2012, 2013, they were very much pro-Muslim brotherhood. And so when you look at Israel, you look at the war with Hamas, obviously Hamas is the military arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. That is the mainstream media and the angle of it has been very pro-Hamas and anti-Israel, restraining Israel. And so it was so important when I was there in 2014 because I saw that how the mainstream media and a lot of times they report from Gaza. So you have the mainstream media reporters that are actually in Gaza. Well, if you're reporting from Gaza and you're surrounded by Hamas, you're not going to be very pro-Israel. It's going to impact your reporting because you're afraid for your life for one thing. But you also have, it's just the angle of the mainstream media. And so going on the ground for this war, I knew because I had already covered the Middle East conflicts in the war that it's so important to get that perspective, because of you can't just follow the headlines and you're seeing how tainted it is for an example at the hospitals. You know how Hamas uses hospitals and then when Israel hits back at the hospital. Then it's Israel's fault and they get charged with war crimes. Well, actually Hamas uses hospitals and schools for their military headquarters and they launched their rocket attacks from the hospitals, from the schools, and they used the children. And so, Peter, when I went there, I knew it's so important to be able to get on the ground and to be able to write accurately of what's happening. And that's exactly what I saw. And that definitely was worthwhile because it changes your perspective. Can I just ask you, just before getting on to what it was like there, I'm sure the viewers would be curious in how you prep for that, because you're not going into a normal environment. It's not just a tourist or a journalist going to report on an event. It's into a very dangerous situation. How do you prepare? Was it that you had contacts before? Is it Real America's voice making those contacts? Because obviously you don't want to land on the ground and then begin to spend your time building up those contacts and knowing who to speak to. So how do you kind of go about preparing for that? I think with any time that I've travelled overseas in the Middle East, you know contacts, you reach out to them, you reach out to your mutual friends that have contacts in Israel, and then you just kind of start with who you know, and then you build off of that. And that's exactly what, too, on this trip. You have your contacts that I've had through my friends here, and then you let people know that you're coming over, I've been there before, and then you just build on that. And when you're on the ground, it just opens up opportunities because you just build your contacts, your networking on the ground. And one of the important parts of that was going up into the north. I was able to go up into the northern part of Israel with the Christian community. So I wasn't only, I was able to see, spend time with the Arab Muslims that are joining the IDF. I spoke with them. I spoke with the Christian community that also served in the IDF. And of course, the majority of the Jewish community, but I was able to get all those different perspectives. So when we talk about building those contacts, it's important that you meet with all sides. And I've always done that. Like when I went to Syria, as well, I met with the opposition first, who were trying to overthrow Assad, and then I went into Damascus and saw the other side. So that's kind of just how I've always done it is and I depend on the locals, I mean, for someone, I guess, as a woman, going by myself. I definitely, you know, you just have to have your faith in God, and then you just trust people, and you just build contacts and you just build relationships. And what were you kind of expecting when you went out? Because this current situation is simply because Israel have not dealt with the problem previously. And this time Netanyahu I think feels and probably has to actually deal with Hamas living on their border. But what were you kind of expecting when you went over? Because I guess every war situation is different. The relationships with the countries around, the population. The sleeper cells they have, there are so many moving parts to the situation. And what kind of were you expecting before you headed out? I think I knew what to anticipate because I had been there to cover it previously, so I knew what to expect. But as far as when we talk about preparing for this, like going into Israel, you would think there's so many people that were traveling there. I think one of the highest tourism times before everything got cancelled, it was just they were packed with tours. And one thing that is always, since I went there before a couple times, and then now this trip, is that Israel is constantly living under siege. So as, you know, like for me going to visit during a war time, this is the normal for them, Peter. This is how they live. They live under siege. They live every single house, every building, since you land in the airport, has a shelter. No matter where you are, every single place you're at, whether it's a restaurant, whether it's a home, if it's a school, if it's a playground, they all have shelters. And just think about how abnormal that is, is that they get hit. Since Hamas launched the attack on October 7th, they've been hit with 10,000 rockets from Hamas. 10,000 rockets. But it is the normal life for them. And the Iron Dome intercepts the majority of them. But when the Iron Dome does not intercept them, the shrapnel kills people. If that rocket hits, that can take out like a huge, that could kill so many people, those rockets, and they take, you know, you take it for granted because of the Iron Dome. But there's multiple times, even like when I was there for my limited time, that if it wasn't for the Iron Dome, you know, you would have probably, you would have been hit by that, you would have been impacted by the shrapnel. But it's that's not normal. So what they consider normal is not normal. So they constantly so like for me to say, you go over there and it looks like, wow, you're going into a war zone. That's how they live. You know, that's how they live every day of their lives. Their children have to play in playgrounds that are actually shelters because they want the kids to make it, you know, they don't want kids to feel like they're constantly under war and to live in fear. So what they do is they build their playgrounds as shelters. So when the kids are playing in the tunnels, it's actually a shelter for the kids. And so they only have a few seconds when they hear those sirens go off to be able to go into their shelters But that's normal for them So that's something that like it never surprises me just to see how they live their normal their daily lives going to school. Going to their synagogues. Just living their lives going to work and but yet they're constantly under rocket attack, constantly. And even the day after that I left, there was a terrorist attack right in Jerusalem. And that's just, that's how they live. Well, in Israel, there are different parts of the society which engage in this situation differently. You have the military. Maybe you want to just give us some of your thoughts or experiences you were talking to the military, because they are actually on the front line. They're the ones that are trying to remove this, which has been a continual threat against Israel, Hamas. And I saw some of the interviews you had with different individuals in the military. Tell us about those conversations with the military. Well, I think the military is they're very much focused and they're determined and they're resolute on eliminating Hamas. And they're not only on eliminating Hamas, but also Hezbollah. You have to keep in mind too that Hezbollah there's 60 000 Israeli citizens that were evacuated out of the north and another 70 000 that were evacuated out of the south and they're all living in the hotels right now. So you have tens of thousands over, almost 200,000 Israeli citizens that are evacuated right now because of the threat from Hamas and because of the threat from Hezbollah. And so, but their perspective, what they were saying is that they're first focusing on Hamas and they're going to eliminate Hamas because just like in 2014, when they were resolute on eliminating Hamas, and then because of the international pressure, a lot because of the Obama administration. They pulled back and they stopped. Well, look what's happened now, look at what has happened because they didn't finish Hamas back in 2014 or 2021 again and then look at how they use that ceasefire from 2021 basically Hamas was in a ceasefire since 2021 and instead of honouring that ceasefire they used it to rebuild rearm and and plan October 7 and so that's what happens when they say a ceasefire They're rebuilding and rearming and then that's what happened. So you have no option. The military has no option. Israel has no option but to eliminate Hamas and they also have the threat from Hezbollah. So we just to keep in mind to that Hezbollah had, so Hamas used Hezbollah's plan that they have had for over 10 years to invade northern Israel and take hundreds of Israelis hostage, which would put pressure then on the Western countries. That was their plan. And they did drills. They did, planned, like they did the planned training. Previously, back in May 2023, there's video of Hezbollah doing these mock trainings, where it was the same attack that Hamas did on October 7th. And so Hezbollah is a greater threat than Hamas. But the threat right now, the immediate threat, from what my understanding is, is Hamas. They have to eliminate Hamas first, but they will have to deal with Hezbollah. And they'll have to go back to the UN 1701, where Hezbollah is north of Israel. So they're not on the Israeli border and it has to be enforced by the UN but they're gonna have to deal with the threat from Hezbollah because they have the same plan and those, Thousands of Israelis will not move back home until the threat from Hezbollah is completely eliminated as well. So they are getting attacked on all fronts and not to mention the attacks that are coming from the West Bank as well. And that's what I've heard too is that you know, people are asking why how did they miss it the intelligence failure? And it was the biggest intelligence failure. They're saying since 1973. Well, they were focused so much on the West Bank. They were focused so much on the threat from Hezbollah. And they were also allowing thousands and thousands of the Gazan civilians to come in every single day on work visas. And those Gazans that were coming in on work visas turned against Israel. And a lot of them were the ones that were mapping out the exact locations for Hamas's attack on October 7th. So that's what I learned talking to people. Probably one of the most things that I took away was that they realized how wrong they were for this two-state solution, and living in peace side by side because they totally use what they were given to the Gazan civilians because the Gazan civilians, 70% of them support Hamas, and they use that against Israel. And they use that opportunity where they were coming in on work visas, getting money, and they were the ones to turn against Israel and with all of the maps and the locations and commit that atrocious attack. So that is another takeaway, but I have a lot to say on the Gazan civilians too. Well, let me touch on, there's just one other thing you talked about, the military and the country, I guess, was living in a false sense of security because the borders have been fairly peaceful. You've got economic relationships warming up between countries around. And you haven't actually, it's been a long time since I remember hearing of a suicide bomber in Israel on buses or trains which used to hear of fairly often. That seems to be have been eradicated and with the borders more secure than before. Was it simply just a false sense of security? Israel thinking actually we've got economic benefits. And that's going to trump any in-built religious hatred which exists. Yeah, I think it was a false sense of security. And I think a lot too was that they were allowing those, the Gazans to come in on those work visas. And they just didn't think that they would do something, you know, to turn against them when they were allowing so thousands and thousands of them to come in. And one of the, what really stuck out to me was the kibbutz's that were the most attacks, the worst attack that took place, the majority of them were the kind of thinking they call them the liberal, the leftist, because they were, they were the ones reaching out, you know, to the Gazan civilians, to Hamas. Some of them, one example was a lady who used, not only one lady, but there were other women as well, that would, for years, would bring in the civilians to the hospitals and take care of the children in Gaza, and they murdered her. And they murdered a lot of the people at the kibbutz who were the ones that believed that you could live side by side, the ones that believed that you could have that peace. And that is something that even people that believed for years and years and had been involved in some of the peace agreements. They said that was their biggest eye-opener, is how wrong they were, how wrong they were that you could have that two-state solution, and live side-by-side because they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. And that was a big wake-up call. And that's why I think the perspective is so different. And I heard that there has never been more of a unity within Israel to annihilate and eliminate Hamas than there is now. They said over 99% of Israel is all unified, that you have to eliminate Hamas. So not only Hamas, but Hezbollah in the north as well. Let me come back to you on Israeli failing. You mentioned you've got a lot to say on the actual people living in Gaza. I don't even want to call them Palestinians, but I will not even delve down that rabbit hole. But those living in Gaza, they seem to, well, the world seems to want to blame Israel for the problems happening in Gaza under Hamas and the world doesn't seem to actually have any issues with Hamas being the government and democracy not functioning all of that and and it seems as though the people there certainly the media tell us that all their ire and anger is against Israel for their problems and not against Hamas. Tell us about kind of what the conversations, what you learned about actually those people living in Gaza. That was something that I learned right away when we were at the kibbutz. They were talking about how people aren't mentioning, and they weren't talking about the 3,000 Gazan civilians that broke in and breached the wall after Hamas made the initial breach. There were thousands of Gazan civilians, Palestinians, that came in and they stole trucks from the kibbutz's, and they stole and they looted within. They took TVs and they stole things and those were the civilians. And so you see all these pro-Palestinian protests and they're not pro-Palestinian. If they were pro-Palestinian, why doesn't Jordan take them in? Why doesn't Egypt take them in? Why don't these Arab countries take in these Palestinians that they seem to care so much about? Why? They don't want them. Nobody wants the Palestinians because they're 70% pro-Hamas and they're indoctrinated since they're children, which I'd love to touch on the UNHCR funding too, the UN funding where this indoctrination is happening at the schools and it's being funded by the US, by the EU, by the European countries, right? By the Western world for this indoctrination in these schools that is bringing up these little kids to kill Israelis. So the Arab countries, they don't want them, But yet, in the whole world, everybody, it seems to be pro-Palestinian, but they're not pro-Palestinian. They're pro-Hamas and they're anti-Israel. That's what that is. So I don't even call them pro-Palestinian rallies or protests. That's not what they are. They're not pro-Palestinian. They're anti-Israel and they're pro-Hamas. Yeah, we've seen that here. The people there, because the media can tell us that it's sad that the people in Gaza, and obviously you have many civilians caught up in this, civilians on both sides and no one wants a war situation. It's not good for any country but Israel didn't choose this. But you look at the people in Gaza and on one side it's the poor people there, they're living under a difficult government but you've been to Arab Spring, different demonstrations. I know I've had many conversations with those who had lived behind the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe. You have uprisings, you have people uprising to overthrow those above them. And that may not be easy. And maybe me speaking as a Brit, it's easy for me to say that, but that's how history works. And surely the same thing should work in Gaza. If the people are unhappy with those above them, then they should overthrow them. Yeah. And I think actually you're seeing more of that right now. You're seeing where these Hamas members are surrendering in the masses. And I think you're seeing more of the people starting to turn against Hamas. But even like when you look at the statistics and the polling, you have 73% of the people that live in Gaza, the Palestinians, they support Hamas. They're Hamas sympathizers. And a lot of that has to do with the indoctrination and the schooling since they're kids. You see the videos of these children who have, you know, machine guns and they're taught and they're raised to just hate Israelis and they're honoured if they murder Israelis and that's their indoctrination. So you've got to break that ideology. You know, you can definitely eliminate Hamas as an organization, but it's an ideology that you really have to come against, which we've done in the past. You know, look at what we did with Germany and Japan. So you can come against an ideology and that's what you have to do. And so that is, yeah, that is a whole different conversation. Looking at how the people live, that is all, as you pointed out, it's all funded by the West. That perpetual hatred, that perpetual tension, when we have politicians talk about they want peace, but at the same time they're funding a terror organisation and keeping that pocket of evil right on the edge ready to kick off. You're right it does seem to be that the West are guilty of what has happened. The UN is funding it. The UN is funding that ideology. The Western world is funding it. The United States is funding it and under the Trump administration they cut that funding to UNRWA. They cut the hundreds of millions of dollars to UNHCR and Biden immediately restarted that funding again. And that funding goes directly to Hamas and it goes directly to funding that ideology and that's taking place in that school. So if you want to start with one thing to cut, which we could do right now, is eliminate UNHCR, completely eliminate UNHCR, and cut that funding that's going to UNHCR. But right now they're launching, UNHCR has literally launched a Hamas campaign. That's what they're doing. They are the spokespeople for Hamas and when you look them up and you look at the campaign that they're doing right now. You will see how they are basically launching a campaign and it's with US funding and it's with UN funding. So just think of that. We're funding Hamas's campaign. UNHCR, tell us what that stands for.  UN Refugee Program Agency. Okay, that does explain a lot. You mentioned about the Israeli people and a unity behind the government and the military. That hasn't always been the case, and certainly I've seen a lot of self-hatred, maybe mostly from Israelis and Jews who live abroad and look back. But with that unity, then that possibly does mean the job can be done. May tell us about that, your conversations with people. About the unity that's happening in Israel right now? That is something they said, They're 99% unified and Israel too, they were having, they were so divided pre, and this other people will say, well, because the country was so divided before the Hamas attack over the judicial reforms. That was the big focus in Israel. That was really dividing the country. But after this Hamas attack, everyone has been saying they have never seen more unity. And when you get to Israel, that's what you see. You see the Israeli flags all over the country, every building, all the roads. I mean, every car has an Israeli flag. It's that, like you're unified. It was like, it reminded me of September 11th, you know, after September 11th, every single American flag was sold out. Everybody was unified. They were against terrorism and they were unified as a nation and a world. The whole global community was unified. And that's where I don't understand why you're not seeing that now with Hamas attack. Hamas is ISIS. Hamas is ISIS. It's the same funding, it's the same ideology, it's the same groups, the same kind of the countries that are behind it, the terrorist organization, the tactics, the beliefs, the ideology, all of it's the same. So Hamas is ISIS. And the attacks that they did against the Israeli citizens when they killed babies, when they cut open pregnant women, when they raped women multiple times and then burn their bodies, they beheaded people. I mean, that's ISIS. You can't even fathom having anyone that would even think that they could support Hamas right now or support ISIS. Just think of that if you had ISIS supporters, think of the difference in the perspective that you would see if you had all of these students protesting for ISIS, you wouldn't see that. And if you held ISIS beliefs, you would be prosecuted, right? The FBI is going to be hunting at your door if you showed any kind of sympathy with ISIS. But why are they not doing that with Hamas? Hamas is ISIS. Hamas is a designated terrorist organization. They come from the same sources. There's no difference in them, but yet we're allowing this like pro-Hamas. Even in our campuses, sentiment. I mean, you should have the FBI at the door, even having that, just like it was with ISIS. You should have that same mentality towards Hamas. There's no reason in the 21st century to have a terrorist organization that commits those kind of barbaric, inhumane acts. I mean, there's just no, there's no space for that. There should be zero tolerance for that. And the world should be united as we were all united with the United States on 9-11 when we all came together, you know, for the war on global terrorism. That's what we're dealing with. This is a global war on terrorism. That's what we're fighting right now. And there should be no divide in that. And yet you're seeing it all over, especially in the UK. Oh yeah, in the UK. I want to pick up on some of the military in the north and Hezbollah and surrounding, but let me ask you about that world support or pressure, how the media have responded. Europe have always had a very uneasy relationship with Israel. Europe have traditionally sided with Arab nations against Israel. America is quite different and America has generally been a bastion of support for Israel right from the beginning, from the modern day state. But what is that like because you have in campuses, as you see here I guess in the States, a lot of pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian, because people don't know any better. But generally the media, up until, they're still generally holding to be more pro-Israel, although you see that beginning to slip. And with the BBC, it maybe lasted a few days before it slipped, but I think in the US, it's lasted a lot longer. Tell us about that, because not only is there a military war but there's a PR and media war as well. Yeah, and that was where I think it's starting to shift. I think right away there was all of that pressure and people saw that. I think the social media, China was behind a lot of that on TikTok. They were fomenting a lot of that anti-Israel. I think China was a lot behind that, especially on TikTok social media. But I think you're seeing it start to swing now. And I think because people, when they see the videos and when they see it themselves, I think you can't defend it like it was so barbaric and inhumane what they did. No one can defend it so I think that's the difference that you're seeing and that's why it's starting to shift is because It is ISIS and when you when you see what how just that's why, when Hamas did this like 2014 when they launched the rockets and the war in 2014 it was very different because you just look at what, they targeted civilians, they targeted babies, they targeted women, and then they kidnapped them, they kidnapped babies, they kidnapped young little kids. And so that I think people are seeing that anyone that is a human being, right, that has any kind of understanding or emotion, common sense, you have to condemn it. There's just zero tolerance for that. And I think people are starting to see that. And that's why it's important for the actual videos and the reporting to happen, because Hamas is launching this massive information campaign, massive information war, which they've always done. You know, they've always done. And that's why you're seeing even pushback on the mainstream media. You know, when just for a perfect example, I think several weeks ago when you had, Shiva hospital and it was and they were saying that it was Israel that hit it right and it was Hamas but yet look at the condemnation because of the false reporting and they had to push back and to be able to report the truth and you have members of Congress. Rashid Talib, you know who was still not even believing Israel when all the evidence was there, even when the Biden administration themselves, you know came out and said no it wasn't Israel. It was Hamas you know, you still had a member of Congress who was coming out there and spewing these lies against Israel because she's, you know, she's part of that false campaign against Israel. And so I think you can't dispute the evidence. You just can't. No matter what, you just cannot dispute the evidence. And I think that's the information war that Israel is, they still have to battle it. They absolutely have to battle it. And that's why it was important to go on the ground too, because you have to see it yourself. You've got to report it first-hand. And if people were to see what I saw in the kibbutz's and what I heard, that's what will change your perspective. That's what will make you see. And that's why it is so important for the media to report it accurately. Tera, you touched on the opposition in the left in politics, in the media, and we see that as well in Europe and the UK and our media is dominated by those on the left and politics that are on the left. But we're all seeing another curious, I guess, voice come up and that's the voices that have appeared over the last kind of three, three and a half years on the COVID tyranny, demanding freedoms, angry at the restrictions we faced. And there's a lot of anger amongst that group, certainly against Israel, because of how it locked down more than anyone else before. It only allowed one vaccine to be used, the Pfizer vaccine. You didn't have any right to have anything else. It seemed to be a test bed, an experiment. And I think a lot of that anger against Israel, what's happened the last three, four years under that tyranny, has boiled over into hatred of Israel and Jewish haters. And I've realised a lot of those groups are maybe more in the left and they've traditionally had that hatred of Israel. And you see it popping up time and time again, groups that I would be surprised at. I don't know where, are you having that in the US or is the opposition traditionally from the left on the politics and the media? The left and the politics and the media. I think you have, the United States, you have such strong support for Israel. The evangelical church supports Israel. Democrats, Republicans, it's really dividing the Democratic Party. You've got very staunch pro-Israel Democrats, and the Republican Party has always been very pro-Israel. And so I think you do see it on the left. I think you do see it in that more of the Muslim Brotherhood, I think, influence the college campuses is probably the loudest where it's coming from. But again, that's where you have to look at the sources of that. I don't think it comes from the COVID lockdowns. If you're pro-Israel, you know, you just, for me, it's my faith, you know, God will bless Israel. Those that bless Israel be blessed. Those that curse Israel be cursed. And so you support Israel. And it's not because of who the politicians are, it's not who's in office at the time, it's because God blesses those that bless Israel, and you stand with Israel. And it's a biblical mandate. And I know that's where my position stems from, is I'm going to honour God, and I'm going to stand with Israel. And it's not because of the politicians or who's in power or what their policies are. I agree, that's 100% of where I come from, happily call myself a Christian Zionist because of what the Bible teaches. But then you talk to a non-Christian and you say, well, do you pick Hamas or Israel? Take your choice and don't tell me you want to live in Israel because of freedoms, but really want to hate Israel. And that's, yeah, wanting the freedoms, but yet hating it. It's like wanting a pride parade through Gaza. Well, go for it. You could be the first, and I want to be there to film it and see what happens. You have tolerance and freedom in one country across the board, and yet across the border, not only across the border into Gaza, but in West Bank, in many of the surrounding countries, you have little freedoms. Yeah, yeah, you do, you do. But they're a young country, 75 years old. And so they're still growing and like when you look at Israel, it's a miracle, right? Like it's an absolute miracle everything about Israel is miraculous. It was a desert and it's turned into a green land and is you know rivers and streams and lush and green trees and even just being there and you just see how beautiful Israel is and it's the hand of God and it's miraculous and there's no way that anything that Israel could have existed if it wasn't for God's providence in that country and his hand in doing it. 100%. You touched on, just coming near the end, you touched on the north and obviously the Gaza Strip is southwest. You've got the West Bank to the east and you've got up there in the northern border, Lebanon and Syria. You've got two countries which are failed states in effect and with Hezbollah. I mean for a country and a military to be fighting war on one side, but yet they must be ready and prepared at a moment's notice to open up that on a second front. It's horrendous, horrendous pressure and so far it has held off on the North, but as you say, they will have to deal with that. But the Israeli military have shown time and time again that they are able to fight on many fronts, in 48 and in 73, to attack, to fight on every single front and to be able to push that back. But that kind of, maybe touch on that, that constant state of readiness that has to be there. Everything can't just go to Gaza, it has to be prepared, not only in the North Hezbollah, but also on the West Bank border as well. And they are, you know, when I was there too, the IDF was, Hezbollah would launch rockets at Israel and Israel would respond. So they're well positioned to be able to respond to Hezbollah, to be able to eliminate the threat from Hezbollah. Just from what, you know, like, what I was told is that they're going to focus on the closest threat, the immediate threat, and that's eliminating Hamas, because, and that's also a quicker operation than Hezbollah. Hezbollah has about 150,000 rockets. They are a much, much stronger, well-equipped, dangerous force than Hamas. Obviously, they're backed by Iran. But the one thing I think that Israel has right now is like the U.S. Warships have been deployed, and they're not doing, actually, they're not doing the deterrence that they should do. Obviously, our troops in the region have been attacked now, over 70 times every day they're adding to the attacks that are going on right now. So the US needs to do much more deterrence to hold Iran at bay and to prevent Hezbollah from joining the war fully. But I think what's the number one thing right now that is preventing Hezbollah is that Lebanon and the civilians in Lebanon do not want Hezbollah to join the war because they're the ones that will be eliminated. And just like Hamas uses the schools and the civilians and the homes as their headquarters, as their military headquarters, and they hold their rockets and that's where they launch all their attacks and use it as their headquarters, that's exactly what Hezbollah does in Lebanon. And they do it as well in the Christian communities in Lebanon. Then they use the schools and they hold the civilians hostage and they use the civilians as their hostages just like they do. You don't hear about it as much, but that's exactly what's going on in Lebanon. And that's what Hezbollah is doing. They're hiding their rockets in these schools, in the hospitals. So, Lebanon does not want Hezbollah to join this war. And the civilians don't, because when the IDF, then Hezbollah will launch an attack from a Christian community, a village, or an area. And that happened when I was there. They launched it from a Christian area, and then the IDF will respond. And then it makes it look like the IDF is hitting a church. Well, no. Hezbollah was using that church as their headquarters at their launching pad to launch these rocket attacks. So of course, the IDF is going to respond to eliminate the threat, they have to. But that's the tactics that they use. And so I think if you put pressure on Lebanon, and obviously, the Hezbollah has, you know, power and control in Lebanon, but I think that's where you could really deter Hezbollah. And the UN could deter Hezbollah as well, like they already passed in 2006, the UN Resolution 1701 to be able to push Hezbollah up past the Latani River, so they're not on the Israeli border, but it's not being enforced. Hezbollah attacks the UN forces because there's not enough, they attack them. I've seen the videos of them attacking their trucks. So Hezbollah dominates in that area, and they're not even supposed to be in that area. So there are things already that exist that just are not being enforced that could really prevent from Israel having, or from that the Northern Front, really being an all-out war? Just finish off on, where Israel goes the future, because Israel has to come out of this stronger. It has to come out of this having defeated Hamas, and whatever that means for Gaza, that will have to be for others to decide. But militarily and security-wise, has to come out the stronger. And then politically, how do you see that happening? Because Israeli politics has always been fractured. And what Benjamin Netanyahu, who's the great survivor, being what PM, differences a third or fourth time now since 96. And obviously that has to pass over at some point, kind of how did you pick up on that political, obviously there's support for him, what he's doing, he needs to come out of this with a strong legacy, and I guess someone else has to also come up and continue his, I guess his boldness and determination to fight for Israel's security. So let me just touch on that, that political side, what did you feel coming away from your trip on that? I think Israel will come out stronger. I think that you will see something different in Gaza, Hamas will be eliminated and what that is, I didn't get the sense that Israel wants to take over Gaza. I think they don't want to do that. I think you'll have the sovereignty of Israel, you'll have the sovereignty of Israel involved but will that include security will that include Arab countries, you know, you hear talks about maybe Saudi Arabia the UAE. One country that that I don't think should have any Impact at all is Qatar. Qatar should have absolutely no influence in Gaza because Qatar is the Muslim Brotherhood. They are the problem and they should be sanctioned, you know the international community should be sanctioning Qatar but if you have like an Arab force, if you have a UN peacekeeping force, some kind of security, but it's Israel's sovereignty. Israel should control, it's their country, and they should have the decisions and it should be in their control to decide. It's their civilians, it's their people, it's their responsibility to keep the civilians of Israel safe and defend their country. And so the US, I mean, the pressure from the Biden administration in any kind of way against Israel to have that sovereignty, you know, that needs to be pushed back on and that you need to allow Israel to be able to have that sovereignty. And also I think the sovereignty as well over Judea and Samaria, you know, the Palestinian Authority, it's not okay for Israel to live under siege. That's not normal. And they shouldn't have to live that way. They should be able to eliminate the attacks. I mean, just think if we were in Texas and someone in Mexico, or not someone, cartels were launching attacks with rockets every day at Texan citizens. And they couldn't eliminate the threat, but instead they just had to build around it to protect themselves, right? They just had to build an Iron Dome or a defence system to be able to protect from the rockets. Instead of taking out the cartels who's launching the rockets. It makes no sense, you know, take out the threat. And so that's something that we need to get behind Israel and allow them to do that and to support them in doing that. But I think you will see a safer Israel, you'll see more sovereignty, and they should. And that's where I think the international community, I don't understand their position in pressuring for a two-state solution, because there is no two-state solution. It just doesn't exist because the Palestinian Authority is not, there is no structure. It doesn't even, it doesn't make any sense. A, it's unbiblical, right? It's against God. You don't divide God's land. Again, those that bless Israel, like America's policy, I think, is directly impacted by our decisions to bless Israel. But there is just no common sense, viable option with the Palestinian Authority. They just don't have the financial structure right now, and they want to eliminate Israel as well. Tera, really appreciate you coming along and sharing your thoughts on your trip there. So thank you so much for joining us and sharing the stories you had from your trip. Thanks. Thank you, Peter. It's so good to be with you. Thank you.

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Among other things, they discuss why every leadership program should cover “followership” and the art of managing up; how leaders fundamentally cannot control outcomes, and can only shift the odds; the importance of finding the right balance between high challenge and high support; and why ultimately, what leaders need most is self-awareness and self-acceptance — or, in other words, to be both socially intelligent and secure.       Learn about:   11:42 How Scott describes leadership 14:13 The deep connection between leadership and “followership” 19:00 The organizational lessons from a “friendly fire” incident 23:45 Why your core values are so critical for leaders 28:58 The worst attribute in a leader 29:52 The intersection of high performance, high support and high challenge 38:22 Scott's summary lessons for leaders       —  Scott A. Snook graduated with honors from West Point, earning the Royal Society of Arts Award for the most outstanding overall cadet in his class. Following graduation, he was commissioned in the US Army Corps of Engineers, where he served in various command and staff positions for over 22 years, earning the rank of Colonel before retiring in 2002. He has led soldiers in combat. Among his military decorations are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Master Parachutist badge. He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated with High Distinction as a Baker Scholar. Dr. Snook earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Organizational Behavior, winning the Sage-Louis Pondy Best Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management for his study of the Friendly Fire Shootdown in Northern Iraq. Until July of 2002, Colonel Snook served as an Academy Professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department at the United States Military Academy. He also directed West Point's Center for Leadership and Organizations Research as well as its joint Master's Program in Leader Development. Scott's passion is to help others live more "meaning-full" lives. More specifically, he is interested in unpacking and understanding transformational leader (human) development experiences --how to make the most out of life's curriculum, as well as how to create high-leverage/high-impact interventions to accelerate the growth of leaders. Professor Snook's book Friendly Fire was selected by the Academy of Management to receive the 2002 Terry Award as the most influential book on managerial thinking published during the past two years. He has also co-authored a book that explores the role of "common sense" in leadership titled, Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life (2000) and co-edited The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being (2011). Most recently, he co-authored The Discover Your True North Fieldbook (2015), which is the primary text for “Authentic Leader Development,” the popular MBA elective he has taught for over 10 years. Professor Snook has shared his leadership insights in formal executive education programs at Harvard and with numerous corporate audiences around the world.   ABOUT LET GO & LEAD   Let Go & Lead is a leadership community created by Maril MacDonald, founder and CEO of Gagen MacDonald. Maril brings together provocateurs, pioneers, thought leaders and those leading the conversation around culture, transformation and change.  Over the course of the past 12 years, Let Go & Lead has existed in many forms, from video interviews to resource guides to its current iteration as a podcast. At its core, it remains a place where people can access a diversity of perspectives on interdisciplinary approaches to leadership. Maril is also working on a book incorporating these insights gathered over the past several years from global leaders and change makers.     Maril has interviewed over 120 leaders — from business to academia and nonprofits to the arts — through the years. In each conversation, from personal anecdotes to ground-breaking scientific analysis, she has probed the lessons learned in leadership. From these conversations, the Let Go & Lead framework has emerged. It is both a personal and organizational resource that aims to serve the individual leader or leadership at scale.    ABOUT GAGEN MACDONALD   At Gagen MacDonald, we are dedicated to helping organizations navigate the human struggle of change. We are a people-focused consulting firm and our passion is improving the employee experience — for everyone. For almost 25 years, we have been working with companies to create clarity from chaos by uniting employees across all levels around a single vision so they can achieve results and realize their future. We have been a pioneer in bringing humanity to strategy execution, leading in areas such as organizational communication, culture, leadership, and employee engagement. 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Mehiyar Kathem interviews Mr Dlshad A. Mutalb, heritage manager of the Directorate of Antiquities in Soran, in Iraqi Kurdistan, who completed a scholarship at Cambridge University under the support and supervision of Professor Graeme Barker. Dlshad speaks about Northern Iraq's important neanderthal site, Shanidar Cave. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/nahrein/media/podcasts Date of episode recording: 2020-03-02 Duration: 47:45 Language of episode: English Presenter:Mehiyar Kathem Guests: Dlshad A. Mutalb Producer: Mehiyar Kathem

In this episode I explore Central and Northern Iraq, visiting the capital of Baghdad and Mosul. I also enter into Iraqi Kurdistan and visit the city of Erbil, one of the oldest, continually inhabited cities, in the world. As I wrap up my time in this incredible country, hopefully I leave you with some piqued interest and a curiosity into visiting it yourself!

Lawrence Makho, a master's degree graduate and an Assyrian from Northern Iraq, delves into the historical journey of the Assyrians from the Hakari region in Iraq from 1933-1988. His master's thesis from the University of Zakho-KRG sheds light on these Assyrians' settlement patterns while highlighting successive Iraqi governments' persistent neglect of their rights. Mr Makho's research uncovers a crucial chapter of the Assyrians in the Iraq narrative.

An exclusive interview with Assyrian sculpturer and painter, Ninos Thabet, from Northern Iraq, exploring his talents and works and how he had many art exhibitions in the USA with the help of the Assyrian Arts Institute.

Jeff grew up in a small town in Ohio with big dreams to see and experience the world. Jeff was exposed to West Point early in life, and even visited the barracks when his uncle was a cadet. His early preparation and focus earned him a nomination and acceptance to the academy, but it did not prepare him for the breadth of the journey he was about to embark on. Jeff branched Field Artillery and posted to Germany with the expectation of being deployed to Kosovo for Peace Keeping operations, but stayed in Germany as a part of an Armored Task Force prepared to deploy to Iraq in support of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Jeff would deploy to Northern Iraq early in 2003 with the 173rd Airborne and again in 2004 with the 1st Infantry Division. Jeff would serve in multiple countries across the globe and serve in various positions with the Field Artillery branch in support of the US Army, the Joint Force, and Multinational Forces. This is the first half of his story. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-harrison0/support

The Kanesh Archive, a 4,000 year old collection of tablets discovered in Northern Iraq, reveals that customer service is nothing new. Over 4 millenniums ago, textile merchants would keep records of their sales transactions and customer details! In this eye-opening conversation, we welcome Harvard professor, Gojko Barjamovic, and his partner, Agnete, who reveal that these ancient clay records include orders, detailed feedback and requests, and even expense reports for the traveling salesmen! Who knew Quickbooks (or other software) had a great-great-great grandparent?