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US Secretary of State Blinken

is in the Middle East thisweek pushing peace talks.

He and President Bidensupport a two-state solution

for Israel and the Palestinians,

but will that idea get any traction?

Joining us to provide some insights

is Rabbi Ari Lamm.

Rabbi Lamm is the founderof the Joshua Project,

the chief executive of B'nai Zion,

an educational andhumanitarian organization

working in Israel.

Rabbi Lamm, it's good to talk with you.

So, what do you think ofSecretary Blinken's efforts

offering US aid to Gaza and then pushing

to restart peace talkswith a two-state solution?

- I think it's critical,first and foremost,

to recognize what this conflict is about,

because without knowing whatit's about, you can't solve it.

What we're seeing herein this recent conflict

between Israel and Hamas isa conflict between the forces

of normalization and fellowshipand friendship on one side

between Jews, Muslims, andChristians in the Middle East,

and the forces that areopposing those things,

the dark forces that are opposingthose things on the other.

So Hamas is not fighting, asit so often positions itself,

for Palestinian freedomor for Palestinian rights.

What it's doing is trying to dismantle

any potential infrastructure,social and emotional

or otherwise for coexistence.

So all of the positive developments

that you were seeing in the Middle East,

whether they were very highprofile like the Abraham Accords

or things that were servedjust below the surface,

like, for example, the firsttime in Israeli history

that an Arab, that infact an Islamist party

was going to sit in thecoalition with either Likud

or Naftali Bennett's party.

These are all forces,and not to mention forces

right on the ground in Israel.

These are forces for fellowship,for friendship, for peace,

and Hamas saw this as an opportunity

to stoke rage and anger and hatred

amongst the forces thatoppose those things.

And its most obvious targetsin this respect are Jews

because Hamas' platform isfundamentally anti-Semitic

and eliminationist and genocidal.

But fundamentally, it'stargeting Palestinians,

Jews, Muslims, Christiansall throughout the region

as much as it's targetingJews in particular.

- And the Palestinian peopledon't really realize this.

According to the Gatestone Institute,

a recent public opinion poll showed 57%

of Palestinians opposea two-state solution,

and that's a Palestinianstate side-by-side

next to a Jewish one.

The same percentage of Palestinians

say they support armed struggle.

So in other words, they want one state

without Jews, Israel destroyed.

So how can you negotiate peace

when a majority of Palestinianshave that attitude?

- I think the answerultimately is going to come,

first and foremost, from Israel.

And by Israel, I meanthe growing coalition

of Jews, Muslims, andArabs that make up Israel,

making clear that Israelhas nowhere to go.

One of the, I think, sortof vicious, vicious tricks

that advocates for Hamasand its allies in the region

often invoke is the idea that,

well, Israel is an apartheid regime

or Israel is a colonialist regime

like the French in Algeria.

The key difference, aside fromall the moral, theological,

and ethical reasons for opposingthat grotesque comparison,

the pure difference between those things

on just a tactical levelis that, guess what,

Jews have nowhere else to go,

and Israelis have nowhere else to go.

So the first thing thatIsrael needs to make clear

as I think it sought to make clear

during this latest round of conflict

was that we're not going anywhere.

You can stoke this program

and you can hope forethnic cleansing of Jews

from the river to the sea all you want,

but we're not going anywhere.

And I think ultimately thatneeds to lie at the bedrock

of any conflict mediationbetween the two parties.

Israel and Jews are not going anywhere.

- So how has this recent conflict in Gaza

affected the Abraham Accords?

You mentioned those Accords.

How about the prospects ofbringing more Arab countries

into a friendly relationship with Israel?

How has it affected that?

- So you know, I've talkedabout the Abraham Accords

often on my podcast, Good Faith Effort,

and one of the things thatI've been pleased to hear

from former guests andfrom friends of the pod

is that there actually isa good deal of energy still

powering these Abraham Accords forward.

I think we're gonnasee more normalization.

I think we're going tosee people recognizing.

You know, the normalization accords,

the Abraham Accords, ran on the energy

of recognizing that Hamas' preferred way

and Hezbollah and Iran's preferred way

of dealing with the region

is stoke as much conflict as possible,

to create as much chaos as possible

so that they can seizepower and dominance.

And the Abraham Accords arebuilt on the opposite premise,

that the way to find mutual flourishing

for all peoples in the region

is to invest with eachother, to create together,

to build cultures thatare mutually reinforcing,

much like you find, for example,

in the heyday of King Solomon.

You find King Solomon

building the First Temple in partnership

with the other greatmonarchies of the region

because, ultimately, we flourish best

when we flourished together.

- During the Gaza conflict,we saw a rise of anti-Semitism

here in the US, mostly in LA and New York.

Do you expect that thatwill subside or intensify

now that a Gaza ceasefire's in place?

What are your expectations and concerns?

- Well, ultimately, Ithink one of the things,

one of the hard lessonsthat Jews have had to learn

throughout our long periodin various diasporas

is that whatever excusesthe dominant culture gives

for anti-Semitism, they'rejust that, they're excuses.

And so what we need to do asa community and as a people

and as a nation isexcavate what exactly is it

that is driving this hatred,

or not driving it 'causeit's ultimately senseless,

but what is it that'sallowing this hatred to fester

and let's cut those things out.

Because at the end of the day,

one of the things that has become clear

to, I think, all people who care deeply

about the American republic

is that the Jewish peopledon't need America.

God has made His promises to us

and we keep them as best we can.

But I think Americaneeds the Jewish people.

America needs biblical faith

and the Hebrew biblical principlesupon which it's founded.

- Okay, we'll keep pushing forward.

Rabbi Ari Lamm, founderof the Joshua Project,

chief executive B'nai Zion.

Thank you for sharing yourtime and insights with us.

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- Goodbye, Oregon? Hello, Idaho?

Earlier this month, votersin five Oregon counties

approved an initiative to leavetheir state and join Idaho.

That makes a total ofseven Oregon counties

that have now approved secession.

More maybe on the way.

So what's going on in Oregon?

Well, joining us is Mike McCarter.

Mr. McCarter is the founder

of the Move Oregon's Borderpolitical action committee.

Mike, we know that the rural lifestyle

and attitudes of EasternOregonians is much different

than people living in, say, Portland

or along the Oregon coast,but secession, really?

Why has it come to that?

- Well, it's a situation

where Move Oregon's Borderis a grassroots movement

that is based on faith,family, and freedom.

There's a dramatic difference

between rural Oregon and urban Oregon.

So we decided that probablythe best way to do this

is to start getting a ballotmeasure put in to each county

in rural Oregon to find outif people really have a desire

to start looking at theprocess of leaving Oregon

because they've left us,they don't care about us,

and becoming part of the state of Idaho.

So this is just thebeginning process with it.

- Well, I want us tolook at one of your maps.

This month, people in Sherman, Lake Grant,

Baker, Malheur counties, they joined Union

and Jefferson counties invoting to merge with Idaho.

But I guess initiatives in Douglas

and Wallowa counties have failed.

Why is that?

- Well, initially when we started

launching the petition requests

and getting this program going,

or getting this movement going,

you know, we didn't have any idea

that we're gonna have todeal with COVID issues.

It's a brand new message,

a grassroots movementwith no political support,

no financial supportother than the people,

and to get the messageout in the very beginning

for the first election was aproblem and we realized that.

Now we've overcome that and weknow how to reach the people

and how to get the message out.

And I think the results of that

you see in the last five counties,

the way that they've voted.

- Yeah, the pandemichas affected everything.

So what are your future plans?

More ballot initiativesin other rural counties?

If so, which ones?

What are you doing to assurea positive response there?

- Well, we're movingforward with more counties.

We have another 10 counties lined up.

Looks like we'll probablyhave another four or five

on the next election.

At the same time, we'reasking all of our counties

who have approved this measure

to start working withtheir county commissioners

and get the message passedup to the state legislators

that cover their counties.

The vote in the countieshas no real leverage

other than a vocal voiceto the state legislature.

Now we need to get it putinto the state legislature

and get the discussion started with Idaho.

- Well, I was going to ask you about that

because I know these ballotinitiatives are non-binding.

So how likely are your elected officials

to agree to allow secession?

Wouldn't the Oregon legislature

and the governor have to approve it,

or can those counties just bolt for Idaho?

- Well, there's a process involved,

and we're following the state statutes,

the US statutes on changingborders right down the line.

We're trying not to do anythingthat would create a problem.

So yes, it has to go throughthe state legislature,

then who knows which avenuethat it takes after that.

But the most important part

is to get that discussionstarted in the state legislature.

It's already started inthe Idaho legislature,

and they're looking forwardto starting those discussions.

So now, because Oregon'slegislature's still in session

or recessed or howeveryou want to call it,

it's been very hard tocommunicate with the legislators

where they're dealing with with the issues

that are going on right now.

- Well, you'd mentioned, Iguess the governor of Idaho

has already said he wouldwelcome Oregon counties

into the Gem State, and why not, right?

More tax revenue for them.

But wouldn't the Idaho legislature

also have to approve the merger,

and how would that affectrelations with the Beaver State?

- Well, again, it's athree campaign process

going on right now,educating and getting more

of the Oregon counties involved,

informing and gettingthe Oregon legislature

and the representatives involved,

and keeping the Idaho people informed

on what's going on and,legislatively, what they have to do.

Governor Little has been very kind.

We've got a good relationship

with a lot of the legislators in Idaho.

I spoke to 'em personallyabout a month ago

at the Idaho legislature,about a third of the senators

and the representatives.

And they were watching very closely

how this vote was gonnacome about on May 18th.

And now the message is outthat people are unhappy

with the way Northwest Oregonis treating rural Oregon

and want out from underneath it.

- Well, it sounds to melike you're gonna have

more of an uphill fightwith your own legislature

and your own governor there.

They're not really dominated by people

from the east of Oregon.

Okay, Mike McCarter, you'refounder of Move Oregon's Border.

Mike, please keep us posted

on how the secession effortprogresses in Oregon.

Thank you for being with us.

- Absolutely, and thank you

for giving us the chanceto share this message.

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- Did Israel get a fairshake from the media

during its recent conflictwith Hamas in Gaza?

Our next guest says not onlydid many members of the media

show bias against the Jewishstate in their reporting,

but some actually aided theHamas terrorist organization.

Here to set us straight is Adam Guilette,

president of Accuracy in Media.

Adam, it's good to have you with us.

So who acted like a PR firm for Hamas

during the Gaza conflictand what did they do?

- Well, perhaps the most notable thing

was the Associated Press

literally sharing anoffice building with Hamas

and then clutching their pearls afterwards

when Israel decided tostrike that building,

of course, after they notified the media

and all other occupantsthat they would be doing so.

And then, the AssociatedPress had the gall to pretend

we can't believe this happened.

Why would they do that?

Well, they knew they were there.

They shot off rockets fromthat building years ago.

These guys would never share a building

with the Republican National Committee,

but they're probably atthe water cooler with Hamas

and they still have the gallto be morally outraged over it.

- What did other members of the media,

how did they report this incident?

- You know, they reported itthe same way one would expect.

The left and their allies in the media

have been doing the samething since Vietnam.

They allow our opponents to use the media

as a public relations tool.

When they know they can't defeat our side

on the battlefield, they always can count

on being able to defeat ourside at the "New York Times"

and now on CNN and MSNBC.

You see Hamas, once again, as always,

using human shields to try tomake the Israelis look bad,

Israel bending over backwardsto avoid killing civilians,

even when it means they havemore military casualties,

but nevertheless, CNN, MSNBC,their allies always love

making the Israelislook like the bad guys.

It's disgusting.

- Well, do they ever mentioned that Hamas

and other Palestinian militantsfired rockets into Israel

from school yards, civilianareas, as you mentioned,

use women and children as human shields?

I've heard stories about journalists

actually being kicked out of Gaza

for reporting the truth about that.

- Of course, and in fact,

Hamas supposedly stormedinto the AP offices

in that building yearsago and threatened them

that they should not report about Hamas

operating in that area.

Can you imagine if a RepublicanNational Committee staffer,

if an evangelical Christian activist,

if somebody on our side wentand stormed in an AP office

and told them they betternot report a certain way?

These same people got so mad

when Donald Trump saidmean things about them.

But Hamas literally stormedin and threatened them.

Not a peep from the Associated Press

except one former employee who leaked it

and talked about it publicly.

Brave guy for doing so.

It's disgusting.

And this is an area where themedia coverage is important.

When they talk about Trump,

most people have their mind made up.

But when they talk about Israel,

we're not on the ground.

We're on the other side of the world.

We don't know exactlywhat's going on over there.

Americans don't necessarilyhave their minds made up.

And when the media liesto people, it's dangerous.

- As a journalist, you'retaught in Journalism 101

to remain as objective as possible,

we're all subjective beings, but be fair

and treat Israel asfair as you would Hamas.

So where does this come from?

- Well, even then, it's hard for me to say

be fair to Israel asmuch as you would Hamas

because one of them is a terrorist

who wants the destructionof Israel and America

and the other one, as yousaid, is our closest ally.

But you're right, they shouldcover things objectively.

Instead, that's not what they do.

Objective coverage of the story

would talk about howit's merely a proxy war

for Iran versus Israel, Iranversus the United States.

Remember, Hamas is fundedand supplied by Iran.

So that's the narrative

I think an objectivejournalist would lead with.

Iran sees Biden potentially as weak,

wants to test how he'llhandle a situation like this,

and decides to push Hamasto go and attack Israel.

I think that's anobjective narrative of it.

Well instead, they just put it as,

"Well, the Israelis and thePalestinians are at it again.

Israel's just too, gosh darn mean for 'em

because Israel's not our ally."

This is the blame America first brigade.

Regardless of how evil our enemy is,

regardless of howdespicable we have as a foe,

they always want a side against America.

- And that's the truth about it

with Iran and that connection there.

So how do you expectmost members of the media

may respond in the weeks ahead

as they report about President Biden

and Secretary of State Blinken's push

for a two-state solution?

- Yeah, it's amazing.

You know, we talk aboutthis at Accuracy in Media.

The coverage of this two-state solution

is another thing that's a bit laughable

because the only people leftpushing a two-state solution

are the Americans and the Israelis.

The Palestinians andtheir backers in Iran,

they don't want a two-state solution.

They want a one-state solution.

They're openly clear about it every time.

The Ayatollah in Iran tweetsabout the destruction of Israel

and how we need to have that happen.

And again, it's amazing thehypocrisy in social media

just as it is in the mainstream media.

Now, Donald Trump gets kicked off Twitter

for far lighter things,but the Ayatollah tweets

about his desire for thedestruction of a nation.

Jack Dorsey doesn't haveany problem with it at all.

It's amazing the hypocrisy.

- Well, and quickly, youmentioned social media.

Is there a difference betweenthe bias you're seeing

and the comments from media figures

on social media platformscompared to, say, print

and on television?

What's the difference?

- Well, yeah, here's the difference.

When Donald Trump saysthe most mild of thing,

the left-wing media tellus that he's a Nazi.

Meanwhile, CNN hired a Nazi.

CNN had a contributor whosubmitted over 50 stories to them

that they published.

Somebody went back to lookat the guy's Twitter feed.

He literally was sayingthings like, "Heil Hitler."

He was rooting forGermany at a soccer match

because they killed so many Jews.

And it wasn't just the firsttime this has happened.

This was the second CNN writerwho had openly, not jokingly,

praised support for the Nazis.

We're supposed to believe thatCNN is so morally outraged

and that, you know, theseRepublicans really are Nazis

when they're employing a guywho tweets, "Heil Hitler."

Sickening.

- And on and on and on it goes.

Adam Guilette, Accuracyin Media president,

thank you for being with us.

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- Some of the same people who tell you

that women should have a choicewhen it comes to abortion

are telling students at RutgersUniversity in New Jersey

that they have no choiceabout getting vaccinated.

If you want to attendin-person classes at Rutgers,

you must prove that you'vereceived a COVID-19 vaccine.

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This sounds like a dictatorial decree

out of Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia,

or Xi's China, doesn't it?

Well, some Rutgers studentsresponded in protests

demanding, "My body, my choice."

Junior, Sara Razi organized the protest.

She said she's not anti-vax,

just against Rutgers making it mandatory

to attend class on campus.

- We are ready to fight back

and fight for our liberty, our freedom,

in the most corrupt state ofthe United States of America.

- Leftist hypocrisy can'tbe more obvious, folks.

They demand mandatory COVID vaccination

when the death risk to students is low

while at the same timescreaming, "My body, my choice,"

when it comes to rippinga baby from the womb,

an action that actually takes a life.

But COVID-19 vaccines?

Rutgers and other collegesshould follow the science.

The average collegeundergraduate is 21 years old.

Their risk of death fromCOVID, less than 1/10 of 1%.

They may be more likely todie from alcohol poisoning,

drinking too much alcohol ata frat party or elsewhere,

than they are from COVID-19.

So Rutgers, why themandatory vaccine requirement

to attend in-person classes?

You're not following the science.

And folks, whatever happenedto privacy rights and HIPAA?

That's the Health Insurance Portability

and Accountability Act.

You have the legal right

to keep your health information private.

And let me make it clear here.

I'm not saying peopleshould not be vaccinated.

If you want the vaccine, goahead and get vaccinated.

If you don't want it, then don't get it.

That's the American way.

We believe in individual freedom here.

Yes, we all probably have lost someone

or know someone who has diedfrom this horrid disease,

and we grieve the loss of life

and we should be considerateof our neighbors.

But let's also be concernedfor the lives of the unborn.

For the vast majority of Americans,

the risk of death from COVID-19is less than 1/10 of 1%.

The last time I checked,the death risk from abortion

for unborn babies is 100%.

So for COVID vaccines, my choice, my body.

For the unborn, theirchoice and their bodies.

I'm sure if they had achoice, they'd choose life.

Well, that's it todayfrom "The Global Lane."

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