We got breaking news. J.D. Vance postpones his peace trip as Israel and Hezbollah struggle to retain the ceasefire. Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow.
We want to hear from you. Share and post your comments or call 1-800-684-3110. And now, your host, Logan Sekulow. Welcome to Sekulow. It's Friday, June 19th.
Welcome to the show today. Look, we got a packed first half of the show, and I do want to hear from you.
So, give me a call at 1-800-68430-110. Unlike other segments, our other shows, I'm going to be taking your calls in this first half hour. I want to hear from you. There's a few different breaking news items. One is this ceasefire that Israel is conducting currently with Hezbollah.
This is after, by the way, just last night. While you were sleeping, several hours into the this Hezbollah conducted several attacks on Israel forces that at least killed four Israeli soldiers. Israel then responded. with a massive strike currently, but as of right now, Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to renew their ceasefire. This again heated up things, and it also ended up probably being one of the reasons why JD Vance did delay his trip.
As they said, there were some logistical concerns, there were some issues.
Now For the first time, maybe since the beginning of this conflict, we have seen some pretty harsh words from. this administration. We're talking about President Trump directly. And harsh maybe put it maybe too far, but I'll let you hear it yourselves. From President Trump and from Vice President Vance.
As we were on air yesterday, Vice President Vance was having that press conference. It ended. I did not hear it while we were on air. It ended with him calling out certain members of the cabinet. We'll play that clip when we get back.
I think you at least need to hear this is from President Trump, specifically about his relationship with B.B. Netanyahu last night. On this is from Axios. You need to hear it. And I have my thoughts and I want to get yours.
So get ready to call in: 1-800-684-3110. This is Byte 7. If it weren't for Donald Trump, and Bibi Netanyah, who worked well with me, but he will tell you, we're the ones with the guns, we're the ones with the whole deal, we're the ones with the B two bombers, etcetera. If it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been Eviscerated. The relationship with Nanyahu's.
It's good, but we have to keep him a little bit. Shane. Are you going to be able to control Israel from attacking Lebanon? I will be. I mean, they want to Uh they have a lot of respect for me.
And they do as I say. Pushing back, certainly on the narrative. Look, I'll be honest with you, I don't love. those words. I think when you hear someone say something like If it wasn't for me.
Israel would be eviscerated. I tend to look at people in the Bible who have said similar things. I look at people who have said that historically and how that's gone.
Now, I understand what he thought. His thoughts that we are one of the only friends to Israel, and I have appreciated that. I appreciate the way that he has treated Israel. Saying he has to keep him sane? That's maybe pushing it to where I think you're going to have some pushback here from your Jewish community, from your Israeli community.
And then saying, you know, they do as I say, clearly pushing back on the narrative. That somehow Israel and Bibi Netanyahu have control over the American President. I never believed that. I don't think anyone should believe that.
However, when you start tiptoeing, not even tiptoeing, if you start saying, Not just The United States of America is their ally, and therefore we have been there to protect them. And that's one of the major reasons Israel. has kept itself you know safe or whatever it may be But when you start saying, if it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been eviscerated. I do get. A little, you know, the the the internal part of me.
The spiritual part of me. Says those are Striking words. That we need to at least make sure the President is aware of the, not just the global impact of Israel, but the spiritual. side of all of this. and what that's going to look like.
JD Vance also had some harsh words. I always tell you on this show, I'm going to be honest with you, I'm going to tell you. I'm going to tell you what I feel, what I feel is the truth, whether I know you're going to like it or not. I'm going to take your calls about it. And you're going to want to call in right now, 1-800-684-3110.
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We are in a full bank of phone calls right now. We're going to try to get to as many of you can. In the next segment, Mike Pompeo is going to be joining us.
So stay on hold. We'll do our best to get to as many calls as we can in this segment. But I did want to restate why a lot of people are watching, which is obviously there has been a ceasefire now again with Israel and Hezbollah. This comes after attacks last night from Hezbollah that ended with four soldiers being lost, IDF soldiers, and a pretty massive attack from Israel. And they've renegotiated.
They've come back to the terms. They've calmed it down a little bit. But this is what's going to happen. This is why these conversations are fluid. And this is why we have to make sure we are keeping you updated because things change so rapidly, including J.D.
Vance's plans to travel, to sign this deal. And this has put a pause on it, along with other logistical issues. Let's just say it that way. And I do want you to hear. From you heard from President Trump.
You heard my thoughts on it, clearly. A lot of people have some thoughts on my thoughts. But also, what you hear from the Vice President of the United States, this happened at the very end of his press conference yesterday, talking specifically about. Our relationship with Israel. What I will say, and this does bother me, is that you have seen people within BB's cabinet who have come out and attacked the deal and in some ways very personally attacked the President of the United States.
And I guess my message to them would be twofold. Number one, Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time. And he happens to be the head of state of the world's superpower. If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.
And the second message I would give to some of those cabinet members, Bibi, to his credit, has not gone down this path, but to some of these cabinet members in Israel who are attacking the President of the United States, the other thing that I would say is that over the last three months, Two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars. The problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump. And anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the President of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in. Yeah, I mean, that is from J.D.
Vance. A lot of that I don't disagree with, by the way, and the fact that the American people are. And the American government has certainly been one of the few friends to Israel. That's for sure. I have no problem with him saying that.
I don't really know who he's talking about within the cabinet. I'm sure that that has maybe been in some Israeli news. I haven't seen that as much. Also, you have to remember: this is what I've said so many times. But it doesn't seem to ever make any difference, is that Israel's a very diverse political area.
You're going to have people on the right, and you're going to have people on the left. And the way they structure their government is also very different than the way we do it here.
So yes, there may be overall American-style Western values that come out of Israel, but we do have to remember that you have the left and the right in their own versions of that. And sometimes even more nuanced than that. They may have a problem with not only President Trump, but also Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is not like you have some sort of kingdom there in Israel where you don't have people from all sides of the political spectrum. Of course, you do.
I get nervous, though, in these kinds of conversations because it feels like it's playing into what they feel is happening on social media. And if that becomes the case and we start losing President Trump and J.D. Vance to these kind of talks of saying we got to keep BB Nets and Yahoo in line, look, I understand there's nothing wrong with being critical of any sort of government or administration. But when you start saying that and then you start taking full credit, Be careful. Be careful.
I feel like those are words we need to be very safe with. Let's actually go to Jose, who's calling in Wisconsin on line five. Jose, go ahead. Yes, I agree with you. I'm avis I believe in President Trump, his policies.
But when I heard him say, that they do what I say. you know, criticizing, I mean The President's gonna you gotta watch what you say. You're the President of the United States. And to make a remark like that, God has humbled kings that make remarks like that. You got to give God all the credit and all the glory and all that's due to him.
And you can't be saying that I did this. And I did that because of President Trump. Jose, I agree with you, and I'm only cutting you off because I want to take some more calls before this segment is over. I agree with you that that is that sort of gut punch that happens, I think, for a lot of us that maybe grew up in that more background. Maybe you have an evangelical background.
Maybe you've read the Bible. You know when these kinds of things happen, and you know, and you also see what even happened in the 40s. You see what happened in so many times historically when Israel was going to lose. They should on paper have lost. And miraculously, they did not.
And don't think that that is not some sort of divine hand that is there.
So, look. I think President Trump also maybe did not grow up as much like that. We did, and it does go beyond government. I understand not being able to work with people. I understand that there are people who are difficult.
I have a feeling working with President Trump or P.B. Netanyahu is no walk in the park for anyone. And let's not pretend that. These guys are big, big characters and strong leaders. And I'm sure there is pushback between them.
But yeah, I don't care for those feelings. And I'm looking at some of the comments. They're very mixed here. I understand somebody's like, I don't care about your feelings, Logan. I want the facts.
Well, the fact is President Trump came out and pretty made a pretty bold statement. And I'm very concerned about an inevitable pullaway from support of Israel that is really only pushed by a radical French element that's very loud. And someone had a comment about that. Lisa in Pennsylvania. Let's go ahead and take Lisa.
Hi. I agree with you and the last caller. This is a spiritual fight, and I don't think President Trump is getting the proper spiritual advice This country's got to pray hard. We got to stand with Israel or we're doomed. I mean, that's biblical.
And I didn't, I'm not Jewish. And I didn't grow up In it, going to church regularly, but these last 15 years of my life has, you know, I've put it in the chat. Um, I just see things. It's a spiritual battle, and what anything that Israel fights. It's a spiritual battle, and Satan is behind it.
And Donald Trump has got to get behind them or. I think he, at least, I do think this administration is behind Israel, and I do think they're supportive. And I don't want to. Raise any big red flags. I don't love the pushback.
I also don't, and it's not about pushback, by the way, politically. If you're having a conversation with a world leader, I understand negotiations are tough. When you start taking it to the public sphere, you start planting those seeds, when you have all of a sudden those who have been very much against you. Who were maybe your political friends more recently, like Tucker Carlson's and Meck and Kelly's, and those people more recently saying all of a sudden President Trump seems to be seeing the light. We gotta take a breather here.
And realize when you start making these kinds of statements, they're not unintentional. And again, I will be critical on the President when I feel like it's necessary. I'll be critical on, you know, I'll be positive when I feel like I need to be positive. And overall, I actually found some very interesting, creative things in this plan with Iran. I have been pleased with it.
Really, up until right now. And I think that we need to at least be okay with the fact that sometimes these negotiations happen in plain sight. We don't know what's actually going on behind the scenes. I'm aware of that. I'm okay with that.
There's just some of that verbiage that I'm not super comfortable with, and that's okay. Let's go ahead and take an ACLJ champion. Cliff is calling in Illinois on line one. Cliff, go ahead. Yeah, this is why I listen to you.
Everything's been spot on what I've heard so far. But uh Listen, what I really truly believe is that the left and the right, maybe both in Israel and especially in the United States, are trying to get in between everything like they did with Zelensky, when Zelensky came into see Trump the first time in the Oval Office and had his chest pumped up. There's people that don't want this to go through, and it's because of these midterms that are coming up. And they see a doorway into the power being back to the Democrat. To totally destroy this country and the world.
Thank you. Yeah.
Well, Cliff, what I also see is a ceasefire. In an agreement, a peace agreement that has happened multiple times now that doesn't seem to last. You know, and though right now, everything is on hold, everything is going according to plan, except for we're not having this big signing experience. But we do know President Trump signed it, and the head of Iran signed it, and there is an agreement there. And Israel is pushing back a bit, saying we don't necessarily have to agree to this.
We weren't really involved in this part of this.
So, yes. Is the American military or is the weaponry and a lot of that being used to help support Israel? Absolutely. Let's not pretend it's not. But so there is the way to keep Israel in check a little bit because you're gonna, if you start threatening to not show them support, and President Trump kind of in this said, hey, we gotta keep him in check.
We gotta keep him sane. I think that to me is one of those words I don't love. And then, of course, ending that statement with, you know, they listen to me. They do as I say.
sort of reversing what the common theory was with President Trump and um And Benjamin Esanyahu, which, of course, that online theory of we do everything Israel wants. Look, the next segment, we're going to hear from Mike Pompeo. I see some of your comments going, why are we going to hear from Mike Pompeo? There's very few people in the world that have dealt with Iran. Quite like Secretary Pompeo.
She may not agree with everything he has to say. You're certainly not gonna agree with everything I have to say. But that's okay. You still should hear from experts in their field, and I think we're going to do that. We get back, we're going to break down.
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So I'm going to continue to take some of your phone calls. If you want to call in, 1-800-684-3110. Of course, we are talking about the major news that came out overnight. A lot of stuff happens overnight. We had about 24 hours of ceasefire.
Then Hezbollah and Israel kind of relit. their issues. Four IDF soldiers were killed. And Israel hit back pretty hard. Right now, they are back to returning to a ceasefire that was negotiated.
And at the same time, you have President Trump and J.D. Vance kind of making their first, I would say, or at least the most vocal. Concerns with their relationship with Israel saying, you know, we love BB, it is what it is. But there's, you know, JD said there's people within the administration that are calling out Donald Trump, and they're really upset about the Iran deal. And how dare they?
And then on the other hand, you have President Trump saying we're trying to keep BB sane and that we're friends, but without Donald Trump, this nation would be eviscerated.
So it's a lot to take in. But I want to hear from you, 1-800-684-3110. Let's go ahead and take some phone calls. Let's go to Ann, who is calling on or from Pennsylvania, watching on Facebook. Go ahead.
Hey, gentlemen, how are you today? Thank you for all the good work that you do and that you continue to do. I am going to become a champion. I am a woman of my word. Thank you.
Now having said, thank you. Thank you guys.
So I just wanted to say a couple of different things.
So I'm still trusting in Trump, and I just wanted to kind of explain. Um I think the biggest problem, JD Vance, is JD Vance.
Okay, so without Israel, there would be no America. Without Judaism, there would be no Christianity. Without the Old Testament, there would be no New Testament. God's covenant was never broken with Israel because God does not break his promises. Replacement theology is pure blasphemy.
And this is my opinion. Israel is an ally, not a protectorate. That's a fact, actually. The Bible is clear. Do not listen to the Tuckers.
Do not allow your love for Israel to be swayed in any way by members of it within the cabinet, whether it be J.D. Vance, well, he kind of comes to my mind. Having said that, guys. Thank you for everything you do. Thank you for fighting for the Constitution.
Thank you for fighting for we the people. And I appreciate your call. And look, I want to make sure it's very clear what I agree pretty much with you wholeheartedly. That there is An okay discussion and an okay issue. Because, again, one I've said here so many times, including in this last segment, is.
There are so many people in Israel you're going to disagree with politically. There are so many people you're going to disagree with in the government. The next prime minister of Israel, you're probably not going to like as much as you like. Bibi Netanyahu, if you're a fan of Prime Minister Netanyahu, because they have a political system that is actually democratic and similar to ours, different, very different, actually, but at least the people have a voice. And sometimes those people are going to have voices you disagree with.
Now The historical Version of this story is not unlike. How you said with America, same way. There's going to be Presidents of the United States I disagree with. There's going to be administrations I disagree with, likely a lot throughout my life. And I will always tell you how I feel.
However, That doesn't mean I have any issues of existence with the country. With America in general. Do we have Secretary Pompeo? All right, Secretary Pompeo is joining us via phone right now. Look, I got to get your thoughts, Secretary Pompeo, with this deal.
Obviously, a peace deal was signed. President Trump signed it. The President of Iran signed it. A few hours later, no shocker. Israel and Hezbollah, things start lighting back up.
They calm down again. Here we are now. Seems that things need to change by the hour. At least this time we've had you on. There's been some movement in a direction.
I just want to get your thoughts. I appreciate that. Three things I think are worth thinking about for everyone who's listening. First, We've made more progress taking down the Islamic Republic of Iran than we have made in the last forty years. And President Trump should be credited for that.
They are in a militarily weaker position, a politically weaker position, an economically weaker position. Gusta, second, Um We should see if they've turned over a new leaf. Look, we've I've been on your show a handful of times talking about this. I don't see it. The regime seems to me to be implacable, unchangeable, theocratic thugs.
I don't see them honoring any deal that they signed. You can already begin to see it. Hezbollah didn't move without the Iranian government's approval. And then finally, one of the challenges for the administration is the direct results of what they've done. Iran's leadership is fractured.
I'm sure there are multiple views on what they ought to do next. And you see that one guy signs a deal, another guy cuts a video saying we want to go kill every American.
So a very complicated situation and one that we need to see play out. I hope that we're ready to do the necessary and force the straight open and not let the Iranians make a single nickel off of the terror regime that they've created. Yeah, it seems like we make sort of some pump and circumstance out of these deals, and they feel like they. uh you know bear no fruit uh very quickly or they have some issue that comes up 24, 48 hours later. Like, it's just the nature of what we're dealing with with the Middle East.
At the same time, obviously, there has been some pushback against. Benjamin Netanyahu and our support of Israel. That has been from the left and from the right. And now you are seeing. uh some responses that are maybe a little bit more publicly critical.
From the President, from the vice President. Historically, we've had a great relationship with Israel. And what I don't want to see obviously is a tide turn based on social media or podcasts or even us, like to push. Uh a A divide between Israel and the United States of America. Do you feel like that is something we need to at least keep ourselves aware of and keep it in check?
Look, that relationship is incredibly valuable to the United States of America. It's certainly valuable to Israel as well. It's valuable to us militarily. Their technology, their combat experience, their intelligence services have all saved American lives. When I was the CI director, I saw that.
I watched Israeli intelligence. saved countless American lives. We shouldn't let that fracture. They're the lone democracy in the region. They are our best security partner.
They're one of our great economic and business partners too. We should be thankful for what the Israeli government has done for the United States. They've clearly done it for themselves in the same way that we do the work putting America first. But that's a relationship that I don't think there's much risk of it being broken, but we all ought to be sure that we are honoring that, not doing work for Israel. That is, they have their job, just like the Europeans need to defend themselves.
Absolutely. The Israelis will do the necessary for themselves as well. All right, Secretary Pape, I'm going to let you go here. We're having some connection issues, but I appreciate you calling. And I want to get to at least one more phone call if we could.
I want to go to Mike in Texas. He's about to hold for a while. Mike, go ahead. Hey guys, I appreciate everything that Trump's doing and the whole effort out in Iran and to get rid of the evilness out there. I'm concerned about the strength the overall strength of the deal.
of the agreement. And the reason being is part of that agreement Is to stop funding the terrorist organizations of Hezbollah and Hamas and the like.
So if that's the case. then they shouldn't be able to delay negotiations because Israel's defending itself against Hezbollah. Yeah.
Look, Mike, I don't disagree with you here. And we only got a minute left in this segment, but. I do think that this deal needs to be upheld, and it is the problem. And Secretary Pompeo brought it up. When you're dealing with a regime like this in Iran, the trust can only go to a certain level.
The proof will only come over time. and we will see how things play out.
Now I appreciate your call, Mike. I appreciate everyone that called in, by the way, for this first half hour. The second half hour? We're going to take a little bit of a step back. There have been some really great pieces that have been put together.
There's been some great interviews, people we've had on over the last week. And I want to make sure that those don't get lost in the shuffle.
So for the next half hour, Bit of a flashback to a lot of the great stuff that's happened over the week.
So, if you've been paying attention each and every day, some of it may seem familiar. But if not, enjoy the second half hour of the broadcast. With that, I want to tell you. For right now. This is a very important time.
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Look, the Memorandum of Understanding is complete and has been signed. President Trump did it. Signed it, sitting right next to Emmanuel Macron. Where? In the Palace of Versailles?
I know that's not getting a lot of attention, but can you imagine a more President? Are you sure he had to be looking around going, I like the gold? I like the look of this. This is a good place to sign a document. They have it in Versailles.
Of all places, this is what's happening right now. I just find that to be, I don't know if ironic is the right word, but just a fun little historical fact that we can actually say forever that this is where this occurred. That they brought President Trump this document to sign at essentially a dinner table sitting next to the leader of France in the Palace of Versailles during the G7. I mean, again, it feels like it. Just like it happened on the original deal, the understanding of the deal happened on his 80th birthday, right before UFC.
It feels very made for television, and that's what we know. President Trump loves that. There's a lot of calls coming in. This is my segment to take up. I'm going to try to get to as many of you can.
Stay on hold. Let's go to Martin first. There's an ACLJ champion. Martin, go ahead, North Carolina. Thank you, sir.
This goes to some of the comments that you made. I have a comment and question. I think there needs to be a lot of accountability.
Now, there's people out there saying things that just don't know better, like how is this better than the Obama-Biden deals and all that. They just don't know any better. But then you have the shifty shifts out there that are absolutely lying. And you knew that I saw that this morning, what he had said on there. What Trump has done, and it's been said several times now, there are consequences for good and bad behavior.
It's not just money thrown out there. There's tangible things that have to be done. Absolutely, Mark. I'm only cutting you off.
So I'm only cutting you off because I want to try to get to a couple more calls for more time, and I want to say thank you for being a champion. There are a lot of things they have to hold up to. In this agreement, this is not some done deal where everyone goes back to how things were. You're absolutely right. The media is spinning it that way, but that's why I want you to actually hear what the document says.
And at the end of the show, the last segment of the show, we're going to go through it word for word.
So, Martin, stay tuned for that and share that clip with your friends if they push back on it. You know, these big numbers, 300 million, you're going to hear a headline, and they're not going to actually do their due diligence. Just like UFC costs taxpayers $60 million and you read it, no, it costs them no dollars. Ah, well, $60 million. I saw the number.
That's it. Thanks for calling, though, Martin. Let's go on, move on. Let's go to Holly online too. Holly, go ahead.
Yes, I think we're really in a quagmire. I think the key point for the world is keeping the street open. I think that's what the world's most concerned about. And if everything started today with it being open, We're still gonna feel effects for quite a while. I think the whole most a good part of the world, because it's not just oil and prices, it's um fertilizer.
And we already heard that about 70% of our farmers said they couldn't afford the fertilizer this year. And I oh, my key point is I think Israel is definitely going to Um they're gung-ho. To still attack Lebanon and they're right to.
So I don't know what we're going to do about that. But what you have, though, and this is just the truth with Israel, because look, you know, I'm very supportive of the existence of the state of Israel and all that. I do think you have, if this deal holds up, though, America can't get really always behind Israel in these.
So they have to do it alone. And that's going to be a different scenario. And of course, they want Israel on board.
Sounds like Israel is somewhat on board. Remember, a lot of these are still in this just memorandum of understanding. They are not the final deal. I think we got to push that forward too. This isn't the final deal.
We still got 30 days plus till then. Do we look? I'm going to answer the question. Karma called Karma in Mississippi. I appreciate it.
You're an ACLJ champion, so I don't want you to not be on the air today, but we're just not going to be able to get to you. But I will let you know the answer to your question. You asked who signed this for the memorandum of understanding. Obviously, President Trump signed it, but you also had the Iranian President. Uh, I'm not even gonna try.
I'm not even gonna try. The President of run. Formally signed. The memorandum of understanding. I almost tried for you, but I thought, you know what?
It's better for me to just say the President of Iran. Because remember, there's a lot of who is the Aitolla, who says the President, so this is from the President. of Iran. President Massoud. I will say that.
We get right back. We will have Rick Cornell joining us. And then again, we're going to wrap up this show. Going line for line, word for word. Will's going to take you there.
It's going to be a journey, folks. be a part of it. Don't go anywhere back in just a minute. Welcome back to Secula. We're going to be taking your calls at 1-800-684-3110 in the next segment.
We're going to be heading over to ACLJ Jerusalem here in just a moment, but I did want to give you some fresh sound. President Trump currently is speaking right now in France, as we're live in France at the G7 conference. He is speaking about Iran, about the current deal, everything that's going to be coming out over the next few days, as well as other issues. But someone did or he did want to address his relationship. With Israel and with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
And I think for a lot of us, You know, we want to make sure. That we stay a friend to Israel. And again, like I said, it doesn't have to be necessarily always to a political party, a political regime. Prime Minister, a President, whoever it may be, because just like this country, we believe the United States has a right to exist, should exist, is doing what they're doing. And I don't care if it's Joe Biden or Barack Obama, it's not like I'm going to all of a sudden turn on my support of the United States of America.
I may have disagreements with a political uh regime, but our political administration. And I think it's important with Israel. And we've seen so much pushback against Israel that I'll be honest, I've been nervous, and I'm nervous always, and that our. The people in leadership will start falling for that. President Trump did speak a little bit about Bibi Netanyahu's relationship with him.
Let's hear about that byte 11. Amazing Prime Minister who we have a little dispute over Lebanon. I say you can do a little softer touch, bibi. You don't have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that's from Hezbollah. But it's been an amazing partnership.
But he will say we're the big partner and he's the very small partner, and that's true. Distancing self a little bit from the tactics of Israel, but Jeff, I wanted to get your reaction to that. Obviously, starts with an amazing prime minister and a big partner in this. I think those are the kind of words we can lean into. Where there are some of the middle part in that rhetoric where you get a little nervous when he starts saying, Hey, Bibi, how about a little softer touch?
How about you know when someone comes in from Hezbollah? You don't knock down a building. Starts to kind of play a little into the talking points that I don't care for, but I want to get your thoughts. Yeah, well, it's Donald Trump, right? Donald Trump is the most unique.
Communicator ever to not only grace the White House, but to grace the national consciousness. And what he says. Yeah, fair enough. And he's brilliant at manipulating the media's attention. And I even appreciate the way our show has been dealing with the issue, which is less about the substance of a deal or not a deal, and more about the reporting about a deal in which nobody really knows what it is.
It's all about the reporting, which is just feeding all of the energy around this. And so I agree that that soundbite of Trump about Bibi, about Prime Minister Netanyahu, suggests that it's still an ongoing, wonderful relationship, a good relationship. Of course, they may have small disagreements, and each one has their own domestic issues, both domestic political issues and domestic realities. For Netanyahu, it's literally the survival of his people because, let's face it, Hezbollah up north has been raining down rockets and drones and missiles. And they've been largely pushed back, but it's not as though it's still not happening.
It's not as though they're still not attacking. And it's not as though Israel isn't finding under these buildings, again, massive. Massive tunnel fortresses for terrorists. It's there in some respects even worse than it was in Gaza in some areas, in terms of because of the weaponry they have and because of how organized they are. And so it's a real front for Israel.
That is less of a direct threat to America, obviously. But so it's, you know, Trump might want to distance slightly from that, but he's indicating that he still is a very strong partner and supporter of Netanyahu in Israel. Jeff, you just got back to Israel yesterday. You went straight to an event, and actually, folks, roll the pictures that I sent you this morning that Jeff was at last night. This event in Israel, beautiful event, and you can talk about it a little bit here in a second.
But Ambassador Huckabee was there. This is at a time when obviously the G7 is going on. But. You were there, you heard from the American ambassador, as well as other dignitaries there. But this is a time when everything surrounding events like this, and you being back in Israel and Jerusalem now.
are are kind of with the the foreshadowing of what could happen Friday. And I know I've seen reporting out of Israel that obviously there are. People within the Israeli government that may be nervous about what a deal could look like. And I think a lot of that has to do with everything that we've discussed here. And one, we don't know what's in it.
We also know that for 47 years, it's kind of been a binary choice of either just deal with the regime or take the regime out. And this is all of a sudden kind of expanding of what. Anyone could have imagined could be possible of some sort of negotiation. But just kind of go a little bit about what you're doing there, but also kind of what the context. I'm sure you've had conversations surrounding what's looming on Friday with a potential signing of this memorandum of understanding.
Sure. And as I think I spoke about last week, I was in Washington and meetings about this at the White House also. This is what we do at ACLJ to try to be a trusted voice, both in terms of analysis, and also it's very clear that. We love our country. We love the United States of America precisely.
For its foundational values, for its constitution, and what it preserves. And it's interesting because the event I was at last night, where Ambassador Huckabee spoke about the importance of the heritage, that site that you saw, that sort of flat mountaintop, it's called Herodian. King Herod built this. Beautiful castle for himself, palace for himself, which then became for the Jewish revolt against Rome became their headquarters. And so it's a tremendous historical site with tremendous significance.
And recently, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinians have asked the global, you know, world consensus to declare that it's not even a Jewish site. And so this is the state of Israel is sinking more and more efforts into showing how much of the Bible is shown, been proof in terms of the Jews' history here for thousands of years, including that site. And so when Ambassador Huckabee spoke about the significance of that site and how Israel's heritage is, in fact, the foundational heritage of the United States, it's true. The founding fathers built America on the story of the Jews in the Bible. There's no question about it.
Christianity built on that story, on those same stories, shared biblical stories, and they're trying to claim that it never happened or distorted. And Ambassador Huckabee said that. And of course, there were people on the far right in America saying, How dare he say that? It just all of this nonsense when the simple fact is that the heritage that's found here in the Holy Land is the spiritual heritage of the greatest country that humans ever put together, which is the United States. And everything we're fighting for at the ACLJ, everything we're talking about here, is the struggle for the soul of the United States.
And that soul can be seen here in Israel. I want to talk about even just the tone of these events. When you know that you are Jeff, and this may be just me personally. It's kind of hard for, I think, a lot of Americans to fathom that these kinds of events are happening publicly, openly, when we think of Israel being at a time. And I think people are just now being more exposed to what it is like there, having to live in this sort of dual reality of continual potential attack.
And look, America's dealing with it too. We just had it with the UFC event: potential attack, on the other hand, trying to go on with your normal life to know, like, hey, what's it going through your head? And is Israel essentially open for business at this point? Because a lot of us, I think, still have this hesitation because we see on the news going, wait a second. You know, Ambassador Huckabee is getting a warrant out in public outside, and there's not an attack happening right now.
But on the other hand, a week ago, we're hearing about rockets being rained down upon this country. Sure. And in fact, the location of that event, it's right in very disputed territory. That's in Judean Samaria. And in fact, there were some officials from the EU who couldn't attend because their rules are that they can't.
Yeah, there you go. That's Herodian. That's that flat top mountain. And the stage is built in this giant pool that Herod had constructed in the middle of the desert.
So it is open for business, but the security was obviously very tight. But the security everywhere in this country is very tight. There, you know, the roads you have to be worried about also. And right at the entrance to well, the sky is also right. In fact, I noticed drones in the skies, and it took me a second to make sure, but they were drones that were recording the event.
It was clear. But right away, when I saw the drone, right away, you think, uh-oh, what does that mean? But even, you know, the sign right before the turnoff to Herodian is this giant red sign that you see throughout your day in Samaria, warning that this area is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and it is illegal for Jews and Israelis to go. There and they'll potentially be killed if they go there. And so that's just a daily reality that existed well before October 7th in Judea and Samaria.
And the answer is: being in Israel, I think, has always required a certain act of faith, and it continues to do that. And I think we recognize that everything is in God's hands. And so you take precautions. You listen to the Homeland Security here when they tell you what to do, Home Front Command. Rather, you go to the bomb shelters when you're told to go to the bomb shelters, but life has no choice but to go on.
And that's why there might be divergence. That's why Netanyahu cannot ignore what's happening up north in Lebanon or in Syria, where it's still a front that is a live front. And it's also why America may, you know, because it's dealing with its geopolitics, maybe want to say we're disagreeing on the margins. But at the bottom line, it's very clear that Israel has to do what Israel is doing. Israel is doing not the maximum, the minimum of what it needs to be doing.
And yes, everyone is very concerned about what. What might be in the memorandum, but I think everyone also understands that if it relies on these Iranians, the current regime, keeping their word, then it's unlikely to last very long anyway. They seldom do. They last until they break their word, whether that's a day or a month or a year. I just hope that if and when, God forbid, they do break their word, it is Donald Trump in the White House.
Well, we will see. Hopefully, in the next 48 hours or so, maybe what the deal points are. President Trump essentially said he's going to let us know. He may even read it word for word. Currently, again, President Trump is speaking.
We'll break into that if we feel that it is new or necessary information at the G7. Thank you, Jeff, for joining us. Always good to have you representing the ACLJ at these events in Israel. I think it's incredibly important, and we hope to get back there soon. With that being said, I'm taking your calls next segment: 1-800-684-3110.
We'll be right back with more on Sekulow. Welcome back to Sekulow Look. This is our last segment of the day. I thought it'd be very important. You know, when these kind of deals happen, I think you should have a breakdown of exactly what is in these deals.
So, we just did coverage and commentary for the last 45 minutes or so on this show. What I wanted to do next was to break it down essentially line for line.
So, Will Haynes, who you know from this show. He sat down with our crew just a little bit ago and went through it line for line.
So you'll have all the details, all the information.
So here it is. I'm going to kick it over to Will Haynes to take it from here. Again, this is the breakdown of the entire deal. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war, by signing this MOU, declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on to not initiate any war or any military operation against each other and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other and ensuring the territorial integrity of sovereignty of Lebanon. The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and other provisions of this paragraph.
The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in Mac. Maximum 60 days expendable with mutual consent, meaning there that this is the memorandum of understanding. They expect to have a final deal 60 days from now. But as we've seen, sounds like that number may be a little bit movable. Immediately upon signing of this MOU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days.
During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the number of pre-war traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal.
So our military is going to still be there until at least 90 days from now. We'll see if that sticks. Upon the signing of this MOU, Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days, only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start. The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least 300 billion of U.S.
dollars for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as a part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America. This is that sticking point that many people in the media were saying, we're going to give $300 billion of taxpayer money to the Islamic Republic of Iran. When you read it here, it is very clear that this will be some sort of private funding, private development deal going into the Islamic Republic, especially because.
The U.S. has to grant licenses, waivers, etc., because of all the sanctions. We're not going to charge ourselves sanctions on our own money if we are just sending 300 billion. Very clear, it's not what the media reported. The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the UN Security Council resolutions, i.e., a Board of Governors resolutions, and all unilateral U.S.
sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed-upon schedule as a part of a final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpile-enriched material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in paragraph seven, with the minimum methodology. To be downblending on site under the supervision of the IAEA. The Islamic Republic is saying that they will immediately address these issues, that they agree that they will not procure or develop nuclear weapons.
Very important. Not just make their own, but they will not buy one from someone else. And that enriched material they will find a way to dispose of. The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear needs based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal. What is that telling you?
It said that they haven't figured out yet what the future of an Iranian enrichment program looks like. We know the lies that Iran has told: that they need it for medical isotopes, that they need it for research, etc. This is a big sticking point. 0.8. To the final deal actually happening.
We'll see what happens there. Pending the final deal, the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces to the region. And what is status quo right now? Their nuclear facilities buried under rubble from U.S.
bombs. But also, we're not going to try and put new sanctions on them. This is just keeping everything as it is for 60 days. The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon signing the MOU until the termination of sanctions. U.S.
Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurances. Transportation, et cetera. The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran. What you're going to see is a bunch of headlines flow from that point that say America gives $30 billion to Iran or $10 billion. They're going to be able to write as many headlines.
All that is, is saying that assets that have been frozen under all of this framework, they will then be able to access their money in those accounts.
So be careful when you read headlines that say, We are giving money, we are giving money. As of yet, I've seen nothing in here that says taxpayer dollars go to Iran in any shape or fashion. After signing this MOU and subject to the beginning of the implementation of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10, and 11 of the MOU and the continuing implementation of these measures, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will start negotiations regarding the Final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.
So, as soon as they sign it, they're getting to work on those negotiations for a final deal. And finally, 14, the final deal will be endorsed by a binding UN Security Council resolution, meaning very similar to any other type of agreement like this. The UN will sign off on it saying we give our stamp of approval, etc. Folks, there's a lot to dig in. That is what the text of the Memorandum of Understanding is.
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