Bold & Blunt Podcast
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Recent Stories
WATCH: Meet the true victims of Hamas terror -- and it ain't Palestinians
Six hundred Israeli soldiers have died and thousands more been injured since October 7, when Hamas attacked the Jewish nation and the IDF was activated to root out and kill the terrorists. That's according to the latest stats from the IDF. But sadly, most all the media go: What about the poor Palestinian children?
WATCH: Bible prophesy, Israel and the shaky fate of America
Bible teacher Amir Tsarfati, an Israeli Christian who heads up the nonprofit "Behold Israel" to teach how God's word applies to modern news, culture and events, says America has fallen on tough times, but that fear is for the faithless.
The stupidity of the two-state solution for Israel, Palestinians
Imagine a group of thugs break into your home, rape your daughter, murder your son and run off with your baby after setting fire to all your belongings -- and then the local media and political leaders demand you sit down and strike a deal with your attackers; to peacefully coexist Would you say hey, what a great idea?
WATCH: Narrative shifts, as world's compassion wrongly falls to Palestinians, not Jews
On October 7, 2023, Israel was struck hard by Hamas terrorists -- and the world's eyes viewed the Jewish nation and people with tears of compassion. Then blink, it was gone.
WATCH: Jewish-Christian alliances rise in the face of anti-semitic progressives
The protests on America's college campuses calling for "rivers to the sea, Palestinians must be free," and condemning Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the war in Gaza and U.S. President Joe Biden for failing to push Israel into a complete ceasefire are ignorant.
WATCH: Joe Biden 'playing' into 'strategy of Hamas'
President Joe Biden said he's "outraged and heartbroken by the deaths" of aid workers in Gaza who were mistakenly killed by Israeli's military as they were providing food for civilians in the middle of the war-torn land. As are all -- even the Israelis. But let's not lose focus on the reasons these aid workers were killed.
UNRWA emerging as new terror headache for Israel
As backlash against Israel's attempt to eradicate Hamas grows, and the politics of governments shift from compassion for the Jewish people to compassion for the Palestinians in Gaza, UNRWA funding is buzzing once again.
Bold & Blunt: Israelis fight for normalization, post-October 7
It's disingenuous to think that Hamas terrorists, who want nothing more than to eradicate the Jewish people from the face of the earth, will strike a peace deal with Israel if only Israel will stop rooting out and killing Hamas.
'Hamas shooting their own people'
Knesset member Ohad Tal, a member of the Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a sit-down interview in his Jerusalem office that not only are the numbers of killed coming from the Palestinians not to be trusted, but that Hamas terrorists are "also contributing to their own numbers" of dead.
Media coverage of Israel grows worse as war drags on
Gil Hoffman, executive director of Honest Reporting in Israel, a group with a mission to monitor the truthfulness of international media on all-things-Jewish-state, said the longer the war against Hamas lasts, the worse the coverage grows.
Biden's White House must stop hindering Israel
On the war against Hamas, Israel has been steadfast: The terrorists must die. President Biden, meanwhile, has been all over the map. And this back-and-forth, frenetic and unclear messaging from the White House is having the disastrous effect of emboldening Israel's enemies -- and it must stop now.
Three miles from Gaza, a Jewish community fights to heal
Ein Habesor is located about three miles from Gaza, and produces about 60 percent of all of Israel's produce. Though the terrorists never breached the gate, and nobody from Ein Habesor was killed, nearby communities weren't so lucky.
Bold & Blunt video: Is America abandoning Israel?
The United States did a "no-vote" on the United Nations' resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire by Israel against Hamas, in exchange for the release of hostages. But this "no vote" carried a massive message, and it said bluntly: America's shifting from pro-Israel and toward the appeasement of terrorists
WATCH: Ofri Bibas Levy on her ongoing Hamas hostage nightmare
It's going on six months since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, but Ofri Bibas Levy still has no idea if her brother, Yarden Bibas, is alive or dead. He was taken captive by Hamas while trying to ward off the terrorists who had broken into his Kibbutz Nir Oz home -- while trying to save his family from being taken.
Revelation, anyone? Biden and team side with U.N. over Israel
Team Biden has sent a resolution to the United Nations calling for Israel's immediate cease-fire in Gaza in exchange for Hamas' release of all hostages. Sounds tidy. But it's truly a frightful warning to Israel that according to Bible truths, could bring great condemnation upon America.
Biden's latest meltdown more good news for MAGAs
Poor President Biden can't catch a break. His mush-for-mind is melting down, and he's showing the desperation that's affecting all Democrats right now -- albeit some are handling it better than others. The dementia-ridden Biden is not one of those who are handling it well.
Hezbollah in America: Biden's borders threaten citizens' safety
A Lebanese man who's trained for years with Hezbollah was just arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border, attempting to cross into America, sneak to New York City and - in his own words - "make a bomb." Then what? Then - blow it up. Blow it up and kill as many Americans as possible. Thanks, Joe Biden.
Israel must eradicate the terrorists, no matter what Democrats say
With President Joe Biden, U.S. policy toward Bibi and the Jewish state's counterattacks against Hamas, to root out and destroy the terrorists, has been frenetic, at best.
Democrats join call for Biden to tighten border
Fourteen Democrats joined with 212 Republicans on a resolution calling for President Biden to tighten up America's borders and use his executive powers to slow the surge of illegals entering the country. You know the border has gone wide open when even Democrats are calling for law and order.