RADIOOctober 16, 2023

Should Israel OCCUPY GAZA after destroying Hamas?

As Israel prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza, it has warned civilians in the north to evacuate. But what will happen next? President Biden told 60 Minutes that he believes it would be a "big mistake" for Israel to occupy Gaza after it destroys Hamas. But Glenn disagrees. Glenn reviews the historical precedence for such a move and warns that a two-state solution didn't work out so well the last time it was tried, in post-World War II Germany. Plus, he points out the "key" to the whole argument: The Palestinians in Gaza might be controlled by Hamas, but they VOTED for Hamas, which uses them as human shields ... and recent polls suggest the vast majority still support the destruction of Israel.

Transcript

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GLENN: There's a couple of things. NBC, that incredibly right-wing organization, of NBC. Showed some documents, that they obtained, exclusive coverage on NBC, that show Hamas created detailed plans to target elementary schools and a youth center in -- in part of their attack.

The -- in Arabic, which shows, you know, the map and where they need to go, and it says, kill as many people as possible.

They're also labeled, top secret.

Now, they came off of the body of one of the people, Israel. Sent to Allah, this weekend.

And I feel bad about that. Well, actually, I don't. But he's with his -- is it 80 or is it 90 virgins?

I think it's 80 virgins, right? How many virgins?

STU: I thought it was only 70. How many virgins do they thought? Is there an exchange rate? Is it affected by inflation?

GLENN: I think it's 80 virgins, that you get. That's what you used to get, in the old days.

STU: Seventy-two virgins.

GLENN: Seventy-two. Well, it's based on the American that are. So it's probably more now.

STU: It's thousands at this point.

GLENN: Hey. By the way, just a tip. If Israel is sending you home to your virgins, you've only got 72 of them, and all eternity. So, you know, don't get up there, like I have 72. Space them out. Space them out.

Anyway, so we've got that news. Meanwhile, people are still saying, I think this is wrong, what Israel is doing.

Really? You know, the president said yesterday, that on 60 Minutes. And, boy, was he dynamic. What a fireball that was.

He was asked if Israel should, quote, occupy Gaza. Here's what he said, cut six.

VOICE: Would you support Israeli occupational of Gaza at this point?

BIDEN: I think it would be a big mistake.

Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view. Hamas, and the extreme elements of Hamas, don't represent the Palestinian people. And I think that it would be a mistake to -- for Israel to occupy Gaza region.

GLENN: Okay. Stop for a second.

I don't think it's a mistake to occupy. Well, I mean, I wouldn't live there.

But I think Israel should park their car there.

You know what I mean?

Park a lot of cars there. It could be, you know, some sort of a parking lot, that they make it.

I think you should be done with this experiment. How many times do we have to do this, before people get it?

Hamas, and the Palestinian, the whole thing is a sham now, that doesn't mean that there aren't good Palestinians, et cetera, et cetera.

But that's not what this movement is about. Nor has it ever been about.

The Palestinian people, have been used. Over and over again, by people who just want to kill Jews. That's it.

That's been the -- the thing from the very the beginning.

Now, were there people that, you know, would like to share the land?

I'm sure. But you -- I'm sorry. Have got to treat the Palestinians that live in Gaza, and are in the Middle East. You have to treat them, the way we treated, all Germans.

All Germans weren't bad. But those Germans voted Hitler in.

And fought for Hitler. And they were like, it's -- you know, it's pretty great.

Well, it wasn't pretty great.

And as soon as the German people said, you know what, this isn't pretty great. I don't want anything to do with this anymore, it was over.

And the world could live together. And because of communist Russia, Germany got a two-state solution. And that worked out really well.

STU: And obviously you're exaggerating at some level of saying, you want to turn it into a parking lot.

GLENN: I mean, a nice one.

STU: Yeah, a nice one. But I would argue, why not just a park.

And I would use turf. It's really hard to maintain grass, in a large swath of land like that.

Just roll out the turf in that area. And no one lives there. Nobody. Nobody lives there.

I have no problem. You want to make it into farmland. Because the Palestinian people will need food.

Because Egypt will not feed them.

Israel and the United States were the ones sending the food into Gaza. And they're the ones that hate us.

That's fine. Make Gaza into a farmland. And then Jordan and Egypt.

Maybe even Iran.

Could take the Palestinian people. And divide up something like Egypt has a lot of land.

GLENN: A lot of land. A lot of land.

STU: A lot of open space there.

And again, a lot of these people, they're not -- they can't be this part of this country anymore. Right?

Like, there's just no way. It makes absolutely no sense. For Israel to have a -- a -- I don't know. An oasis for Hamas, in the middle of their country. It makes literally no sense.

You will have to find a different place to go. Look, we tried this. And stupidly, by the way. It was a stupid thing for Israel to try.

To say, hey. Well, what if we let them vote in Hamas. And see what happens in the next decade. It's ridiculous.

GLENN: That is key. They voted Hamas in.

STU: Yeah. And the same thing could be said for the Germans back in the day. They didn't really have a chance to change their mind. If they decided leadership wasn't so great.

They did vote them in. In a widely approved election. This was not something that people.

You know, watchers from around the world was saying, was a fake election. Or a bad, fixed election. He this put Hamas in power. Now, Hamas did not give them a chance to overall them later, and take them out of power. Maybe they all changed their opinion on Hamas.

Opinion polling does not show that, we should note.

Maybe now they have. Maybe they're so horrified by attacks. Who knows.

GLENN: The last opinion poll I saw. This was years ago.

The last opinion poll I saw, it was like 97 percent, or 93 percent of Palestinians agreed with killing the Jews.

Using terror. Cutting people's heads off. Killing civilians. Kidnapping children.

STU: It was very, very high.

And it was much higher than it should be, let's put it that way.

GLENN: So it was also people just last week, celebrating in the streets.

If my government. Let's be honest. If you found out today, that the United States was over kidnapping Russian children and just going into houses in Russia and just shooting innocent, you know, women and children, would you be out passing cookies outside? Because I wouldn't be. I would be ashamed.

STU: Look, and this is time for another asterisk here, right? These people have been indoctrinated. They're very similar to people who live in North Korea, who are told that Kim Jong-un is a God. Right?

You listen to the children from these regions, talking about the Jews. They've been taught this from birth.

GLENN: It's horrible.

STU: And it's very different --

GLENN: And you could say that about the Hitler youth. You could say that about the Hitler youth.

STU: Exactly.

GLENN: But at some point, the Palestinian people need to stand up and say, we don't think it's right killing Jews anymore.

And unfortunately, history has shown us, the only way that happens, is to bomb the snot out of people.

And I'm sorry, but history has shown, when you have attempted over and over and over and over again, to be able to give people peace.

Hey, let's just live in peace. You do this. And I'll do that.

And just live in peace.

Nope. They're not interested. They're not interested.

They've been offered a two-state solution.

They turn it down.

Why? Because it's about killing all of the Jews.

That's all that is. Period. Period.

And, by the way, if anybody is feeling badly, I understand that.

I don't want to kill innocent women and children either.

Israel has a right to defend itself.

And if that's what you need to do.

By the way, they are dropping fliers, from the sky.

Been all weekend.

Please leave this area.

Please, evacuate. We're coming in the next 24 hours.

Well, we did that too.

We did that in Japan.

It's my pretty clear understanding, that would make us and Israel, the only ones that warn people.

Please, leave. Our war is not against you.

It's against your leadership.

And even -- even when we drop these -- sorry. 80 million of these fliers, in Japan.

Before we bomb them. It said, our argument is not with you. Our argument is with your government.

But you must tell your government to stop.

Well, they eventually did. Unfortunately, it took two bombs.

But eventually they did.

STU: Typical pro-western projected here on the Glenn Beck Program. As usual. This is exactly what I would expect you to say. You know, you don't even care about the innocent victims in Gaza. It's fascinating to see you at work.

GLENN: Really?

STU: Yeah. And, by the way, you know, considering your evil pro-Western ways, it was nice to see you actually jumping in the fray a little bit, in Israel.

Finally decided to get off your horse -- get on your horse, and pick up a few people over there on some planes. It was good to see you -- how could I put it? Maybe in -- shamed by Ron DeSantis, who was already doing it.

GLENN: This is where you're going? This is where you're going?

STU: Look, I'm saying, I'm glad you finally got off your butt and help people in the Middle East.

GLENN: Wow. That's refreshing coming from you.

STU: People were so turned -- they were like, why were you going after Glenn about his not doing anything. After all he's done in Afghanistan and everything else.

And it's like, no. He can't say anything go. The mission is ongoing. So I can say he hasn't done anything this whole time on the air over and over again. And he can't defend himself, because these --

GLENN: Wow. Listen to him. So what he's trying to do is trying to make an excuse for himself. He's trying to make an excuse.

No. I was just kidding. Because Glenn couldn't defend himself.

You had no idea that we were sending --

STU: No. Really.

GLENN: You had no idea.

STU: Well, why didn't you say anything? If you were. If you were --

GLENN: Because I was so hurt by what you said on the air.

STU: Oh, okay.

GLENN: Anyway, yeah. Thanks to Mercury One and our partners, our first plane was supposed to be there yesterday. Leaving.

It has been delayed. And we are trying to get as many planes over there as we can. To rescue. Or, I'm sorry.

To bring home, as many Americans as we possibly can.

And there's more to this story.

But I can't speak about it now.

But please, pray for all those Americans, that don't have a way out.

By the way, we're not -- you know, I know we have these giant gray planes. You know, the president has access to.

And I heard this weekend, that they are going to start picking people up.

Which I applaud.

And then they're dumping them in Germany.

And then they're charging people. Thanks to Mercury One. And our partners.

We are picking people up in Israel. And we are bringing them home to the United States. And we are not charging anybody.

Which is very nice. But that is all thanks to you. And Mercury One.

And the NazareneFund.org.

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GLENN: There's a difference between a revival and an awakening. We are in a revival right now, but that doesn't necessarily lead to anything. Except, oh, I have to re-learn those principles. But that doesn't mean you apply them in your life. Okay?

That's an awakening. There's been two great awakenings in American history. One brought us the American Revolution. The second one brought us the Civil War and the freedom of slaves.

We have the possibility of going into a third great awakening. That's the only thing that will save us. If you don't know the difference between a revival and an awakening. Let me give you the negative print of a godly awakening. Our kids right now, they don't have any purpose. They don't have any meaning.

They look at everything, and it doesn't -- it's not real. None of it is real. It's money. It's fame.

It's -- you know, it's ever changing truths and definitions. And they have no purpose in their life. Okay?

So they're looking for that. Because man has to have purpose in his life. Man has to search for meaning.

So they're searching for meaning. And they found a group of people that actually mean something. And they're willing to die for it. And it's ISIS.

And so they're like, at least these people believe in something. They believe it. And they're willing to die for it. I'm going to stand with them. And they put that twisted understanding into action. That's the -- that is -- that's an awakening. It's just an awakening to the dark side. And that one is already happening. It has to happen on the good side. And let me speak directly to young men: Look, you are inheriting a very loud, angry, cynical and worst of all spiritually starving and malnourished society. And you are being sold a future of cheap pleasures and hollow heroes and screens with blue light that just rob you of your strength, one distracted second after another.

And in the middle of all that noise, may I just give you one piece of instruction. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praise-worthy, seek those things.

Don't admire them. Don't nod at them. Seek them!

Hunt them. Chase them. Build your life around those things. A man who will do that. A boy. A young man who will do that, will become different. Noticeably different.

He will stop letting the culture feed him garbage. He stops applauding the trivial. He stops laughing at the obscene or cheering for the cruel.

He will become a curator of -- of real, lasting beauty in an age that has forgotten what beauty even looks like.

When other men are chasing down or holding up cynicism, this man holds up hope!

When everyone around him is chasing dopamine, he chooses discipline. When others will blame their circumstance, he'll take responsibility for his own action. When the world worships the shallow, he goes and searches for the deep!

You want to know what the secret of becoming strong is, or becoming trusted, or becoming the kind of man that your future wife, your future children, your future nation can depend on?

Here it is!

You become what you seek. If you seek trash, you become trash. If you seek virtue, you become a man of virtue. You seek excellence, and your life will begin to shine, not loudly, but steadily. Like the steel glow of a blade being forged.

That's who you'll be.

The world has a plentiful, seemingly never-ending supply of angry boys. We don't need any more addicted boys.

We don't need any more distracted boys. The world needs men. Whole men. Clear-eyed men.

Men whose souls are anchored to something higher than the algorithms, trying to own them!

Build a life worthy of admiration. Forget about the applause. Fill your mind with words that make you wiser. Fill your days with work, hard work, that makes you stronger. Fill your home with beauty that lifts every soul who walks into it.

Have your home a place where people walk in and go, man, I say so great here. I just love it here. I don't know what it is about your house. I just love it. It's the spirit that's there! Because you built it! You protect it.

Protect your integrity like a watchman on the wall. Don't lie. Don't cheat. Don't steal. And when you fail, and you will, stand back up again.

Because a man who seeks the virtuous, is not a man who never fails. He just -- he just becomes a man who refuses to stay on the ground.

If you seek things that are lovely and pure, trustworthy, praiseworthy, you'll become a kind of man this age almost never produces. A man whose very existence is a rebuke to the darkness.

That's your calling. That's why you were born.

Not to be lost. Not to play video games. Not to give up. Not to say, there's no hope. Not to end up in the trash bin of human history because you've -- you've taken so many drugs, you can't stand up straight anymore.

You're not destined to be alone.

You were destined for great things. You are destined to find an amazing woman!

Believe me. I didn't think I would ever find an amazing woman. Because I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't think I was worth it.

And until I started understanding how God works. That, yeah. I'm not worth any of the stuff that I have.

When you realize, it's all a gift. It's all a gift. And even if you work your brains out, you may not ever get all the things that you want. But you're going to have everything you need. Once you realize, carefully selecting friends makes a difference. My mother used to always say, show me your friends. I will show you your future.

It's true. Be careful who you select as friends. Watch your language. Watch what you're putting into your brain and what's coming out of your mouth. Because the brain is so amazing. It's being turned to mush. Did you know that there is a new study that just came out. I have to tell you about it next week, maybe.

New study going out. It is -- it's AI. And it has access to social media, and they have found that the AI -- the AI that is scrolling through social media all day, just to keep updated on everything that's going on in social media. It's getting brain mush. It's actually becoming dumber. It's become less effective!

It's a machine. What do you think this, flesh and blood, this thing is going to do?

We say life is meaningless. And life is the only thing that has any value. And yet, we spend all of our time, on things like social media. And that has absolutely no value.

But we think that's life.

I'm not that smart. I've just lived a long time. And I've made so many mistakes.

And I decided at one point, I'm going to stop saying, it's somebody else's fault. I'm going to start saying. Maybe -- what did I do to create that?

What did I do to attract that?

Why does this thing keep happening to me?

Why is it that I always find myself involved with these same kind of people?

Because, Glenn, dummy, it's you!

What you think, it's like -- it's like think of yourself as a -- as a beacon. It's just -- you're a beacon. Your GPS pin, that is constantly saying, here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

Except, it's transmitting more than just your location. It's -- it's transmitting what you're looking for, who you are. And it's attracting other dropped pins to you. It's saying, "I like this. I think this way. I believe these things. I am afraid of these things."

Whatever it is, you're thinking. It's constantly putting that out.

And saying, here I am. Is there anything else like that?

Anything else that can reinforce that? Anything else that can live like this?

Because that's me. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

That's why you keep finding yourself in exactly the same situations. Nothing will change, if nothing changes!

And the only thing that you can change, is you!

Seek the things, that have virtue.

Seek the things, that have beauty in music, in -- in art, in life, in architecture, in clothing! Whatever it is. Look for real, lasting beauty and value.

Find the things that are true! Truly true.

Universally true. Find the things that uplift. Seek those things!

And you will change your life and your world!