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Ted Cruz: “The modern state of Israel was created coming out of World…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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If you could look into the camera if you will, and address the younger generation in the church today, the Gen Zers, listen, you're being lied to about Israel. Those who attack Zionism. Zionism simply says Israel should exist. By the way, The modern state of Israel was created coming out of World War II, coming out of the Holocaust. coming out of 6 million Jews being massacred in concentration camps by the Nazis. And the phrase that came out of that was never again that Israel would have a homeland, so never again would they face genocide. (24:19–24:26)

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Asserts that Israel was established after World War II and the Holocaust.

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