PEACE in the Middle East-Hostages Freed under Historic Trump Agreement

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

BREAKING NEWS: 7 of the 20 October 7 hostages RELEASED!

Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson praise Trump’s leadership, portraying him as uniquely capable of achieving peace through strength.
They contrast this with Biden’s and Obama’s foreign policy, which they characterize as weak and enabling of terrorism.
The Red Cross is facilitating the transfer of hostages held underground in Gaza for over two years.
The first seven hostages have been handed over, with the full release expected by noon (Israel time).
In exchange, Israel is releasing about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including:
- 250 serving long sentences,
- 1,700 detained during the conflict, and
- The remains of 28 deceased hostages.

Endorsements & Reactions –
- The podcast includes audio clips & quotes from Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff.
- Clinton is depicted as praising Trump’s deal (a rare bipartisan gesture), while Obama’s response is described as “classless” for not naming Trump.
Foreign Policy Narrative –
- Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities and his “peace through strength” doctrine are credited for pressuring Hamas into negotiations.
- The Biden administration is blamed for previous instability, alleged funding to Iran, and a weak stance toward Israel.
Government Shutdown Continues:
U.S. government shutdown goes on, the “Schumer shutdown”, as Democrats keep prolonging it. When will it end? We discuss it.
Closing Remarks – The episode ends with Cruz offering religious gratitude (“Praise God”) and both hosts congratulating Trump, Netanyahu, and Israel.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.0	What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.
0:08.5	Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
0:15.1	Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
0:18.5	From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.
0:23.9	What difference at this point does it make?
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0:35.3	Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson. With you. It is right now 107 a.m. Eastern
0:41.6	Standard Time. That means it is 8.06 a.m. right now in Tel Aviv and Israel. And the hostages that are being held in Gaza are set to be released. We are hoping that's going to happen at any moment, and very
0:55.9	well could happen as we are taping this in the wee hours of the morning. Senator, I want to get your
1:00.9	reaction just to this, and what all we're going to be talking about today? Well, it is an historic
1:06.8	day, although I will have to note, Ben, I am impressed that somehow Jerusalem has managed to go back in time, that it is 107 a.m. in the East Coast of America, but it is only 806 a.m. in Jerusalem, so they're somehow a minute ahead of us. That, that, uh, look, look, the Holy Land, it, it, it, it, I, I think that's appropriate. So, so, so, so, so I, I appreciate So I appreciate like a fine Swiss watch.
1:31.4	You have an acute appreciation for the passage of time.
1:35.0	I'm just looking at the screens here.
1:37.4	I got you.
1:39.6	Look, peace in the Middle East is a big damn deal.
1:43.6	Now, as we're sitting here right now, we're holding our
1:46.7	breaths because the peace deal has been announced. If this follows through, if Hamas releases the
1:55.0	hostages, it will be historic. At the moment, we don't know if they're going to follow through. They've said they're going to
2:02.2	follow through. Yeah. But Hamas is not exactly the most trustworthy of dealmakers. They've broken
2:10.2	deals over and over and over again. terrorists have a bad habit of doing that. So we are waiting,
2:16.0	we are hoping, we are praying. What's interesting about this podcast
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