Trump’s choice for US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, spoke about the right of the people of Israel to the Land of Israel and to the Temple Mount at an Arutz Sheva conference in 2018.

The designated US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke at an Arutz Sheva -Israel National News conference held in 2018 regarding the right of the people of Israel to the Land of Israel.

“I, and others, had a chance to go see the Western Wall, the Temple Mount, the Western Wall Tunnels, and so much of the Old City,” he said. “When you stand there, you cannot help but behold the miracle before you.” “It got me thinking about another miracle I hope all of you don’t see as too far away. 1917 was a miracle, 1948 was a miracle, 1967 was a miracle, 2017, the declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was a miracle, and there’s no reason why the miracle of the reestablishment of the Temple on the Temple Mount is not possible. I don’t know how it would happen, you don’t know how it would happen, but I know that it could happen, that’s all I know,” he said.

“A step in that process is the recognition that facts and activities on the ground truly matter. That’s why going to visit Judea and Samaria, understanding that the very sovereignty over Israeli soil, cities, locations, is a critical next step to showing the world that this is the land for Jews, and the land of Israel,” Hegseth concluded.

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