October 9th, 2025

On Thursday’s Mark Levin Show, the Trump peace plan for Gaza has two phases, which is genius. Phase one, to be implemented immediately through early next week, involves Israel ending its siege on Gaza and withdrawing to an intermediary line covering 52% of the territory, in exchange for the release of all 48 hostages (20 believed alive) and the freeing of nearly 2,000 terrorists and criminals from Israeli prisons, including 250 severe offenders and mass murderers. Phase two is the dirty work, it requires disarming, dispersing, and removing Hamas from Gaza, with governance and demilitarization details still being worked out; failure to execute it voids the agreement. There’s not another person who could have even brought the situation to this point besides Trump, with pressure applied on Hamas via demands to Qatar, and Turkey to force or expel Hamas leaders in their countries, contrary to media reports. Later, Sen Lindsey Graham calls in explain that that true peace in the Middle East extends beyond hostage releases. We must address threats from Hezbollah, Iran, and the Houthis. Graham warns that Iran’s theocratic regime, driven by religious extremism aiming to destroy Israel and expel the U.S., must be neutralized to prevent regeneration of proxies. Also, NY AG Letitia James has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on charges of bank fraud and making false claims to a financial institution. Afterward, Democrats, led by Hakeem Jeffries, ruined the U.S. healthcare system through Obamacare, which is a flawed, expensive money pit that no Republicans supported. Democrats are using the continuing resolution (CR) as a ploy to blame Republicans and Trump for the government shutdown, while pretending to defend the broken system.

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Segment 1
Hello America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. You know, it’s okay to smile a folks, and it really is. The good data. Smile. The Trump peace plan has two phases. Phase one is supposed to be implemented now and through Monday, Tuesday. In which the Israelis end their siege on the city of Gaza, which they have surrounded and are poised to destroy Hamas once and for all. A move to an intermediary line where they still. Hour in Gaza, covering 52% of the territory. And simultaneously in an exchange. For all the hostages. 48 of them. 20 who were supposed to be alive. Before I go on, let’s stop right there. What kind of subhuman cockroaches take hostages like this. Treat them like this. Use them as bargaining chips. It’s cockroaches who are Islamists throwbacks to the seventh century. Who hold belief systems. In which the more people you kill. The more horrible the death. Preferably debauchery and torture and rape. As you’re murdering them. Preferably in front of their loved ones. Burn them alive. Decapitate them. And all the rest. The most horrible things you can think of. They believe that that’s how they serve God and that’s how they’ll go to heaven. If you don’t have an understanding of who these people are. And what drives them. You know, unfortunately, most of the people in the West do not. Then you think that, well, what’s the big deal? You can make a deal with these people. It doesn’t work that way. Nonetheless on phase one. In the Trump peace plan. It’s the release of the hostages. The Israelis pull back. And there’s to be a release of nearly 2000. Terrorists and criminals in Israeli prisons, including 250 of whom are the worst kind of terrorists. In some some and some subset of that who are mass murders. Of course we would never do this. But that’s what the Israelis have agreed to do. Phase two is very interesting. And I’m very curious to see how this is supposed to work. Phase two. The question I have is what happens to Hamas? Hamas is supposed to be disarmed. I guess, dispersed. Of course, that doesn’t prevent them from meeting up later and warming up later. Something that I think is being missed, but nonetheless. Disarmed. And removed from Gaza. Now, according to reports, and who knows how accurate they are. This is an area of resistance for the terrorists. We shall see how this works out. Phase two will be more interesting. Now, keep something else in mind, at least as the agreement was written, even though there have been apparently some changes. If phase two isn’t executed, all bets are off. Now, this is the genius actually, of the Trump plan. The hostages get out under phase one. Now phase two has all these particulars, these details, many of which we don’t know yet, that they’re I guess they’re trying to work out involving the governance there, involving Hamas. The disarming of Hamas, the demilitarization of Gaza. All these things. It’s a phase two will be much more complicated on it. And this is what we will keep our eye on. Now, the fact of the matter is, there’s not another person. Who could have even brought. The situation there. To this point, there’s simply not another. Trump is historic and he is iconic. And as you will learn, if you watch Saturdays Life Liberty Levin from the Israeli ambassador. To the United States, Ambassador Leiter. My interview of him is really quite remarkable. We also have Ron Johnson all about the FBI monitoring of Republican senators and House members. But you’re going to hear the ambassador who was there at the table through it all. And still is. That the pressure was not placed on Israel, despite the reports in Axios by the self-hating Israeli rabbi. In other reports and other equally unreliable media outlets, so-called. The pressure was on Hamas. And he will reveal for the first time. So I’ll reveal it to you. That’s your president. My president? Our president told Qatar. Told Turkey. Told Egypt. But particularly Qatar and Turkey. You have the Hamas leadership. In your country’s. Now you either force them, pressure them. To accept this agreement or you remove them. You never heard that before, did you, Mr. President? Excuse me, Mr. Producer. You didn’t hear that before? Now that is that’s the Donald Trump we know, man. It really is. Either you tell them to get this done and you force them. Or remove them. Release them. That was the pressure. That’s not what Axios and Rabin reported. That’s not what the other outlets reported. And yet that’s what happened. Eyewitness account by the ambassador to the United States from Israel. And that’s what we would expect from our president. Because that’s the kind of man he is. I’m going to spend some time. A little bit tonight. We’ve got a lot to cover, a lot on Saturday night on Life, Liberty and Levin getting into the details. How did we get to this point? And we mean this point. What do we mean? And just to give it a a summary. We got to this point for two reasons. Benjamin Netanyahu, the greatest prime minister in the history of Israel, the longest serving prime minister in the history of Israel. Decided he was going to defeat Hamas. And that included the need to defeat Hezbollah in Iran. Why? Because you may recall Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran actually were planning a simultaneous attack from the south, the north and the east against the country of Israel. Hamas jumped the gun. But Hezbollah was poised with 180,000. Long and mid missiles. Remember all that. And of course, Iran was poised with 3000 ballistic missiles we would later learn. Israel had to do urban fighting, door to door, street to street, like our Marines had to do in Iraq. And yet they were forced. To feed. The citizenry of the enemy. And. Their own faith prevented them from obliterating Gaza over a period of weeks. The way we and I believe rightly so, obliterated city after city. In Europe. In the Far East. During World War Two. Little good did it do for Israel, given the Western media? In Western academia. Given the enemy within as they were accused of something they exactly chose not to do. Starving the Gazans when they were feeding them. Hamas was starving them. And genocide when they were giving notice that a citizenry there to get out of the way. Israel won no points for what it did, but it lost many more IDF soldiers as a result. They defeated Hezbollah for all intents and purposes. Destroyed their entire leadership. Their entire leadership destroyed their. Their generals. Basically they’re lieutenants in the militia. With the beepers and the iPhones. They blew out much of Hamas’s leadership. They blew up much of Iran’s leadership. In fact, they defeated Iran. In 12 days. We came in and blew out their nuclear sites. Crucially important. So Israel fighting an urban war. In Gaza, blowing out Hezbollah prior intents and purposes in Lebanon. Thereby covering its southern and northern flanks and defeating Iran in 12 days, blowing out their ground to air missiles, their Soviet defense systems, Russian defense systems. Taking out much of their leadership. And then surrounding Hamas. Surrounding Hamas. So there’d be no peace talks, but for the fact. But the Israeli military was able to do what the Israeli military did. And when you think about it, it’s amazing a nation of 9 million surrounded by hundreds of millions. Nation the size of New Jersey surrounded by massive Arab countries. And look what they were able to accomplish. That’s number one. Number two, the election of Donald Trump. Crucial. Joe Biden had been funding Iran. Joe Biden. Helped Iran fund its nuclear program by lifting sanctions directly and indirectly and by direct payments to Iran hoping to buy them off. We also had. Individuals within our own government. Who are back channeling to Iran. Individuals who still have not been held to account. You had Blinken yet? Sullivan. Yet. HARRIS And, of course, Biden It was a disaster. Donald Trump’s elected president, the best friend the state of Israel has ever had in the Oval Office. He reverses every single Biden policy, including the continuation of the sale of ammunition and weapons to Israel. His statements backed up by muscle. That he wanted those hostages out of there. That Iran was not going to get a nuclear weapon. Presidents had said that before Trump meant it. Particularly when President Trump ordered the strikes on the nuclear sites. That sent a message throughout the Arab world, the Muslim world, the entire world. That sent a message. Donald Trump as opposed by the Democrats. He was opposed by our media. He was opposed by the UN. He was opposed by Europe. He was opposed by the Neanderthal, Jew hating isolationists, the self-appointed fake MAGA podcasters. And he did it anyway. And then that speech at the United Nations. Where he collectively. We looked at the world collectively, every leader of the world. He denounced the institution as failing to even pursue peace. He denounced the institution as anti-Semitic. He denounced many of its member states. Of undermining. Basic human principles and civil liberties. Destroying their own countries with open borders. In a tour de force like we’ve never seen before. And in the Arab world, he gave them an opportunity. Diplomatic and economic. To work closely with our country to benefit them and us. More when I return.

Segment 2
You know, what I would say is, is obviously the press, the United States, New York real estate billionaire, one of the most famous New Yorkers in the world, has a lot of interaction with a lot of people who are very pro-Israel. I think that was an important set of experiences in life, life experiences that he brought to the table. He also, of course, knew one of the most famous Palestinians in the world, Chuck Schumer. And I think without that. Of knowledge, it would have been impossible to get us to that. That is a great line, J.D. Vance. Absolutely fantastic. Very funny. By the way, I want to thank Fox and Friends and. What a wonderful. Cooper host They have to. Their chemistry is fantastic. I want to thank Dana Perino, Bill hemmer. I was invited on their programs this morning but was unable to come on because I’m preparing my weekend shows. I want to thank Martha MACCALLUM. I was able to do that this afternoon. I want to thank her. And tonight, 9:20 p.m. Eastern Time, I will be on HANNITY. So hope we catch you there. I will be on HANNITY again. 9:20 p.m. Eastern. But for you, I’m here right now. I’ll be right back.

Segment 3
While the President is doing all these things, the unthinkable, the unthinkable, the unimaginable in many instances. What are the Democrats doing? Destroying our country. That’s right. Lying about health care. They’re the ones responsible for Obamacare. If Obamacare is a. Is a loser. It’s because they put it in place. There wasn’t a single Republican that voted for that. Now one. None. It’s lousy coverage, extremely expensive. So they’re giving illegal aliens Medicaid, which is great coverage, extremely expensive at your expense. And so they’re trying to change the subject and so forth and so on. Fact, Chuck Schumer, I think, said the longer this goes on, the better. Denny Mr. Peterson. The longer this goes on, the better the more the people hurt, he says. The better it is. But I don’t want to jump the gun, as they say. Here’s my appearance on Martha MACCALLUM on Fox this afternoon. It’s going to cut nine, Mr. Producer, go. Obviously, we are watching history unfold on so many levels in the Middle East right now. Your reaction to where this stands as we wait for Steve Wycoff and Jared Kushner to begin expected meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Well, thank you, Martin. You know, there’s a genius to this with these different phases, phase one and two and phase one, the release of the hostages and unfortunately, the release of a lot of these deadly prisoners. But phase two is going to be the key is some of the people have mentioned earlier on the on the network what happens to Hamas here? What exactly is going to happen with Hamas? We don’t know. And that’s very, very important. So I think phase two is where some of the dirty work has to be figured out. I’m guessing they’re meeting with the prime minister not just to have a donor, but to try and figure that out with him and so forth. But the genius of this was the way they carved it out. The hostages came out first. That’s very, very important, obviously, to us, to the Israeli people and so forth. Now, the question is, how do you secure Israel? How do you prevent Hamas from doing what it did again? How do you ensure that there’s demilitarization of Gaza? So it is a it is a an extensive process. Again, I think it was brilliantly determined on these phases and so forth. And I would say this this didn’t just happen. This didn’t just happen. The president of the United States had to bring together these Arab countries. And people don’t understand all these Arab countries don’t think the same. They all agree the same. These are tribal. Some of them hate each other’s guts. Some of them have gone to war with each other. Some of them tried to overthrow each other. So that was a marvelous accomplishment. And in addition to that, the Israelis, if the Israelis had defeated Hezbollah, hadn’t defeated Iran, with the president bombing out those nuclear sites, putting the Houthies in their place, even though now and then they fire off a missile and today have the city of Gaza surrounded ready to destroy them. I don’t know that we’d be here today. That’s that’s a point I wanted to make. And the other point I wanted to make point is an election make a difference. You have Donald Trump who stood with Israel 100%. You have Donald Trump who prevented this arms embargo that the Biden regime was involved in. Yet Donald Trump, who shut off the money to Iran when the Biden regime was funding their military directly and indirectly. You’re Donald Trump have made it clear those hostages are coming out. You’re not going to have nuclear weapons. And he meant what he said and he did what he what he wanted to do, what he said he would do against, you know, people in our own country, the Democrats, the media, the isolations and so forth. This is a great leader, Donald Trump. And for Israel, Netanyahu has been a great, great leader and military leader because let’s keep something in mind. Hamas was supposed to be one of the attacks against Israel. They were going to be attacked in the north, the south and the east, Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran in this tiny country of 9 million people surrounded basically defeated Hezbollah, defeated Iran in 12 days and has Hamas surrounded in urban warfare like we had to fight in Iraq. And so I don’t think our media gives enough credit to Benjamin Netanyahu as they try to destroy him. I don’t think anybody gives Donald Trump enough credit. He deserves it. People talk about a Nobel Peace Prize. You know, I think it was 2019, you know, Martha, that this time in 2019, Barack Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize. You know what he got it for? I don’t know what he got it for it because he found the men’s room in the Oval Office. I don’t know what he got, but nobody knew. He hadn’t had time to do too much just by getting elected. He got a Nobel Peace Prize, essentially. And that prize will be announced tomorrow. I think there are obviously a lot of people who think that President Trump should be getting it based on the really incredible, unprecedented nature of the shift in the Middle East. And you as you’re so right, Mark, you see these Arab nations who have differences coming together. You see Iran isolated to the point that we have not seen in my lifetime. And Hamas basically had to give in to this deal because they don’t have anyone supporting them at this point. They’re extremely isolated, extremely decimated militarily. And I don’t think I think that, you know, this was the least worst choice for them at this time. I just want to put one quick thing up here, which is this Quinnipiac polling. And I think you already touched on what I think your answer is going to be about why this says. But when you look back at August of 2025 or excuse me, November 20, 23. Do your sympathies lie more with Israelis or Palestinians? This is a Quinnipiac poll. And back in November of 2023, Americans said. Plus 32. The Israeli sympathies support side. August 2025 It moved dramatically. Palestinians plus one. What’s your thought on that, Mark, before I let you go? Well, it’s frightening. Propaganda works. We have money coming into our country, into our schools and universities, brainwashing our children. Keep in mind, the hate for our country in our founding is growing the college level on the university level and throughout the country as well. This is what happens when the truth doesn’t get out. And still the truth isn’t getting out about what’s taken place here. That what Israel has had to do and the way that they’ve done it. So, so far, the the enemy, the terrorists have won the propaganda war. It’s not a PR issue with Israel. Israel doesn’t control the American media, doesn’t control the Democrat Party. It doesn’t control the Neanderthal isolationists in my party. It’s a tiny country that doesn’t have anything like the money that these other countries have that they pour into our country to influence what’s taking place. And so that’s my take on that. It’s horrific. You know, I have to say something. There are cheap shots and attacks from time to time on the Fox News Channel. Now many of you are enthusiastic viewers. Audience The Fox News Channel. Fox. Has massive cable audiences. It outperforms MSNBC or CNN hugely combined. Combined. There are fantastic people on Fox. I mean, just look at the. Fox and Friends in the morning. With Lawrence and Ainsley and Brian. Fantastic people. I look at the show that follows. Dana Perino I’ve come to really like her. And Bill Hemmer’s fantastic. And Sandra Smith and John Roberts. They are terrific. And the chemistry is unbelievable with all these people. And the show’s in between. When I was talking about my book and I would go to the shows and. They’re just good, good people. Solid people. And as you move throughout the day. I’m talking about Harris Faulkner and her group and. In the others. If I miss if I don’t mention everybody, I just I don’t have time to. But they know who I mean. You look at the prime time lineup, same thing. Same thing. And look at the weekend lineup. So the people who trash Fox tend to be disgruntled former employees who’ve been blown out of their. For misbehavior. For a bizarre conduct. For other reasons. Some of them are reprobates. That’s it. That’s it. I just wanted to point that out. Uh, because I’ve. So many positive experiences with so many people there. And again, I want to thank virtually every show they’re inviting me on during the course of the week. To discuss this and other things, by the way, the FBI. And it’s a monitoring of Republicans. And we’re going to discuss that Saturday Night two with Ron Johnson. At some length. As you know, I worked at the Justice Department. I was a chief of staff. I dig into what happened here. And actually Ron Johnson, Senator Johnson is. Asking if I personally can help him and. And the committee. To come up with certain ways of pursuing information and gathering it. And I said, You better believe more than happy to do it. More than happy to do it, and I will do it. But. I just wanted to point that out to. Okay. President Trump. Cut one Go. As you know, last night we reached a momentous breakthrough in the Middle East, something that people said was never going to be done. We ended the war in Gaza and really on a much bigger basis, created peace. And I think it’s going to be a lasting peace, hopefully an everlasting peace, a peace in the Middle East. We secured the release of all of the remaining hostages, and they should be released on Monday or Tuesday. And getting them is a complicated process, and I’d rather not tell you what they have to do to get them. Are places you don’t want to be. But we are getting the hostages back on. On Tuesday. Monday or Tuesday. And that’ll be a day of joy. I’m going to try and make a trip over. We’re going to try and get over there. And we’re working on the timing, the exact timing. We’re going to go to Egypt, where we’ll have a signing, an additional signing. We’ve already had a signing representing me. But we’re going to have an official signing. And the amazing thing is all the countries over there, from guitar to Saudi Arabia to UAE, to all of them, have made the rich ones a less than rich was there. They’ve all come together something which is amazing, actually. They’ve all come together for this. And they’re really and probably the best relationships they’ve ever had. So it’s been really something incredible that nobody thought it was possible to get it done. Mm. I think Israel is one of the countries. No, Mr. Producer. We’ll be right back.

Segment 4
John Fetterman is a good man. He’s a good man. Now he’s voting to keep the, quote unquote, government shut. That’s a mistake. But he but he’s very supportive in many other fronts. Here’s what he had to say on Fox. Cut eight go. Do you think the president deserves a Nobel Peace Prize? Well, I mean, if if this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And I’m going to make a direct appeal to the president. You know, I hope he chooses to provide the Tomahawks to the Ukrainians, too, and give them the tools that they need to push back against the Russia. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I’ll be the Democrat leading the committee for his a Nobel Prize peace for ending both of these terrible wars. Here’s a little montage of Democrats in the media actually praising the president’s Gaza peace deal. Cut six go. All credit to President Trump and his you say unconventional team. Well, Robin, there’s no question that if this goes as planned, if we see those remaining hostages freed and Israel begin its withdrawal, it is a remarkable achievement. And President Trump most certainly deserves credit for his role. He has done this through diplomacy, pressure and the sheer force of his personality and persistence. Also, military victory. Let’s be honest, she’s getting a little. Her liberal. Her liberal. Mark, go ahead. Sleep. Very welcome news. This is the finally the hostages are going to come home. And this guy is an Islamist. Cassius, this Roxana, he’s a fraud and a phony. An A to face. Go ahead. Very positive. Step in the right direction. Joe Biden could never do that. And Donald Trump, David Ignatius was able to do it and did it at the decisive moment when he said essentially, by the way, don’t they all sound very dour, Mr. Producer? And I’m like, I’m going to praise this guy. And Joe Biden couldn’t do it. Trump did. And then we have a blizzard to whatever name New York Times and go ahead. And Israelis said to me that the only person who can resolve this war is Donald Trump. And these are not all Israelis who are big fans of Donald Trump. Yeah, I just need to underscore in an enormous moment, this is for so many people in this region. That’s CNN. Basically, these are all the media outlets and Lilliputians who were giving voice to Hamas propaganda. That’s right. They contributed nothing to this day. Nothing. Zero. Ambassador Mike Huckabee on Fox and Friends cut seven. Go. How were you guys able to get this across the finish line? Well, let’s give credit where credit is due. There are a lot of people in the industry that did a lot of just groundwork. But the real key is President Trump. He’s the one that made this happen. Certainly envoys with Carson, Jared Kushner were a very big part of sealing the deal, bringing it together. But this would never have happened without the leadership of President Trump. He brought people together that no one thought would ever sit together, talk and come to an agreement. And it’s really a remarkable day. And I’ll tell you, there is a great sigh of relief being heaved throughout Israel today, because this is a day that everyone here has been praying to happen for two solid years. Mm hmm. What will happen with Hamas. This we need to know. We will know very shortly. That’s part of phase two. What will happen with Hamas. Guess who’s coming on the program at the top of the next hour, America. We haven’t had this gentlemen on the program for several years. Lindsey Graham. Lindsay has been outstanding on this, which is why he’s hated by the Neanderthal, Jew hating. Podcasters. Of course, anybody who’s not for Hamas is not an anti-Semite, who’s not a anti-American isolationist, is hated by these bastards. And so I am noticing that these Neanderthals are. Being. Relegated to a smaller and smaller circle, a smaller and smaller cabal that people find them grotesque and horrendous. Like a car accident. But every now and then they have to look nonetheless. We’ll be right back.

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