Tim Ballard: Spiritual Battle Against Israel and the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria
Interview with JNS TV - October 8, 2025
Speaker Background
Tim Ballard: Former CIA analyst at the terrorism desk during 9/11, former Department of Homeland Security special agent, founder of anti-child trafficking operations, subject of the movie "Sound of Freedom", and director of the Tim Ballard Foundation.
Key Context: The Syria Crisis
On July 14th, 2025, Al-Julani's forces (now Syria's leader Al-Shara) conducted a massacre of religious minorities in Syria that Ballard compares to October 7th:
"On July 14th, something happened that kind of like October 7th, everyone just kind to bury their heads about it... they come in and just slaughter, like a slaughtering, like you can't, just like October 7th."
"They set up a fake Bedouin... they said, oh, we got to come be peacekeepers and they come rolling in, put your guns down, we're going to protect you, put your guns down, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop... This is their goal, their goal is to kill, kill, kill."
The World's Silence and Spiritual Disease
"I'm watching, I'm at home and I'm watching the news and like no one's even talking about this. And I know why they're not talking about it because if you expose what's happening in Syria, you immediately expose what's happening in Gaza. You get rid of the smoke screen. The Western media doesn't want to get rid of the smoke screen for ever devilish spiritual disease reason."
Israel's Heroic Response
Ballard discovered IDF forces were already rescuing Christians and Druze in Syria:
"We made entry into Syria... we're thinking we're the tip of the spear in the rescue of these people. No, IDF has been out there from day one. They're rescuing Christians and Druze and the media doesn't talk about it. They're heroes... I just want to weep. I'm like, you guys are amazing, you're heroes."
The Druze Revelation
"If this is about land grabs and Israel's just this predatory land grabber, why do the Druze people love them? They love each other. The Druze people are part of the IDF. It's like, this makes no sense."
On His Mission
When asked what agency he works for:
"I just work for the Messiah. I call him Jesus. I don't care what no one calls him... I work for God and it's great because there's no deep state, no red tape, and then I can get stuff done."
The Gaza Reality
"The Gazans, the Gazan children, they're first and foremost enemy. 100% is Hamas. Can you imagine living under Hamas rule? They're stealing their food and selling on the black market to buy more terrorists... They have this tunnel system underneath. And so everybody above it is automatically human shields."
Quoting Hamas leader Sinwar:
"We will sacrifice the children of Gaza to spark the revolutionary spirit of Allah... We are proud sacrifice Gaza and children to make our statement."
Christianity in Israel
Debunking Tucker Carlson's guest's claims:
"I'm a Christian in Israel. I feel safer here than New York City for sure. LA, I feel the safest here than anywhere in the world... the Christians are so loved by the Jews. And so what and they have all the best property in Jerusalem."
On Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens
"What they're doing is buying into the smoke screen by helping Hamas. Hamas wants to divert attention away from the fact that they have the tunnel system, away from the fact they're stealing food, away from the fact that they're the bad guys."
"Every time they spend an hour talking about some lie about Israel, that's an hour less they should be talking about the Ghazan children getting beat up and uses human shields in Gaza."
The Spiritual War and Chosen People
"It's a spiritual disease... As a Christian, I will tell you that the Jews are the chosen people. Isaiah says they're the witness people... There's a covenant on the land."
"George Washington understood this. George Washington, when we built our nation, he emulated the covenant from the Bible to build one nation under God... Dr. Lutz, a political scientist, did a study on which of all the philosophers influenced most the founding fathers... It was the Bible. It was the Jewish Bible."
Modern Miracles
"The modern day scripture is happening. Look at the miracles. The war for independence in '48, the war in '67, Yom Kippur '73. Those were miracles. People need to study... Those were miracles like unto Old Testament miracles of Joshua."
"We just saw a 12-day operation where Israel attacked Iran incessantly to take out their nuclear program and we ran thousands of sorties. We didn't lose a single plane or single pilot. Because the covenant on this land, the Abrahamic covenant attached to the Jewish people is in effect."
The Strategic Military Value
"Imagine Israel as a military base, essentially, that protects America... It's the most valuable military base... that we could possibly have."
"When Israel was dealing with Yemen and dealing with Iran, they figured out how to get more fuel onto those F-35s so they could run longer missions and come back with less refueling. That information gets transferred back to the United States back to Boeing... It's invaluable."
On Child Rescue Philosophy
"I don't have an ideology because children don't have an ideology. I'm not this or that. I just look at children with what they want. I want. And if you do that, it's black and white. Hamas are the bad guys. People who will fight Hamas are the good guys. Done."
The Solution - A Reagan-like Approach
Drawing parallels to Reagan and the Soviet Union:
"Reagan shows up... and says, no, no, no, and he believed in his spirit. This is why it's a spiritual war. He's a spiritual man. He said, I believe that God cares and loves all those Russian people... And he started identifying something called the underground church."
"I believe God loves every one of those [Gazan] children and I believe He will work with them. We need to help Him by exposing, providing for these guys and children right now."
Final Warning
"You cannot win this war if you don't understand it through a biblical sense, a covenant sense, an Abrahamic covenant sense, and their spirituality. You got to run the government like David ran the government... otherwise we're screwed because you don't think the dark side that we can't see is not fighting? Of course they are. It's spiritual and physical and if you don't put them all together, we lose."
Key Takeaways
- The Syria Massacre: Al-Julani's forces killed more religious minorities in Syria than Hamas killed in Israel, yet received no media coverage
- IDF's Unreported Heroism: Israeli forces have been rescuing Christians and Druze in Syria without recognition
- The Media Smokescreen: Western media deliberately avoids covering Syria because it would expose the truth about Gaza
- Hamas as Child Abusers: The terrorist organization systematically uses children as human shields and steals humanitarian aid
- Spiritual Warfare: Ballard frames the entire conflict as a spiritual battle requiring biblical understanding
- The Covenant: Israel's military successes are viewed as modern miracles confirming the Abrahamic covenant
- Strategic Alliance: Israel provides invaluable military intelligence and battle-tested technology to the U.S.
- The Solution: Requires spiritual awakening, truth exposure, and healing for traumatized children on all sides