Ben Shapiro was honored with a torch lighting on Independence Day for his Israel advocacy.
"As a Jew and as an American, I light this torch in honor of Israel, a land of heroes and dreamers who stand together, as a united wall, against the enemies of Western civilization."
"Make your councils, but they will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us," he concluded, citing Isaiah 8.
As the actual ceremony was cancelled due to the fire in the Jerusalem mountains, the broadcast was recorded at the general rehearsal rather than broadcast live.