Israeli spokesman Eylon Levy has been the global media’s #1 address for understanding Israel’s perspective in the October 7 War with Hamas. In the brand-new State of a Nation podcast, Eylon brings his idiosyncratic blend of “eloquence and ability to transmit outrage” (The Times) and “rhetorical tour de force” (The Guardian) to his exclusive channel, to explore the most pressing questions facing the Jewish state – and all with patience and panache. State of a Nation takes you into the spokesp ...
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“Australia’s silence is being heard” says Australia’s former Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg. A man with a deep-rooted connection to his Jewish heritage and strong support for Israel. Raised in a Jewish family, Frydenberg has been vocal about his commitment to Jewish causes and has championed close Australia-Israel relations throughout his career. Known…
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Peter Berkowitz, former Director of Policy Planning at the US Department of State, offers a candid, insider’s view of how U.S. foreign policy is shaped and often hindered by entrenched bureaucratic dynamics. In this interview, filmed at the Hudson institute in Washington D.C., Eylon Levy and Berkowitz reflect on the global implications of the Octob…
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Israel is being attacked by the Iranian regime and its proxy armies on SEVEN FRONTS…. But multiple dimensions. There’s a media war. There’s also a legal war. Lawfare. The way international law is being twisted, legal definitions that only apply to Israel… the weaponization of international institutions. Natasha Hausdorff is a British barrister spec…
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Geopolitical Stakes | Seth Frantzman on What Israel’s Fight Means for the Entire World
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In this thought-provoking episode of Israel: State of a Nation, Eylon Levy is joined by Seth Frantzman, Middle East analyst and author, to discuss the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Frantzman provides deep insights into the October 7th massacre, likening it to historical events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11, and examines the broader geopolitica…
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In this episode, we dive into the inspiring journey of Israeli Olympic windsurfing champion, Tom Reuveny. Born in Ramat Gan, raised between Israel and Ireland, Tom’s unique upbringing fueled his passion for windsurfing at a young age. Guided by his coach, Gal Friedman—Israel’s first Olympic gold medalist. Tom shares how his childhood love for the s…
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Total Victory | Gregg Roman on What It Means For Israel to Win the Oct. 7 War
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Gregg Roman, Director of the Middle East Forum, join Eylon for an in-depth discussion about Israel's path to victory over Hamas and the broader regional challenges facing the Jewish state. Roman outlines the Israeli Victory Project, explaining why defeating Palestinian rejectionism is crucial for lasting peace. The conversation touches on historica…
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Lizzy Savetsky is a leading Jewish influencer and pro-Israel activist. Lizzy started her online journey over a decade ago as a fashion blogger, posting on her blog, Excessories Expert, and Instagram page. Gradually – Lizzy began to share more about her family life, Jewish faith and traditions, and educational content, including “Yiddish Word of the…
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"Mehdi Hasan is Part of Hamas's Strategy" | Eylon Levy vs. Mehdi Hasan FULL DEBATE
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Eylon Levy vs Mehdi Hasan - Debate of the Century "Were Israel's actions in the Gaza War justified?" Eylon Levy proves: Mehdi Hasan won’t condemn Hamas’s strategy – because he’s part of Hamas’s strategy. This debate between Eylon Levy and Mehdi Hasan took place in New York City on September 21, 2024. It was hosted by Open to Debate and moderated by…
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Understanding the Druze | Inside Look at Arab Minority with Mansur Ashkar
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The Druze community are a cherished part of Israel’s cultural mosaic, but ultimately difficult to pin down. A religion that splintered from Islam. An ethnic community that crosses borders but never defined itself as a modern nation. An Arabic speaking minority and some of Israel’s biggest patriots. Mansur Ashkar, a Druze native of Israel. He served…
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“If Jews were slaughtered, Arabs wouldn’t care” | Rawan Osman, Syrian Activist
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“If you were all slaughtered the Arab world couldn't care less and yet The Western media outlets celebrated Haniyeh as a peace loving dove” - so says today’s guest Syrian activist, Rawan Osman. Rawan was born in Damascus, to a mixed Sunni-Shiite family. She came to Germany and encountered a relatively liberal, free society, describes herself as a “…
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Hope Amid Despair | With Her Cousin Omer Held Hostage, Yasmin Magal is Fighting to Save His Life
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When her cousin Omer was abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct 7, Yasmin and her family's life was thrown into unimaginable turmoil. Yasmin opens up about the personal and emotional toll of fighting to bring Omar home, the impact of international activism, and the painful backlash she has faced. From her dreams of his return to her tireless advocacy …
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Rallying the Reawakened | Noa Tishby’s Mission to Strengthen Israel’s Support Base with Truth
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Noa Tishby, a leading voice in the fight against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, sits down with Eylon Levy to dissect the complex and often contentious issues surrounding Israel. In this episode, Tishby addresses the growing influence of the BDS movement, the disturbing rise of anti-Semitic rhetoric on college campuses, and the alarming connections…
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A Mother’s Fight: Leah Goldin’s 10-Year Battle to Rescue Her Son from Hamas's Dungeons
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For ten years, Leah Goldin's son Hadar has been held by the Hamas terror regime after being killed and abducted during a ceasefire in 2014. In this emotional and powerful episode of "State of a Nation," Leah shares her family's relentless struggle to bring Hadar's remains back to Israel for a proper burial. She discusses the challenges they've face…
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The Academic Purge | Prof. Shai Davidai on how Universities Indoctrinated a Generation
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Shai Davidai joins us to confront the pressing issues of antisemitism and indoctrination within academia. Broadcasting from our new studio in Tel Aviv, this episode dives deep into the challenges that mark the future of education and Jewish identity in Academia and worldwide. Join us for an eye-opening discussion that pulls no punches in addressing…
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As a child immigrant from rural Ethiopia, Mehereta Baruch Ron could never have imagined should would one day become deputy mayor of Israel's largest city, the international metropolitan Tel Aviv. In this riveting conversation with Eylon Levy, she shares her powerful story of perseverance, identity, and faith, recounting her community's ancient conn…
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Information Warfare | Jonathan Conricus on Israel's 8th front.
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Former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus joins Eylon for a deep dive into Israel's strategic challenges on the communications front. Conricus shares his inside perspective on Israel's approach to information warfare, public diplomacy, and the evolving military strategy against Iranian proxies. He candidly discusses the IDF's tactical successes, th…
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The False Estate | Lahav Harkov on why the media loves to hate Israel
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Lahav Harkov, a Senior Political Correspondent for Jewish Insider, shares with Eylon Levy the complexities of media coverage during Israel's ongoing conflict. The discussion covers a wide range of topics, including the international media's obsession with Israel, the challenges Israel faces in the information war, and the unique aspects of the Isra…
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Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, returns for a second visit to presents a decade's worth of evidence exposing the troubling activities within the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and other supposed "humanitarian" international bodies. He sheds light on the involvement of senior UNRWA officials, revealing their material su…
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Israelophobia | Jake Wallis Simons on the New Face of Antisemitism and the Battle for Western Values
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Jake Wallis Simons, editor of The Jewish Chronicle and author of the prescient 2023 book Israelophobia, sits down with Eylon for a deep dive into the latest incarnation of the world's oldest hatred. Simons breaks down the obsessive hatred of Israel, and the Anti-Semitism that it masks, and traces the evolution of Jew hatred from religious to racial…
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What’s left of the Israeli left, and what direction will it take now in a post-October 7 world? The Israeli Left, to put it lightly, is in crisis. One of those left-wing figures under attack for speaking up for Israel is Fania Oz-Salzberger, a renowned historian, writer, and history professor. Daughter of the stalwart of the early Israeli left, wri…
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Jewish Superheroes | The global war against the Jews with David Hazony
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Is the world once again turning against the Jews? David Hazony's prophetic essay, "The War Against the Jews," written shortly after the October 7th massacre was early to identify some disturbing trends. Hazony discusses the rising global tide of anti-Semitism, the divergent experiences of Jews in Israel and the diaspora, and the urgent need for Ame…
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American Jews at a Crossroads | Daniel Gordis on the political and cultural crisis facing US Jewry
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In this thought-provoking episode of "State of the Nation," Dr. Daniel Gordis delves into the strategic dilemmas facing the Jewish diaspora, particularly American Jews, in light of recent geopolitical events and the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Dr. Gordis explores the internal conflicts within the American Jewish community, the shifting pol…
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Violence Pays - The 1936 Arab "Revolt" | Oren Kessler on what the FIRST First Intifada taught the Arabs
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Hamas supporters' favorite equivocation is "History didn't start on Oct 7". While cynical and sinster in its intent, this statement is, of course, technically true. But a closer examination of the full history of the conflict, only further exposes the violent Islamist culture at the root of it. For this discussion we are joined by Oren Kessler, a j…
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I Could Have Been a Houthi | Luai Ahmed escaped Islamist Yemen to become a pro-Israel peace advocate
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Luai Ahmed was raised in the most fundamentalist Islamist culture in Yemen, where hatred of Jews, gays, and Kafirs was not only preached, but practiced. When he realized that he himself was gay, he had to plot an escape. In this riveting interview, Ahmed recounts his extraordinary journey from his upbringing in Yemen where he was inches from becomi…
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The Power of Satire | Daniel-Ryan Spaulding's FABULOUS videos don't just mock, they de-indoctrinate
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Comedian Daniel-Ryan Spaulding was living in the heart of Berlin's libertine arts and culture crowd, when a chance encounter with some Israelis, and ensuing visits to the country transformed everything he had come to believe about Israel. He was back in NYC on Oct 7, and as the details of the Hamas's horrific invasion unfolded, he realized he had f…
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The NGO Racket: Lawfare, Newspeak, and Corruption | Prof. Gerald Steinberg's NGO Monitor exposes the seedy underbelly of "Human Rights Organizations"
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Since October 7, Israel has been saying it’s fighting FOR humanity, on the frontlines of humanity, but in the information war—Israel’s own humanity is being called into question. And that charge is being led by NGOs with ideological agendas that pass themselves off as great defenders of humanity, with names like Save the Children, Human Rights Watc…
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Hamas is waging two wars against Israel. There is a physical war and there is an information war, which is no less important. Because Hamas has been waging a brutal psyops campaign against Israel, spreading lie by lie to poison global public opinion against Israel. And that information war is designed to make Israel’s friends turn against it, fract…
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Freedom is a Burden | Bernard-Henri Lévy on what Ails The West, and the Courage We Need To Save Liberty
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Bernard Henri Levy, or BHL, is a French philosopher, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He’s a leading member of the Nouveaux Philosophes movement, but not up in an ivory tower, traveling to warzones to bear witness and write history. His latest book, Solitude of Israel, is set for release in English later this year, reflecting on thou…
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Zombies vs. Zionists: The Gen Z Divide | Montana Tucker on Being a Proud Jew in the Face of Ignorance and Conformism
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Link to Montana Tucker socials: hoo.be/montanatucker There is little doubt that Israel is losing the global battle for the hearts and minds of Gen Z. From US campuses to the streets of London and Amsterdam, the young people of the West are increasingly siding with the death squads of Hamas. And if it’s not some passing radical phase, cosplaying rev…
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GIVE ME BACK MY SON | Hostage Father's Urgent Plea
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It’s been eight months since the October 7 Massacre, and still the residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a mile away from Gaza, have not had time to mourn. This tight-knit community was the hardest hit, with over a quarter of its people massacred or abducted on October 7. Professor. Jonathan Dekel-Chen and his family were residents of Kibbutz Nir-Oz. He was…
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Student radicals protesting on campuses around the world, Israel condemned for everything that’s wrong with the world. I hope you’re having deja-vu. The massive anti-Israel protest movement didn’t come out of nowhere, and its accusations against the Jewish state are nothing new. They have deep roots. And for that, we have to go back to Soviet Russi…
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The Special Relationship | Should Israel Break Free? Amb. Michael Oren's Inside View of US-Israel Diplomacy
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The United States’ support for Israel was considered, to use a phrase of President Biden, ironclad. But that has been thrown into question by the US administration’s historic decision to suspend a delivery of weapons to Israel in order to pressure it not to wage a major offensive against Hamas in Rafah. The announcement sounded alarm bells about th…
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Fighting Under a Microscope | IDF's Tactical Precision Redefines Urban Warfare with Yaakov Katz
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Yakov Katz, a veteran military correspondent and author, delves into the complexities and strategic innovations of the IDF's urban warfare tactics in Gaza. Western militaries are keenly observing and learning from Israel's response to new forms of warfare, where the battlefield extends below the surface and involves combatants disguised as civilian…
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In Living Memory - Dr. Arnold Clevs Recounts His Unforgettable Story of Surviving The Holocaust
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This Yom HaShoah bears a special significance in the history of the Jewish people. In the wake of the single deadliest day for Jews since the Shoah, October 7th looms as an ominous reminder that Jews must remember their past to ensure it does not repeat. In this Remembrance Day special episode of State of a Nation, we are fortunate enough to hear t…
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True Grit | How Lahav Deri and His Brothers Survived the Nova Festival Massacre, and Went on to Fight Another Day
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October 7 was the moment the music died. Rockets in the sky, death squads on their way. Hamas’ invasion of Israel had begun. The partygoers at the Nova Music Festival, a trance party just five kilometers from the Gaza Strip, were sitting ducks. Terrorists gunned them down as they fled for their lives, burned people alive in their cars as they tried…
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Iran’s massive, unprecedented missile and drone attack on April 13 was a game changer. Iran had spent decades in the shadows working to arm and deploy a global network of terrorists and militias. On April 13, it stepped out of the shadows, putting its true murderous intent on display for the world to see. The right honourable Suella Braverman was t…
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Somewhat overshadowed by the Gaza war, Hezbollah has been consistently firing rockets at Israeli towns since October 7, forcing the mass evacuation of more than 60,000 Israeli civilians, and a no-man’s-land security perimeter inside Israeli territory. So far, Hezbollah’s aggression has not broken out into a larger war. But Israel now faces a strate…
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Why does the media seem so hostile to basic facts about Israel? UK journalist and author Melanie Phillips has spent decades among the top echelons of British Press, writing for The Guardian, The Times and the New Statesman, and she’s been calling out mainstream media bias against Israel long before October 7. But the PR war that Israel is battling …
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At the Hillel International Israel Summit held this year in Atlanta, Georgia, 800 Jewish student leaders from across the United States and Canada gathered alongside prominent Israel community leaders and subject matter experts. Eylon was invited to give the keynote address, and while there, he took the opportunity to engage in a discussion with thr…
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From Intersectionality to Jihad | Rep. Ritchie Torres on how BDS Perverted The Progressive Cause
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US Representative Ritchie Torres could easily be a multiple card carrying member of the intersectional Left: a gay Afro-Latino son on a Puerto Rican father, he grew up in public housing in the Bronx, the very Borough he now represents in Congress. Yet Representative Torres is one of the most poignant critics of this corrosive movement that has take…
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Politics of Intimidation | Douglas Murray on the Not-So-Subtle Threats Driving Policy and Media [P2]
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With a sharp tongue, sharper wit, and encyclopedic knowledge of history, Douglas Murray seems to relish in dismantling the politically correct hypocrisies of our era. Bestselling author, journalist and public intellectual, Douglas Murray is the West's the most insightful critic, and its fiercest defender. In Part 2, Douglas dives deeper into the si…
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How Jews Laugh Off and Outlive Their Persecutors | Elon Gold on the Power of Humor - Purim Special!
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Elon Gold: the Leonard Cohen of the October 7 war, a title he vehemently rejects and, well, we don’t disagree. In this special unfunny Purim episode, Eylon & Elon sit down for a cringey pre-game discussion (Elon had an actual comedy show to get to) about the Jewish ability to make jokes in dark times, the differences between Israeli humor and Jewis…
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Ecstasy and Amnesia | Shany Mor on how the Arab World deludes itself into endless repetitions of tragedy
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In this episode, Eylon Levy is joined by Dr. Shany Mor to discuss a recurring pattern in Arab history, which sees the launching of a war against Israel accompanied by intense jubilation and excitement. The terrible defeat which then follows, time after time, prompts the immediate adoption of a victim narrative, and, most concerningly, a total re-wr…
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TRIGGER WARNING: Sensitive themes are discussed in this conversation including graphic descriptions of sexual violence. Viewer discretion is advised. Women’s Rights expert and advocate Ayelet Razin Bet Or has been razor-focused on a singular mission since the horrors of October 7 – fighting on behalf of the victims of gender-based violence. In this…
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Won't the West Fight to Save Itself? | Douglas Murray on How Fear Has Petrified Our Political Leaders [P1]
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With a sharp tongue, sharper wit, and encyclopedic knowledge of history, Douglas Murray seems to relish in dismantling the politically correct hypocrisies of our era. Bestselling author, journalist and public intellectual, Douglas Murray is the West's the most insightful critic, and its fiercest defender. In Part 1, he joins Eylon Levy in studio fo…
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Colonizers? Communists? Czarists? | Haviv Rettig Gur on What Arabs Got Wrong About Jewish Refugees
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Journalist, political correspondent and academic Haviv Rettig Gur sits down with Eylon Levy for a deep dive into the conflict’s clashing narratives. Together, they decode both the Israeli and Palestinian versions of the creation of the state of Israel, how the Arabs saw the Jews, how the Jews saw themselves, and the problem of historical revisionis…
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Playing Advocate For the Devil | Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein on South Africa and that case at the ICJ
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South Africa's Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein joins Eylon Levy for a riveting conversation about the battle of civilizations, African Islamic Jihad, the petrodollar's corrupting influence, and the moral clarity required to confront this moment in history. An expert in human rights and international law, Rabbi Goldstein is uniquely situated…
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In this episode of the State of a Nation Podcast, Eylon Levy is joined by one of his heroes, Hillel Neuer, international lawyer, diplomat, writer, activist and Executive Director of UN Watch, an independent watchdog dedicated to monitoring and combating bias in the UN and its affiliated organizations, and holding the organization accountable to its…
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Jonathan Elkhoury, Lebanese-Israeli Christian, LGBTQ+ activist, public diplomacy adviser and commentator on Middle East affairs. Today we discuss the history, motives and power of Hezbollah and its puppet-master, Iran. Jonathan shares his escape story from Lebanon, his experiences as a gay, Christian, Lebanese Israeli and his hopes for peace betwee…
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Does Hamas represent Palestinians? In the third episode of the State of a Nation Podcast, Eylon Levy is joined by Dr Einat Wilf, former Knesset member and foreign policy advisor, and author of several books including “The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace” to explore Westsplaining, Pales…
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