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What is the biggest threat to Israelis right now?As Israel heads to the polls tomorrow, critical questions about security, leadership, and the country’s future will shape voters’ decisions in one of the most consequential elections in Israel’s history.Journalist and political commentator Lahav Harkov sits down with C14 editor Marni Harow to discuss the stakes, the national mood, and the defining issues Israelis will carry into the voting booth.Follow us for the top news on Israel and the world:On X: @c14englishInstagram: @c14englishFacebook: Terror Alarm Website: c14news.com

EXCLUSIVE: Hours after unveiling Israel’s updated security doctrine, and days before Israelis head to the polls, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits down with C14’s Sophia Tupolev for a wide-ranging interview in English.

Netanyahu walks through the shifting threat landscape behind the doctrine, from drone swarms to AI, and explains why Israel must build defense independence and stop relying on reading its enemies’ intentions. “Friends can become foes overnight,” he says.

He warns of Erdoğan’s ambition to take Jerusalem and lead an “extreme Sunni axis,” stressing that Israel does not seek confrontation with Turkey and is prepared to act when its security requires it.

As riots spread across France, Netanyahu reveals the warning he gave Emmanuel Macron on October 7 and predicts a political shift in France. He calls the protection of Jews abroad a principle of the new doctrine and urges Jews facing rising antisemitism to make aliyah.

'Settler violence,' Netanyahu says, is a blood libel pushed by Qatari and Russian operations and bot networks, and countering it is part of Israel’s eighth front - the disinformation war. He describes the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria as “extraordinary” and “very brave.”

On the election, Netanyahu names Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman as the “fake right” and warns that Gadi Eisenkot cannot form a coalition without Ra’am, a party he says is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

With two years left in President Trump’s term, he sees a window to bring down the Iranian regime and expand the Abraham Accords. He also hails the conservative wave across Latin America and hopes Flávio Bolsonaro defeats Lula da Silva in Brazil’s elections.

Israel’s outgoing Education Minister Yoav Kisch sits down with Sophia Tupolev for a candid English-language conversation on what Israeli children are taught, what 'Palestinian' children are taught, and what comes next for Gaza.

Kisch, a former El Al pilot, opens with a tip for anyone facing a hijacking before turning to the stakes of the upcoming election, which he frames as a choice between a strong right-wing government under Benjamin Netanyahu and a Gadi Eisenkot coalition reliant on Yair Golan and the Muslim Brotherhood.

He describes 'Palestinian' Authority textbooks that teach arithmetic through scenarios of killing, explains the quiet push to bring the Israeli curriculum into East Jerusalem schools, and reveals new legislation barring teachers trained in PA cities from Israeli classrooms.

On Gaza, his position is unambiguous: the entire school system must be replaced, ideally using models from Abraham Accords partners like the UAE and Morocco.The conversation also covers whether the Oslo mentality still exists in Israeli classrooms, Israeli Arab schools, why English instruction starts in third grade, AI-powered English tutoring in middle schools, and Kisch’s 15 billion shekel “New Deal” for education, which would cap class sizes and move schools to a five-day week.

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American Zionist activist Lizzy Savetsky spends a day with us in Samaria during Sukkot, from the lookout at Peduel to the cattle grazing among the olive trees at Avichai Ranch.Raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Savetsky did not expect to find cows in the hills of Judea and Samaria.

Standing where Avraham Avinu once stood, she describes the pride of looking out over the Jewish homeland and explains why control of the area is a matter of survival, with Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv in plain view from the ridge.We ask what would surprise American Jews about Israel since October 7th.

Savetsky says the dream of a two-state solution has collapsed and a new national pride has taken its place, with even liberal Israelis now visiting Judea and Samaria to see the region for themselves. She contrasts what she found on the ground with the picture painted by CNN and MSNBC.

The conversation turns to New York, where Savetsky calls out Zohran Mamdani and slams major Jewish institutions, accusing them of failing to fight antisemitism despite their vast resources, and argues that a Judaism stripped of God and connection to the land loses its way.

Savetsky also opens up about the personal toll of full-time advocacy. She closes with a message to Channel 14 viewers, thanking every Israeli who stayed through the war and calling diaspora Jews and Israelis one family fighting on different fronts.#LizzySavetsky #Samaria #JudeaAndSamaria #Zionism #Sukkot #Mamdani #Antisemitism #Israel #Channel14

"When people come out here, they think it's Yellowstone." Aaron "AY" Katsof, founder and winemaker behind Settlers Winery, speaks to Sophia Tupolev about planting his vineyard in 2011 overlooking the Jordan Valley in Israel's heartland — and how he sees the business as inseparable from a larger mission: land, community, agriculture, and an unapologetic case for Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria.

Location: Settlers Winery in Esh Kodesh, Binyamin region, Israel (which you may erroneously call 'The West Bank')

As the UK and other European governments threaten sanctions on Israeli 'settlements,' Katsof argues boycotts hurt the people they claim to help first: he says 'Palestinian' workers in Israeli-owned businesses across the region earn three to four times what they'd make under the PA, with benefits — sick days, pensions — the PA doesn't offer.

Before October 7, he estimates roughly 80,000 'Palestinians' worked this way, each supporting several extended families.On the "settler" label, Katsof rejects the negative framing outright, pointing to American towns and businesses that use the word proudly — it means pioneer, not occupier.

He answers critics with an old Hebrew proverb: "when the convoy drives by, the dogs bark" — if you're moving forward, you'll draw noise, and the mistake is stopping to argue with the dogs instead of driving on. He's got a sharper line for activism from abroad, too: "boots on the ground" versus "keyboard warriors."

The conversation covers the Green Line as Katsof sees it — a 1949 armistice line, not a border, one he says most Israelis crossing it can't even locate — and the property law underneath it all: land photographed as cultivated in 1948 belongs to whoever farmed it, automatically, no deed required; everything else is state land, which is also why most 'settlements' sit on hilltops rather than valleys - there was nothing on the hilltops when they got there. He also revisits Jordan's 1970 Black September massacre, roughly 3,000 'Palestinians' killed by Jordanian forces, which he argues has been erased from 'Palestinian' memory of that era.

In 1967, Israel achieved a decisive military victory over British-backed Jordanian occupiers that had held the land since 1948. Today, Israel's heartland — 20% of the country — is home to nearly 1,000,000 Jews cultivating the land and building vineyards, agriculture, and community from it.

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Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Hirsch of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs joins Sophia Tupolev and Asaf Nissan on the C14 Israel Debrief to break down what he calls the Palestinian Authority's transformation from a 12,000-member civilian police force under the Oslo Accords into a 70,000-strong armed body, trained in part by British, European, and American officers, even as the UK moves to sanction Israel.

Hirsch, former Director of the Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria and architect of the Israeli law that strips citizenship from terrorists paid by the PA, lays out how foreign funding, unenforced Oslo provisions, and what he calls Israel's own incoherent policy have let this force grow unchecked.

The show covers the PA's freedom of movement inside Jewish-controlled Area C, the success of the economic pressure campaign led by Minister Smotrich, the case for how and why to cut off European funding, and why Hirsch argues the Palestinian Authority should be designated a terrorist organization outright.

Guest: Lt. Col. Maurice Hirsch, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)

Host: Sophia Tupolev, with Asaf Nissan, C14 English

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U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) joins C14's Sophia Tupolev a day after the UK announced sanctions on Israel, said to be joined by eleven other countries. Fine explains how Florida's 2018 anti-BDS law, which he authored as a state legislator, will automatically bar any company tied to a boycott of Israel from doing business in the state, and why he expects British firms to feel the pain of the impact once the sanctions take effect.Fine breaks down:How Florida's anti-BDS law works, and how it forced Airbnb to reverse a 2019 boycott decisionWhy the UK's sanctions carry a six-to-nine month delay before taking forceHow 38 US states with similar laws could compound the economic pressureWhy he expects any federal response to come from the White House rather than CongressHis work with the Sharia Free America Caucus#Israel #Florida #RandyFine #AntiBDS #C14

Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin joins the C14 Israel Debrief for a wide-ranging discussion on Israel’s October elections, the future of the right-wing camp, constitutional reform, individual liberty, security policy, and the Oslo Accords. Joined by C14 editor Golan Israel, Feiglin outlines his vision for Israel’s future and explains why he believes the country needs bold change after October 7. With  ⁨@sophiatupolev⁩  #Israel #MosheFeiglin #IsraeliPolitics #C14News #IsraelDebrief

Heritage Foundation president Dr. Kevin Roberts sits down with C14's Libby Alon ahead of his first trip to Israel, where he will address the National Conservatism Conference in October. Roberts discusses the war with Iran, the rise of antisemitism on both the American left and right, Heritage's Project Esther initiative, and why he believes the US-Israel alliance is entering its strongest chapter yet.

Heritage's role in American politics - Iran, antisemitism, national conservatism and the future of US-Israel relations, in conversation with Libby Alon on C14 Israel Debrief.

Across the Middle East, sovereignty has become the defining word of the year. Lebanon wants control of its land and its guns. Syria wants control of its territory and its minorities. And in Israel, one of the country's most prominent sovereignty influencers says the same three pillars apply at home: land, guns, and law enforcement.

Nadia Matar, co-founder of the Sovereignty Movement, joins Sophia Tupolev on the Israel Debrief to make her case for why nearly 60 years of military rule in Judea and Samaria should end, why she sees the Oslo Accords as a foundational mistake, and why she believes full Israeli sovereignty, not just settlement growth, is the only path to lasting security.

Watch the full conversation for her take on the 'Palestinian' Authority's military buildup, the recent shift of civilian law enforcement from the IDF to Israeli police, and what she calls the true scale of the war Israel is fighting.

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Israel: A Muslim town of 1,500 in 1967 should have 1,800 residents today. Instead it has 8,000, and up to 90% hold American citizenship.A new Regavim investigation traces how Turmus Ayya became a hub for naturalization, birthright citizenship, and chain migration on a scale nobody in Washington has scrutinized. Two US-based 'activists' tied to the village, one photographed with Mahmoud Abbas, one flagged for praising Hamas and Hezbollah, helped shape four Senate letters and a bill with 100+ co-sponsors.The timing matters. In June the Supreme Court struck down Trump's first executive order limiting birthright citizenship. This month he signed a narrower one targeting the loopholes that ruling left open. The fight over who counts as American, and how far that status stretches, is happening right now, and this report lands right in the middle of it.It also comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio cracks down on Islamist infiltration in the US, and days after Sen. Ted Cruz's Senate hearing, "Hidden in Plain Sight," spotlighted Muslim Brotherhood-linked networks on American soil.Regavim is calling for an immigration investigation, entry denial of the individuals named into Israel, and a FARA review in the U.S.

Hours after visiting Gilad Farm, the Jewish community torched in a suspected arson attack this weekend, Sophia Tupolev sits down to talk national security with Israel's Minister of Social Equality and Advancement of the Status of Women, May Golan (Likud).

Golan defends her 500 million shekel program to fight Arab organized crime, and levels an explosive accusation: that Mansour Abbas, the "real boss" of the former Bennett-Lapid government, knew a 30 billion shekel plan he controlled was funding the crime organizations behind a wave of murders in the Arab sector.

She lays out why she sees a direct line between Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria and preventing "the next October 7th," why she believes the Gaza disengagement was a mistake, and why she thinks Oslo should be canceled.

On "apartheid" claims and democratic legitimacy, Golan turns the accusation back on critics, and argues the real threat to Israeli security isn't on the ground, it's in the courthouse.

Inside:

• Report from Havat Gilad after the arson attack
• The 500 million shekel program and the Mansour Abbas accusation
• How organized crime bleeds into terrorJudea and Samaria and the "next October 7th"
• Jewish presence as a security shield - and do Israeli police and IDF protect 'settlers' enough?
• "We are alone": antisemitism and the UN
• Answering the "apartheid" claim
• The Gaza march and resettlement question
• Oslo, land, and "everything on the table"
• The security fix that starts in the courthouse - and the one thing she thinks the next Israeli government will have to do
  

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Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazilian congressman and leading presidential candidate, sits down with Libby Alon for a wide ranging interview on Israel, the war on terror, and the "lawfare" campaign against his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro speaks of his plan for Brazil, the "Tesouraço," modeled on Javier Milei's reforms in Argentina, and argues that Latin America's rightward shift is just getting started. He accuses President Lula of siding with terrorists over allies, pointing to Brazil's objection to the US terrorist designation of the PCC and Comando Vermelho, criminal groups he says have documented ties to Hezbollah and Hamas, and to Vice President Geraldo Alckmin's attendance at the inauguration of Iran's president.He commits to moving Brazil's embassy to Jerusalem, expanding Brazil's participation in the Isaac Accords, and rebuilding military and diplomatic ties with Israel that he says have collapsed under Lula. Bolsonaro also speaks candidly about his father's house arrest, the toll of "lawfare" on Brazilian democracy, and what he sees as his path to the presidency in 2027.Watch the full interview with Libby Alon.

Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli sits down with C14's Sophia Tupolev at the Knesset to talk about the top threats to Jews, his newly announced 200 million shekel national investment in Jewish education, and the blacklist - how he decides who gets banned from entering Israel.

Minister Chikli explains why he calls himself a "proud settler." And when asked why the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm hasn't been banned in Israel, his answer raises a question about the country's own institutions.

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• Jewish communities behind enemy lines
• Assimilation and 200 million shekels for Jewish day school education
• Economic Zionism and aliyah
• Diaspora connections to new communities in Judea and Samaria and Gaza
• Chikli's visa blacklist: who gets in, who doesn't
• Faith, truth, and alliances with Europe's right
• Sharia law, sovereignty, and why the Muslim Brotherhood is not banned in Israel

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Eugene Kontorovich, law professor at George Mason University and senior scholar at the Kohelet Policy Forum, and Naomi Kahn, Director of Regavim's International Division, sit down with C14's Sophia Tupolev to dig into the data behind 'settler violence,' the sanctions built on top of it, and what's actually stopping Israel from applying sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.

In this episode:

• Where the UN's own fine print reveals how it counts Arab attackers of Jews as victims of settler violence
• Why Netanyahu's latest rejection of a Palestinian state isn't new policy, but a restatement of it
• What it would take for Israel to apply its civil laws over Judea and Samaria (Areas A, B, C)
• How Biden era sanctions targeted Jewish citizens of Judea and Samaria and Americans under the banner of "West bank violence"
• Why Israeli banks and credit card companies are to blame for enforcing foreign sanctions, infringing on Israeli economic sovereignty, and what will happen if Israel doesn't act to sanction proof its own financial system

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Norman Roule, former US senior intelligence officer who spent over 30 years on Iran at the CIA and now Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), sits down with C14's Libby Alon to break down the new US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the depth of US-Israel intelligence cooperation, and why he believes Tehran can claim victory by moving an ice cube while Washington has to move an iceberg.

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• Why the MoU's critics worry it hands Iran liquidity and regional influence, especially in Lebanon
• Why the IRGC and Quds Force are determined to protect their "equity" in Lebanon
• How Israeli intelligence has saved American lives
• Why the IRGC's "we brought Trump to his knees" boast is cheap rhetoric masking quiet concessions
• What real success requires: the nuclear program, ballistic missiles, and the militias
• Why IAEA access on the ground is the test that matters

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Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of the Iran Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), sits down with C14's Libby Alon to break down the new US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the 60-day negotiation window, and why he believes the deal emerges from a strategic vacuum that omits both Israel and Iran's ballistic missiles.

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• Why the logical endgame is more risk-taking by the Iranian regime
• Why the U.S. needs a comprehensive anti-regime policy
• What's behind the rising interest in the Pahlavi brand
• How the regime is angling to outlast Netanyahu and Trump
• Concerns over the entire uranium stockpile
• The 47-year battle between the street of Iran and the state of Iran

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John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., sits down with Ben Yaniv to discuss the US-Iran negotiations, the ceasefire, the future of the Strait of Hormuz, and the limits of Trump's second-term Middle East strategy.Bolton argues that the Iranian regime is not negotiating in good faith and never has, that every day of the ceasefire is a gift to Tehran, and that the only durable path to peace and stability in the region runs through regime change.

He lays out what he believes Trump is actually optimizing for, namely gas prices at the pump and the November midterms, and explains why that political pressure is producing what looks like strategic confusion in Washington.

On the Strait of Hormuz, Bolton makes the case that the United States should seize control of the waterway, blockade Iranian oil exports while letting Arab oil flow, and break the leverage Tehran is now building. If the situation is allowed to evolve in Iran's direction, he warns, Tehran will treat the Strait like a light switch and the Gulf Arab states will live at its mercy.

On Judea and Samaria, Bolton says Gulf states are quietly telling Trump not to recognize Israeli law at this stage, and that the prospect of an expanded Abraham Accords is the reason. On the United Nations, he argues the body is now mostly a damage-control exercise, but that forcing Russia and China to cast public vetoes on Iran-related resolutions still has value in shaping world opinion.

Len Khodorkovsky, former senior advisor to the US Envoy for Iran, breaks down why the Islamic Republic cannot be reformed after 47 years of war with the US and Israel, why Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi commands genuine support inside Iran and out, and what Trump's denuclearization redline means for the path forward after January's protests and the strikes on Tehran's nuclear facilities.

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Mark Levin sits down with Channel 14's Lital Shemesh for a wide-ranging interview on the war with Iran, the future of the Netanyahu government, the Israeli judiciary, and the rise of antisemitism on parts of the American right.

Levin argues the Iranian regime must be destroyed, not contained, and lays out a three-part strategy: finish the military job, choke the Strait of Hormuz, and arm the Iranian people in the spirit of the Reagan Doctrine. He warns that if the regime survives, Hezbollah and Hamas survive with it, and the weakest elements of Israeli politics could ride that failure into power.

On Prime Minister Netanyahu's trial, Levin, a lawyer who sat through three and a half hours of proceedings in Tel Aviv with his wife, calls Israel's court system a laughingstock in the United States, points to former Chief Justice Aharon Barak as the architect of the damage, and says President Herzog should pardon the Prime Minister.On Tucker Carlson's appearance on Israeli Channel 13, Levin is blunt. Carlson is not a conservative, not a Republican, and has been excommunicated from the American political mainstream. Platforming him in Israel, he says, was a mistake.

Libby Alon sits down with Congressman Randy Fine of Florida's 6th District for a wide-ranging conversation on antisemitism, the conflict with Iran, and the future of the US-Israel relationship.

Fine doesn't hold back. He dismisses primary challenger Dan Bilzerian as "a pathetic loser" and "a foreigner from Armenia," explains why he believes Iran's regime is teetering on collapse, and calls out Jewish Democrats who refuse to confront the antisemites in their own party.

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Why Fine expects Iran to come "to its knees" within weeks

The $3.8 billion question on US military aid to Israel

Mamdani, Ilhan Omar, and the mainstreaming of antisemitism on the left

How President Trump brought the hostages home

What a post-Trump US-Israel relationship could look like

Fine's personal mission as a father of two Jewish sons

A sitting Member of Congress who refuses to back down, in conversation with C14 Global.

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Jason Greenblatt, former special envoy to the Middle East, discusses the current geopolitical landscape, including US-China relations, the Arab-Israeli military alliances, Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the evolving US-Israel partnership.

Olli Heinonen, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center and former senior IAEA official, breaks down what really happened to Iran's 60% enriched uranium, why he believes Tehran moved the material under cover of darkness to evade satellite tracking, and what the IAEA must verify across every undisclosed site before any new deal can be credibly negotiated.

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Khalid Al Hail, leader of the Qatari opposition, exposes what he calls Qatar's secret alliance with the Iranian regime, its ownership of Hamas, and why he believes the fall of the mullahs in Tehran will trigger the collapse of the ruling family in Doha.

(00:00) Who is Khalid Al Hail

(01:05) Qatar's media cover for Iran

(02:35) The $6 billion deal

(05:40) Why Qatar is not a US ally

(07:54) The fall of Iran means the fall of Qatar

(09:26) How Qatar bought its image with Trump

(19:25) Who really owns Hamas

(21:37) Why he fled Qatar in 2014

(22:58) His plan to open an office in Israel

(24:00) His message to the Israeli people

Jasem Aljuraid is a Kuwaiti political refugee now living in Canada. A former senior columnist at Al-Qabas, Aljuraid was forced to flee after advocating for peace with Israel and running for parliament on an anti-radical Islam platform. His enemies accused him of being a Mossad agent. In this conversation with Libby Alon, Jasem dismantles the conventional narrative: Kuwait doesn't see Israel as an enemy, he explains - it sees Israel as an occupier. The real colonizers, he argues, are the Arabs - who spread across 54 countries spanning North Africa, the Levant, and beyond. "Who is the colonizer?" he asks.Jasem traces how Muslim Brotherhood ideology and Saudi Wahhabism infiltrated Kuwait's once-secular society starting in the late 1970s, riding the wave of Khomeini's expansionism. He describes how Kuwait has actually faced more Iranian attacks than Israel - over 200 more - and why Iran's assault during Ramadan, a month forbidden for fighting in Islamic law, exposes the theological bankruptcy of the IRGC's ideology.On the future of the region, Jasem is direct: Kuwait is the easiest candidate to join the Abraham Accords. He points to Kuwait's new constitution project as signs of a country quietly repositioning itself. Saudi Arabia, by contrast, raises harder questions - wavering between pragmatism and ideological preservation, backing the Brotherhood in Yemen and Al-Qaeda-aligned factions in Syria.The episode closes on a personal note: Jasem's mother raised him in a home with no hate for Israel. His recent DNA test revealed Yemenite Jewish ancestry. He still can't go home, but he's helping Kuwait change from a distance, and he believes his moment is coming.

As the AI revolution accelerates, Israel is at the forefront of innovation and on the frontlines of a new kind of war.

AI expert Dr. Eli David and VC investor Judah Taub break down how artificial intelligence is reshaping security, warfare, and the global balance of power.

IN THIS EPISODE:

🤖 THE AI REVOLUTION IS HERE

From generative AI to cybersecurity, Israel is becoming a global powerhouse and the stakes have never been higher.

⚔️ AI AS A WEAPON

The battlefield is changing. From disinformation to autonomous systems, AI is already transforming how wars are fought and won.

🧠 THE RACE FOR DOMINANCE

Whoever leads in AI will shape the future of the world. Where do Israel, the US, and China stand?

🚨 THE RISKS NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT

Unregulated AI, deepfakes, and weaponized algorithms. What happens when this technology falls into the wrong hands?

💼 INSIDE ISRAEL’S STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

Why global investors are betting big on Israeli AI and what comes next.

🔥 THIS IS A TURNING POINT

A deep dive into how AI will redefine economies, security, and society in the coming years.

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His child was born while he was fighting in Gaza. After 400 days across four fronts, Ran Bar-Yoshafat returns with a message: Israel isn't just winning on the battlefield - it can win the information war too. But only if it finally decides to fight it. Ran Bar Yoshafat was the Deputy Director of the Kohelet Policy Forum.

IN THIS EPISODE:

🪖 400 DAYS. FOUR FRONTS.Gaza, Lebanon, Judea & Samaria, Syria. Bar-Yoshafat shares what he actually saw inside Gaza - Nazi symbols on the walls of every home, Zero medical equipment in any hospital he entered.

📢 CANCELED AT BERKELEYThe birthplace of the free speech movement. 300 rioters. A Jewish student choked until she bled from her neck. Another's wrist broken while crowds chanted "You Jew, you Jew." He was evacuated. No one was held accountable.

📺 THE MEDIA'S ONE-SIDED WARHow a false report blaming Israel for an Islamic Jihad rocket spread globally in minutes — and why correction never catches up to the lie.

🇺🇳 THE UN AS AN INSTRUMENT OF HATREDWhy UNRWA and the Human Rights Council violate the UN's own charter, and how entire UN bodies exist with a singular mandate: to criticize Israel.

🎯 THE 70% IN THE MIDDLE5-15% are pro-Israel. 5-15% are against. The battle is for the 70% who don't care yet. Bar-Yoshafat's plan: go from 10 advocates to 10,000.

💡 ISRAEL'S PR FAILUREWhy "we invented the USB stick" is the wrong message when your enemy is calling you colonizers, and what Israel must say instead.

👶 MARRIED ON DAY FOUR. A FATHER IN GAZA.The deeply personal story of how Bar-Yoshafat built a family in the middle of a war, and why it only strengthened his resolve.

Living under threat in exile for over a decade, Qatari opposition leader Khalid Al-Hail reveals how Qatar buys and blackmails journalists and deceives allies, and why regime change is now the demand of Qatar's own founding families.

Al-Hail doesn't mince words - the same regime buying influence in Washington is the backbone of Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Jazeera's global propaganda machine. Plus - Al-Hail reveals his plans to open an embassy in Tel Aviv and soon, a diplomatic office in Somaliland.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

💰 QATAR'S INFLUENCE MACHINE"They buy their influence throughout the media and always find someone to listen." From Israeli newspapers to Tucker Carlson, Al-Hail exposes Qatar's playbook of shuttle diplomacy and manufactured narratives.

🎭 "WITHOUT TERRORISM, THERE IS NO IMPORTANCE"The brutal truth about Qatar's survival strategy: hosting Hamas, Taliban, and Al-Qaeda leaders isn't diplomacy- it's their entire source of relevance.

⚠️ WARNING TO ISRAEL: DON'T TRUST THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS OFFER"Even if they signed, they will sign it only to infiltrate Israel." Al-Hail explains "tukya" -Qatar's doctrine of deception, playing both sides while undermining everyone.

📰 BLACKMAIL AS FOREIGN POLICY"They will make sure you are convicted, the money is registered, you are on camera." Al-Hail's chilling warning to Israeli journalists dealing with Doha.

🇶🇦 THE QATARI PEOPLE VS. THE REGIME"The original Qataris-the ones who founded this country-want normal relations with Israel and the West. The government does not." Al-Hail on the betrayal of his own people.

🔥 "WHEN IRAN FALLS, QATAR FOLLOWS"The opposition is now calling for regime change and a government in exile. Al-Hail promises: "When the regime falls, we will sign the Abraham Accords and have an Israeli embassy in Qatar."

👤 12 YEARS IN ASYLUM LIMBO"Of course I have to be afraid for my life." How Qatar's influence reaches into the UK to silence dissidents.

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Former Jerusalem Post op-ed editor and veteran journalist David Jablinowitz breaks down why Trump's ambitious Gaza peace plan faces an impossible contradiction: the countries tasked with rebuilding Gaza are the same ones who funded its destruction.

With Qatar hosting Hamas leadership and Turkey's Erdogan openly meeting with Hamas terrorists, who will actually disarm the organization still controlling 40% of the Strip?

IN THIS EPISODE:

🕊️ TRUMP'S BOARD OF PEACE PARADOX

Netanyahu invited alongside Qatar and Turkey, the very nations that embrace Hamas. David explains how Trump is trying to placate Israel while keeping Hamas's biggest backers at the table.

🇹🇷 ERDOGAN'S GAZA AMBITIONS

Turkey's president has called Israeli leaders Nazis, met with Hamas leaders, and now wants control of Gaza's future. David asks the question no one in Davos will: "How can we disarm Hamas if Turkey and Qatar are there?"

💰 QATAR'S TERROR INVESTMENT

Millions in Qatari cash approved by Israel went straight to terror tunnels and weapons infrastructure. David on why the pre-October 7th approach "can never happen again."

👥 THE MYTH OF GAZAN INNOCENCE

Hours after the Nukhba terrorists attacked, ordinary Gazans - "old men in flip-flops, young children with knives" - followed through the broken barriers. Why denazification must precede any peace process.

🏛️ PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: SAME IDEOLOGY, DIFFERENT NAME

Paying terrorists, naming schools after suicide bombers, teaching hate in kindergartens. Why handing Gaza to the PA is "more of the same as handing it back to Hamas."

🌍 WORLD'S DOUBLE STANDARD

Millions of Syrian and Ukrainian refugees welcomed. Zero Palestinians accepted by Egypt, which maintains its own wall. The hypocrisy the international community refuses to address.

⏳ AFTER TRUMP, WHAT?

With only three years left in this administration, can any progress survive a future president? Why solidifying gains now is Israel's only insurance policy.Subscribe to Lital Shemesh Israel Debrief for conversations that matter on Israel 🔔

While Iran massacres thousands of protesters, Emily returns from London's 30,000-strong demonstration to expose the world's shameful silence. "ISIS had years. The Islamic Republic has had 47." She reveals why the same media that amplifies Hamas casualty claims suddenly can't confirm Iranian deaths.

IN THIS EPISODE:🩸 IRAN'S HIDDEN MASSACRE

On the low end, 12,000 to 20,000 casualties are estimated. People in the streets across all 31 provinces. Emily's direct contacts describe "hundreds shot at a time."

🇮🇱 ISRAELI FLAGS IN IRANIAN HANDS

At diaspora protests -London, Toronto, worldwide- two flags appear: pre-1979 Iran and Israel. Emily explains the 2,500-year bond the regime tried to erase.

⚠️ TRUMP'S DANGEROUS DELAY

Emily on how the President urged Iranians to the streets, then paused military action after Qatar lobbied against it

💰 QATAR'S BILLION-DOLLAR SUBVERSION

$6 billion in American universities. Conservative pundits suddenly spouting Islamist propaganda. Emily calls for sanctions on Qatar.

👗 IRANIAN WOMEN RAPED BEFORE EXECUTION

Islamic judicial ruling forbids executing virgins, so they rape young women first. Emily exposes the gender apartheid Western feminists ignore.

📺 "AYATOLLAH BBC

"Why Iranian diaspora calls BBC Persian state propaganda. How media gave Khomeini unlimited airtime in 1979 and still attacks Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi today.

🤝 WITKOFF'S HORRIFYING COMMENTS

"You wouldn't negotiate with ISIS." Emily's fury at the US envoy legitimizing a regime murdering tens of thousands in the streets.

🇹🇷 TURKEY ON A "PEACE COUNCIL"?

Their foreign minister eulogized Haniyeh. Now they'll disarm Hamas? Emily calls it "insanity no one paying attention will buy."

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While the world watches Iran kill thousands of protesters in silence, Yoseph exposes the staggering hypocrisy: "When it's no Jews, no news." He breaks down why global media, UN, campus activists, and "human rights" organizations suddenly go quiet when Israel isn't the villain.

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🔥 IRAN'S BLOODY CRACKDOWN 2,000 to 12,000 killed - where are the campus protests? "Where's Greta?" Yoseph explains why the world only cares when they can blame Israel.

💰 QATAR'S PROPAGANDA EMPIRE How billions of Qatari and Iranian dollars are rewriting history on American campuses and funding the lies you see on social media.

✊ YOSEPH'S PERSONAL COST Attacked by extremists. Mother's hand broken. Friends targeted. Why he refuses to stop speaking truth despite the price his family pays.

🎯 WINNING DEBATES WITH FACTS "I've never lost a debate yet." Yoseph's strategy: facts about Hamas warehouses, aid theft, testimonies from hostages. Watch him dismantle the "Gaza famine" lie.

📺 PIERS MORGAN’S FAILURE Why mainstream media platforms give extremists airtime without challenging their lies—and how it echoes Hamas propaganda.

🇺🇸 NEW YORK'S ALARMING SHIFT Zohran Mamdani cancels IHRA antisemitism definition day one. Allows BDS. Appoints anti-Israel educators. Yoseph warns: "Our best ally might not be the U.S. anymore."

🏛️ THE REAL COLONIZERS Arab colonialism created 22 Arab countries and 57 Muslim states in the 7th century, but Israel defending its ancestral land is called "occupation."

🤐 WHY ARAB ISRAELIS STAY SILENT 20% of Israel is Arab. They live in coexistence. So why don't more speak up? Yoseph reveals the intimidation, violence, and threats keeping the moderate majority quiet.

🎭 OCTOBER 7TH DENIAL "The world took 50 years to deny the Holocaust. One day to deny October 7th." How one anti-Israel protester's mind changed after the Nova exhibition.

⚔️ ISRAEL'S 8TH FRONT Physical war across seven fronts, but propaganda is the eighth. Why Israel must treat information warfare as a national project.

🇮🇷 SHOULD ISRAEL ACT IN IRAN? Yoseph's answer: "Absolutely." Behind the scenes or by force: why now is the moment.

💪 PRIDE DESPITE THE PROPAGANDA "What other tiny country fights on seven fronts and still wins?" Yoseph on why Israel beat Iran, Hezbollah, sparked Syria's revolution, and isn't going anywhere.

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C14 sits down with Major Doron Spielman, former IDF spokesman, New York Times bestselling author (When the Stones Speak), and the man who transformed the City of David into a global archaeological phenomenon. Lital and Doron discuss why everyone is so obsessed with Israeli sovereignty in Judea & Samaria (don't call it the 'West Bank') - and answer the question: does Israel need international recognition when we already have de facto sovereignty?

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🔥 INSIDE THIS CONVERSATION:

✡️ Why Israel already has de facto sovereignty, and what comes next

📖 The Abraham Accords paradox: Why Trump opposes sovereignty when Abraham himself walked in Judea and Samaria

🏛️ How archaeological discoveries became Israel's most powerful advocacy tool, and why the world tried to stop them

🇺🇸 What American evangelicals understand about what binds our two countries

🎯 Why Israel failed at advocacy for 70 years by not answering ONE question

🌾 Why "settlers" are mis-represented in the media, although they are pioneers, farmers, and families living on ancestral land

💪 Doron's journey from antisemitism in New York to proving Israel's indigenous rights

"When you reach into the ground in the City of David and pull out a seal from Jeremiah's cabinet, you're not just finding history, you're destroying their entire narrative."

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