EylON the Record

Inside the IDF’s Social Media Chaos After October 7

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: https://patreon.com/eylontherecord 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv This is the last episode of this series. We’ll be back in late September with a special Israel Electioncast series, grilling the candidates for Knesset on their manifestos. Hamas can establish a narrative in minutes. Israel may need hours to establish the truth—and by then, the damage has already been done. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Rachel Lester, a former video editor in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit and author of Digital Warrior: Inside Israel’s Battle for the Narrative After October 7, about what happened behind the scenes during Israel’s information war. Drawing on their experiences inside the IDF and Prime Minister’s Office, they examine why Israel struggled to communicate during the opening months of the war—and how those failures affected its international legitimacy and freedom to fight. In this episode, we discuss: How Hamas uses civilian casualties and graphic images to turn military losses into international pressure on Israel Why the four-hour silence after the Al-Ahli Hospital explosion allowed a false narrative to spread around the world Whether Israel made a strategic mistake by withholding graphic footage of the October 7 atrocities How bureaucracy, competing audiences and institutional dysfunction undermined Israel’s wartime messaging This is not simply a debate about whether Israel has “bad PR.” In modern warfare, public opinion shapes diplomatic pressure, military decisions and whether democracies are permitted to defend themselves. When lies travel instantly but the truth requires verification, accuracy alone may not be enough to win. 🎯 Key moment: “Hamas has basically made sure that whatever Israel does, we lose.” To buy Rachel Lester's book, Digital Warrior: Inside Israel’s Battle for the Narrative After October 7, click here 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv https://m10.co.il/video-podcast-studio-tel-aviv Follow on social media: Twitter Instagram Patreon mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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This Is How Turkey Quietly Influences Americans

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: Turkey’s ruling party has spent $6.2 million establishing a permanent presence in Washington—run by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s cousin. Its representatives have gained access to senior American officials, journalists, activists, and media figures, but its government filings reveal almost nothing about what was discussed. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with OSINT investigator Eitan Fischberger about the AKP’s Washington headquarters, the extraordinary range of figures its representative Halil Mutlu has met, and what Turkey may be seeking from its expanding influence operation. As Ankara’s ambitions increasingly clash with the interests of Israel and the United States, the question is not whether Turkey is trying to shape American policy and public opinion—but how, and toward what end. In this episode, we discuss: - How Erdoğan’s cousin became the AKP’s representative in Washington and gained access to senior members of Congress, government committees, journalists, and podcasters - The reported meetings with Mehdi Hasan, CAIR, Code Pink, John Kiriakou, and Tucker Carlson’s business partner - Why FARA filings can disclose who foreign agents meet while revealing almost nothing about what they are trying to accomplish - Turkey’s efforts to regain access to the F-35 program, weaken support for Israel and the Kurds, rehabilitate Erdoğan’s image, and establish itself as the Middle East’s dominant regional power This is about more than lobbying. Turkey remains a NATO member while maintaining close relations with Russia, supporting Hamas, confronting Israel, and pursuing an increasingly assertive regional agenda. If Ankara can shape how Americans understand the Middle East while concealing the purpose of its political outreach, it can advance that agenda with far less scrutiny. 🎯 Key moment: “If everyone is focusing on Israel, then nobody’s focusing on Turkey. And then Turkey can continue to do what it’s doing.” Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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"Islamic NATO” is Here. Bluff or Global Threat?

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: https://patreon.com/eylontherecord Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have promised to treat an attack against one as an attack against all. Is this new “Islamic NATO” an empty declaration—or the beginning of a military alliance aimed at Israel and the West? In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Gregg Roman, Executive Director of the Middle East Forum, about the new Mecca Agreement, Turkey’s attempt to expand its regional power and whether NATO is tolerating a Trojan horse within its own ranks. They debate whether the alliance is a paper tiger or an early warning of a strategic realignment that could threaten Israel, weaken American influence and reshape the regional balance of power. In this episode, we discuss: - Whether the Mecca Agreement represents a credible military alliance or conflicting national agendas disguised as collective defense - Why Turkey may pose a greater threat through its independent regional expansion than through its alliance with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - Whether Israel should build a counter-alliance with India, the UAE, Greece, Cyprus and other regional partners - What military deployments would signal that the agreement is becoming a genuine threat—and whether NATO should expel Turkey The danger may not lie in the agreement as it exists today, but in the ambitions it could enable tomorrow. For Israel and the West, the challenge is deciding when strategic skepticism becomes complacency—and whether waiting for hostile commitments to become military reality means waiting too long. 🎯 Key moment: “This is about a Turkish takeover of the region. It is not about having equanimity and mutual defense alliances between larger states that are in the region.” mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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"Israel Orchestrated Spain’s Border Crisis!" and Other Crazy Conspiracies | Asher Westropp-Evans

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: When thousands of Moroccans crossed into Spain’s North African enclaves, the internet found a familiar culprit: Israel. The claim was baseless—but it spread from fringe accounts to influential commentators, politicians, and human rights figures. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Asher Westropp-Evans, director of the Spokes Office and producer of the State of a Nation podcast, about how the crisis in Ceuta and Melilla became the latest vehicle for anti-Israel conspiracy theories. They examine why voices on both the far left and far right strip other countries of agency, turn isolated Israeli remarks into evidence of a global plot, and use Israel as a scapegoat for political failures that have nothing to do with it. In this episode, we discuss: - How commentators including Anna Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, Hasan Piker, Kenneth Roth, and Nick Fuentes helped spread or legitimize claims connecting Israel to the crisis. - How comments by Yair Netanyahu and Danny Danon were stripped of context and repackaged as supposed evidence of Israeli intentions. - Why Morocco’s tensions with Spain, the Western Sahara dispute, and - Spain’s domestic political failures disappear once Israel becomes the explanation. - How antizionism brings the far left and far right together around a worldview that blames the Jewish state for nearly every global crisis. This is about more than one absurd conspiracy theory. When Israel is repeatedly presented as the hidden force behind every war, migration crisis, and political failure, legitimate criticism gives way to a worldview that treats the Jewish state as a cosmic evil whose removal would supposedly cure the world’s problems. Repetition makes even the most irrational accusation feel plausible. 🎯 Key moment: “That’s the whole point of a scapegoat. Literally, you put your sins onto a goat and chuck it off a cliff.” mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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⁠How Foreign Money Rewired America’s View of Israel

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: The anti-Israel shift in the West did not begin on October 7. The narrative was financed, institutionalized, and taught for years before the world saw its consequences. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Ofir Dayan, head of the Antisemitism and Delegitimization Research Team at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies and author of Intifada Globalized: Why Young Westerners Are Turning Away from Israel. They examine how Qatar and other foreign actors built influence across American universities, schools, media, lobbying firms, and political networks—and whether Israel entered the information war too late to reverse the damage. In this episode, we discuss: • How Qatar spread its influence through universities, think tanks, public-relations firms, law firms, teacher-training programs, and carefully targeted investments. • Why the anti-Israel movement on American campuses was already organized and institutionalized long before October 7. • Whether Israel should conduct its own influence campaigns—and why its recent efforts have appeared unprofessional, reactive, and easy to expose. • The story Israel must tell about Jewish indigeneity, sovereignty, and the wider assault on Western democratic values. This is not simply a debate about better messaging. Public opinion affects military alliances, arms supplies, diplomatic support, and Israel’s ability to defend its citizens. Treating the information war as an afterthought has become a national-security risk. 🎯 Key moment: “We’re fighting emotions, we’re fighting narratives, we’re not fighting facts.” Find Ofir Dayan’s book, Intifada Globalized: Why Young Westerners Are Turning Away from Israel, here: https://gefenpublishing.com/product.asp?productid=3558 mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Turkey Is Becoming the West's Most Dangerous Ally | Eitan Fischberger

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: For years, many in the West dismissed Turkey's threats as political theater. But what if they're making the same mistake they made before October 7? In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Eitan Fischberger, OSINT investigator and author of The Fisch Files, about Turkey's increasingly hostile posture toward Israel, its growing influence inside NATO, and the sophisticated information operations shaping Western public opinion. They examine whether Ankara is exploiting its position inside the Western alliance while advancing an agenda fundamentally at odds with it—and why policymakers may be underestimating the strategic consequences. In this episode, we discuss: How Turkish state-linked influence networks quietly shape Western discourse online. Why Erdogan's rhetoric toward Israel has become increasingly eliminationist—and why it deserves to be taken seriously. Whether Turkey is acting as a Trojan horse inside NATO while deepening ties to Hamas, Russia, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Why weakening Israel ultimately weakens the broader Western alliance. The debate over Turkey is no longer just about one country's foreign policy. It is about whether democratic alliances can recognize ideological threats before they become strategic ones. If Western governments ignore hostile rhetoric because it comes from an ally rather than an adversary, they risk repeating dangerous mistakes. 🎯 Key moment: "Turkey plays this inside-outside game where they like to pretend that they're friends of the West and friends of NATO... but in reality, that just sort of masks their actual agenda, which is something else entirely, and I would argue anti-Western and anti-American in particular." Follow on social media: Twitter Instagram Patreon mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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America Just Gave Iran What It Wanted | Asher Fredman

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: https://patreon.com/eylontherecord This is a moment that calls for American leadership. But if the Iran MOU gives Tehran legitimacy before dismantling its nuclear threat — and the UN system empowers America’s adversaries while America pays for it — what kind of leadership is the West actually getting? In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Asher Fredman, Executive Director of the Misgav Institute and former senior official in Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Strategic Affairs, about the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, the strategic consequences for Israel, and Misgav’s new report arguing that the United States should withdraw from much of the UN system and build better alternatives. Together, they ask whether American power is being used to lead — or to legitimize institutions and agreements that reward America’s adversaries. In this episode, we discuss: Why it’s problematic for the Iran MOU to give Tehran sanctions relief and hard cash before Iran dismantles its nuclear threat The Misgav Institute’s report, From UN Bureaucracy to American Global Leadership, and its case for why the United States should disengage from the UN How China and other adversarial powers use the UN system to constrain America while relying on American funding Why anti-Israel bias at the UN is not only an Israeli problem, but a warning for every democracy fighting terror Read the Misgav Institute report discussed in this episode: https://www.misgavins.org/en/fredman-un-bureaucracy-us-leadership/ Beyond the headlines, this conversation is about whether America can still shape the international order — or whether it is funding, legitimizing, and deferring to systems that now work against its own interests. For Israel, the question is even sharper: when diplomacy rewards Tehran and the UN gives hostile actors a global platform, Israel may have to rely less on being understood, and more on becoming indispensable. 🎯 Key moment: “At the end of the day, it doesn't matter whether people understand us, it doesn't matter whether they like us, it matters whether they need us.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv https://m10.co.il/video-podcast-studio-tel-aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Emergency Episode: The 24 Hours That Changed the Israel-Iran War

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: https://patreon.com/eylontherecord There is a price to war. But there is also a price to ending a war on the enemy’s terms — and that price can be more war. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with listeners in an emergency solo episode after Israel and Iran traded fire in a dangerous 24-hour escalation. He explains why the question is not simply whether Israel should “stop shooting,” but whether Iran can use missile attacks to force Israel to stop defending itself against Hezbollah. At stake is the future of deterrence, the freedom of Lebanon, the security of northern Israel, and whether Iranian proxy armies can drag the region into war whenever Tehran decides. In this episode, we discuss: Why Iran’s missile fire was really about protecting Hezbollah from Israeli retaliation The danger of ending a war too soon if it rewards aggression and invites the next round How Iran’s “ring of fire” — Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis — has become a strategic liability for Tehran The “Pride paradox”: why Israelis want normal life to resume, but cannot accept a reality where Iran can cancel it at will This episode moves beyond the headlines of ceasefires, missile salvos, and calls for restraint. The deeper question is whether Israel can be expected to absorb attacks from Iranian-backed forces while the world demands calm from the country being targeted. If Iran learns that firing missiles at Israeli cities carries no price, the next escalation will not be a surprise. It will be the result of a message the world allowed Tehran to hear. 🎯 Key moment: “If you want peace, you don’t reward aggression. If you want Lebanon free, you don’t give Hezbollah immunity.” ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

Is Britain Still Safe for Jews? | Dov Forman

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: Britain was once seen as a model of stability, decency, and quiet integration for its Jewish community. Today, many British Jews are asking whether that promise still holds. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Dov Forman, New York Times bestselling author of Lily’s Promise, former adviser to Robert Jenrick, and a prominent voice against antisemitism in the UK, about Britain’s worsening antisemitism crisis, the rise of anti-Israel radicalism, and whether Jewish life in the UK is becoming increasingly unsustainable. They discuss Jeremy Corbyn’s legacy, the normalization of anti-Zionist hostility, Iran-backed threats on British soil, the failures of policing and prosecution, and what all this means for Britain, Israel, democracy, and the future of the West. In this episode, we discuss: • How antisemitism in Britain moved from the political fringe into mainstream society • Why “anti-Zionism” has become a social purity test for British Jews • How weekly anti-Israel marches, weak law enforcement, and political cowardice have emboldened extremists • Whether Britain can still offer a secure future for its Jewish community, or whether more Jews will look to Israel This conversation moves beyond headlines about protests and political slogans. The deeper question is whether a democratic society can protect a small minority when ideological extremism, foreign influence, and social intimidation are allowed to grow unchecked. For British Jews, this is not an abstract debate about foreign policy. It is about whether they can walk openly as Jews, speak honestly about Israel, and trust the institutions meant to protect them. 🎯 Key moment: “The purity test doesn’t actually exist, because the man who stabbed two Jews didn’t ask them what their stance on Israel was before he attacked them.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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The Iran Deal Problem No One Wants to Admit | Mark Dubowitz

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: A U.S.-Iran deal may reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It does not necessarily remove the threat — it may simply shift the burden back onto Israel. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the future of the Iranian threat, the risks of a suboptimal U.S.-Iran deal, and whether the Islamic Republic can be contained without regime change. They discuss the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear program, the limits of diplomacy, Israel’s shadow war, and the broader strategic question facing the West: whether democratic allies are prepared to weaken their enemies before those enemies recover. In this episode, we discuss: Why reopening the Strait of Hormuz without confronting Iran’s core threats could create a dangerous precedent Whether Iran’s nuclear program has been seriously set back — or merely driven deeper underground How a U.S.-Iran deal could leave Israel with more responsibility and less diplomatic cover Why Dubowitz argues Israel must focus on weakening the Islamic Republic before it rebuilds This conversation moves beyond the immediate headlines over diplomacy and ceasefires. The deeper question is whether the West is prepared to confront the Islamic Republic as a strategic enemy, or whether it will settle for temporary arrangements that leave Israel facing the same threat again — only stronger, richer, and harder to stop. 🎯 Key moment: “Israel has two and a half years under President Trump to bring down the Islamic Republic of Iran.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Hollywood’s Fear of Jewish Stories | Jonah Platt

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month Hollywood helped shape the modern Jewish story. But after October 7, the question is whether the entertainment industry still has the courage to tell Jewish and Israeli stories honestly. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Jonah Platt, actor, writer, host of Being Jewish, and a leading voice on Jewish identity in Hollywood, about whether Jews and Israel are being pushed into the villain role in American culture. They discuss the fear around Jewish representation, the chilling effect around Israel, the battle inside Hollywood after October 7, and why storytelling matters in the broader fight for moral clarity, democracy, and the West’s understanding of Israel. In this episode, we discuss: Why some actors and studios are afraid to touch even apolitical Jewish stories The difference between anti-Israel activism in Hollywood and the quieter Jewish fightback behind the scenes How “oppressor vs. oppressed” narratives shape the cultural space around Israel Why Jewish and Israeli creators need to tell better, more compelling stories before others define them This conversation moves beyond celebrity politics. The real stakes are cultural: who gets to define Jews, Zionism, Israel, and moral legitimacy for the next generation. If the only Jewish stories allowed are safe, detached, or stripped of Israel, then the Jewish people lose more than representation — they lose narrative power. 🎯 Key moment: “We can’t have any more Jews writing movies about Norwegians. They gotta be about Jews in Israel, because we need to be telling our own stories.” You can follow Jonah and listen to Being Jewish with Jonah Platt on all major podcast platforms and on social media at @JonahPlatt and @BeingJewishPodcast. mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Why Jordan Could Be Israel’s Most Dangerous Blind Spot | Aaron Magid

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: Israel’s longest border is also its quietest. But how stable is that quiet really? In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Aaron Magid, author of The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan, about Israel’s cold peace with Jordan, the fragility beneath the 1994 peace treaty, and why instability in the Hashemite Kingdom would have serious consequences for Israel, the region, and the West. In this episode, we discuss: • Why Jordan remains one of Israel’s most important security partners despite hostile public opinion • How King Abdullah has kept the peace treaty intact under pressure from the Jordanian street • The role of American aid, Israeli water and gas, and Jordanian security cooperation • Why the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, and Palestinian politics make Jordan a critical strategic front Beyond the headlines, this conversation is about the danger of assuming quiet borders are permanent. Jordan’s monarchy has weathered crises before, but Israel cannot afford to mistake silence for stability or cold peace for real normalization. 🎯 Key moment: “Two thirds of Jordanians supported the Hamas initiative.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Can Israel and Lebanon Actually Make Peace? | Dan Feferman

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: War is easy to start. Peace is much harder to build. And in the Middle East, the difference between a breakthrough and a mirage can be a matter of political will. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Dan Feferman, co-founder and co-editor of Middle East 24, former executive director of Sharaka, and an IDF reserves major, about the sudden and extraordinary possibility of peace talks between Israel and Lebanon. They unpack how Hezbollah’s weakening, Lebanon’s internal political shifts, and American mediation have created an opening that would have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago — and whether this moment could produce a real strategic shift or just another temporary pause before the next war. In this episode, we discuss: Why the real conflict is not between Israel and Lebanon, but between both states and Hezbollah How Israeli military pressure changed the political balance inside Lebanon Whether the Lebanese state can actually confront Hezbollah without sliding into civil war Why parts of the Western media and European leadership still misunderstand this moment This conversation goes beyond the headlines to ask what peace would actually require: not just ceasefires or diplomatic theater, but the dismantling of an Iranian proxy that has held Lebanon hostage and kept both countries trapped in a conflict neither population truly wants. Getting this right matters not only for Israel and Lebanon, but for the wider struggle between regional stability and the forces that profit from permanent war. 🎯 Key moment: “War should end with peace, not a piece of paper.” mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Who's Afraid of a Free Iran? | Jonathan Schanzer

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: World leaders say they stand with the people of Iran. But when the Islamic Republic is finally under real pressure, many of the same voices suddenly want de-escalation. What exactly are Western leaders so afraid of: a wider war, or the fall of the regime itself? In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Jonathan Schanzer, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about whether regime change in Iran is still a realistic outcome, why Western governments seem more frightened by instability than by tyranny, and what the fall of the Islamic Republic could mean for Israel, the Gulf states, Europe, and the future balance of power in the Middle East. In this episode, we discuss: Why so many Western leaders prefer the “devil they know” in Tehran to the uncertainty of regime collapse Whether the war is actually creating the conditions for regime change after the bombing stops How Gulf states, Europe, Turkey, Russia, and China are positioning themselves for the day after Whether a weakened Iran leads to containment, covert action, or a full scramble to remake the region This conversation goes beyond the immediate battlefield. It asks whether the West still has the confidence to confront openly hostile regimes, or whether it has become so risk-averse that it now fears the collapse of tyranny more than tyranny itself. Getting that question wrong will shape not just Iran’s future, but the future of regional order and Western credibility. 🎯 Key moment: “When the bombing stops, that’s when the interesting stuff is very likely to begin.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Surrounded by Idiots | Shany Mor Blasts Stupid Hot Takes About Israel

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: A month of war is exhausting. But worse than the sirens, the sleepless nights, and the chaos is watching serious people say unserious things with total confidence. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Shany Mor, former Israeli National Security Council official and academic, about the flood of bad analysis surrounding Israel’s war with Iran. They examine why so many commentators, diplomats, and self-described experts keep recycling arguments that collapse under basic scrutiny, from claims that Iran is somehow winning, to the idea that international law exists mainly to constrain Israel while shielding those attacking it. The conversation goes to the heart of a larger question: what happens when moral posturing replaces strategic thinking in the way the West talks about war, deterrence, and Israel’s right to defeat its enemies? In this episode, we discuss: Why the claim that striking terrorists only “creates more terrorists” is applied obsessively to Israel and almost nowhere else How “international law” is often invoked against Israel in ways that are incoherent, selective, and politically motivated Why ceasefire diplomacy so often freezes threats in place instead of removing them How fantasy narratives about the Iran deal, deterrence, and “forever wars” distort what Israel is actually facing This conversation goes beyond headlines and talking points. It is about whether democratic societies still know how to think seriously about war, victory, deterrence, and self-defense. If the West cannot distinguish between ending a threat and managing it forever, it will keep rewarding aggression and punishing those willing to confront it. 🎯 Key moment: “People who make these big, empirically verifiable statements often count on us not going out and verifying them.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Israel is a Regional Power: What Comes After the Iran War? | Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: 00:00 – Intro: Israel, War & Western Naivety 02:09 – Meet Sharren Haskel + Life During War 05:00 – Weak Western Leadership & Europe’s Internal Pressures 09:29 – Israel’s Real Advantage: People & National Identity 15:00 – Europe’s Military Decline & Strategic Weakness 17:35 – Israel as a Rising World Power 19:36 – The New Middle East: Competing Power Blocs 24:38 – Gulf States, Iran & Regional Turning Point 26:21 – What Happens After the War? 27:25 – Could the Iranian Regime Collapse? 28:37 – Netanyahu, October 7 & Strategic Shift 40:00 – The West’s Broken Approach & Hypocrisy 48:35 – Why Peace Efforts Failed & What Comes Next 55:58 – Sirens Interrupt + Outro The Middle East is being redrawn in real time. The question now is not whether Israel has power, but what it will do with it. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Sharren Haskel, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, about how October 7 and the war that followed transformed Israel from a country under siege into a state projecting force across the region. They discuss how Israel has emerged as a new regional power, why much of the West still struggles to understand the threat from Iran, and what a stronger Israel means for the future of the Middle East, the democratic world, and the fight against Islamist extremism. In this episode, we discuss: Why mass Muslim immigration from antisemitic countries is dictating European foreign policy How Israel and the United States are doing the world’s “dirty work” by confronting the Iranian regime Why Western leaders keep trying to freeze conflicts instead of solving them How the fall of Iran’s regional axis could reshape Israel’s ties with Arab states This conversation goes beyond battlefield updates to a deeper question: what kind of power Israel is becoming. If Israel emerges from this war stronger, more feared, and more central to regional security, then the real challenge will be how that power is used, how it is judged, and whether the West is capable of understanding the stakes before it is too late. 🎯 Key moment: “October 7 will go down as one of the greatest strategic blunders in modern warfare, because instead of wiping Israel off the map, it has entrenched Israel more firmly on the map than ever before.” 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv https://m10.co.il/video-podcast-studio-tel-aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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"Is Netanyahu Dead?" Can Democracies Survive the Age of AI Propaganda? | Travis Hawley

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: 00:00: The Disinformation Apocalypse 06:39: How the Netanyahu Conspiracy Started 09:16: Bots, Sock Puppets, and Troll Farms 11:59: The State Actors Behind Disinformation 14:58: The Business of Online Hate and Propaganda 17:50: How Coordinated Networks Spread Conspiracies 20:32: Why Western Societies Are So Vulnerable 23:04: Viral Fakes, AI Hoaxes, and the Tel Aviv Lies 25:42: Can Social Media Be Fixed? 35:39: How Democracies Should Fight Back 41:19: What Individuals Can Do When people no longer trust their own eyes, disinformation stops being background noise and becomes a battlefield. The conspiracy that Benjamin Netanyahu is dead may sound absurd. But the ease with which it spread reveals something far more serious: hostile actors no longer need bombs alone to destabilize democracies. They can do it with algorithms, fake accounts, recycled footage, and millions of willing believers. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Travis Hawley, a former US Air Force intelligence analyst and open-source investigator, about how the conspiracy theory that Netanyahu is dead went viral, who helped push it, and what it reveals about the broader information war facing Israel and the West. They explore how state and non-state actors exploit social media, AI, and collapsing public trust to spread falsehoods, inflame hatred, and weaken democratic societies from within. In this episode, we discuss: How the “Netanyahu is dead” conspiracy spread from fringe rumor to mass delusion The role of Iran-linked propaganda, bot networks, troll farms, and useful idiots in amplifying lies Why fake footage of destroyed Tel Aviv and AI hoaxes are part of a wider asymmetric war Whether democracies can defend themselves when social media rewards manipulation over truth This conversation goes beyond one viral lie. It is about what happens when open societies are flooded with industrial-scale deception and citizens lose the ability to distinguish evidence from narrative. Understanding that threat correctly is no longer optional. It is a matter of democratic self-defense. 🎯 Key moment: “They don’t need to destroy Western civilization with bombs. They will do it with tweets.” mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Lebanon Finally Moves on Hezbollah. Is It Too Late? | Jonathan Elkhoury

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: For years, the world treated Hezbollah as a problem to be managed... or ignored. Now Lebanon is being forced to confront what that evasion has cost. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Jonathan Elkhoury, a Lebanese-Israeli and the son of an officer in the former South Lebanon Army, about Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon, why the Lebanese state failed to dismantle it after the November 2024 ceasefire, and why Israel no longer believes diplomacy alone can remove the threat. Together, they examine whether Lebanon’s sudden moves against Hezbollah are genuine, whether peace talks with Israel are serious or tactical, and what this means for Israel, Lebanon, and the wider war against Iran’s proxy network. In this episode, we discuss: Why the 2024 ceasefire failed and how Hezbollah rearmed despite diplomatic guarantees Whether the Lebanese government truly could not confront Hezbollah — or chose not to Why Israel sees renewed diplomacy as a way of freezing the threat rather than removing it Whether Hezbollah’s defeat could create a real opening for peace between Israel and Lebanon This conversation goes beyond the latest strikes and ceasefire talk. It is about the long-term cost of letting armed proxies outgrow the states that host them — and about what happens when diplomacy becomes a substitute for enforcement instead of a path to peace. 🎯 Key moment: “If the Germans and French were able to make peace the day after, then there’s hope for everyone to make peace.” ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. 🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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The Two Most Powerful Air Forces in the World | Lt. Gen. Dick Newton

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: https://patreon.com/eylontherecord Iran built its power on terror, missiles, and the threat of nuclear blackmail. The question now is whether the U.S. and Israel will finish the job—or leave behind an even more dangerous regime. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Lt. Gen. Dick Newton, former Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and America’s first commander of the B-2 stealth bomber squadron, about the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran and what it will take to actually win. They discuss whether this is a synchronized allied operation or two parallel wars, what success against the Islamic Republic would really look like, and why stopping short could leave Israel, the United States, and the wider region facing an even greater threat. In this episode: Why the United States is so impressed with the Israeli Air Force as a "force multiplier" for American power Why declaring victory too early could leave a wounded Iranian regime alive, angry, and more dangerous than before Why a joint US-Israeli commando operation might be the only way to deal with the Iranian regime's enriched uranium This conversation goes beyond the daily headlines to examine the real strategic stakes: deterrence, alliance credibility, regime survival, and the future balance of power in the Middle East. If Iran is left partially defeated but still intact, the costs will not stay local—they will shape American power, regional stability, and the global contest against the authoritarian axis. 🎯 Key moment: “A half-done war is worse than no war at all.” mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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Could the Kurds Help Bring Down Iran’s Regime? | Uri Zaki

Send us Fan Mail Support the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: Iran’s regime may not fall from the center first. It may begin at the edges. In a moment of war, regional upheaval, and collapsing old assumptions, the Kurdish question is no longer peripheral. It may be central to what comes next. In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Uri Zaki, policy fellow at Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, about whether the Kurds could play a decisive role in weakening or even helping topple the Islamic Republic. They discuss the strategic logic behind Israeli interest in Kurdish alliances, the risks of backing minority forces inside Iran, and why the post–October 7 Middle East is forcing Israel to think like a regional power — not just a country defending its borders. The conversation explores what regime change in Iran could actually look like, and what it would mean for Israel, for the region, and for the wider democratic world confronting authoritarian aggression. In this episode, we discuss: Why even a prominent voice on the Israeli left sees the war against Iran’s regime as justified What the Kurds in Iran can realistically do — and why backing them is essential if the regime somehow survives Why Israel may need a coherent long-term Kurdish strategy across Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey This conversation goes beyond the immediate military campaign. It gets at a deeper question: what kind of regional order could emerge if Iran’s regime weakens, and whether minority alliances, federal structures, and political realism can succeed where slogans and diplomacy alone have failed. Understanding that matters not just for Israel’s security, but for the future of the Middle East after the old order begins to crack. Click here to read Uri Zaki’s policy paper and learn more about Israel–Kurd relations in the Middle East after October 7. mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issues mosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show ABOUT THE SHOW EylON the Record is a podcast about Israel, the global information war, and the battle between democratic societies and authoritarian or extremist movements — told through in-depth conversations with people shaping events on the front lines. Stay up to date at: X: https://x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecord Support on Patreon for only $10 a month

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