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How the arguments inside Israel’s ‘War Room’ determined history
How the arguments inside Israel’s ‘War Room’ determined history
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The Internet is inundated with misinformation. Join JNS Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin for his daily analysis of the most important stories affecting Israel and the Jewish world. If you want to understand what’s really going on, this show is for you.
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- How the arguments inside Israel’s ‘War Room’ determined history · 1 h 1 minIf you want a better understanding of why the aftermath of Israel’s first election since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led Palestinian Arab terror attacks on its southern communities is…
- Kristallnacht eve wasn’t the day to ‘shelter in place’ against antisemites | Ep. 356 · 12 minPhilly residents resoundingly responded to a “boycott ride” that targeted Jewish- and Israeli-owned eateries. Yet the very existence of a group employing Nazi tactics reflects a…
- Ep. 355: Why do American Jews vote for antisemites like El-Sayed?.mp3 · 16 minPolitics now plays the role religion used to play in most people’s lives. For many their faith is liberalism and the Democrats, with Jewish peoplehood and Israel discarded.
- A Democratic-run Congress will target Israel as well as Trump | Ep. 354 · 12 minThe rout of the GOP by a party now dominated by “progressive” and antisemitic foes of the Jewish state will impact the alliance as well as American Jewish life for the worse.
- The sacrifice of Haley Stevens and the future of the Democrats | Ep. 353 · 13 minThe party establishment will ensure that the Michigan congresswoman will pay with her future career for her decision to oppose the openly antisemitic Abdul El-Sayed.
- Netanyahu is a realist about Israel’s foes, not a fear-monger | Ep. 352 · 14 minDisappointed critics rationalize support for the prime minister by demonizing him and patronizing his voters. They’d do better to rethink their denial about the intentions of…
- Who gets a veto over Israeli action against Hamas and Iran? | Ep. 351 · 16 minContrary to Netanyahu’s detractors, opposition to forming a government that includes Arab anti-Zionist parties isn’t a question of racism but of rational national security…
- Liberal Jewish insecurity doesn’t come from Israeli policies | Ep. 350 · 12 minTalk of “shared responsibility” with the Jewish state distracts from the real threat to U.S. Jews from leftists who are motivated by Jew-hatred, not Netanyahu and his allies.
- Do Americans support Israeli democracy? Then let their voters decide. Ep. 349 · 12 minWhile Trump backed Netanyahu, Democrats and the foreign-policy establishment still want to dictate to the Jewish state. They should accept the Israelis’ decision.
- Amanpour leaves ‘CNN,’ but a legacy of anti-Israel media bias remains | Ep. 348 · 12 minThe journalism icon’s coverage of the Jewish state demonstrated prejudice, not truth. She exemplified the arrogance and dishonesty that destroyed legacy media.
- El-Sayed’s viral video was a diversionary tactic, not his JFK moment | Ep. 347 · 16 minThe candidate for U.S. Senate thinks it’s wrong to ask him to repudiate the Muslim Brotherhood, despite his family ties. Riots in France show where America might be headed.
- Israel’s foes have more influence on its elections than its friends | Ep. 346 · 12 minTrump’s endorsement of Netanyahu, like Clinton, Obama and Biden’s efforts to defeat him, is less important than the role of the Palestinians and Iran in keeping him in office.
- Ep. 345: Is it Islamophobic to connect the dots between Islamists and El-Sayed? · 12 minDespite family connections and political stands that point to links between the Michigan Democrat and the Muslim Brotherhood, his supporters are crying foul.
- The Democrats have abandoned Israel, not just Netanyahu | Ep. 344 · 18 minThe prime minister is blamed for “losing” America. But even his defeat won’t reclaim support from a party that from Obama to El-Sayed has broken with the Jewish state.
- The foreign-policy establishment’s war on Israel finds a target | Ep. 343 · 17 minAn aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee is under attack from liberal media for being an obstacle to the effort to sabotage Trump and to reimpose Obama and Biden’s failed ideas.
- Democrats’ bargain with the left will replicate Europe’s catastrophic decline | Ep. 342 · 15 minRiots in France and Britain’s lurch left illustrate what follows when liberals appease and then surrender to the red-green alliance of Marxists and Islamists. Can it happen in…
- In Michigan, the issue is erasing Jewish interests, not the Jewish vote | Ep. 341 · 14 minElecting “progressives” like El-Sayed requires more than just normalizing antisemitism and antisemitic candidates. It also means telling Jews to shut up.
- Ep. 340: The real lesson of Oct. 7? Stop appealing for sympathy · 14 minAfter three years of rejection and antisemitism, Jews must cease asking for pity and second-guessing failed efforts at explaining themselves, and instead project strength.
- Ep. 339: The vacation from Jewish history is over for Americans · 16 minThe erasure of Jews and treating them as villains cannot be ignored. The post-Oct. 7 surge of antisemitism is not a misunderstanding that will fade if Netanyahu is defeated.
- Ep. 338: How Democrats will exploit the ‘settler-violence’ narrative · 12 minMisleading claims that Jews—and not Palestinian terrorists—are the aggressors in the territories might be the wedge that the next Congress uses to start unraveling the…
- Ep. 337: Can September surprises topple Benjamin Netanyahu? · 15 minIsraeli and American media have reacted to the prime minister’s strong polling with stories claiming that he was forewarned about Oct. 7. But do the voters trust them?
- Ep. 336: A fraudulent ‘Free Palestine’ activist embodies a lying hateful cause · 13 minAn American Jew impersonated an Arab and engaged in antisemitism. But others who advocate for anti-Israel genocidal goals are part of the same ideological grift.
- Ep. 335: The El-Sayed litmus test cuts both ways · 13 minMichigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a press conference in Detroit on Sept. 22, 2026. Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images.
- Ep. 334: Netanyahu isn’t the reason pop singers spout blood libels · 13 minAttacks on musician Ed Sheeran after his craven apology for rapper Macklemore’s firing demonstrate that the mainstreaming of antisemitism fuels Israel’s unpopularity.
- Ep. 333: Confronting Jew-haters is more important than worrying about cancel culture · 13 minThose who spout blood libels about Israel, like rapper Macklemore, have the right to free speech, but not to a platform. Zero tolerance for the surge of antisemitism is imperative.
- Ep. 332: The AI apocalypse and the ‘NAZA’ blood libels against Israel · 17 minA film that makes dubious claims about the IDF slaughtering Palestinian civilians may help bolster an antisemitic trope blaming the Jews for a new global threat.
- Ep. 331: The false narrative about post-9/11 Islamophobia legitimizes antisemitism · 11 minThe obsession with a mythical backlash against Muslims promoted by the political left and liberal media didn’t just distort anniversary coverage. It builds sympathy for Islamist…
- Ep. 330: Britain’s attempt to isolate Israel illustrates its irrelevance · 14 minThe United Kingdom is mollifying the Corbynite antisemites that are Labor’s base, as well as showing that NATO and the “special relationship” with the United States are obsolete.
- Ep. 329: Thanks to Mamdani and Piker, the 9/11 anniversary remains especially relevant · 13 minRather than a distant historical event, the rise of Islamists and woke leftists who hate America and the West is a reminder of what’s at stake in the clash of civilizations.
- Ep. 328: Can they talk themselves into being comfortable with JD Vance? · 14 minGOP Jews want to support their party’s possible 2028 candidate, and he wants their backing. But if he won’t disavow Tucker Carlson and his followers, then they can’t trust him.
- Ep. 327: 'Jewish values’ are not a suicide pact that empowers antisemites · 14 minUnder pressure to support El-Sayed, Michigan’s Jewish Attorney General betrayed her people by urging Jews to sacrifice their survival in favor of “the needs of the world.”
- Ep. 326: Qatar’s stooges want to delegitimize pro-Israel voices critical of Vance · 13 min“The Daily Caller,” founded by Doha homeowner Tucker Carlson, is trying to smear JNS for highlighting the troubling connection between his Islamist allies and the veep.
- Ep. 325: El-Sayed’s antisemitism is the issue; not Hasan Piker · 11 minDemocrats want their Michigan Senate candidate to disavow his podcaster pal. The problem is that most on the political left have already embraced his Jew-hatred and lies.
- Ep. 324: The clock is ticking on the chances to stop JD Vance · 15 minThe veep informally began his 2028 campaign with a fundraiser hosted by Tucker Carlson’s financier. It’s not too early to start thinking about how to defeat him.
- Ep. 323: Jewish Democrats must fight the DSA, not tolerate it · 15 minThe hard-left faction is organizing and winning elections, even if many in the party don’t agree with them or share their antisemitism. They will take it over in 2028 if not…
- Ep. 322: Why is Rep. Jamie Raskin enabling campus antisemitism? · 15 minNotable victories have been achieved against campus Jew-hatred. But the Maryland congressman wants to stop the DOJ from turning the tide against woke discrimination.
- Ep. 321: Primary lessons: GOP Groypers flop while Dem extremists flourish · 12 minFar-right followers of Tucker Carlson are failing across the board with Republican voters. In most Democratic contests, antisemitic DSA candidates continue to thrive.
- Ep. 320: A man of courage was needed. Instead, American Jews have Schumer · 13 minThe Democrats’ Senate leader may have had no choice but to endorse El-Sayed following his primary victory. Business as usual has normalized Jew-hatred.
- Ep. 319: El-Sayed, the Democrats, AIPAC and the war on American Jews · 14 minThe Michigan primary was a referendum on the Jewish presence in the public square. The consequences of normalizing his antisemitism will impact much more than the pro-Israel group.
- Ep. 318: To antisemites, Israel and the Jews are the reason for everything · 15 minBlaming the Jews for a crisis in a Spanish enclave in Morocco shows how “genocide” blood libels spread. Meanwhile, Europeans face a real problem: Muslim immigration.
- Ep. 317: After 25 years, the Sbarro bombing and its aftermath still matter · 11 minThe Second Intifada massacre, like the slaughter on Oct. 7, stands as a grim reminder of the folly and hubris of the makers of peace plans and deals with terrorists.
- Ep. 316: Decoding the settler violence narrative for Americans · 16 minWhen Israelis ask Washington to take action against Jews in Judea and Samaria, they are ignoring the context of Arab terrorism and attempting an end run around democracy.
- Ep. 315: Netanyahu didn’t lose the Democrats for Israel · 17 minJewish liberals blame the prime minister for the collapse of support for the Jewish state because it absolves them of not stopping the antisemitic left from hijacking their party.
- Ep. 314: Mamdani bears responsibility for anti-Jewish violence in New York · 16 minOrdinary political speech isn’t incitement to violence. But anti-Zionism—the core purpose of the mayor’s career and that of his followers—delegitimizes Jewish rights and existence.
- Ep. 313: Trump is a puzzle, but he’s standing firm on Iran and the Saudis · 15 minThe president’s refusal to appease Tehran, along with his insistence that Riyadh recognize Israel if it wants a nuclear program, are potential political liabilities. But both…
- Ep. 312: Denial inside the modern siege lines on Tisha B’Av · 13 minThe challenge is not so much mindless hatred of fellow Jews as a willingness to acknowledge the existential threat posed by contemporary Jew-haters.
- Ep. 311: The lies behind Mamdani’s Netanyahu stunt are the real threat · 12 minNew York’s mayor isn’t going to arrest Israel’s prime minister. But the widespread belief in the “genocide” blood libel illustrates how toxic ideologies, AI and social media are…
- Ep. 310: Vance is the variable in the partisan divide on Israel · 12 minIn a week when the majority of House Democrats abandoned the Jewish state, the vice president served as a reminder that the GOP’s lockstep pro-Israel stand is not set in stone.
- Ep. 309: Ro Khanna and the weaponization of anti-Zionism in American politics · 13 minThe California congressman’s Judean misadventure was an attempt to boost his long-shot presidential hopes and move on from his sponsorship of the disastrous Graham Platner.
- Ep. 308: El-Sayed’s anti-AIPAC antisemitic conspiracy mongering is winning votes · 12 minThe Michigan Senate race tells us more about the future of the Democrats and the centrality of antisemitism in our public discourse than the demise of the disgraced Graham…
