EylON the Record

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:00:00 – Intro: Israel, War & Western Naivety02:09 – Meet Sharren Haskel + Life During War05:00 – Weak Western Leadership & Europe’s Internal Pressures09:29 – Israel’s Real Advantage: People & National Identity15:00 – Europe’s Military Decline & Strategic Weakness17:35 – Israel as a Rising World Power19:36 – The New Middle East: Competing Power Blocs24:38 – Gulf States, Iran & Regional Turning Point26:21 – What Happens After the War?27:25 – Could the Iranian Regime Collapse?28:37 – Netanyahu, October 7 & Strategic Shift40:00 – The West’s Broken Approach & Hypocrisy48:35 – Why Peace Efforts Failed & What Comes Next55:58 – Sirens Interrupt + OutroThe 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 policyHow 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 Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:00:00: The Disinformation Apocalypse06:39: How the Netanyahu Conspiracy Started09:16: Bots, Sock Puppets, and Troll Farms11:59: The State Actors Behind Disinformation14:58: The Business of Online Hate and Propaganda17:50: How Coordinated Networks Spread Conspiracies20:32: Why Western Societies Are So Vulnerable23:04: Viral Fakes, AI Hoaxes, and the Tel Aviv Lies25:42: Can Social Media Be Fixed?35:39: How Democracies Should Fight Back41:19: What Individuals Can DoWhen 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 delusionThe role of Iran-linked propaganda, bot networks, troll farms, and useful idiots in amplifying liesWhy fake footage of destroyed Tel Aviv and AI hoaxes are part of a wider asymmetric warWhether democracies can defend themselves when social media rewards manipulation over truthThis 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 Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport 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 guaranteesWhether the Lebanese government truly could not confront Hezbollah — or chose not toWhy Israel sees renewed diplomacy as a way of freezing the threat rather than removing itWhether Hezbollah’s defeat could create a real opening for peace between Israel and LebanonThis 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 Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent.👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:https://patreon.com/eylontherecordIran 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 beforeWhy 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 Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport 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 justifiedWhat 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 TurkeyThis 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 Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent. 👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:A country at war can survive many things. A broken social contract isn’t one of them.In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Yonatan Shalev, a 23-year-old former special forces soldier and reservist activist, about Israel’s exploding draft crisis: an army short tens of thousands, repeated reserve call-ups stretching families to breaking point, and a government trying to legislate what critics call a “draft-dodging law” to formalize mass exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men. What happens to Israel’s security, economy, and liberal democracy when service becomes something only a shrinking segment is expected to carry?In this episode, we discuss:Why the IDF says it’s short tens of thousands of soldiers — and what that means in a prolonged warHow repeated reserve duty is crushing the same people who power Israel’s economy and civil societyThe politics of coalition survival vs. national survival: why the draft issue could trigger electionsThe deeper Haredi reality: fear of leaving a closed world, lack of basic education, and rabbinic controlIsrael’s draft debate isn’t just about fairness. It’s about whether a small country in a hostile region can keep a sustainable army, a functioning economy, and a shared sense of obligation — without sliding into a two-tier citizenship where some serve and others are protected from the cost.mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent.👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/monthTwo ancient civilizations. Two young states. And a partnership that could reshape the balance of power from the Mediterranean to the Indo-Pacific.In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Revital Moses, founder of “Moses in Israel” and a leading voice in India–Israel cultural diplomacy. Born in India to the historic Bene Israel Jewish community and now an Israeli citizen, Revital offers a rare insider perspective on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Israel (February 25)—and what it signals about India’s strategic ambitions, its balancing act in the Middle East, and the future of the IMEC trade corridor.At a time when Western campuses are increasingly hostile to Israel, India’s growing alignment carries profound geopolitical and moral significance.In this episode, we discuss:How Israel’s support during the 1999 Kargil War reshaped India–Israel relationsWhy Modi’s upcoming visit is a statement of strategic independence—not just diplomacyWhether anti-Israel radicalization on Western campuses is beginning to influence young IndiansThe promise—and vulnerability—of IMEC as a counterweight to China’s Belt and Road InitiativeIndia is now the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Israel is one of its most important defense and technology partners. But this alliance is more than transactional. It reflects a civilizational confidence in two democracies surrounded by volatile regions, navigating terrorism, technology, and global power shifts.If IMEC succeeds—linking India to Europe through the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Israel—it could transform global trade routes and reduce the leverage of both Beijing and Tehran. If it fails, the consequences will extend far beyond the region.mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent.👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:https://patreon.com/eylontherecordAntisemitism is back, and this time it's everywhere.The far-left and the far-right are starting to speak the same language—especially about Jews and Israel.In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Karys Rhea, an American political commentator and author of an upcoming book about how identity politics on the right is fracturing Trump’s MAGA movement. They unpack the “woke right” (also called the identitarian right), why it converges with the far-left on anti-Jewish narratives, and how a cultural echo chamber is migrating into real political power at breakneck speed.In this episode, we discuss:• How the “oppressor vs. oppressed” worldview jumped from the far-left to a new faction on the right• Why conspiratorial politics inevitably turns Jews into the “master villain”• What Jewish communities and Christians must do before this virus takes over AmericaThis conversation is about more than internet craziness. When a society loses trust in institutions, conspiracy becomes a substitute for explanation—and antisemitism becomes the fastest, laziest shortcut to a total worldview. If democracies can’t name that pattern clearly, they’ll keep fighting yesterday’s battles while tomorrow’s coalition of extremists grows in plain sight.🎯 Key moment:“The arc of Jew hatred bends into a horseshoe.”mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailSupport the podcast and keep it independent.👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:https://patreon.com/eylontherecordSupport the podcast and keep it independent.👉Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month:https://patreon.com/eylontherecord Two thousand years ago, Josephus was already rebutting the claim that Jews are a fake people with a fake past. Today, the same accusations are back—rebranded as “anti-colonialism.”In this episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Elon Gilad—historian, writer, and a leading voice on Hebrew language and Jewish history (Haaretz columnist and author of The Secret History of Judaism). Together they dissect how modern antizionist narratives recycle old falsehoods: reframing Jewish return as “colonialism,” treating Hebrew revival as proof of invention, and reviving pseudo-history to deny Jewish peoplehood and Jewish indigeneity.In this episode, we discuss:⬛ The core difference between colonialism and Jewish national return⬛ How Hebrew was revived from a centuries-old living written language⬛The disturbing return to racial politics among "progressives" The stakes aren’t academic. These myths don’t just distort history—they’re used as weapons to declare Israel uniquely illegitimate, to turn Jewish self-determination into a crime, and to push Jews back into a world where they are tolerated at best and disposable at worst. If you care about truth, liberal democracy, and the fight against modernized antisemitism, you need to understand how these narratives are built—and how to dismantle them.ABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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 ➡️ https://m10.co.il/Follow on social media:Twitter: x.com/eylontherecord Instagram: instagram.com/eylontherecordPatreon: patreon.com/eylontherecordmosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month

Send us Fan MailThe Holocaust is slipping from living memory—and that vacuum is being filled with distortion, denial, and inversion.In this special episode of EylON the Record, Eylon Levy speaks with Dan Auerbach, a ninety-five-year-old Holocaust survivor, who recounts his childhood journey through the machinery of genocide—from deportation trains and separation from loved ones to survival in Theresienstadt and liberation at the end of the war. Recorded ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at a Zikaron Basalon gathering in Eylon's home in Tel Aviv, this conversation confronts what happens when history is forgotten—and why testimony still matters now.In this episode, we discuss:• What the Holocaust looked like through the eyes of a child who lived it• The moment friends turned into persecutors—and what that revealed• Survival, memory, and the burden carried by those who lived• Why Holocaust remembrance is collapsing just as antisemitism resurgesUnderstanding the Holocaust is not only about honoring the past. It is about recognizing how easily moral clarity erodes when lies replace facts—and how quickly violence follows when Jews are recast from victims into villains. This testimony insists on accuracy, memory, and responsibility at a moment when all three are under attack.⸻ABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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 in collaboration with Zikaron Basalon mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showABOUT THE SHOWEylON 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/eylontherecordInstagram: https://instagram.com/eylontherecordSupport on Patreon for only $10 a month