Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reign has become a tragedy of moral collapse and national ruin. He thrives on perpetual war—whether in Gaza, Lebanon, or Iran—sacrificing Israel’s security and moral standing for his own survival without showing any tangible gain.
Today’s podcast guest is Asaf Romirowsky, a Middle East historian and Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. In this episode, we discuss Israeli and American interests behind the war in Iran and Iran’s role in regional instability, the war in Gaza, and how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while addressing Israel’s security concerns.
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Asaf Romirowsky PhD is the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). Trained as a Middle East historian, he holds a PhD in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London, UK and has published widely on various aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict and American foreign policy in the Middle East, as well as on Israeli and Zionist history. Romirowsky is co-author of October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds.
Trump’s grotesque portrayal of himself as a Jesus-like savior—healing the sick, radiating divine light, draped in the flag—is a desecration of faith itself. It is a malignant distortion of the sacred, a blasphemous spectacle that defiles every moral principle Jesus embodied. His legacy will not be salvation, but infamy and the spiritual decay he has unleashed upon the nation.
In my latest podcast episode, Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi discusses the direction he believes the Palestinians need to move in at this juncture, and how to best communicate with Israelis in order to secure progress for Palestinians.
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Online hate is becoming a weapon used to intimidate, silence, and dehumanize racialized women, migrants, journalists, and LGBTQI+ communities. Amnesty International’s new findings expose how xenophobia, racism, misogyny, and anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric are spreading across digital platforms and fueling real-world fear, harassment, and violence in Canada. The normalization of conspiracy theories, racist narratives, and calls for exclusion or deportation is deeply dangerous. When people are targeted simply for their identity, background, religion, or for using their voice publicly, democracy itself is weakened. Social media platforms, political leaders, and institutions cannot remain silent while hate becomes mainstream. Human dignity, diversity, and freedom of expression must be defended, online and offline.
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Across the world, authoritarian leaders and their allies are attacking climate science, spreading
disinformation, silencing journalists and activists, and deepening global dependence on fossil fuels instead of investing in sustainable futures. When governments criminalize protest, undermine expertise, and weaken democratic institutions, climate action becomes harder and climate disasters become deadlier. Those paying the highest price are often the most vulnerable communities already facing war, poverty, displacement, and environmental collapse. The climate crisis cannot be separated from human rights. Protecting freedom of expression, civic space, independent journalism, and democratic accountability is essential to safeguarding humanity's future.
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reign has become a tragedy of moral collapse and national ruin. He thrives on perpetual war—whether in Gaza, Lebanon, or Iran—sacrificing Israel’s security and moral standing for his own survival without showing any tangible gain.
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Israel is the ONLY country in the world that has been under attack for 80 uninterrupted years for no other reason than simply existing.
If you’re curious about why there is a rise in “anti-Semitism,” you’re looking at a major part of the reason. People seem to automatically equate “The State of Israel” with “Jewish” and they take their anger with the former out on the latter. Bibi is a singularly corrosive factor, desperately trying to avoid the consequences of his own behavior by causing life threatening distractions. Unfortunately, the American “president,” acting out of similar circumstances, has fallen in behind him and is carrying out his fantasies.
