New York might elect a mayor who says the NYPD’s “laces are tied by the IDF.”
But this story didn’t start on a campaign stage — it started in a Columbia University lecture hall. Zohran Mamdani’s father once defended suicide bombers as “soldiers in a struggle.”
Now his son calls Israel genocidal — and Barack Obama just offered to advise him.
From academia to activism to City Hall, the same anti-Israel obsession is going mainstream.
Let’s cut through the noise. In five minutes — the truth behind the Mamdani legacy.
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One sentence. One campus mic. One MAGA earthquake.
Shalom, and welcome back to Middle East in Less Than Five Minutes.
I’m Igal, your host.
On Wednesday, October 29, JD Vance stared down a red-hatted conspiracy, dropped a line that lit X on fire, and accidentally proved Israel’s worst critics can’t even get their own myths straight.
Let’s unpack it — in under five.
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I’ll be honest with you.
There are days I wake up, check the headlines, and wonder if I’m living in a parallel universe.
Because somehow, no matter what happens — Hamas fires rockets, kidnaps soldiers, stages propaganda — the media still finds a way to blame Israel.
Shalom and welcome back to Middle East in Less Than Five Minutes.
I’m Igal, your host — and today, we’re cutting through the noise and exposing how the so-called “ceasefire” narrative collapsed in real time.
Yesterday I witnessed something that left me thinking long after it ended.
A “pro-Palestinian” demonstration — right here in downtown Toronto.
Shalom, I’m Igal, your host— and this is Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes.
Today, I’m not talking about the Middle East.
I’m talking about something much closer — the moral confusion happening right here, in our own cities.
You know what’s wild?
How even some of the smartest Western historians — people who can recite the rise and fall of every empire — still don’t understand the Middle East.
Shalom, I’m Igal, your host — and welcome back to Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes.
Today, I want to talk about something that’s been bothering me ever since I listened to historian Thomas Small on the Triggernometry podcast.
The man knows history — but he doesn’t understand the region.
If you haven’t heard the first part of this story, check out the previous episode.
Now let’s pick up where we left off.
In this Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes episode, host Igal critiques historian Thomas Small’s take on Israel’s Doha strike on Hamas leaders, exposing cultural blind spots.
Learn how Hamas’s hudna and anti-peace charter defy Western views, with Gaza billions funding terror.
In this Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes episode, host Igal reveals Hamas’s ceasefire breach—attacking IDF troops and attempting hostage grabs in Gaza. Learn why Zohran Mamdani dodges calls for disarmament, echoing his father’s praise for suicide bombers.
In this Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes episode, host Igal exposes the fragile Trump peace deal as Hamas violates it, returning only 7 of 28 hostage bodies—one a Palestinian decoy.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour’s deranged claim of hostages “treated better than Gazans” sparks outrage.
Learn of Hamas’s Gaza killing spree of “collaborators” and the West’s silence.
In this Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes episode, host Igal covers the Oct 13, 2025 breakthrough as 48 hostages land in Israel, with Trump’s peace plan in action.
Hear Netanyahu call Trump “Israel’s best friend” and Lapid push for a Nobel after his Knesset speech.
Explore Gaza celebrations, Western silence, and flaws like Hamas dodging disarmament.
Learn why 250 life-sentence releases (e.g., Hassan Salama, 48 terms) spark debate.
Dive into this hard-hitting episode where we unravel the tangled web of media bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. From the deliberate rebranding of “Palestine” in the 1960s to today’s viral TikTok clips and AI-generated propaganda, we expose how language, images, and geopolitics shape public perception. Why do terms like “Israeli-Palestinian” dominate headlines? How do bad actors like Russia, China, and Qatar’s Al Jazeera manipulate emotions to fuel division? And could honest, fact-driven journalism turn the tide against rising antisemitism? Buckle up for a raw, no-holds-barred look at how media twists narratives—and what it means for truth in a social media age. Listen now to get the full story.
On this October 8, 2025 episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, host Igal tackles the “genocide” narrative dominating pro-Palestinian protests from the October 7 anniversary.
With Joseph Goebbels’ quote, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will believe it,” Igal exposes how media, influencers, and yesterday’s global demos push this claim—yet no major body like the ICJ or UN Security Council confirms it.
Learn why the IAGS genocide vote is a sham with fake members like Elmo and Iran-linked sign-ups. Unpack Gaza death toll facts: Hamas’s 64,000 figure includes natural deaths and 24,000 militants, per IDF.
See how Israel’s humanitarian corridors, warnings, and aid defy genocide history. Search “Middle East podcast” or “Israel news” for more Gaza updates and Palestine truth.
The West loves to frame the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through its favorite theories: Marxism, Critical Race Theory, oppressor vs. oppressed. But that lens completely misses the reality of the Middle East.
In this episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, Igal breaks down why Western frameworks don’t fit the Arab-Israeli conflict — and why peace efforts keep failing.
Key insights you’ll learn:
• Why Arab culture is shaped by honor and shame, not Western ideas of compromise
• How classical Islam divides the world into Dar al-Islam (House of Islam) and Dar al-Harb (House of War)
• Why Jews ruling their own land shocks the Islamist worldview
• The deep roots of antisemitism in Islamic history, stretching back to Muhammad’s rejection by Jewish tribes
• Why the conflict isn’t just about 1967, 1948, or settlements — but about Jews refusing to bow
If you want to understand why the West keeps chasing peace illusions while Israel faces harsh realities, this episode is for you.
Listen now, rate the podcast, and share your thoughts.
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You ever notice how the people who scream the loudest about “justice” always seem to land on the wrong side of it?
Every. Single. Time.
Every time there’s a conflict in the Middle East, it’s the same ritual.
Western activists pick a side they barely understand, slap a slogan on it, and suddenly they’re freedom fighters.
They turn ancient hatreds, religion, and terrorism into weekend activism.
And this time? It’s not marches or sit-ins.
It’s boats.
Greta Thunberg. Rainbow flags. The “Gaza Flotilla for Peace.”
And you know what?
It’s not brave. It’s not humanitarian.
It’s just the same Western moral theater we’ve seen a thousand times — this time, it’s floating.
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On September 21, the UK, Canada, and Australia coordinated a bombshell move: formal recognition of a Palestinian state.
But here’s the problem — no conditions. No demand to dismantle Hamas. No call to release hostages. No push for Palestinian elections.
In this episode, Igal exposes why this isn’t a step toward peace — it’s a reward for terror.
In under 5 minutes:
• Why Hamas sees this as a victory lap
• How history — from Oslo to the Second Intifada — proves this strategy fails
• The ghost of Chamberlain, the shadow of Qatar, and the silence of Western leaders
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s appeasement.
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From Marx to Hamas — the alliance is no longer theoretical.
It’s in the streets, on campus, and in the global narrative war against Israel… and the free world.
In this final episode of the From Marx to Hamas series, Igal unpacks how Marxist guilt, Islamist hatred, and Soviet propaganda merged into a powerful ideological weapon — one that turns terror into “resistance” and pogroms into “liberation.”
In under 5 minutes:
• Why Western guilt is being weaponized against Jews
• How Soviet lies like “Zionism is racism” still drive UN policy
• Why October 7 wasn’t the end — but a warning
This isn’t just about Israel. It’s about the West losing the ability to tell good from evil.
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Series: From Marx to Hamas — How Ideas Became Weapons
Episode 2: When Marxism Met Islamism
What happens when godless Marxism merges with jihadist Islamism?
You get a global movement that justifies terror in the name of “liberation.”
In this episode, Igal unpacks how far-left theory and radical religion found common ground — not in values, but in shared hatred of the West, America, and Israel.
In under five minutes:
• How Marxist “oppressor vs. oppressed” ideology gave Islamists a PR makeover
• How the Soviet Union weaponized the Palestinian cause
• Why Western universities now echo Hamas talking points
This is the story of how ideas became weapons — and how theory became cover for barbarism.
From Marx to Hamas — How Ideas Became Weapons
Episode 1: Marxism, Relativism, and Critical Race Theory
How did the West go from debating truth… to chanting for terror?
In this first episode of our new series From Marx to Hamas, we trace how dangerous ideas—Marxism, cultural relativism, and Critical Race Theory—reshaped the moral compass of the modern Left.
In less than five minutes, Igal breaks down:
• How Marx’s class war became a cultural war
• How relativism replaced truth with narrative
• How CRT exported America’s race lens to the Israel-Palestine conflict
These ideologies merged into a worldview where facts don’t matter, Jewish history is erased, and terrorism is framed as resistance.
This is the intellectual foundation behind the chants, protests, and propaganda we see today.
Listen now to understand how we got here.
Did the KGB invent the Palestinian identity?
Was Soviet intelligence behind the global rise in antisemitism?
In this explosive episode, Igal exposes how the USSR used disinformation to wage ideological warfare against Israel and the Jewish people. From funding Yasser Arafat and branding Zionism as racism, to planting antisemitic lies in the Arab world, the Soviets didn’t just support Jew hatred—they engineered it.
Based on real intelligence reports and testimony from top-level defectors, this episode pulls no punches.
Listen now to uncover the Soviet fingerprints on modern antisemitism and the propaganda war that still rages today.
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“It wasn’t the people of Gaza… it was just Hamas.”
You’ve heard that line since October 7th. But what if it’s not true?
In this episode, we expose how some so-called “regular civilians” — Gazans who worked in Israeli communities — helped Hamas plan the massacre.
They mapped homes. Flagged security weaknesses. Passed intel over months.
This wasn’t just terrorism. It was betrayal from inside.
In less than 5 minutes:
• The inside help behind October 7th
• Why the “innocent civilian” narrative doesn’t hold
• The uncomfortable truth Israel must face
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October 8 – The Day Anti-Israel Protests Preceded Israeli Response.
Today, let’s unpack what happened on October 8, 2023 — a day when the world lit up with anti-Israel protests, before Israel could even respond to Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
But who organized these protests—and who was pulling the strings behind the scenes?
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