C14 Israel Debrief

American Zionist activist Lizzy Savetsky spends a day with us in Samaria during Sukkot, from the lookout at Peduel to the cattle grazing among the olive trees at Avichai Ranch. Raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Savetsky did not expect to find cows in the hills of Judea and Samaria. Standing where Avraham Avinu once stood, she describes the pride of looking out over the Jewish homeland and explains why...

"When people come out here, they think it's Yellowstone." Aaron "AY" Katsof, founder and winemaker behind Settlers Winery, speaks to Sophia Tupolev about planting his vineyard in 2011 overlooking the Jordan Valley in Israel's heartland — and how he sees the business as inseparable from a larger mission: land, community, agriculture, and an unapologetic case for Jewish p...

Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Hirsch of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs joins Sophia Tupolev and Asaf Nissan on the C14 Israel Debrief to break down what he calls the Palestinian Authority's transformation from a 12,000-member civilian police force under the Oslo Accords into a 70,000-strong armed body, trained in part by British, European, and American officers, even as the...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) joins C14's Sophia Tupolev a day after the UK announced sanctions on Israel, said to be joined by eleven other countries. Fine explains how Florida's 2018 anti-BDS law, which he authored as a state legislator, will automatically bar any company tied to a boycott of Israel from doing business in the state, and why he expects British firms to feel the pain of the...

Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin joins the C14 Israel Debrief for a wide-ranging discussion on Israel’s October elections, the future of the right-wing camp, constitutional reform, individual liberty, security policy, and the Oslo Accords. Joined by C14 editor Golan Israel, Feiglin outlines his vision for Israel’s future and explains why he believes the country needs bold change after October 7....

Heritage Foundation president Dr. Kevin Roberts sits down with C14's Libby Alon ahead of his first trip to Israel, where he will address the National Conservatism Conference in October. Roberts discusses the war with Iran, the rise of antisemitism on both the American left and right, Heritage's Project Esther initiative, and why he believes the US-Israel alliance is entering its strongest...

Across the Middle East, sovereignty has become the defining word of the year. Lebanon wants control of its land and its guns. Syria wants control of its territory and its minorities. And in Israel, one of the country's most prominent sovereignty influencers says the same three pillars apply at home: land, guns, and law enforcement. Nadia Matar, co-founder of the Sovereignty Movement, joins Sop...

Israel: A Muslim town of 1,500 in 1967 should have 1,800 residents today. Instead it has 8,000, and up to 90% hold American citizenship. A new Regavim investigation traces how Turmus Ayya became a hub for naturalization, birthright citizenship, and chain migration on a scale nobody in Washington has scrutinized. Two US-based 'activists' tied to the village, one photographed with Mahmoud Ab...

Hours after visiting Gilad Farm, the Jewish community torched in a suspected arson attack this weekend, Sophia Tupolev sits down to talk national security with Israel's Minister of Social Equality and Advancement of the Status of Women, May Golan (Likud). Golan defends her 500 million shekel program to fight Arab organized crime, and levels an explosive accusation: that Mansour Abbas, the "real bo...

Portuguese/English with official English subtitles Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazilian congressman and leading presidential candidate, sits down with Libby Alon for a wide ranging interview on Israel, the war on terror, and the "lawfare" campaign against his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro speaks of his plan for Brazil, the "Tesouraço," modeled on Javier Milei's...

Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli sits down with C14's Sophia Tupolev at the Knesset to talk about the top threats to Jews, his newly announced 200 million shekel national investment in Jewish education, and the blacklist - how he decides who gets banned from entering Israel. Minister Chikli explains why he calls himself a "proud settler." And when asked why the Muslim Brotherhood'...

Eugene Kontorovich , law professor at George Mason University and senior scholar at the Kohelet Policy Forum , and Naomi Kahn , Director of Regavim 's International Division, sit down with C14's Sophia Tupolev to dig into the data behind 'settler violence,' the sanctions built on top of it, and what's actually stopping Israel from applying sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. In t...

Norman Roule , former US senior intelligence officer who spent over 30 years on Iran at the CIA and now Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), sits down with C14's Libby Alon to break down the new US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the depth of US-Israel intelligence cooperation, and why he believes Tehran can claim victory by moving an ice cube while Wa...

Behnam Ben Taleblu , Senior Director of the Iran Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), sits down with C14's Libby Alon to break down the new US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the 60-day negotiation window, and why he believes the deal emerges from a strategic vacuum that omits both Israel and Iran's ballistic missiles. In this episode: Why the logical endgame is more risk-...

John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., sits down with Ben Yaniv to discuss the US-Iran negotiations, the ceasefire, the future of the Strait of Hormuz, and the limits of Trump's second-term Middle East strategy. Bolton argues that the Iranian regime is not negotiating in good faith and never has, that every day of the ceasefire is a gift to Tehran, and that the only durable path to p...

Len Khodorkovsky , former senior advisor to the US Envoy for Iran, breaks down why the Islamic Republic cannot be reformed after 47 years of war with the US and Israel, why Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi commands genuine support inside Iran and out, and what Trump's denuclearization redline means for the path forward after January's protests and the strikes on Tehran's nuclear facilities. C...

Mark Levin sits down with Channel 14's Lital Shemesh for a wide-ranging interview on the war with Iran, the future of the Netanyahu government, the Israeli judiciary, and the rise of antisemitism on parts of the American right. Levin argues the Iranian regime must be destroyed, not contained, and lays out a three-part strategy: finish the military job, choke the Strait of Hormuz, and arm the Irani...

Libby Alon sits down with Congressman Randy Fine of Florida's 6th District for a wide-ranging conversation on antisemitism, the conflict with Iran, and the future of the US-Israel relationship. Fine doesn't hold back. He dismisses primary challenger Dan Bilzerian as "a pathetic loser" and "a foreigner from Armenia," explains why he believes Iran's regime is teetering on collapse, and calls out Jew...

Jason Greenblatt , former special envoy to the Middle East, discusses the current geopolitical landscape, including US-China relations, the Arab-Israeli military alliances, Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the evolving US-Israel partnership.

Olli Heinonen, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center and former senior IAEA official, breaks down what really happened to Iran's 60% enriched uranium, why he believes Tehran moved the material under cover of darkness to evade satellite tracking, and what the IAEA must verify across every undisclosed site before any new deal can be credibly negotiated. A C14 English Original with Libby Alon ,...

Khalid Al Hail, leader of the Qatari opposition, exposes what he calls Qatar's secret alliance with the Iranian regime, its ownership of Hamas, and why he believes the fall of the mullahs in Tehran will trigger the collapse of the ruling family in Doha. (00:00) Who is Khalid Al Hail (01:05) Qatar's media cover for Iran (02:35) The $6 billion deal (05:40) Why Qatar is not a US ally (07:54)...

Jasem Aljuraid is a Kuwaiti political refugee now living in Canada. A former senior columnist at Al-Qabas, Aljuraid was forced to flee after advocating for peace with Israel and running for parliament on an anti-radical Islam platform. His enemies accused him of being a Mossad agent. In this conversation with Libby Alon , Jasem dismantles the conventional narrative: Kuwait doesn't see Israel a...

As the AI revolution accelerates, Israel is at the forefront of innovation and on the frontlines of a new kind of war. AI expert Dr. Eli David and VC investor Judah Taub break down how artificial intelligence is reshaping security, warfare, and the global balance of power. IN THIS EPISODE: 🤖 THE AI REVOLUTION IS HERE From generative AI to cybersecurity, Israel is becoming a global powerhouse and...

On this episode of Lital Shemesh Israel Debrief: His child was born while he was fighting in Gaza. After 400 days across four fronts, Ran Bar-Yoshafat returns with a message: Israel isn't just winning on the battlefield - it can win the information war too. But only if it finally decides to fight it. Ran Bar Yoshafat was the Deputy Director of the Kohelet Policy Forum. IN THIS EPISODE: 🪖 400...

Living under threat in exile for over a decade, Qatari opposition leader Khalid Al-Hail reveals how Qatar buys and blackmails journalists and deceives allies, and why regime change is now the demand of Qatar's own founding families. Al-Hail doesn't mince words - the same regime buying influence in Washington is the backbone of Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Jazeera's global prop...