Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes

Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes

Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes is a concise podcast on Jewish history, Israel’s statehood, antisemitism, Jewish-Palestinian relations, and media bias. Hosted by Igal, episodes are under 5 minutes, giving you fast, researched insights on controversial global narratives. Ideal for listeners seeking truth beyond headlines. #JewishHistory #Israel #Antisemitism #MiddleEast #MediaBias

Episodes

August 29, 2025 5 mins

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.


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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 insid...

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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?

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Palestine #MiddleEast #JewishHistory

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is sending a message that one type of voters is preferable over the other.

By calling out islamophobia but refusing to name antisemitism, Mark Carney is sending a strong message to the country.


#Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Palestine #MiddleEast #JewishHistory

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Today we’re talking about something no one in polite society wants to say out loud — the link between the West’s “victim card” obsession and why radical Islam gets away with things that Christians, Jews, or Western governments would be crucified for.

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Today, we’re talking about a woman so committed to “truth,” she’s managed to reinvent herself more times than a TikTok influencer — Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories. Or, as she’d like you to call her: a “human rights lawyer.” A “mother.” A “truth-teller.” A “martyr.” A “friend.” A “lawyer.”

Oh wait… not a lawyer?

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If you thought France’s blanket asylum ruling for Gazans was reckless — buckle up.

Because President Emmanuel Macron just went a step further.

France has announced it will officially recognize the so-called State of Palestine, claiming it’s part of its “historic commitment to a just and lasting peace.”

But, this isn’t peace.

This is payoff.

And we now know the price tag — €10 billion, courtesy of Qatar.

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This is a first of two-part episodes about France, Gaza, and Israel.


About two weeks ago France has made a decision that doesn’t just raise eyebrows — it raises alarm bells. In a move with massive geopolitical consequences, France’s highest asylum court has declared that every resident of Gaza is now eligible for full refugee status in France. No need for UNRWA papers. No need to prove personal targeting. Just… say you’re from ...

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Real question: Why does the world scream for Islamophobia… but whisper when Jews are attacked?

• Mosques get guarded. Synagogues get bombed.

• Muslim students are comforted. Jewish students hide.

• Criticize Islam? Global outrage.

• Burn an Israeli flag? “It’s political.”

The double standard is lethal.

It’s time to stop pretending it isn’t real.

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In recent weeks, we’ve seen a disturbing pattern emerge.

In Montreal, Helsinki, and Melbourne, Islamist crowds surrounded Christian cathedrals waving Palestinian flags, chanting “Allahu Akbar,” and flooding the public squares.


It wasn’t a protest — it was a show of force. A message.


In each case, the target wasn’t Israel.

It was the West itself.

Its symbols.

Its sacred spaces.

Its right to exist without bending to intimidation

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July 8, 2025 4 mins

Today’s episode is touching on the Middle East indirectly. It is about the suicidal blindness of Western progressives who wish to tolerate jihadi Islamist ideas in the name of tolerance.

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July 5, 2025 3 mins

The Big Lie — How the Muslim Brotherhood Convinced the World Israel Is Committing Genocide

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Israel didn’t exist before 1948…

That’s one of the headlines of the social media when it comes to the Hamas-Israel war and the claims that Israel is made up country, that Jews are white colonizers, and so on.

But is it so?

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Today, we’re unpacking the hidden alliances shaping the narrative in mainstream media — and why you need to question everything you see when it comes to coverage of Hamas and Israel.

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June 13, 2025 3 mins

In this episode, I’m contradicting the myth of welcoming Jewish refugees in the Mandatory Palestine.

In today’s narrative, the Palestinian Arabs are portrayed as welcoming community that helped the Jews and welcomed them.

Listen to this episode to find out that this wasn’t the case, and the actual opposite is true

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In this powerful episode, Igal breaks down what the mainstream won’t:

• Hamas is still firing rockets.

• Greta’s Gaza “aid flotilla” was a PR stunt—not a humanitarian mission.

• Over 1,200 trucks of Israeli aid entered Gaza this week.

• Meanwhile, Jewish communities around the world are under attack—from Boulder to Ottawa to New York.


This isn’t about “Zionism.” It’s Jew-hatred. And it’s spreading.

Get the facts—fast.


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“The Palestinian national movement has remained unchanged, throughout the different periods of the struggle, whether under the leadership of Hajj Amin al-Husayni or his successor, Yasser Arafat,” says Benny Morris with near-palpable disgust.

“It did not even change during the years of the Oslo process.

In the end, both sides of the Palestinian movement—the fundamentalists led by Hamas and the secular bloc led by Fatah—are interested ...

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In this episode, I will talk briefly about the history of the rulers of the land of Israel since the establishment of the kingdom of Israel. I will touch on the regional conflicts and how they affectedthe land population?

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A common claim made by critics of Israel and Judaism is that Jews engage in “forced conversions”. In this episode, I’ll break down the truth about Jewish conversion, why Judaism does not seek converts, and how history actually shows that Jews were the victims of forced conversion, not the perpetrators.

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A common claim circulated online is that Israel bans DNA testing to prove Jewish ancestry, implying that the Israeli government is hiding something about Jewish genetic ties to Israel. Let’s dive into this issue to figure out what is this about.

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