"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 presence in Judea and Samaria.

Location: Settlers Winery in Esh Kodesh, Binyamin region, Israel (which you may erroneously call 'The West Bank')

As the UK and other European governments threaten sanctions on Israeli 'settlements,' Katsof argues boycotts hurt the people they claim to help first: he says 'Palestinian' workers in Israeli-owned businesses across the region earn three to four times what they'd make under the PA, with benefits — sick days, pensions — the PA doesn't offer.

Before October 7, he estimates roughly 80,000 'Palestinians' worked this way, each supporting several extended families.On the "settler" label, Katsof rejects the negative framing outright, pointing to American towns and businesses that use the word proudly — it means pioneer, not occupier.

He answers critics with an old Hebrew proverb: "when the convoy drives by, the dogs bark" — if you're moving forward, you'll draw noise, and the mistake is stopping to argue with the dogs instead of driving on. He's got a sharper line for activism from abroad, too: "boots on the ground" versus "keyboard warriors."

The conversation covers the Green Line as Katsof sees it — a 1949 armistice line, not a border, one he says most Israelis crossing it can't even locate — and the property law underneath it all: land photographed as cultivated in 1948 belongs to whoever farmed it, automatically, no deed required; everything else is state land, which is also why most 'settlements' sit on hilltops rather than valleys - there was nothing on the hilltops when they got there. He also revisits Jordan's 1970 Black September massacre, roughly 3,000 'Palestinians' killed by Jordanian forces, which he argues has been erased from 'Palestinian' memory of that era.

In 1967, Israel achieved a decisive military victory over British-backed Jordanian occupiers that had held the land since 1948. Today, Israel's heartland — 20% of the country — is home to nearly 1,000,000 Jews cultivating the land and building vineyards, agriculture, and community from it.

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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 UK moves to sanction Israel.

Hirsch, former Director of the Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria and architect of the Israeli law that strips citizenship from terrorists paid by the PA, lays out how foreign funding, unenforced Oslo provisions, and what he calls Israel's own incoherent policy have let this force grow unchecked.

The show covers the PA's freedom of movement inside Jewish-controlled Area C, the success of the economic pressure campaign led by Minister Smotrich, the case for how and why to cut off European funding, and why Hirsch argues the Palestinian Authority should be designated a terrorist organization outright.

Guest: Lt. Col. Maurice Hirsch, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)

Host: Sophia Tupolev, with Asaf Nissan, C14 English

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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 impact once the sanctions take effect.Fine breaks down:How Florida's anti-BDS law works, and how it forced Airbnb to reverse a 2019 boycott decisionWhy the UK's sanctions carry a six-to-nine month delay before taking forceHow 38 US states with similar laws could compound the economic pressureWhy he expects any federal response to come from the White House rather than CongressHis work with the Sharia Free America Caucus#Israel #Florida #RandyFine #AntiBDS #C14

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. With  ⁨@sophiatupolev⁩  #Israel #MosheFeiglin #IsraeliPolitics #C14News #IsraelDebrief

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 chapter yet.

Heritage's role in American politics - Iran, antisemitism, national conservatism and the future of US-Israel relations, in conversation with Libby Alon on C14 Israel Debrief.

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 Sophia Tupolev on the Israel Debrief to make her case for why nearly 60 years of military rule in Judea and Samaria should end, why she sees the Oslo Accords as a foundational mistake, and why she believes full Israeli sovereignty, not just settlement growth, is the only path to lasting security.

Watch the full conversation for her take on the 'Palestinian' Authority's military buildup, the recent shift of civilian law enforcement from the IDF to Israeli police, and what she calls the true scale of the war Israel is fighting.

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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 Abbas, one flagged for praising Hamas and Hezbollah, helped shape four Senate letters and a bill with 100+ co-sponsors.The timing matters. In June the Supreme Court struck down Trump's first executive order limiting birthright citizenship. This month he signed a narrower one targeting the loopholes that ruling left open. The fight over who counts as American, and how far that status stretches, is happening right now, and this report lands right in the middle of it.It also comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio cracks down on Islamist infiltration in the US, and days after Sen. Ted Cruz's Senate hearing, "Hidden in Plain Sight," spotlighted Muslim Brotherhood-linked networks on American soil.Regavim is calling for an immigration investigation, entry denial of the individuals named into Israel, and a FARA review in the U.S.

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 boss" of the former Bennett-Lapid government, knew a 30 billion shekel plan he controlled was funding the crime organizations behind a wave of murders in the Arab sector.

She lays out why she sees a direct line between Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria and preventing "the next October 7th," why she believes the Gaza disengagement was a mistake, and why she thinks Oslo should be canceled.

On "apartheid" claims and democratic legitimacy, Golan turns the accusation back on critics, and argues the real threat to Israeli security isn't on the ground, it's in the courthouse.

Inside:

• Report from Havat Gilad after the arson attack
• The 500 million shekel program and the Mansour Abbas accusation
• How organized crime bleeds into terrorJudea and Samaria and the "next October 7th"
• Jewish presence as a security shield - and do Israeli police and IDF protect 'settlers' enough?
• "We are alone": antisemitism and the UN
• Answering the "apartheid" claim
• The Gaza march and resettlement question
• Oslo, land, and "everything on the table"
• The security fix that starts in the courthouse - and the one thing she thinks the next Israeli government will have to do
  

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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 reforms in Argentina, and argues that Latin America's rightward shift is just getting started. He accuses President Lula of siding with terrorists over allies, pointing to Brazil's objection to the US terrorist designation of the PCC and Comando Vermelho, criminal groups he says have documented ties to Hezbollah and Hamas, and to Vice President Geraldo Alckmin's attendance at the inauguration of Iran's president.He commits to moving Brazil's embassy to Jerusalem, expanding Brazil's participation in the Isaac Accords, and rebuilding military and diplomatic ties with Israel that he says have collapsed under Lula. Bolsonaro also speaks candidly about his father's house arrest, the toll of "lawfare" on Brazilian democracy, and what he sees as his path to the presidency in 2027.Watch the full interview with Libby Alon.

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's political arm hasn't been banned in Israel, his answer raises a question about the country's own institutions.

Inside:

• Jewish communities behind enemy lines
• Assimilation and 200 million shekels for Jewish day school education
• Economic Zionism and aliyah
• Diaspora connections to new communities in Judea and Samaria and Gaza
• Chikli's visa blacklist: who gets in, who doesn't
• Faith, truth, and alliances with Europe's right
• Sharia law, sovereignty, and why the Muslim Brotherhood is not banned in Israel

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