I apologize for the delay in posting this episode of the podcast with Maccabi Lev-Ari. There have been technical issues to be fixed.

The guest on this episode is Maccabi Lev-Ari, an experienced sports therapist. He was a sports therapist for the New York Yankees, the Israeli Olympic Judo team, and the Paralympic team, and he visited Japan during the Olympics as an official sports therapist.

I feel grateful to have him on my podcast. He’s advocating for the victims and the last hostage, Rani Gvili, an Israeli police officer and a soldier. He’s not only advocating for the victims. He’s been volunteering to provide therapy to IDF soldiers who need it after October 7th.

It’s not very difficult to imagine, especially in therapy. In any therapy, personality matters. Maccabi is a very kind and generous person. I’ve asked him to come on my podcast, as he writes regularly on the Times of Israel blog. There are many prominent political figures who write on the Times of Israel blog. It’s a space to engage in voicing various opinions.

You could Maccabi’s blog:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/maccabi-lev-ari/

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He told me various opinions on various topics. We talked about the issues of settlers, which is reported as if Israelis were some kind of “aliens.” Actually, Zionism is biased for many reasons, and it has a lot to do with Israel, which is called a “colony.” If these people who claim Israelis are colonialists are no different from the accomplices of the cold-blooded Khamenei regime.

Khamenei has murdered over 20,000 in just a week. How come this brutality is possible? Also, he pointed out an important fact about the 12-Day War. If you listen to our dialogue, you’ll have an opportunity to think about various topics related to Israel, such as “what Israel means to Israelis,” “There was no Palestine in history and why,” and more.

Ayatollah Khamenei has been pointing to Israel, calling the Zionist regime or the illegitimate colonialists, and more. In between, he also name-calls Prime Minister Netanyahu. If you listen to his speech about 1982, though, you’ll understand why he calls Israel the Zionist Regime, together with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who had the realistic idea of collapsing the cruel and brutal Khamenei regime. However, to be clear, when Khamenei calls out Zionists, it means “all Israelis.”

I’ve hated the Islamic Republic of Iran for a long time. For decades. And, so do many Iranians who’re currently oppressed by Khamenei. There is no freedom of speech, and not only that… There is no freedom of action, phone calls, texts, or anything. Anything will be watched and monitored, and you could face public hanging.

It doesn’t mean that you’re able to get away with the wars in the Middle East if you live far away. Many Japanese intellectuals believe that Al Jazeera is a media of justice, which is, in fact, appalling.

You need to know and learn about Israel, which is a part of Christian culture. The real history of Israel and its people, even though you prefer not to talk about the religion. The victims in Israel on October 7th were young Israelis.

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