The Eagle's Eye Podcast

Episode 61 of the Eagle’s Eye podcast – The Sabra

The name "Sabra" has its origins in Hebrew, deriving from the word "sabra," which refers to the prickly pear cactus, a plant that thrives in arid environments. In a broader cultural context, the term embodies resilience and strength, as the prickly pear is known for its ability to survive in harsh conditions. The concept of a "sabra" has evolved to symbolise a native-born Israeli, particularly among Jewish people, signifying a person who has roots in the land and embodies the characteristics of toughness and warmth associated with the cactus.

As mentioned, in terms of meaning, the name Sabra can be interpreted as embodying qualities of endurance and authenticity. It is often used in a metaphorical sense to describe someone who is in many ways like the sabra fruit. And in this podcast, that’s what I’d like to look at… especially in how it relates to me… find out more in this podcast.

“No day shall erase you from the memory of time” is a famous line inscribed on a monumental wall inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. It is also the title of a book our son Matthew brought home from Ground Zero, New York in July 2026. These words are also part of a larger art installation in the 9/11 Memorial Museum created in 2014 by artist Spencer Finch, titled “Trying to Remember the Colour of the Sky on That September Morning.” The installation is the focal point for the 9/11 Memorial Hall, the area between the two main exhibitions at bedrock in the museum. It is now 25 years since the 9/11 Twin Towers terrorist attack. Yet the world hasn't listened. The world is quick to forget. In this podcast, I try to look back at what was a day that, personally, I will never forget. This subject of 9/11, nor Israel's October 7 is up for discussion. For those who personally know me who may want to contact me, then feel free to do so. WE MUST REMEMBER. WE MUST NEVER FORGET.

Does it really need pointing out the fact that the Iranian dictators, who supply money & weapons to Hamas; Hezbollah; and ISIS; Islamic Jihad; the PLO; the Palestinian Authority; the Houthis terrorists; the Taliban etc., and all those who have attacked Britain in the last 20 plus years are all the same?

Whether it is the murder of innocent Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023, or bus bombings in London, or bombing the Manchester Arena, or the 9/11 Twin Towers - it is all Terrorism and needs to be called for what it is.

In this podcast 'Where God came down' we ask you to look at Ezekiel 36 and the Mountains of Israel, and compare this area with what the world calls "The West Bank". The battle is hard, and the only place to be is in 'the Cleft of the Rock'.

Welcome back to the Eagles Eye Podcast, episode 58, and part two of Chanukah.

As mentioned in my last Episode 57 of the Eagles Eye podcast Chanukah 2025 started last Sunday evening, 14 December, and ends on Monday, 22 December. Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and special foods. The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. But there is so much more...

Episode 57 of the Eagles Eye podcast : Chanukah 2025 started last Sunday evening, 14 December, and ends on Monday, 22 December. Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and special foods. The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. But there is so much more...

Pentecost-Shavuot - Episode 56, Eagles Eye Podcast by David Soakell

I was recently inspired by the Scriptures in I Kings chapters 17, 18 and 19. I’m sure we all know of the story of Moses in Exodus 33, when he climbed Mount Sinai (also known as Mount Horeb, the Mountain of God – 1 Kings 19:8). Another Scripture every Christian must know is from I Kings 19:11-12, where Elijah experiences a strong wind; an earthquake; a fire, and then a ‘still small voice’. But what was Elijah doing in this place?” And how can we enter into God's presence? How can we seek His face, touch His grace, in the cleft of the Rock?

Ever since the Islamic Terrorist group Hamas attacked, raped, killed and kidnapped women, children, babies, grandmothers - even Holocaust survivors, and Israel were forced to take action, the world has changed. This has indeed been a very tough seven months. Here I take a personal look at this, and pose some very serious points that need to be looked into.

These are indeed dark days, and as we watched in horror, the civilian population of Israel being targeted by Hamas terrorism, and innocent civilians on both sides are being killed and traumatised (however, one has to question as to how many Gazan civilians are being killed by their own people, as many of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets have failed and exploded in Gaza).

I have been reporting on (and often from within Israel) issues relating to Israel for the past 28 years. Hamas have bombed Israel now for over 16 years. But what we witnessed on the 7th of October 2023, on Shabbat and Simchat Torah, in which more Jews were killed in a single day since the Shoah (Holocaust), left me (and any other decent civilian) sickened to the core. These evil hideous attacks are unforgivable. Hamas invaded Israel, killed, raped, and kidnapped Israeli children, women and grandmothers, and bombarded Israel with Iranian backed rockets, which even hit as far as Jerusalem.

We knew that as soon as Israel rightly responded, the western world would condemn Israel, yet even I have been shocked at the sickening sight of these hate marches and the ‘hate speech’ from the Palestine Solidarity groups. One has to wonder what it will take to get the woke world to ‘get real’ and ‘wake up to how evil Islamic terrorism is’? So are we getting the full picture of this issue? In this podcast I look at some passages of Scripture, and compare them to todays situation.

Jenin and Journalism, where facts and context evaporate:

On July 3rd, 2023, the Israel Defence Force (IDF) launched what it described as a ‘contained and precise operation’ to foil very active terrorist activity in the Jenin area, which consisted of surprise attacks on terrorist infrastructure in what the world calls the ‘West Bank’ city of Jenin. This is an area that has been dubbed the Arab Palestinian “terror capital.”

But what is the truth and context behind what we are witnessing in Jenin? But why now, and why has Israel appeared to go into this with more force than usual? Find out in this episode of The Eagle's Eye Podcast.