Michelle Ananda-Rajah MP for Higgins in Victoria spoke at a pro-Israel rally in Kings Domain in Melbourne. Michelle Ananda-Rajah and another Labor MP Josh Burns are currently touring Israel with Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham, visiting the site of a Hamas massacre that took place on 7 October. (1:22-6:52)

Dr Jason Thomas is the director of Frontier Assessments. He specialises in geo-political, field-based assessments in complex operating environments to assist with due-diligence, capital raising, feasibility studies and early works of major projects and humanitarian operations.(6:52-26:29)

Arnold Roth, whose daughter died in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing over 20 years ago, has now sadly lost his son-in-law Naftali Gordon, who was killed on the battlefield in Gaza late last week. I spoke with Arnold just hours before Naftali Gordon's funeral. (26:35-58:49)

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Rabbi James Kennard, principal of of Melbourne’s largest Jewish school, Mount Scopus Memorial College, said that pro-Palestine rallies have left the Jewish community feeling vulnerable and unsafe and "there is every reason to fear that young people attending a School Strike for Palestine would be exposed to the current surge in antisemitism, thereby increasing the division and even violence in the community.” (1:03-29:07)

Lt. Col. (res) Maurice Hirsch is the Director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) and the former Director of the Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria. We discussed an appalling ABC podcast on the topic 'The economies of Gaza and Israel' from 'The Money' program that paints a false picture that Israel is responsible for ruining Gaza's economy. (29:14-58:27)

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Aharon Ariel-Lavi is a rabbi, economist and community builder and a thinker who believes Judaism can inspire and inform all walks of life. He lives with his wife and their five children in Garin Shuva a “Jewish eco-mission-driven community” on the Gaza border. Aharon is also working to identify elements in the moderate Muslim world that oppose extreme Islamist ideologies. (0:58-31:24)

Melbourne-based author and journalist Julie Szego wrote a searing and straight from the soul article 'The vanishing of October 7'. Author, mentor, writing teacher and speaker Lee Kofman masterminded the initiative Jews4Humanity, an open letter signed by Jewish creatives, academics and allies. I spoke with them both about their response to what has followed the Hamas atrocity inflicted on Israel on Oct 7th. (31:31-57:54)

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Students on university campuses are facing unprecedented attacks from anti-Israel elements that have come out in force following the outbreak of Israel’s war in Gaza. 

Ilan Sinelnikov is the founder and president of the international Students Supporting Israel movement, a speaker, blogger, and a coach on the topics of Israel, campus advocacy, and grassroots activism. (1:02-24:52)

I also covered the Greens idiotic stunt in the Senate when they walked out to protest the Labor Government's support for Israel in its war against Hamas (24:59-34:12), played a chilling audio clip from a dentist who had the gruesome job of identifying the mutilated bodies of Israelis after the Hamas massacre (34:35-39:04) and caught a media briefing on Israel's strategy going forward in its campaign to destroy Hamas (39:11-54:55)

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Professor Avi Bell, an Israeli Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law and at Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Law, affirms that Israel has no obligation to provide anything to Gaza under the current conditions of war and has written Israel has the right — and the duty — to besiege Gaza. In a media briefing Professor Bell provided a comprehensive legal argument that justifies Israel's retaliation against Hamas. (0:41-34:06)

Get the facts about the war in #gaza. This war is clearly justified by Hillel Fuld (34:06-39:47)

Last Friday night a Vigil for Gaza took place at Federation Square in Melbourne, which is owned by the Victorian government. Preceding the event nine Palestinian flags were raised for the entire day.  I will be speaking with David Southwick MP about this inflammatory action, which has generated much consternation in our Jewish community.(39:47-58:18)

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Brent Nagtegaal (Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology) worked alongside the famous Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar on all of her excavations in ancient Jerusalem. Now he works at Hebrew University in collaboration with the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, having worked on excavations at the southern wall of the Temple Mount and in the City of David, which have led to the finding of massive Solomonic Period remains, as well as the seal impressions of King Hezekiah of Judah and other personalities in the book of Jeremiah. (1:54-23:03)

Proportionality (23:11-27:17)

Dr Gedaliah Afterman is Head of Asia Policy Program, Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations .The Israel-Asia Policy Program is focused on shaping and supporting Israel’s engagement with Asia in the 21st century by providing relevant knowledge and economic diplomacy guidelines, maintaining various communication channels, and forming strategic policies to develop the relationships with countries in the region. (27:23-51:00)

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Founded in 2003 by David Lange, Israellycool has become the largest English-language blog in Israel, and one of the largest focused on Israel in the world. It is a project of Israellycool Israel Advocacy, a registered Israeli non-profit. (0:59-37:56)

Latest report from ABC 'The World Today' (38:03-42:30)

The Australian Greens show their contempt for Israel in our Houses of Parliaments (42:33-45:26)

Dave Rubin - American commentator from Sky News (45:26-48:29)

Senator James Paterson (48:29-57:36)

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Lt. Col. David Wurmser responds to a question about opening the Gaza border with Egypt in order to provide an escape route for Gazans wanting to flee the violence.

David Wurmser is an American foreign policy specialist. He served as Middle East adviser to former US Vice President Dick Cheney, as special assistant to John Bolton at the State Department and as a research fellow on the Middle East at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He served in the US Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

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Daniel Seaman is a media professional who has served the Israeli Government in various roles over the past 30 years, including Director of the Government Press Office and most recently as the Deputy Director General for Information at the Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs. Danny has been an adviser and spokesperson to the governments of six Prime Ministers. 

Yael Noy leads an organisation Road to Recovery, the Israeli group established in 2010 that ferries Palestinians, mostly children, from West Bank and Gaza crossing points to hospitals inside Israel and back. It facilitates daily meetings of people from both sides of the border, who are in a bloody and ongoing conflict.

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Eran Berkovich is the recently appointed Director of Eastern Europe for the Jewish Agency. I spoke with him about his important role, which inter alia has the responsibility for dealing with the plight of Jews caught up in the war in Ukraine. (0:39-32:25)

Screening at JIFF in November will be a work in progress by documentarian Danny Ben-Moshe, who is creating an immersive virtual reality film, which will take the viewer on a journey into the widespread movement in Israel challenging Israel's democratic foundations. (32:32-50:14)

B’nai B’rith Melbourne has kicked off the latest series of its popular Armchair Society Current Affairs Discussions. The first session featured the esteemed Greg Sheridan AO, Foreign Editor of the Australian on the topic: 'ISRAEL AND AUSTRALIA – DEMOCRACY IN DANGEROUS TIMES’. I play one question that was posed to Greg Sheridan.  (50:21-57:48)

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