Menachem Vorchheimer is a tireless advocate for human rights and a prominent voice in the battle against antisemitism, as exemplified in a recent article titled Vorchheimer vs Victoria by Julie Szego. 

With a background rich in both personal experience and professional dedication, Menachem brings a unique and compelling perspective to the important issue of combating hate and promoting tolerance and is more than willing to confront the authorities for failing to deal with racist incitement.

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Jewish champion fighting antisemitism Menachem Vorchheimer is a tireless advocate for human rights and a prominent voice in the battle against antisemitism, as exemplified in a recent article titled Vorchheimer vs Victoria by Julie Szego. 

With a background rich in both personal experience and professional dedication, Menachem brings a unique and compelling perspective to the important issue of combating hate and promoting tolerance and is more than willing to confront the authorities for failing to deal with racist incitement. (0:34-30:57)

Tackling ABC media bias (30:57-35:17)

Lawfare for the good advocate Andrew Tucker is based in Netherlands and a co-founder of The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (THINC) – a European-based global network of law academics, practitioners and experts in related disciplines.

THINC engages in research, education and legal diplomacy to fight the delegitimization of Israel and the use of international law as a major weapon by Israel’s adversaries, instead promoting the fair and equal application of law to support international cooperation and development.(35:24-57:32)

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I speak with two cyclists Edna Granot and Elahn Zetlin about their experiences doing the Israel Ride.

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Also some harsh words about the shocking anti-Israel bias emanating from our tax-payer funded ABC and SBS with my guest Jamie Hyams from AIJAC. (0:45-15:33)

To go touring in Israel on a bicycle is on my bucket list. I speak with two cyclists Edna Granot and Elahn Zetlin about their experience with the Israel Ride (15:34-33:15).

I also catch up again with Michael Scott CSC (33:15-44:22) ) who relates some of his own experience and I talk to Ilan Sivan and Tsafrir Peles about their exploits running Bike Israel, which is involved with exploring Israel by bicycle (44:22-56:42)

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Gil Hoffman is an Israeli-American journalist and political correspondent who serves as executive director of Honest Reporting. He was previously chief political correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.

I went through a number of specifically egregious examples of the distorted coverage of Israel's wars by the media.

Honest Reporting is an Israeli media advocacy group. A pro-Israel media watchdog, it describes its mission as "combatting ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel".

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Matthew Nouriel is a non-binary digital activist and content creator of Iranian Jewish descent, using his voice to passionately advocate and fight for LGBTQ+ rights and equality within the Iranian and Jewish communities, as well as combatting antisemitism.

Matthew has taken on leadership roles with organizations such as JDC Entwine, JQ International, Tel Aviv Institute, and works as the Community Engagement Director at JIMENA - Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. (0:33-28:56)

Gil Hoffman is an Israeli-American journalist and political correspondent who serves as executive director of Honest Reporting. He was previously chief political correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.

I went through a number of specifically egregious examples of the distorted coverage of Israel's wars by the media.

Honest Reporting is an Israeli media advocacy group. A pro-Israel media watchdog, it describes its mission as "combatting ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel". (29:02-57:11)

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Michael Shamir is a former major in the Israeli Air Force who was involved behind the scenes in Operation Opera, which involved the attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.

Michael has used his broad political knowledge and experience to produce a lecture series : Iran - Arch "Octopus" of International Nuclear Terrorism.

We will be speaking about Israel's war with Iran, the planning that went into it, what has been achieved, Israel's objectives and what might be the outcome. (0:34-30:08)

Sivan Gobrin is a Chilean-Israeli journalist with an M.A in political science. She is an expert on antisemitism and Israel. She is the VP and spokesperson of the Chilean community in Israel. We spoke about what were serious threats recently from Chile's president Gabriel Boric to break off relations with Israel.  (34:36-56:51)

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Dina Kraft is a journalist and co-author of the best-seller My Friend Anne Frank. She is Israel Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, former opinion editor at Haaretz English, and co-hosts the podcast Groundwork about Israeli and Palestinian activists. She writes about the impact of conflict on ordinary lives and we focussed on Israel's Arab community.

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Alex J Sinclair is an educational consultant and adjunct lecturer at Hebrew University. His first book Loving the Real Israel was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and his debut novel Perfect Enemy was published in 2023. We spoke about the future of Israel and Palestine, with Alex articulating some options for the future.

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Linda Gradstein is a consummate journalist with more than 30 years experience, who is teaching journalism at NYU - Tel Aviv. She is the Israel correspondent for CBS Radio in the US and also writes restaurant reviews for the Jerusalem Post.  She speaks both Arabic and Hebrew and has won several awards for her work. We mainly spoke about her coverage of the war.

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