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July 22, 2025 Druze/Christian GENOCIDE: What’s being HIDDEN from the West (and why!)
As the world fixates on Gaza, a real-time genocide unfolds in Syria, just 60 miles from Israel’s border.
IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman is joined by Anan Kheir, Druze advocate and community activist, to expose the horrific truth that global media is ignoring. While international attention remained fixated on Israel, jihadist militias linked to al-Julani and formerly ISIS-affiliated groups unleashed a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in the Druze stronghold of Suwayda, southern Syria. Civilians were executed, homes burned and Druze men humiliated and slaughtered.
Chapters
00:00 The Unfolding Genocide in Southern Syria
02:56 Israel's Response and Moral Clarity
05:47 The Druze Community's Plight
08:40 The Role of International Media
11:57 The Impact of Israeli Intervention
14:58 The Future of the Druze in Syria
17:54 Geopolitical Implications and Regional Dynamics
20:36 The Call for Global Awareness
23:38 The Historical Bond Between Druze and Jews
26:27 Conclusion and Hope for the Future

38 min
July 14, 2025 Gaza BOMBSHELL! Israeli military expert drops explosive developments (Amiad Cohen)
IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman sits down with Amiad Cohen, CEO of the Herut Center, for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes analysis of Israel’s boldest strategic gamble yet: building a massive humanitarian city on the southern edge of Gaza in Rafah. Could this unprecedented move finally separate Hamas from the civilian population it hides behind and pave the way to peace?
From the frontlines of Gaza to the peaks of Mount Hermon, Amiad Cohen brings battlefield clarity and strategic insight to a conversation that spans Israel’s military achievements, long-term vision and diplomacy. As a recent reserve officer in both the north and south, Cohen explains why Israel is shifting tactics from direct combat to population separation and how a tent city funded by Israel and international partners may be the key to dismantling Hamas without mass casualties.
Other topics covered:
* The strategy behind the proposed Gaza humanitarian zone
* The IDF’s unprecedented territorial advances in Syria
* Strategic control over the Damascus-Beirut corridor
* The latest developments on the Iran front, including “snapback sanctions”
* Why Israel must think like a regional power not a nation in survival mode
You’ll also hear why Cohen believes this is a defining moment not just for Gaza but for Israel’s future as a secure, prosperous and visionary regional power.
#middleeastconflict #israelhamaswar
Chapters
00:00 Humanitarian City Proposal in Gaza
03:04 Current Situation in Gaza and Hamas Control
05:59 The Vision for the Humanitarian City
09:04 Negotiations and Strategic Considerations
12:09 Challenges of Population Control and Hostage Situations
14:46 Public Perception and Political Dynamics
18:00 The Role of International Relations
20:58 Hezbollah and the Northern Border
23:57 Strategic Military Operations in Syria
26:53 The Future of Israel's Military Strategy
29:46 Iran's Nuclear Threat and Regional Stability
44 min
June 22, 2025 What's NEXT: Will Iran now CLOSE Straight of Hormuz? (w/Amiad Cohen)
What Happens Next?
IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman is joined by Amiad Cohen, CEO of the Herut Center and one of Israel’s top military analysts, to break down one of the most consequential moments in modern Middle East history: a joint American-Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

46 min
June 19, 2025 How the Israel-Iran war will end w/Mike Doran
Are we witnessing a modern-day Six-Day War? Will Israel finish the job before international pressure mounts? And how does all of this reshape the U.S.-Israel alliance going forward?
IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman is joined by Dr. Mike Doran, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former Senior Director at the U.S. National Security Council, to unpack one of the most consequential moments in modern Middle Eastern history.

1 hr 9 min
June 10, 2025 “RAMBO RABBIS” enter Gaza: Future or fantasy?
As the Hasmonean Brigade—Israel’s first Ultra-Orthodox combat unit—enters Gaza with side-locks flying and Torah scrolls in hand, a profound question emerges: Is this the collapse of Haredi resistance to the draft and the rebirth of Jewish identity through national service? Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer, one of the most courageous voices inside the Haredi world, joins to discuss the historical roots of the Haredi exemption, the soul-searching now underway in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community and the social risks taken by the young men defying communal pressure to serve.

44 min
June 05, 2025 Hamas PANICS! The HIDDEN factors they didn’t see coming w/Amiad Cohen
IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman is joined by Major Amiad Cohen, Senior Director of the Herut Center and a reservist who just returned from Israel’s northern border. Together, they expose how Israel’s new military and humanitarian tactics are splitting the Gazan population from Hamas, destabilizing the terror regime’s power base and reshaping the battlefield. Backed by tribal militias fed up with Hamas rule, and no longer relying on international NGOs that Hamas exploits, Israel is asserting direct control of aid distribution—delivering over 1 million meals in one week alone.
38 min
May 28, 2025 Will tensions with Iran cause a USA-Israel rift? W/Ambassador Michael Oren
With Iran racing toward nuclear capability, Israel may soon face a fateful choice: act alone militarily or risk existential peril. Host Doron Spielman—IDF Spokesperson (Res.) and New York Times bestselling author of “When the Stones Speak”—is joined by former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Michael Oren, for a sobering discussion on the growing divide between Washington and Jerusalem over how to stop the Iranian threat.
33 min
May 13, 2025 The War to Erase Jewish Jerusalem: The Facts They Don’t Want You to Know
"When the Stones Speak" available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-Stones-Speak-Remarkable-Discovery/dp/1546009256
Is Israel’s fight for survival not just on the battlefield, but beneath the ground? IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman exposes how the war with Iran, Hamas and the Palestinian leadership extends into archaeology, history and truth itself.
This special edition of “True East” coincides with the launch of Doron Spielman’s new book, "When the Stones Speak," available now on Amazon. Doron, who served on the frontlines of the Oct. 7 war and spent over two decades as Vice President of the City of David excavations, dives deep into what he calls the "eighth front" of the war on Israel: the battle to erase Jewish history from Jerusalem and rewrite global narratives.
19 min
May 06, 2025 Eylon Levy’s brutally honest approach to fighting campus anti-Zionism
IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Major Doron Spielman (see below to purchase his new book) speaks with Eylon Levy, former international spokesperson for the Israeli government, about a battlefield far from Gaza and Iran—the frontlines of Western universities, where Jewish students are under siege.
As antisemitism explodes on campuses from Columbia to Oxford, and pro-Hamas rallies become normalized, Eylon shares chilling firsthand accounts of being chased off university stages and the rising fear Jewish students face just for expressing their identity. But he doesn't stop at diagnosis—he offers a strategy.

42 min
April 30, 2025 Mystery Iran explosions: What are Israel's options moving forward?
Recorded live at the JNS International Policy Summit, this special episode examines the historic moment facing Israeli leadership. With Iran accelerating its uranium enrichment and U.S. diplomacy failing to halt Tehran’s ambitions, IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman reveals exclusive perspectives from a variety of military experts—including Gen. Amikam Norkin, Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi and Lt. Col. Sarit Zehavi—to weigh in on whether Israel must strike unilaterally before the window closes.
20 min

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