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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2026 · 54 MIN

Protocol 27: Marco Rubio, Pop-Tarts & The New Ottoman Empire

from Elders of Zionism · host Judah Friedman, Guy Goldstein, Golan Ramraz

We expose the Israeli media’s dramatic leftward bias, the collapse of public trust and the global market rewarding anti-Israel narratives (00:22). We ridicule Tucker Carlson’s claim about Israeli schools avoiding plus signs and the broader appetite for anti-Jewish nonsense dressed up as skepticism (05:12). We highlight the media blackout around a Muslim vandalizing a Jaffa church and the obvious double standard when Jews are involved (06:43). We condemn the horseshoe politics uniting the far right and far left, where vibes, loyalty and cancellation replace evidence and principle (07:47). We blast Tom Barrack for attacking Israel over its strike on a Syrian military base, question his judgment and trace his extensive financial history with Qatar (12:12). We defend Israel’s doctrine of preventing hostile military buildups on its borders and explain how its actions in Syria strengthened America’s negotiating position (15:05). We lament Trump taking his foot off the gas in Iran, arguing that stopping halfway created the worst of both worlds – the costs of intervention without victory and a more dangerous regional order (22:39). We celebrate Marco Rubio’s wonderfully human Pop-Tart moment and explore why ordinary glimpses of politicians and Jewish life can create more powerful soft power than endless victimhood (33:20). We praise Rubio’s ICC sanctions, his foreign-policy effectiveness and Scott Bessent’s financial muscle behind American pressure campaigns (40:02). Finally, Judah pitches direct WhatsApp channels for administration officials to bypass media filters, arm creators with shareable information and take political messaging directly to audiences (45:40).

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