This week on The Weekly Squeeze, I’m coming in hot, coffee in one hand, conviction in the other, and Jerusalem on fire.

The streets are packed. Tens of thousands of Haredim in black hats, blocking traffic, waving signs, shouting that the draft is a “war on the Torah world.” Reporters got attacked, cars stuck for hours, the whole city gridlocked, and everyone’s asking the same question: who’s actually protecting who here?

Because this isn’t just another protest. This is the fight over Israel’s soul. The Haredi world says Torah study protects us spiritually. The rest of the country says, “Yeah, but someone has to pick up a weapon too.” Both believe they’re defending Israel, they just live in two completely different Israels.

We’re going to talk about the fear behind the fury, the faith behind the defiance, and why this argument isn’t really about uniforms. It’s about what it means to belong to a Jewish country and what happens when unity starts to crack.

And yes, we’ll get into the wild things being said from the podiums, the coalition drama that’s brewing, and the uncomfortable truth about sacred study turning into sacred entitlement.

Israel is fighting a war on the outside and an identity crisis on the inside, and we’re going there.

It’s heated, it’s emotional, and it’s very, very Israeli.

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This week on The Weekly Squeeze I’m coming in hot from my porch in Israel, flag flying, heart full, and caffeine levels dangerously high. Twenty hostages are home after two years underground, and for one brief, breathtaking moment, the whole country exhaled. Mothers cried, fathers collapsed, and strangers ugly-cried in front of their TVs. It felt like a resurrection, a miracle, and a gut-punch all at once.

We’re talking faith, fury, and the madness of our world; from Sweden canceling Jewish film festivals out of “security concerns,” to a British lawyer arrested for wearing a Star of David, to an English football club banning Israeli fans because apparently Jews are now a “safety risk.”

I’ll tell you why Israelis still volunteer, still laugh, and still love this country despite the pain, and why making Aliyah might be the most powerful act of defiance you can do right now.

There’s heartbreak, humor, a little righteous rage, and a lot of love for Am Yisrael.

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Welcome back to The Weekly Squeeze. I went quiet to heal after divorce, but silence wasn’t empty; it was full of growth. Even then, I kept showing up: running IDF barbecues, raising funds, posting on My Beautiful Land of Israel, and working with ME24. Because even when broken personally, you still fight for your people.

In this episode I sit down with Alon Penzel, author of Testimonies Without Boundaries. His book has been translated into 8 languages, endorsed by Sheryl Sandberg, blacklisted twice on Amazon yet still a #1 best-seller, and even lit up Times Square. Alon shares his global fight against antisemitism, his experience as COGAT spokesperson, and the personal toll of carrying October 7 testimonies.

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*UK:*
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*Canada:*
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