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He was supposed to come home. He stayed to help others escape—and disappeared into the tunnels of Gaza.

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In this heart-wrenching episode of State of a Nation, Rebecca Bohbot, wife of hostage Elkana Bohbot, joins Eylon Levy to share her family’s unimaginable story. For 664 days, Elkana has been held in Hamas captivity after being abducted from the Nova Music Festival. Starved, tortured, and still alive—Rebecca now speaks publicly, demanding the world not forget her husband or the other hostages left behind.

In this emotional and urgent conversation, Rebecca recounts:
•The day Elkana was taken, after staying behind to help others escape
•Why she initially stayed silent—and what made her speak out
•The horrific conditions Elkana is enduring underground in Gaza
•The heartbreaking toll on their five-year-old son, Re’em
•The global indifference that’s prolonging the hostages’ suffering

Rebecca’s testimony is a raw and powerful reminder of what’s at stake in this war—not just for Israel, but for the soul of the free world.

🎯 “They put a photo of our son on the tunnel wall—to torture him with what he couldn’t have.”

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Award-winning British author, journalist, and political commentator Douglas Murray joins State of a Nation for an explosive two-part special.

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Recorded back in March, this special part 2 of our deep-dive with renowned British author and commentator Douglas Murray, we turn the spotlight to the implications for Western democracies and the stakes at play for not just Israel but the Western World. How do democracies like Israel battle a terrorist organization like Hamas on the information front? What happens behind closed doors when world leaders, journalists, and spokespersons debate the truth?

Douglas gives a raw, unfiltered look into the invisible battlefield: one waged on TV screens, in headlines, and through viral tweets. This is the side of the war you won’t see on the news.

👇 Key topics in this episode:
- Douglas’s take on the moral confusion in the West
- Why the media war is as important as the military one
- The tactics Israel uses to brief foreign press
- How Hamas manipulates civilian imagery for global gain
- The unseen challenges Israeli spokespeople face
- What a real strategy for global messaging could look like

00:00 – Opening & Recap from Part 1
02:42 – Israel’s Media Response Strategy
06:15 – Fighting Propaganda: A War of Narratives
10:50 – Briefing the Press During War
15:08 – Western Hypocrisy & Media Double Standards
19:40 – Psychological Warfare & Image Management
24:05 – How Israel Can Win the Narrative War
40:25 - The Israeli social contract
58:43 - The "original sin" of Israel
1:13:01 - War has returned to Europe

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Canadian political strategist Warren Kinsella joins Eylon Levy to expose the orchestrated information war being waged against Israel and the West. Kinsella reveals the deep coordination behind the anti-Israel protest movement, the shocking role of Iran and Qatar in Western institutions, and how the West has been manipulated into embracing antisemitic propaganda as moral virtue.

In this eye-opening conversation:
- Iran’s fingerprints on the global protest network
- The unholy alliance of Islamists and Marxists targeting Israel
- How Qatar bought its way into American academia
- Why Gen Z equates opposing Israel with fighting racism
- The media collapse that let Hamas fill the vacuum
- What Israel must do to start winning the information war

Featuring insights from Kinsella’s upcoming book The Hidden Hand, this episode is a must-watch for anyone seeking to understand how Israel lost the narrative—and what it will take to win it back.

00:00 – Introduction: Why the West turned on Israel
03:00 – How Iran hijacked the global protest movement
08:00 – Gen Z’s radicalization and Iran’s strategic genius
18:00 – The media collapse and Hamas’s social media machine
21:00 – How Israel lost a generation in the West
27:00 – The CBC’s descent and why Western media failed
30:00 – The unholy alliance: Islamists and the radical left
31:30 – Final thoughts: confronting the hidden hand

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