The Common Denominator Ilana Rachel Daniel

On Monday, May 27th 2024, Egyptian forces opened fire on Israeli soldiers at the Rafah Crossing. At least one Egyptian soldier died in the exchange. Prior to this in early May, an Israeli businessman was murdered in Alexandria. On October 8th, two Israeli tourists were killed along with their local guide in Alexandria as well. Before these, in June 2023, three IDF soldiers were shot dead in an attack on the Egyptian border. At that time, it was the first deadly exchange of fire along the Israel-Egypt border in over a decade.Ilana Rachel Daniel sat with Khaled Hassan to unravel Egypt from the inside and its relationship to both Israel and Hamas.Why is Egypt against the Rafah operation? Did they know about the tunnels running between them? It’s been 45 years since the historic Camp David Accords were signed, is peace between Israel and Egypt now at risk of collapse?
Khaled Hassan is a Jewish, Egyptian-British counter-terrorism researcher. His research interests include propaganda, antisemitism in the Arab world, terrorism and extremism. He leads the Western Security Network, a not-for-profit, established to promote Western national security interests and counter the threat of extremism, as well as authoritarian, expansionist states. He can be reached via Twitter/X at @KhaledhzakariahYoutube: bit.ly/3Vi0Yur


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Ilana Rachel Daniel welcomes Pastor Dumisani Washington, the Founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) for a deep dive into the enduring bond between our Black and Jewish communities. Connected by our historic experience of slavery, the depth of our abiding faith in G-d and family, and our journey for a truth that is larger than us all and connects us to each other; here is one of our most powerful and compelling conversations to date.

Dumisani Washington is the Founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI), and the former Diversity Outreach Coordinator for the over 10 million member Christians United for Israel (CUFI). Dumisani is a pastor, professional musician—graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music—and author whose latest book is the second edition of Zionism & the Black Church: Why Standing with Israel Will be a Defining Issue for Christians of Color in the 21st Century. He and his wife, Valerie, have been married 35 years and have six children and three grandchildren.
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Ilana Rachel Daniel sat with Robert Spencer for a fascinating discussion on Jihad in Islam. Here we covered aspects of Muslim theology well outside the radar of the Western mindset that are rarely, if ever, discussed. You will find this conversation as compelling as did we.
 We are living in a world where Islamic Terrorism threatens nine million people and the entirety of the state of Israel - but hardly us alone. It threatens the 90 million Iranians who roar out of their chokehold with the death of the Butcher of Iran, former President Ebrahim Raisi this week. And it threatens the free world in its entirety and the civilization on which it was built. 
That means you and me both. 
The religious ideology that defines the Islamic Republic of Iran for example, along with their proxies in Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and their many various branches is foreign to us on an elemental level. In increasing frequency, we witness acts of savagery that we do not wish upon our worst enemy - acts that go against not only our myriad of cultures but go against the humanity which we believed to be shared by us all. 
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is the author of twenty-eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)" and "The Truth About Muhammad" and the bestsellers "The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS" and "The Critical Qur’an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research". His forthcoming book is "Muhammad: A Critical Biography".
Spencer has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the FBI, the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Justice Department’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. intelligence community. He has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He is a senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy.
* https://www.jihadwatch.org/
* https://x.com/jihadwatchRS
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The United Nations just issued a striking reduction in their estimate of the number of women and children killed in Gaza.
Why? And by what measure?
Listen to Dr David Adesnik, Senior Analyst for the FDD shed light on Hamas’s numbers game and how they go about inflating the fatality figures to progress the agenda of civilians as tools of warfare.

Show Notes:
www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/05/11/un-halves-its-estimate-of-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza/
https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-revises-gaza-death-toll-50-less-women-children-killed-previously-reported
https://twitter.com/adesnik/status/1790719488762999264
https://x.com/adesnik/status/1789826262640280011


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“Never again is now, we don’t stand for Jews being killed freely anymore, that stays in the 1940s where it belongs.”
Andrew Fox served as an officer in the British Army from 2005-2021, leaving with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours of Afghanistan, including one attached to US Army Special Forces. He also served in Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He studied Law as an undergraduate, and completed a Master’s in History & War Studies whilst serving. He now studies Psychology of disinformation at Master’s level and is halfway through a PhD on the US Reconstruction. He has been a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and is a researcher and commentator on the Middle East. 
We, the people of Israel, and not our government of whom so much has been said, we are the buffer between civilization and the enemies of freedom who seek at every moment to tear down the pillars of the west.
Israelis know this because we live it.
We are raw and stinging from the fight, from pushing back against this tidal wave of murderous hate.
Andrew is uniquely positioned to comment on much of what Israelis are experiencing right at this moment having studied the politics of the Middle East, the psychology of humankind, and lived the experience of fighting for it. He understands the context intimately and more to the point - which questions to ask.

Don’t miss this discussion.

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In today’s episode, Ilana Rachel Daniel welcomes Dr. David Adesnik, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who’s own research focuses on Syria and Iran, in particular their illicit oil trade and Iran’s use of proxy forces to project influence across the region. 
We dive into Adesnik’s expertise on terrorism, warfare, and military threats across the Middle East, including the long discussed operation into Rafah - the last of Hamas’s stronghold in Gaza - and what it means for hostage negotiations, Israel's relationship with the US, and the looming threat of war with Hezbollah on Israel's northern border.
https://www.fdd.org/
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