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The Philos Project podcast is a weekly news podcast highlighting critical events in the East for a Christian audience in the West. How should we think about the news coming from the region? Join us weekly for a faith-based analysis and breakdown of how events in the Near East impact our security and political life in the West, and how, as Christians, we can advocate for the region.
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows in Vienna were canceled because of a planned ISIS terror attack. One of the suspects was a 19-year-old who had recently pledged his allegiance to ISIS after being radicalized on TikTok. The thwarted attack was symbolic of Islamism's rejection of Western values, and Western women. On this week's episode of The Philos P…
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Why are people in social and political life motivated to downplay or deny the Holocaust? In a recent video posted on her YouTube channel, Candace Owens argues Hitler was not the most evil political figure of the 20th century. She further contends the U.S. education system fixates on Hitler, the Jews, and the Holocaust as a propaganda tactic taken o…
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What is the history of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and why is it strategic? With the growing popularity of isolationism and neo-Marxism in response to the war in Gaza and the looming U.S. elections, terms like the "U.S. industrial war complex" have come to vilify our robust industrial military base and alliances abroad as "evil." For neo-Marxists…
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Does AIPAC act as a mechanism for Israeli interference in U.S. politics? The accusation AIPAC represents a foreign entity interfering in our domestic politics is not an old one; anti-Zionist/anti-Israel politicians on both sides of the political aisle have peddled this narrative for years. The controversy surrounding AIPAC has come to light followi…
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Does the U.S. public care about Israel and, more broadly, domestic and international terrorism? The recent U.S. presidential debates highlighted the diverging policy positions of former President Trump and incumbent President Biden regarding Israel and the Middle East. Recent polling shows that while concerns over terrorism and protecting U.S. inte…
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Armenia has made the news in a cultural debate over Israel and the West. Armenia sits in a complex geo-political dynamic in the East that puts it at odds with Israel. Yet the Jews and Armenians of the region have parallel stories that make them natural friends rather than enemies, such as the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, global anti-Zionism an…
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Candace Owens, once a darling of the conservative Right, says she is "just asking questions" about Israel and the Jewish people. But her positions have fallen into age-old antisemitic tropes. In today's episode, Dominique is joined by Isaac Woodward, Director of the Philos Leadership Institute, to discuss Candace's outspoken anti-Israel messaging a…
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Last Saturday, the IDF completed a highly skilled mission to rescue four Israeli hostages. The hostages, Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Andrey Kozlov, and Almog Meir, were held in two apartment buildings near the Nuseirat refugee camp. The apartment holding Noa was the home of an Al-Jazeera journalist, Abdullah Al-Jamal. While the media was quick to con…
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Since Israel began its retaliation in Gaza after October 7th, the international community has condemned Israel’s actions as a “disproportionate” response. But what is proportionality in Just War Theory, the Western tradition of ethical warfare as outlined by Saint Augustine? And does Israel have a moral imperative to both destroy and delegitimize H…
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What conditions are needed for post-conflict reconciliation, and is it even possible in a no-trust environment? On October 7th, Hamas carried out a brutal attack, systematically killing their neighboring Jews, shattering the trust many in Israel’s southern kibbutzim had been working to establish through years of peace advocacy. Luke Moon joins Domi…
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On Sunday, May 19, news broke that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed along with other Iranian officials in a helicopter crash near the Iranian-Azerbaijan border. Raisi, known as the 'Butcher of Tehran' for his egregious human rights abuses, was honored this week at the United Nations Security C…
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In this episode of the Philos Project Podcast, Dominique speaks with Hussein Mansour, an Egyptian political analyst, to discuss the ideological roots of the neo-Marxist and antisemitic protests sweeping across American universities. Listen as Hussein explains the legacy of post-Enlightenment German political philosophy that paved the way for Karl M…
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Join Dominique in this week’s conversation with Hunter College student and journalist Gideon Ashowitz. Recent pro-Hamas and neo-Marxist protests, some turning into riots on university campuses across the United States, have left Jewish students in fear for their safety. Gideon is the grandson of Holocaust survivors, and he speaks to his lived exper…
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Join Dominique as she speaks with people she met on the ground in Israel during the recent Philos Leadership Institute's solidarity trip to the Holy Land. In the third episode of this miniseries, Dominique is joined by Yaron and Jacqui Vital, who testify to their family's experience and grief after the murder of their daughter Adi Vital-Kaploun, 33…
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Join Dominique as she speaks with people on the ground during the recent Philos Leadership Institute’s solidarity trip to the Holy Land. In the second episode of this miniseries, Dominique is joined by Ronen Gurievsky. Ronen has led the Philos Leadership Institute in Israel since 2017. Not only does he have a vast knowledge of the three Abrahamic f…
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Join Dominique as she speaks with people on the ground during the recent Philos Leadership Institute’s solidarity trip to the Holy Land. In the first episode of this mini series, Dominique is joined by Isaac Woodward and Shadi Khalloul to address the recent Tucker Carlson interview with Munther Isaac. Shadi, an Israeli Christian, speaks to his live…
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Luke Moon, Executive Director of the Philos Project, joins Dominique to discuss the preliminary findings from the recent investigation into UNRWA’s ties with Hamas following Israeli accusations of collaboration with the organization on October 7th. Earlier this year, Israel provided evidence at least 12 UNRWA employees participated in the October 7…
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When introducing his foreign policy with Iran, the "Octopus Doctrine," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet stated, "We no longer play with the tentacles, with Iran's proxies: we've created a new equation by going for the head." Philos' resident Iranian expert Farhad Rezaei speaks with Dominique about the April 1 Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syr…
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The alliance between the United States and Israel is one of the strongest and longstanding in U.S. foreign policy history. While acknowledging Israel's sovereignty in 1948, the Cold War marked a crucial regional shift that strengthened the security interest between both nations. In its tenure, the Biden administration has repeatedly broken with the…
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The ethnic cleansing of Christian communities in the Middle East has altered the religious landscape of the region. In Gaza, it is partly the result of Hamas' corrupt economy and its war with Israel. But life is undeniably made worse for Christians under Hamas as dhimmi, meaning second-class citizens. In 2010, Christians comprised 6% of the populat…
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The Israel-Hamas war is just as much conventional as it is spiritual and religious. The faultline in the struggle between Jews and Muslims for control of the region has historically been the Holy City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. Al-Aqsa has become the Palestinian symbol of national identity. For Hamas militants, October 7 was known as “the A…
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Robert Nicholson joins Dominique to discuss what a Rafah ground offensive will mean for Israel and the future of a Palestinian state. With Hamas in power in Gaza and a weak PA in the West Bank, there is no current future for a two-state solution. Why has the international community, including the U.S., condemned Israel’s offensive on Rafah, and wha…
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Is the Rafah campaign the end of Hamas? Syrian writer and analyst Hadeel Oueis joins Dominque to discuss the Arab world’s current political position on the Palestinian Question and what key Arab actors seek in a potential ceasefire and peace process between Hamas and Israel. Follow the podcast for weekly news highlighting critical events in the Eas…
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Farhad Rezaei, an Iranian Kurd and Iran expert, joins Dominique to analyze: The United States drone strikes in Iraq and Syria after the death of 3 US troops in Jordan and Discuss how Iranian aggression in the Near East drives the Israel-Hamas war. Follow the podcast for weekly news highlighting critical events in the East for a Christian audience i…
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What does the provisional ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mean, what is genocide, and how has the international community responded? Robert Nicholson joins Dominique to discuss the ICJ provisional ruling and what it means for Israel, the conflict, and the region.
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The Philos Project podcast is a weekly news podcast highlighting critical events in the East for a Christian audience in the West. As Christians, how should we think about the news coming from the region? Join us weekly for a faith-based analysis and breakdown of how events in the Near East impact our security and political life in the West and how…
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