The European Union does not fully designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Instead, Europe officially bans only Hezbollah’s so-called “military wing,” despite Hezbollah’s own leaders insisting the organization operates as a single unified structure.

In this episode, Avi Kaner examines the political logic behind Europe’s partial designation policy, the financial and legal loopholes it creates, and how European cash flows connected to Hezbollah-linked networks sustain the organization’s broader military and terrorist infrastructure.

The episode also explores Hezbollah’s role as Iran’s most powerful regional proxy, and why Europe’s approach may be undermining Lebanon itself by weakening efforts to restore Lebanese sovereignty and limit Hezbollah’s dominance.

A story about terrorism, diplomacy, ideology, financial networks, and the dangerous consequences of geopolitical ambiguity.

Today marks the anniversary of the execution of one of Israel’s greatest intelligence operatives: Eli Cohen.

Operating under deep cover inside Syria during the early 1960s, Cohen infiltrated the highest levels of the Syrian political and military establishment, gathering intelligence that many historians believe helped shape Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War.

In this episode, Avi Kaner explores Cohen’s extraordinary rise inside Damascus society, the intelligence methods that made him legendary, his eventual capture and public execution in Syria, and why his story still resonates across Israel sixty years later.

The episode also examines the broader Israeli philosophy behind intelligence, adaptation, and survival in one of the world’s most dangerous regions.

A story of espionage, sacrifice, deception, and the power of information in the modern Middle East.

Spain faces rising economic pressure, political instability, housing unrest, corruption scandals, and growing public frustration.

Yet Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of Europe’s most aggressive critics of Israel.

In this episode, Avi Kaner examines Sánchez’s socialist political ideology, the corruption controversies surrounding his political orbit, and the widening disconnect between Spain’s leadership class and ordinary citizens.

The episode also explores Spain’s deep Jewish history, from the Golden Age of Sephardic Jewry to the expulsions of 1492 and the Spanish Inquisition, while highlighting the irony of modern Spain lecturing the world’s only Jewish state.

It further examines the once-growing tourism, cultural, and economic ties between Israel and Spain before relations sharply deteriorated under Sánchez’s government.

And finally, the episode looks at Eurovision, elite political narratives, and the growing perception across Europe that Israel is judged by standards not consistently applied elsewhere.