I’m listening to Ronen Bergman’s “Rise and Kill First,” and there’s a line that stops me cold.

A Mossad operative, born in Canada, raised in the US, talking about Israel before the Six-Day War, says this: “Before the Six-Day War, Israel aroused in me the sympathy of an underdog.”

Before. Not after. Before.

That one word explains everything about how the world sees Israel today. Because in 1967, something changed. And it wasn’t just the map.

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00:00 - Intro

00:45 - The Underdog Years

02:08 - The Narrative Flips

03:00 -Enter the Palestinians

04:30 - Why the West Loves Underdogs

05:59 - The Long-Term Consequences

06:50 - The Underdog Card Is Played Forever

07:47 - The Cruel Irony

08:38 - What the Sources Show

10:16 - Final Thought

After releasing the series on Marxism, relativism, CRT, and Islamism - go check out episodes 59, 60, and 61 - I got a lot of feedback claiming I got it wrong.

People say, "There's no connection between Marxism, relativism, Critical Race Theory, and Islamism. You're forcing it. You're projecting modern politics backward."

Okay. So let's do something radical.

Let's rewind to 1990. Before TikTok. Before social media. Before October 7. Before "from the river to the sea" was being chanted by people who couldn't find the river on a map.

And let's see what was already visible.

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00:00 - Intro

00:56 - A Scene from 1990 That Explains 2026

02:13 - This Is the First Shift

03:19 - From Scholarship to Performance

04:04 - This Is Where Relativism Enters

04:43 - Enter Marxism, Without the Factory

05:26 - CRT Was the Formalization, Not the Beginning

05:59 - So Where Does Islamism Come In?

06:45 - Why Byatt Matters Here

07:21 - This Is Why October 7 Was "Explained" Instead of Condemned

07:57 - Final Thought

Aren’t you tired of hearing the same: "Jews always play the Holocaust card. Always the victim. Get over it already.”?

And here's something else I hear: "Palestinians are victims. Oppressed. Powerless. Everything they do is resistance."

So today, let's talk about cards.

Real ones and fake ones.

Let's talk about what the Holocaust actually means to Jews.

And let's talk about what real victimhood looks like versus what weaponized victimhood looks like. Because there's a difference. And pretending there isn't gets people killed.

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00:00 - Intro

00:48 - Part One: The Holocaust Isn't a Card. It's a Scar

02:44 - What the Holocaust Means for Jews

03:49 - Centuries of Persecution Aren't a Card Either

05:18 - Part Two: The Palestinian Victimhood Card

06:44 - Responsibilities and Misconduct: The Double Standard

08:14 - The Attitude Toward Violence

09:27 - The Real Victimhood Card

10:27 - The Difference

11:10 - Comparing the Two

11:52 - Final Thought