This is the interview Australian campuses and legacy media won’t touch in 2025: from the hidden history of how defensive Zionism became aggressive militarism; from mob violence in Mandatory Palestine to the institutional reasons peace keeps failing; from the personal hell of anti-Zionist Jewish life online to Israel’s influence on global bodies and U.S. elections; to Shaiel’s own IDF regrets and the moral rot inside units like 8200, and his anti-Zionist change that made him persona non grata in pro-Israel circles.

Episode Details: Duration ~97 minutes | Release Date: Tuesday, 9 December 2025 | Guest: Shaiel Ben-Ephraim – ex IDF Intelligence officer, historian, ex-diplomat, author of “Why I Turned My Back on Zionism”

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Keywords: Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, Why I Turned My Back on Zionism, IDF target selection, Israeli militarism origins, U.S.-Israel relations, peace process failure, anti-Zionist Jew, academic censorship, Gaza 2023-2025, Unit 8200 AI targeting, moral reckoning Israel