Tag: Israel

Breaking The Silence w/ Avner Gvaryahu – Ep 58

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Avner Gvaryahu, the executive director of Breaking The Silence (BTS), sits down with us to discuss the organization’s mission of collecting Israeli Defense Force (IDF) veterans’ testimonies on operations in the Gaza Strip, how Israeli society sees and treats veterans who find fault with the ongoing occupation, and how similar American and Israeli military beliefs are in reality. 

Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.

Breaking The Silence

Avner Gvaryahu profile

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Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange – Ep 40

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Being a whistleblower is a difficult path, one that only a few choose to follow.  Chelsea Manning is one of those people, but the pain of her choice continues to haunt her in horrifying ways.  Here, we discuss Chelsea Manning’s jailtime over her refusal to testify in a grand jury proceeding related to Julian Assange.  We also discuss Assange’s recent loss of asylum by the Ecuadorian embassy and arrest by UK authorities.

00:55 – Supreme Court rules US terrorism victims cannot sue foreign countries

07:48 – Declaring portions of Iranian military a “terrorist organization”

24:16 – Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange

42:22 – Benjamin Netanyahu wins reelection in Israel

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FOH is produced by Chris ‘Henri’ Henrikson, Danny Sjursen, BT Hampton, and Nate Bethea.

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Hawk on terror and dove on regime change – what could go wrong? – Ep 34

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Today is a politics day at Fortress On A Hill.  The guys and I seldom spend THIS much time discussing the political background of anyone, much else future Democratic presidential candidates.    Here, we dig into Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, and Tulsi Gabbbard; we’ll cover others like Kamala Harris in a later episode. We will continue to do this as more candidates announce; the compare and contrast of the group is quite important for understanding how American foreign policy might play out in a future Democratic administration.  

Tulsi Gabbard Violated Military Regulations for Political Gain in Every Campaign Since 2012

The Organization That Sent Tulsi Gabbard to Syria

PHOTOS: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Meets with Egypt President el-Sisi and Other Leaders in Cairo

TULSI GABBARD IS A RISING PROGRESSIVE STAR, DESPITE HER SUPPORT FOR HINDU NATIONALISTS

Top C.I.A. Lawyer Sides with Senate Torture Report

12 THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU READ THE TORTURE REPORT

London visit makes loss clear

Christians United For Israel

SURFING WITH TULSI GABBARD … LONG BEFORE HER PRESIDENTIAL BID

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Intro / outro music “Fortress on a hill” written and performed by Clifton Hicks.  Clifton’s Bandcamp page; Clifton’s Patreon page

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MeToo when you wear the uniform – Sexual assault in the military – Ep 4.0

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Ep 4 is here.  Hope you enjoy it.

I did want to make a note for people about SGT Johnson, the SF soldier who died in Niger back in October.  I said his name a number of times in this episode and I’m pretty sure most of them were SGT La Johnson.  His name is SGT La David Johnson and I apologize for not saying his name correctly.  I have memory issues and sometimes things don’t get out quite right.  But, a person’s name is an important thing and I aim to do it right.

We are starting a bonus program for anyone contributing to $3+ to us on Patreon!  There will be bonus podcast content not shown on ordinary episodes, original writings from Danny and myself, some collaborations with other creators and some other surprises we have cooked up.  Stay tuned!

00:40 – Jerusalem becoming location of US Embassy

08:38  – Gas line explosion at Camp Pendleton 

11:09  – Niger updates

42:20  – Analyzing recent deployments of Raytheon Patriot missile defense systems

51:00  – Three sisters, three academies, four generations of service

105:13 – Sexual assault in the military

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/…/american-embassy-israel-trump-move.html

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/bjddq8/everything-we-know-about-u-s-special-ops-are-doing-in-33-african-nations

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-sports/army-navy-game/2017/12/05/army-navy-week-3-sisters-3-academies-and-4-generations-of-service-3/

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