A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk Israel

Iran negotiations have begun in Switzerland and no one rolled out a welcome mat for JD Vance. The Iran delegation and Qatari negotiators have been publicly snubbing him even as he tries to smooth things over with slick diplomacy. Meanwhile, Vance is quite intent on passing the whole debacle off on Benjamin Netanyahu and America’s Israeli allies.In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss JD Vance’s statements and positions and what these Iran talks will honestly mean for the world economy in the short run.Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator on GB News, TalkTV and LBC radio, and has been published in The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post and The Tablet, amongst others.YOU CAN FIND ANDREW FOX AT:SUBSTACK: https://mrandrewfox.substack.comYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLyYcICOUgGsCo_StP7W0LAX: https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_FoxWEBSITE: https://www.andrewfox.onlineTHE BRINK PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrink_PodcastShana Meyerson is a Los Angeles-based yoga influencer and the world-renowned creator of YOGAthletica and mini yogis yoga for kids. She has been teaching yoga since 2002, but has been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people even longer than that. A member of the elite World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, the Israel Bonds National Women’s Board, and AIPAC, Israel and Judaism are the cornerstones of her life. After the atrocities of October 7, Shana put her professional career on hold in order to advocate full-time for the Jewish People and the Jewish State. She is the host of the Unapologetically Jewish Podcast and The Yoga Of War.YOU CAN FIND SHANA MEYERSON AT:UNAPOLOGETICALLY JEWISH PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@shanameyersonYOGA OF WAR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0SUBSTACK: https://shanameyerson.substack.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/shanameyersonFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YOGAthleticaX: https://x.com/ShanaMeyerson

While the Middle East seems to be in something of a holding pattern right now, the rhetoric of the Islamic forces in both Gaza and Iran continues to ramp up. Propaganda and posturing abound as their leaders scramble to show power and threat, as they are increasingly disemboweled by Israel and the United States. Top of their list of priorities: discredit and delegitimize Israel on the world stage. Sadly, that soft war is the one they continue to win.In this live conversation, Shana Meyerson talks about the double talk coming out of the mouths of Hamas and IRGC leaders. A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, military expert Andrew Fox, was unable to make it to the bar this week...Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator on GB News, TalkTV and LBC radio, and has been published in The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post and The Tablet, amongst others.YOU CAN FIND ANDREW FOX AT:SUBSTACK: https://mrandrewfox.substack.comX: https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_FoxWEBSITE: https://www.andrewfox.onlineTHE BRINK PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrink_PodcastShana Meyerson is a Los Angeles-based yoga influencer and the world-renowned creator of YOGAthletica and mini yogis yoga for kids. She has been teaching yoga since 2002, but has been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people even longer than that. A member of the elite World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, the Israel Bonds National Women’s Board, and AIPAC, Israel and Judaism are the cornerstones of her life. After the atrocities of October 7, Shana put her professional career on hold in order to advocate full-time for the Jewish People and the Jewish State. In July 2024, she launched The Yoga of War Podcast, where she has had the distinct honor and pleasure of having provocative, inspiring, educational, and important conversations with many of the world’s most prominent pro-Israel voices…and it has been the honor of a lifetime.YOU CAN FIND SHANA MEYERSON AT:YOGA OF WAR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0SUBSTACK: https://shanameyerson.substack.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/yogathletica/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YOGAthletica/X: https://x.com/ShanaMeyerson

The Gaza War has been, in many ways, a war like no other, replete with lessons that all Western militaries will need to learn in order to succeed in the increasingly complex urban warfare landscape.In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss Andrew’s most recent report, Tactical Lessons From Gaza (https://tinyurl.com/28bdrfkn), and also celebrate the release of the final Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili.ANDREW’S BOOK RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS EPISODE:UNDECLARED WARS WITH ISRAEL: EAST GERMANY AND THE WEST GERMAN FAR LEFT 1967-1989: https://amzn.to/4sS08DkAndrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator on GB News, TalkTV and LBC radio, and has been published in The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post and The Tablet, amongst others. YOU CAN FIND ANDREW FOX AT:SUBSTACK: https://mrandrewfox.substack.comX: https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_FoxWEBSITE: https://www.andrewfox.onlineTHE BRINK PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrink_PodcastShana Meyerson is a Los Angeles-based yoga influencer and the world-renowned creator of YOGAthletica and mini yogis yoga for kids. She has been teaching yoga since 2002, but has been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people even longer than that. A member of the elite World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, the Israel Bonds National Women’s Board, and AIPAC, Israel and Judaism are the cornerstones of her life. After the atrocities of October 7, Shana put her professional career on hold in order to advocate full-time for the Jewish People and the Jewish State. In July 2024, she launched The Yoga of War Podcast, where she has had the distinct honor and pleasure of having provocative, inspiring, educational, and important conversations with many of the world’s most prominent pro-Israel voices…and it has been the honor of a lifetime.YOU CAN FIND SHANA MEYERSON AT:YOGA OF WAR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDs6xiWr6E4&list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0SUBSTACK: https://shanameyerson.substack.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/yogathletica/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YOGAthletica/X: https://x.com/ShanaMeyerson

Thousands of Iranian civilians--peacfully demonstrating--have now been massacred by their own government. And the protests defiantly continue. But for how long? Donald Trump has vowed that he is coming in, but when and how and in what capacity? How long can the people maintain momentum and will this mean the end of the regime in Iran? And if the Ayatollah and IRGC fall, does that mean a new world order? Does it mean peace? Stability? In the Middle East? And beyond...?In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss what so much of the world is shamefully silent about: the civilian uprising in Iran and what it would take to make it successful.Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator on GB News, TalkTV and LBC radio, and has been published in The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post and The Tablet, amongst others. YOU CAN FIND ANDREW FOX AT:SUBSTACK: https://mrandrewfox.substack.com X: https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_FoxWEBSITE: https://www.andrewfox.onlineTHE BRINK PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrink_PodcastShana Meyerson is a Los Angeles-based yoga influencer and the world-renowned creator of YOGAthletica and mini yogis yoga for kids. She has been teaching yoga since 2002, but has been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people even longer than that. A member of the elite World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, the Israel Bonds National Women’s Board, and AIPAC, Israel and Judaism are the cornerstones of her life. After the atrocities of October 7, Shana put her professional career on hold in order to advocate full-time for the Jewish People and the Jewish State. In July 2024, she launched The Yoga of War Podcast, where she has had the distinct honor and pleasure of having provocative, inspiring, educational, and important conversations with many of the world’s most prominent pro-Israel voices…and it has been the honor of a lifetime.YOU CAN FIND SHANA MEYERSON AT:YOGA OF WAR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0SUBSTACK: https://shanameyerson.substack.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/yogathletica/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YOGAthletica/X: https://x.com/ShanaMeyerson

(🔊 SORRY ABOUT THE SOUND! TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT!)With all the many, many fronts of the Israel (Gaza) War, Syria finds itself in the spotlight. After an ISIS terrorist killed three US citizens (two servicemembers and a translator) in Syria, the United States retaliated in a massive way. President Trump and Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, have vowed to destroy any enemy anywhere that dares to threaten America or its allies. And yet…the same standards are not applied when it comes to Israeli anti-terror maneuvers across the region.In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss the unstable situation in Syria and the mirage of Mira Gaza in the ever-changing Middle East.Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator on GB News, TalkTV and LBC radio, and has been published in The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post and The Tablet, amongst others. YOU CAN FIND ANDREW FOX AT:SUBSTACK: https://mrandrewfox.substack.com X: https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_FoxWEBSITE: https://www.andrewfox.onlineTHE BRINK PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrink_PodcastShana Meyerson is a Los Angeles-based yoga influencer and the world-renowned creator of YOGAthletica and mini yogis yoga for kids. She has been teaching yoga since 2002, but has been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people even longer than that. A member of the elite World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, the Israel Bonds National Women’s Board, and AIPAC, Israel and Judaism are the cornerstones of her life. After the atrocities of October 7, Shana put her professional career on hold in order to advocate full-time for the Jewish People and the Jewish State. In July 2024, she launched The Yoga of War Podcast, where she has had the distinct honor and pleasure of having provocative, inspiring, educational, and important conversations with many of the world’s most prominent pro-Israel voices…and it has been the honor of a lifetime.YOU CAN FIND SHANA MEYERSON AT:YOGA OF WAR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0SUBSTACK: https://shanameyerson.substack.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/yogathletica/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YOGAthletica/X: https://x.com/ShanaMeyerson

In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar co-host, Shana Meyerson discuss the UN"s lamentable but entirely predictable anti-Israel resolution demanding the return of the Golan Heights, Judea & Samaria (West Bank), and East Jerusalem. Looking at the geopolitics and the realpolitik behind the resolution, Andrew and Shana explore the reasons why friends, enemies and frenemies voted the way that they did and what it means for the future of the region. (Sorry about the sound issues!)Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle East commentator on GB News, TalkTV and LBC radio, and has been published in The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post and The Tablet, amongst others.YOU CAN FIND ANDREW FOX AT:SUBSTACK: https://mrandrewfox.substack.comYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrink_PodcastX: https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_FoxWEBSITE: https://www.andrewfox.onlineShana Meyerson is a Los Angeles-based yoga influencer and the world-renowned creator of YOGAthletica and mini yogis yoga for kids. She has been teaching yoga since 2002, but has been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish people even longer than that. A member of the elite World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, the Israel Bonds National Women’s Board, and AIPAC, Israel and Judaism are the cornerstones of her life. After the atrocities of October 7, Shana put her professional career on hold in order to advocate full-time for the Jewish People and the Jewish State. In July 2024, she launched The Yoga of War Podcast, where she has had the distinct honor and pleasure of having provocative, inspiring, educational, and important conversations with many of the world’s most prominent pro-Israel voices…and it has been the honor of a lifetime.YOU CAN FIND SHANA MEYERSON AT:YOGA OF WAR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYIr3tf1dgw&list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0SUBSTACK: https://shanameyerson.substack.comINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/yogathletica/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YOGAthletica/X: https://x.com/ShanaMeyerson