About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a potential end to the Iran war and who stands to win, featuring insights from Prof. Dan Schueftan.

Trump says a deal may be coming to end the Iran war. Netanyahu says it could protect Israel’s interests. Iran’s regime says little that can be trusted. So what is really happening? Prof. Dan Schueftan returns to the podcast to help us step back from the daily headlines to ask the much bigger question: If this war ends now, who actually wins? And what’s at stake? From the Strait of Hormuz to the ideology of martyrdom, we ask whether free societies still have the nerve to confront movements built on destruction. — This episode is sponsored by a friend of the show who has dedicated the program to the Jews who first came to Trenton, New Jersey, and built a lasting community there. Our sponsor was born in Trenton, and he wants to thank his four families who at the turn of the twentieth century abandoned their homes in Europe and bravely crossed an ocean toward a new life. They came to Trenton with nothing but their religious faith and an unshakable belief that a better life was something worth building. They raised synagogues, built businesses, married and had children. And those children had children, including our sponsor today. This podcast is his way, after October 7, of honoring…

People in this episode

Host: Haviv Rettig Gur

Guest: Prof. Dan Schueftan

Topics covered

• Iran war
• U.S. foreign policy
• Israel's interests
• geopolitics
• martyrdom ideology
• free societies
• historical legacy

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Netanyahu
• geopolitics
• Strait of Hormuz
• martyrdom
• Israel
• foreign policy
• historical legacy

Sponsors

friend of the show

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Trenton, New Jersey

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