For more than half a century, Professor Mordechai Kedar has studied Arabic language, Islamic texts and Middle Eastern political culture from the inside. A former Israeli military intelligence officer and one of Israel’s most seasoned experts on Arab society, he has spent decades listening to what the region says in its own words, not through Western translations or assumptions. In this far reaching conversation with Jonathan Sacerdoti, Kedar argues that the West’s greatest failure is not moral but interpretive. Immigration, Islam and integration, he says, are routinely analysed through liberal democratic frameworks that simply do not apply. Drawing on history, theology and direct engagement with the region, he explains why migration has a radically different meaning inside Islamic thought, why movements like the Muslim Brotherhood see Western societies themselves as occupied space, and why democracy is not a shared universal ideal. Rather than offering a policy argument, Kedar presents a civilisational diagnosis. He traces how post colonial guilt, demographic change and cultural self doubt have combined to leave Europe and America defending themselves with rules their opponents neither share nor respect. The danger, he warns, is not extremism alone, but a society that has forgotten how to name the difference between tolerance and surrender. 👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to understand why debates about immigration and Islam are really about power, identity and whether the West still believes in its own legitimacy. 💬 We Discuss: 🧠 Why understanding Arabic language changes how you hear Islamist politics 📜 How Islamic history frames migration as authority, not resettlement 🏛️ Why democracy and equality are not culturally universal concepts 🕌 Islam versus Islamism, and why avoiding the distinction is fatal 🌍 How post colonial thinking reshaped European decision making 📈 Demography, birth rates and why trends become destiny 🚨 The Muslim Brotherhood’s long strategy and its influence in the West 🏘️ Integration, parallel societies and where the line is crossed ⚖️ Why liberal systems struggle against illiberal movements ⏳ Whether Europe and America still have time to recover cultural confidence 🔔 Subscribe for more serious conversations about extremism, identity and the future of Western civilisation. 📲 Follow Jonathan: X: https://x.com/jonsac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ Watch without adverts if you subscribe on Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com 👇 Comment below. Is the West misreading the challenge it faces, or refusing to see it at all? #Islamism #Immigration #Europe #MuslimBrotherhood #FreeSpeech #WesternValues #Civilisation #JonathanSacerdoti #MordechaiKedar

A filmmaker set out to document the fallout of October seventh. Instead, she uncovered something far larger and far darker: a coordinated ideological capture of Western institutions, a foreign-funded corrosion of democratic values, and a generation primed to cheer for extremists before the bodies in Israel had even been counted. Wendy Sachs joins Jonathan Sacerdoti for a stark, unflinching look at how the world lost its bearings on October eighth, and why the shockwaves are still reshaping global politics today. Sachs traces the journey from campus slogans to international propaganda machines: the sudden mobilisation of Students for Justice in Palestine, the foreign financing behind them, and the decades-long strategy to infiltrate universities, media and social platforms. She reveals how Qatar, Iran and China have poured billions into Western education while demanding silence about their own regimes, how academics have embraced an oppressor–oppressed fiction that rewards extremism, and how young people were ideologically groomed long before October seventh made the crisis visible. 👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to understand why October eighth wasn’t a reaction — it was a revelation. 💬 We Discuss: 📽️ How October 8th exposes the ideological collapse after the Hamas massacre 🗽 The Times Square celebrations before the dead were even named 🎓 The hidden foreign funding behind SJP and campus radicalism 🔺 The origins of the red-triangle symbol and why its use is a call to violence 📡 Decades of Hamas messaging strategy revealed in FBI wiretaps 🌍 How anti-Zionism became the fashionable disguise for old antisemitic tropes 💸 Qatar, China and Iran’s billion-dollar grip on Western universities 📚 The academic shift from scholarship to indoctrination 🧠 How TikTok and social algorithms manufactured a generation’s worldview 🏛️ Why institutions police “offence” but not extremism 🎞️ Why Hollywood is now a battleground for foreign influence 🔥 The climate of hate: from campus cancellations to political assassinations 🕊️ How Jews rediscovered identity — and why the crisis reaches far beyond them ⚖️ What it will take for democracies to fight back, and whether they still can 🔔 Subscribe for more fearless conversations about democracy, extremism and the future of the free world. 🎙 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/51fm2ub7XXdGF0OlPO2Eq3?si=KTSqMzY5Rhekb89xSvFv6g 📲 Follow Jonathan: X: https://x.com/jonsac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ Watch without adverts if you subscribe on Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com 👇 Comment below — Are Western institutions still capable of defending themselves, or has the ideological capture gone too far? #Antisemitism #Extremism #FreeSpeech #CampusProtests #SJP #QatarInfluence #Democracy #WesternValues #Hamas #Israel #MediaBias #IdeologicalCapture #Universities #TikTokBrainwashing #ForeignFunding #October7 #October8 #WendySachs #JonathanSacerdoti

Investigative journalist and media analyst David Collier joins Jonathan Sacerdoti for his clearest and most wide-ranging conversations yet about Britain, the media, extremism and the pressures reshaping public life. Drawing on years of undercover work inside activist movements, online networks and university groups, Collier explains what he has seen from the inside — and why he believes the country is struggling to understand the forces acting on it. David didn’t set out to become an investigator. His career began in Israel, before returning to a Britain he barely recognised. That shock pushed him to look more closely: into anti-Israel activism, into how information flows from Gaza to British newsrooms, and into the way online platforms drive people toward extremes. The picture he’s built over years of research has made him one of the most cited independent analysts of media bias and modern extremism in the UK. Watch if you want a clear, detailed account of the pressures shaping Britain — from someone who has spent years mapping them. 💬 We Discuss: 🕵️‍♂️ How Collier went undercover inside anti-Israel and activist networks 🌐 Social media echo chambers and how they distort public life 🎥 The BBC’s Gaza documentary and what it revealed about reporting pipelines 🧩 Why Western journalism struggles to read Middle Eastern information sources 📉 Cultural confidence, national identity and public trust 🚨 The rise of political Islam and its influence on British politics 📊 Demographic change and why it matters in Collier’s analysis 🏫 NGO and university culture, and how activist currents spread 🪧 Public symbolism: Palestinian flags, British flags and what each signals ⚖️ Why Jews increasingly feel unsure of their place in the UK 📣 How mainstream parties have mishandled these challenges 🔎 What Collier believes the next decade could look like for Britain Subscribe for more conversations about Britain, culture and the forces shaping our future. 🎙 Listen on Spotify: Watch advert-free on Substack: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mYyHgCzR5m6z6iMmQn959 📲 Follow Jonathan On X: https://x.com/jonsac On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ On Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com 👇 Comment below — What part of Collier’s diagnosis do you agree or disagree with? #Britain #DavidCollier #Extremism #MediaBias #BBC #Politics #BritishJews #FreeSpeech #UKCulture #Israel #Hamas #Gaza #SocialMedia #InvestigativeJournalism

A landmark tribunal has ruled that Islam critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act, and the man at the centre of that historic decision, Patrick Lee, sits down with Jonathan Sacerdoti for his first full, unfiltered interview since the judgment shook Britain’s institutions. Patrick Lee is an actuary who never sought public attention, yet found himself monitored, censured and threatened by his own professional body for simply quoting Islamic scripture and raising concerns about extremism, women’s rights and child protection. His case exposed a troubling truth: Britain has become far more comfortable policing offence than confronting doctrines that harm the vulnerable. In this powerful conversation, Lee explains how he went from a quiet private citizen to the unlikely figurehead of a legal battle about free speech, Islam and the limits of criticism in a supposedly liberal democracy. He details how the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries secretly scrutinised his tweets, why the tribunal finally defended his right to speak, and what his victory means for every citizen who refuses to lie about reality. This is not just a story about one man. It is a warning about what happens when fear governs public life, when institutions appease extremism, and when silence becomes a national reflex. 👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to understand why Britain is losing its moral courage — and why this ruling may be a turning point. 💬 We Discuss: 📜 The tribunal decision protecting Islam critical beliefs in UK law 🕌 Why Lee began scrutinising Islamic doctrine post 11 September 📚 The violent Qur’anic and hadith texts he publicly highlighted 🧕 How teachings on women, girls and child marriage shaped his concerns 🚔 The grooming gangs scandal and the culture of enforced silence 🏛️ His regulator’s secret monitoring of his social media 🧩 The critical distinction between attacking ideas and attacking people ⚖️ How sensitivity culture now outranks child safety and women’s rights 🔥 The reach of cancel culture inside British institutions 🕊️ Why free speech is the essential foundation of democracy 🇮🇷 The role of Masih Alinejad’s warnings about Iran in the context of his tweets 🧠 The moral duty to speak when everyone else is afraid 🔔 Subscribe for more fearless conversations about Britain, freedom and the fight for truth. 🎙 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/53OXMwbAnnVt3CtFvhLqKt Watch advert free for paid subscribers on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/jonsac/p/his-islam-critical-beliefs-are-protected 📲 Follow Jonathan On X: https://x.com/jonsac On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ On Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com 👇 Comment below — Does protecting criticism of Islam mark the beginning of Britain’s free speech fightback?

The BBC is facing its biggest crisis in decades — but the scandal isn’t just about two resignations. It’s about years of skewed reporting, buried corrections, and a newsroom culture that has normalised bias while persuading the public that it stands for impartial truth. In this revealing conversation, Hadar Sela, co-editor of CAMERA UK and one of the most meticulous analysts of BBC coverage anywhere, joins Jonathan Sacerdoti to peel back the layers of structural failure inside the BBC: the habits, blind spots, and editorial decisions that have shaped public perception of Israel, terrorism, and the Middle East for over a decade. What you’ll hear in this eye-opening discussion: 📺 Why years of complaints and warnings about BBC bias were ignored 🧩 How “mistakes” always seem to land in the same ideological direction 📰 The hidden power of the BBC’s archive as a distorted historical record 🚨 The Gaza hospital story: a case study in misreporting and zero accountability ⚖️ Why the “what we knew at the time” defence has become a shield against truth 🧾 How the BBC relies on activists, partisan NGOs, and compromised sources 💣 Why Palestinian terror attacks are almost never reported — and what that omission achieves 🧠 The newsroom culture that discourages dissent and buries internal criticism 📉 BBC Verify: why the fact-checking unit often amplifies misinformation instead of correcting it 🔍 How corrections arrive months or years late, quietly, and without transparency 🗂️ Why an external investigation — not internal reforms — may be the BBC’s only hope 🇮🇱 How skewed reporting has helped normalise public debate about Israel’s very right to exist 🔻 The human cost of selective storytelling: Israelis displaced, traumatised, or killed yet barely covered 📢 What an independent complaints system could look like — and why the current process is broken beyond repair 🎧 Listen to this episode if you want to understand not just what has gone wrong inside the BBC, but why it keeps happening — and why so many journalists, former staff, and media analysts are now calling for radical external oversight. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/ ___ 🔔 Subscribe for more in-depth conversations on media, politics, and the battle for truth. 📲 Follow Jonathan On X: https://x.com/jonsac On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ On Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com 👇 Comment below — Do you think the BBC can still be fixed from within, or is external scrutiny the only way forward? #JonathanSacerdoti #BBCBias #MediaAccountability #MiddleEast #Israel #Journalism #BBCVerify #Impartiality #NewsMedia

Erin Molan is one of Australia’s most recognisable broadcasters – but after 7 October 2023, her life changed. In this powerful conversation, she speaks openly about the day she decided silence was no longer an option, the threats she faced, and why she now sees the global rise in antisemitism as an existential test for the entire West. We talk about her journey from sports journalism to political commentary, the moment she realised Australia’s response had crossed a dangerous line, and what she discovered on the ground in Israel when she chose to witness the aftermath of the massacre for herself. Erin also reflects on media failures, the silence of political leaders, and the deeper cultural forces shaping younger generations. Topics you’ll hear in this conversation: • Erin’s early career and the transition from sport to geopolitics • The moment 7 October reshaped her worldview • What she learnt in Israel and why it stayed with her • Australia’s reaction – and what it revealed • How media narratives have distorted public understanding • Why younger audiences are vulnerable to propaganda • What real allyship means to her, and why she believes the fight concerns everyone Originally broadcast live on the channel of the United Synagogue.

The most powerful images in today’s pro-Palestinian campaigns aren’t new — they’re borrowed from Christianity. From the Madonna and Child to David and Goliath, centuries-old sacred symbols have been re-cast to portray Palestinians as modern saints and martyrs, reshaping Western sympathy through religious familiarity. In this gripping conversation, Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London), one of Britain’s leading medieval historians, joins Jonathan Sacerdoti to expose how the emotional grammar of Christian art has been weaponised for political ends — and how its echoes are visible everywhere from social media to pop culture, from the left to the right, and on the front pages of global newspapers. What you’ll hear in this fascinating discussion: 🕍 How Jewish imagery shaped medieval Christianity — and its legacy in Western art 🕊️ Why Christian iconography still dominates moral storytelling today 📸 How propaganda reuses sacred imagery to provoke emotional reactions 🧠 The psychological power of the “mother and child” pose in photojournalism ⚔️ Why Palestinian PR borrows visual language from Christian Europe 💀 How medieval blood libels echo in today’s online antisemitism 🎭 What modern culture learned from the Church about emotional persuasion 📷 The blurred line between journalism, activism, and visual manipulation 🤖 How AI images will intensify the next wave of ideological propaganda 🎧 Listen to this episode and discover how the ghosts of medieval art haunt our digital age — and how understanding their origins helps us see modern imagery more clearly. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mlJQgqPFNevTDZgk91V5J 🔔 Subscribe for more in-depth conversations on history, media, and meaning. 📲 Follow Jonathan On X: https://x.com/jonsac On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ On Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com Some artworks and media excerpts appear under fair dealing (UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s.30) and fair use (US Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §107) for purposes of criticism, review, and education. All rights remain with their respective copyright holders. 👇 Comment below — Do you think ancient religious symbols still shape how we see modern conflicts? #JonathanSacerdoti #ChristianArt #Propaganda #Gaza #VisualCulture #MedievalHistory #ReligionAndPolitics #Palestine #Israel #WesternCulture #Christianity

Michael Gove, former Cabinet Minister and one of Britain’s most articulate conservative thinkers, joins Jonathan Sacerdoti for an unflinching conversation about the perilous state of Britain — a nation he says is “desperate” and in danger of moral collapse. From Islamist extremism on British streets to the cowardice of the political class, Gove warns that antisemitism is not a Jewish problem but a British sickness — a sign that the West has lost its faith, its confidence, and its sense of right and wrong. He argues that Islamism, like Nazism and Marxism before it, is a totalitarian ideology — one that Britain’s elites have failed to confront. He calls out the Foreign Office, the media, and academia for their naïve hostility to Israel, their indulgence of terror sympathisers, and their betrayal of Western civilisation’s own values. In this powerful and wide-ranging discussion, Gove reflects on the rise of Farage and Reform UK, on Tommy Robinson, on Israel’s fight for survival, and on the need to rediscover Britain’s Judeo-Christian moral core before it’s too late. 👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to understand how the West lost its nerve — and how it might just find it again. 💬 We Discuss: ⚰️ Britain’s growing antisemitism — “a tragedy that bears examination” 🕌 Islamism, the new totalitarianism replacing Marxism 🇮🇱 Why hatred of Israel reveals hatred of the West itself 🏛️ The Foreign Office’s “permanent bias” against Israel 🕍 Attacks on synagogues and the illusion of Jewish safety in Britain 🎭 The far left and far right meeting in antisemitic conspiracy 🚔 Two-tier policing and surrendering Britain’s streets 🎤 Tommy Robinson, Farage, and the politics of rebellion 🏴‍☠️ The ideological alliance between Islamists and neo-Nazis 📚 How Britain’s intellectual class lost its moral bearings 🕊️ Judeo-Christian values as the foundation of liberty and equality 🔥 Why losing faith means losing civilisation itself 🔔 Subscribe for more fearless conversations about Britain, freedom, and the fight for truth. 🎙 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qkgSo1kvoAXoZnqCVROYF Watch advert free for paid subscribers on Substack. 📲 Follow Jonathan On X: https://x.com/jonsac On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ On Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com 👇 Comment below — Has Britain already crossed the line into moral surrender? #MichaelGove #JonathanSacerdoti #Britain #Islamism #BritishPolitics