Iranian Terrorism is as much an Enemy to Arab Nations as it is to America and Israel: Yoram Ettinger

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This is the 30 minute TV version of Jan Jekielek’s interview with Yoram Ettinger. The longer-form version was released on Epoch TV on April 15, 2025.

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In the 1980s and 1990s, Ettinger held a number of high-profile positions within Israel’s government, from minister of congressional affairs in D.C. to director of its press office. A now retired insider and expert on U.S.–Israel relations, he regularly advises Israel and America’s legislators, and produces a weekly newsletter challenging conventional wisdom on Middle East affairs.

“The State Department probably still is under the delusion that the U.S. has a choice between Arab countries that abide by human rights and Arab countries that do not abide by human rights,” says Ettinger. “The choice is between pro-American Arab regimes that violate human rights or anti-American Arab regimes that violate human rights.”

In this episode, Yoram Ettinger dives into key realities of the U.S.–Israel relationship that are poorly understood, and the global threat posed by the Iranian regime.

“The early pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, to a large extent, viewed themselves as the modern-day chosen people. They viewed this country as the modern-day Promised Land, and they considered the manner in which Moses governed the Jewish people to be the foundation for the system which they established: the separation of powers, and later on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” says Ettinger.

CHAPTER TITLES
0:00:01 - Iranian Terrorist Cells in the US: A Growing Threat
0:00:25 - Ambassador Yoram Ettinger: Background and Expertise
0:00:51 - State Department's Misconceptions about Arab Regimes
0:01:36 - US-Israel Relationship: Cultural and Strategic Foundations
0:09:21 - Defense Industry Collaboration: A Two-Way Street
0:10:04 - Military Aid and Economic Impact
0:16:46 - Israel's Role in American Geopolitical Strategy
0:21:17 - Facing Islamic Terrorism: A Mutual Challenge
0:22:19 - Final Thoughts: Embracing Inconvenient Realities