Podcast appearances and mentions of David Friedman

Tune into the second episode of AJC's newest limited podcast series, Architects of Peace. Go behind the scenes of the decades-long diplomacy and quiet negotiations that made the Abraham Accords possible, bringing Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and later Morocco, together in historic peace agreements.  Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, U.S. Army General Miguel Correa, and AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson unpack the first Trump administration's Middle East strategy, share behind-the-scenes efforts to engage key regional players, and reveal what unfolded inside the White House in the crucial weeks before the Abraham Accords signing. Full transcript: https://www.ajc.org/news/podcast/behind-the-breakthrough-architects-of-peace-episode-2 Resources: AJC.org/ArchitectsofPeace - Tune in weekly for new episodes. AJC.org/AbrahamAccords - The Abraham Accords, Explained AJC.org/CNME - Find more on AJC's Center for a New Middle East Listen – AJC Podcasts: AJC.org/ForgottenExodus AJC.org/PeopleofthePod Follow Architects of Peace on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/ArchitectsofPeace You can reach us at: podcasts@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript: Donald Trump: I think we're going to make a deal. It might be a bigger and better deal than people in this room even understand. Manya Brachear Pashman: In September 2020, the world saw what had been years – decades – in the making: landmark peace agreements dubbed the Abraham Accords -- normalizing relations between Israel and two Arabian Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Later, in December, they were joined by the Kingdom of Morocco. Five years later, AJC is pulling back the curtain to meet key individuals who built the trust that led to these breakthroughs. Introducing: the Architects of Peace. Shortly after he was elected in 2016 and before he took office, President Donald Trump nominated his company's former bankruptcy attorney David Friedman to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Israel. He gave Friedman two simple tasks.  Task No. 1? Build peace across the Middle East by normalizing relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Task No. 2? Solve the Israeli Palestinian conflict that a half dozen previous White House residents had failed to fix.  After all, according to conventional wisdom, the first task could not happen before the second. The future of cooperation between Israel and 20-plus other Arab countries hinged on peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.  Here's former Secretary of State John Kerry. John Kerry: There will be no advance and separate peace with the Arab world without the Palestinian process and Palestinian peace. Everybody needs to understand that. Manya Brachear Pashman: Ambassador Friedman disagreed with this conventional wisdom. David Friedman: We were told initially by most countries that the road to peace began with the Palestinians. This was a hypothesis that I rejected internally, but I thought: ‘OK, well, let's just play this out and see where this can go. And so, we spent a couple of years really working on what could be a plan that would work for Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinians, you know, rejected discussions early on, but we had a lot of discussions with the Israelis. Manya Brachear Pashman: The son of a rabbi who grew up in Long Island, Ambassador Friedman had been active in pro-Israel organizations for decades, He had advised Trump on the importance of the U.S.-Israel bond during the 2016 presidential election and recommended nothing less than a radical overhaul of White House policy in the region. Not long after his Senate confirmation as ambassador, that overhaul commenced. In February 2017, President Trump invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House – his first invitation to a foreign leader —  and a symbolic one. After their meeting, they held a joint press conference. Donald Trump: With this visit, the United States again reaffirms our unbreakable bond with our cherished ally Israel. The partnership between our two countries, built on our shared values. I think we're going to make a deal. It might be a bigger and better deal than people in this room even understand. That's a possibility. So, let's see what we do.  He doesn't sound too optimistic. But he's a good negotiator. Benjamin Netanyahu: That's the art of the deal. Manya Brachear Pashman: Nine months later, President Trump made another symbolic gesture -- recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital city and moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Though such a move had been approved by Congress in 1995, no president had ever acted upon it. When Trump's son-in-law, businessman, and senior White House advisor Jared Kushner opened conversations about that ‘bigger and better deal,' Palestinians refused to participate, using the pretext of the Jerusalem decision to boycott the Trump administration. But that didn't stop Ambassador Friedman and others from engaging, not only with Israel, but with Arab countries about a new path forward. AJC's Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson, who has been building bridges in the region since the early ‘90s, recalls this strategy at the time. Jason Isaacson: It was very clear for many months, 2019 on into early 2020, that there was a team working under Jared Kushner in the White House that was going from country to country in the Gulf and North Africa, looking to make a deal, looking to make deals that would lead to normalization with Israel, would involve various benefits that the United States would be able to provide. But of course, the big benefit would be regional integration and a closer relationship with the United States. Manya Brachear Pashman: The pitch for a new path forward resonated in the United Arab Emirates, a Gulf country of 10 million residents, some 11% of whom are Emiratis — the rest expats and migrants from around the world. The UAE had designated 2019 the Year of Tolerance, an initiative aimed at promoting the country as a global capital for tolerance and respect between diverse cultures and nationalities. That year, the Emirates hosted a historic visit from Pope Francis, and 27 Israeli athletes competed in the 2019 Special Olympics World Games held in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.  The pitch also resonated in Bahrain. In June of that year, during a two-day workshop in Bahrain's capital city of Manama, the Trump administration began rolling out the results of its Middle East tour – the economic portion of its peace plan, titled "Peace to Prosperity." Jason Isaacson: The White House plan for Peace to Prosperity was a kind of an early set of ideas for Israeli Palestinian resolution that would result in a small, but functional Palestinian state, created in a way that would not require the displacement of Israelis in the West Bank, and that would involve large scale investment, mostly provided by other countries, mostly in the Gulf, but not only, also Europe, to advance the Palestinian economy, to integrate the Palestinian and Israelis' economies in a way that had never happened. And there was discussion that was taking place that all led up to the idea of a very fresh approach, a very new approach to the regional conflict. Manya Brachear Pashman: The 38-page prospectus set ambitious goals — turning the West Bank and Gaza into tourism destinations, doubling the amount of drinkable water there, tripling exports, earmarking $900 million to build hospitals and clinics. The Palestinians, angered by Trump's recognition of Jerusalem and viewing the Manama workshop as an attempt to normalize Arab-Israel ties while sidelining their national rights, boycotted the meeting and rejected the plan before ever seeing its details.  But the workshop's host Bahrain, as well as Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the Emirates participated, to varying degrees. Trump's team rolled out the rest of the plan in January 2020, including a map of land carved out for Palestinians and for Israel. The plan enabled Palestinians and Arab countries to expand economic opportunities. It enabled Israel to demonstrate that it was open to cooperation. It enabled the Trump administration to illustrate the opportunities missed if countries in the region continued to let Palestinian leadership call the shots. David Friedman: The expectation was not that the Palestinians would jump all over it. We were realistic about the possibility, but we did think it was important to show that Israel itself, under some circumstances, was willing to engage with the Palestinians with regard to a formula for peace that, you know, had an economic component, a geographic component, a governance component.  Manya Brachear Pashman: The Palestine Liberation Organization accused the United States of trying to sell a "mirage of economic prosperity.” Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh criticized the Arab leaders attending the al-Manama conference, saying "The (Palestinian) people, who have been fighting for 100 years, did not commission anyone to concede or to bargain.” But that's the thing. Arab leaders weren't there solely on behalf of the Palestinians. They wanted to learn how their own countries' citizens could enjoy peace and prosperity too. David Friedman: The real point of all this that got the Abraham Accords jump started was not the fact that the Palestinians embraced this, but more so that they rejected it in such a way that enabled these other countries to say: ‘Look, guys, you know what? We can't be more pro-Palestinian than you.' Here you have, you know, the U.S. government putting on a table a proposal that gets you more than halfway there in terms of your stated goals and aspirations. Maybe you don't like all of it, that's fine, but you're never going to get everything you wanted anyway. And here's the first government in history that's willing to give you something tangible to talk about, and if you're not going to engage in something that they spent years working on, talking to everybody, trying to thread the needle as best they could. If you're not willing to talk to them about it, then don't ask us to fight your fight. There's only so far we can go. But we thought that putting this plan out on a table publicly would kind of smoke out a lot of positions that had historically been below the surface. And so, beginning right after the 28th of January of 2020 when we had that ceremony with the President's vision for peace, we began to really get serious engagement. Not from the Palestinians, who rejected it immediately, but from the countries in the region. And so that's how the Abraham Accords discussions really began in earnest. Manya Brachear Pashman: AJC had been saying for years that if Arab leaders truly wanted to foster stability in the region and help the Palestinians, engaging with Israel and opening channels of communication would give them the leverage to do so. Isolating Israel was not the answer. Nothing underscored that more than the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst global health crisis in a century. As everyone around the world donned N95 masks and went into self-imposed isolation, some governments in the Middle East concluded that isolating innovative countries like Israel was perhaps not the wisest or safest choice.  In May 2020, UAE Ambassador to the United Nations Lana Nusseibeh said as much during a virtual webinar hosted by AJC. Lana Nusseibeh: Of course, we've had Israeli medics participate in previous events in the UAE, that wouldn't be unusual. And I'm sure there's a lot of scope for collaboration. I don't think we would be opposed to it. Because I really think this public health space should be an unpoliticized space where we all try and pool our collective knowledge of this virus. Manya Brachear Pashman: A month later, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash echoed that sentiment, during AJC Global Forum. Anwar Gargash: I think we can come to a point where we come to a given Israeli government and we say we disagree with you on this, we don't think it's a good idea. But at the same time there are areas, such as COVID, technology, and other things that we can actually work on together. Manya Brachear Pashman: Not surprisingly, the UAE was the first Arab country to begin negotiating with the White House to normalize relations with Israel. However, talks that summer hit a stalemate. Israel was moving forward with a plan to annex a significant portion of the West Bank, including Israeli settlements and the Jordan Valley. Even though President Trump himself had cautioned Prime Minister Netanyahu to hold off, Ambassador Friedman was not about to stop them.  David Friedman: I thought that the idea of Israel walking away from its biblical heartland. Anything that required Israel to make that commitment was something I couldn't support. I was so dead set against it. Israel cannot, as a price for normalization, as great as it is, as important as it is, Israel cannot agree to cede its biblical heartland. Manya Brachear Pashman: Not only was this personal for Ambassador Friedman, it was also a major incentive for Israel, included in the Peace to Prosperity plan. The ambassador didn't want to go back on his word and lose Israel's trust.  But annexation was a dealbreaker for the Emirates. In June, UAE's Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba wrote a column speaking directly to the Israeli public. He explained that the UAE wanted diplomatic relations with Israel – it really did – but unilateral annexation of land that it considered still in dispute would be viewed as a breach of trust and undermine any and all progress toward normalization.  David Friedman: It was a kind of a tumultuous period, both internally within our own team and with others, about what exactly was going to happen as a result of that Peace to Prosperity Plan. And even if there was an agreement by the United States to support Israeli annexation, was this something that was better, at least in the short term? Manya Brachear Pashman: Otaiba's message got through, and the team ultimately agreed to suspend the annexation plan — not halt, but suspend — an intentionally temporary verb.  In addition to writing the column, Otaiba also recommended that a friend join the negotiations to help repair the trust deficit: General Miguel Correa, a U.S. Army General who had spent part of his childhood in the Middle East, served in the Persian Gulf War and as a peacekeeper maintaining the treaty between Israel and Egypt. General Correa had joined the National Security Council in March 2020 after serving as a defense attaché in Abu Dhabi. He had earned the respect of Emiratis, not as a dealmaker so much as a lifesaver, once orchestrating a secret rescue mission of wounded Emirati troops from inside Yemen. Among those troops, the nephew and son-in-law of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, the then-de facto ruler and now the current president of the UAE. Kushner and Friedman had never met Correa.  Miguel Correa: I didn't know them, and they didn't know me. No one else had any military experience on the team. I had a unique perspective of the Arab side of the equation.  And had relationships. So, it was a match made in heaven.  Jared, David Friedman, these guys obviously understood Israeli politics and understood the Israeli side, and somewhat Jewish American side. I could provide a different dynamic or a different view from the Arab side, as someone who's kind of grown up with this. It really got serious when the team came together and, and we could start working on real, concrete things. Manya Brachear Pashman: Months of negotiations had already unfolded. It was already late July, first of August, when General Correa became the last person to join the tiny circle of a half dozen negotiators – kept intentionally small to keep a lid on the conversations. It's hard to keep a secret in Washington. David Friedman: The secrecy here was very, very important, because to be honest with you, I think anything bigger than that group of six or seven, we would have put it in jeopardy. Manya Brachear Pashman: In this situation, leaks not only threatened the deal, they could threaten lives. Though word trickled out that a deal was in the works, no one guessed just how transformational the result might be. In General Correa's opinion, the UAE had the most to lose. Miguel Correa: That was the concern that, frankly, guys like me had, that, I hurt a nation of good people that is incredibly tolerant, that builds synagogues and churches and Sikh temples, or Hindu temples, and tolerance 101, that everybody can pray to who they would like to pray to.  And I was worried that all these extremists were going to come out of the woodwork and hurt that trajectory in the UAE, that was going to be a great nation with or without the normalization. But this ruler said: ‘No, no, it's the right thing to do. Peace is the right thing to do.' Manya Brachear Pashman: General Correa actually had quite a few concerns. He didn't want the negotiations to be hijacked for political gain. He wanted leaders to have a security and public relations response in place before anything was announced. And the agreement? It lacked a name. Miguel Correa: A lot of it has to do with my military side. We love to name cool task forces, and things like that. And then I felt like: ‘Hey, it has to be something that rolls off the tongue, that makes sense and that will help it, you know, with staying power. Let's do something that ties the people together. There was going to be a shock, a tectonic shock that was going to occur. From 1948, we're going to do a complete 180, and wow. So what do we do to take the wind away from the extremists? As a guy who's fought extremism, militant extremism, for most of his military career, I figured, hey, we've got to do what we can to frame this in a super positive manner. Manya Brachear Pashman: To the general's dismay, no one else shared his concern about what to call their project. A lot was happening in those last few weeks. Landing on a name – not a priority. On the morning of August 13, once all the details were hammered out, the team sat in the Oval Office waiting to brief the President before it was announced to the world. David Friedman: It came about 10 minutes before the end, we were all sitting around the Oval Office, waiting for this announcement about the UAE. And somebody, not me, said: ‘Well, we need a name for this,' and I said, why? And they said, ‘Well, you know, you have the Oslo Accords, you have the Camp David Accords. You need a name.' And I said, you know, Who's got an idea? And General Miguel Correa, he said: ‘How about the Abraham Accords?' And I said: ‘That's a great name.' And then we had a rush to call the Israelis and the Emiratis to make sure they were OK with it.  Five minutes later we're broadcasting to a few hundred million people this groundbreaking announcement. And the President looks at me and says, ‘David, explain why you chose the Abraham Accords?' So that was when we explained what the name was, which I hadn't really thought of until that point. We just thought it was a good name.  So at that point I said, ‘Well, you know, Abraham was the father of three great religions. He's referred to as Abraham in English, and Ibrahim in Arabic, and Avraham in Hebrew. And no single individual better exemplifies the opportunity and the benefits of unity among all peoples than Abraham.' And that was sort of on the fly how we got to the Abraham Accords. Manya Brachear Pashman: General Correa said he chose a name that would remind people of all faiths that what they have in common far outweighs what separates them. It was also important that the name be plural. Not the Abraham Accord. The Abraham Accords.  Even if only one country – the UAE – was signing on at that moment, there would be more to come. Indeed, Bahrain came on board within a month. Morocco joined in December.  Miguel Correa: I felt in my heart that this has to be more than one. As a guy that's been affected by this extremism and it allowed this, this craziness and that people decide who can get to know who and and I felt like, No, we can't allow this to be a one-shot deal. We have to prove that this is an avalanche. This could be sustained, and this is the way it should be. Everyone has to come into this one way or another. And it's not, by the way, saying that, hey, we're all going to walk lockstep with Israel. That's not the point. The point is that you have a conversation, the leaders can pick up the phone and have that conversation. So it has to be, has to be plural. By the way, this is the way that it was. This isn't new. This isn't like a crazy new concept. This is the way it was. It's not an introduction of Jews in this region, in society. This is a reintroduction. This is the way it's supposed to be. This is what's happened for thousands of years. So why are we allowing people to take us back, you know, thousands of years? Let's go back to the way things should be, and develop these relationships. It makes us all better. Manya Brachear Pashman: Next episode, we step out from behind the scenes and on to the South Lawn of the White House where leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel and the U.S. signed the Abraham Accords, while the world watched in awe. Atara Lakritz is our producer. T.K. Broderick is our sound engineer. Special thanks to Jason Isaacson, Sean Savage, and the entire AJC team for making this series possible.  You can subscribe to Architects of Peace on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts, and you can learn more at AJC.org/ArchitectsofPeace.  The views and opinions of our guests don't necessarily reflect the positions of AJC.  You can reach us at podcasts@ajc.org. If you've enjoyed this episode, please be sure to spread the word, and hop onto Apple Podcasts or Spotify to rate us and write a review to help more listeners find us. 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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Show (09/03/2025): 3:05pm- Newly released video surveillance collected from outside of Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell contradicts Attorney General Pam Bondi's claim in July that missing footage was permanently lost due to a recording error. 3:10pm- On Wednesday, Congressmen Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna were joined by several Epstein abuse survivors outside of the U.S. Capitol—calling for the House of Representatives to vote in favor of a measure that would require the Department of Justice to release all records related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. 3:20pm- While speaking with the press from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump continued to insist the far-left's claims about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein are a “hoax.” While testifying under oath, former Attorney General William Barr stated that, according to all evidence, Trump had absolutely no illicit involvement with Epstein. 3:40pm- During a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, President Trump took questions from the press—accusing Democrats of being soft on crime and revealing that he plans on sending the National Guard to Chicago or New Orleans. Trump noted that Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA), unlike Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), has asked for assistance from the federal government. 4:00pm- David Friedman—former U.S. Ambassador to Israel & best-selling author—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his new book, “One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” 4:30pm- Rich is hosting an event with New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli from Tavistock Country Club—so, Mike Opelka hosts the second half of the show!

A bunch of left-wingers participated in Labor Day protests against the Trump Administration. A Christian Worship event at Gas Works Park in Seattle was once again met by protests. Guest: Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on the IDF’s ground operations in Gaza and why recognizing a Palestinian state would be a big mistake. // Big Local: A Lynnwood City Council candidate is being charged with a totally made up controversy. Tacoma’s children’s hospital is no longer offering gender-affirming care to new patients. // You Pick the Topic: The United States is going through a ‘Sex Recession.’

Former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman joins Jeff to talk about his new book.

In the final hour Jeff chats with Jason Miyares and David Friedman.

Jeff is a busy bee today and has interviews with John McGuire, Tony Brewster, Kelsey Olszewski, Jason Miyares and David Friedman on this Slammed with Too Many Guests On A Tuesday Edition of The Jeff Katz Show.

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In this conversation, David Friedman shares his journey from flipping houses to commercial real estate in San Bernardino, California. He discusses the importance of community development, the challenges of tenant screening, and the unique businesses he supports in the area. David emphasizes the need for humility in learning from mistakes and the significance of building relationships with city officials to revitalize the community. He also highlights the role of property management in scaling his business and the impact of local businesses on community culture.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true ‘white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a “mini-mastermind” with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming “Retreat”, either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas “Big H Ranch”? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

Dr. David Friedman speaks with bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado about his new book Tame Your Thoughts, which offers three practical, faith-based tools to help people break free from toxic thinking. Lucado explains how most of our 70,000 daily thoughts are negative, feeding anxiety, guilt, and fear—but with God's help, our minds can be renewed. He encourages listeners to practice “picky thinking,” recognize and challenge harmful thought patterns (what he calls UFOs: Untruths, False narratives, Overreactions), and replace them with truth from Scripture. Lucado emphasizes that it's never too late to change, and with God's grace, we can experience true peace and transformation.  

Dr. David Friedman interviews Dr. David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner and author of Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine, about why diets often fail and how ultra-processed foods hijack the brain's reward system. They discuss the rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic, its benefits and limitations, and the importance of combining medication with nutrition, exercise, and behavior change for lasting results. Dr. Kessler also emphasizes better food labeling, the dangers of visceral fat, and how brain chemistry drives cravings and relapse.

Jul 26, 2025 Finalist #5 in the Review Contest [This is one of the finalists in the 2025 review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I'll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you've read them all, I'll ask you to vote for a favorite, so remember which ones you liked] Introduction The Astral Codex Ten (ACX) Commentariat is defined as the 24,485 individuals other than Scott who have contributed to the corpus of work of Scott's blog posts, chiefly by leaving comments at the bottom of those posts. It is well understood (by the Commentariat themselves) that they are the best comments section anywhere on the internet, and have been for some time. This review takes it as a given that the ACX Commentariat outclasses all of its pale imitators across the web, so I won't compare the ACX Commentariat to e.g. reddit. The real question is whether our glory days are behind us – specifically whether the ACX Commentariat of today has lost its edge compared to the SSC Commentariat of pre-2021. A couple of years ago Scott asked, Why Do I Suck?. This was a largely tongue-in-cheek springboard to discuss a substantive criticism he regularly received - that his earlier writing was better than his writing now. How far back do we need to go before his writing was ‘good'? Accounts seemed to differ; Scott said that the feedback he got was of two sorts: “I loved your articles from about 2013 - 2016 so much! Why don't you write articles like that any more?”, which dates the decline to 2016 “Do you feel like you've shifted to less ambitious forms of writing with the new Substack?”, which dates the decline to 2021 Quite a few people responded in the comments that Scott's writing hadn't changed, but it was the experience of being a commentor which had worsened. For example, David Friedman, a prolific commentor on the blog in the SSC-era, writes: A lot of what I liked about SSC was the commenting community, and I find the comments here less interesting than they were on SSC, fewer interesting arguments, which is probably why I spend more time on [an alternative forum] than on ACX. Similarly, kfix seems to be a long-time lurker (from as early as 2016) who has become more active in the ACX-era, writes: I would definitely agree that the commenting community here is 'worse' than at SSC along the lines you describe, along with the also unwelcome hurt feelings post whenever Scott makes an offhand joke about a political/cultural topic. And of course, this position wasn't unanimous. Verbamundi Consulting is a true lurker who has only ever made one post on the blog – this one: Ok, I've been lurking for a while, but I have to say: I don't think you suck… You have a good variety of topics, your commenting community remains excellent, and you're one of the few bloggers I continue to follow. The ACX Commentariat is somewhat unique in that it self-styles itself as a major reason to come and read Scott's writing – Scott offers up some insights on an issue, and then the comments section engages unusually open and unusually respectful discussion of the theme, and the total becomes greater than the sum of the parts. Therefore, if the Commentariat has declined in quality it may disproportionately affect people's experience of Scott's posts. The joint value of each Scott-plus-Commentariat offering declines if the Commentariat are not pulling their weight, even if Scott himself remains just as good as ever. In Why Do I Suck? Scott suggests that there is weak to no evidence of a decline in his writing quality, so I propose this review as something of a companion piece; is the (alleged) problem with the blog, in fact, staring at us in the mirror? My personal view aligns with Verbamundi Consulting and many other commentors - I've enjoyed participating in both the SSC and ACX comments, and I haven't noticed any decline in Commentariat quality. So, I was extremely surprised to find the data totally contradicted my anecdotal experience, and indicated a very clear dropoff in a number of markers of quality at almost exactly the points Scott mentioned in Why Do I Suck? – one in mid-2016 and one in early 2021 during the switch from SSC to ACX. https://readscottalexander.com/posts/acx-your-review-the-astral-codex-ten 

On Wednesday's Mark Levin Show, Zohran Mamdani recently returned from a lavish, expensive wedding in Uganda featuring a walled estate and armed guards, funded by capitalists rather than the government. He portrays himself as the victim while yelling at Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams. Don't believe a word Mamdani says, he would defund the police and disarm the citizen. Rep Mike Lawler calls in to discuss limousine liberal, trust fund baby Mamdani. Lawler warns that Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City would undermine safety and well-being, harming the city and country.  Later, in On Power there were early debates among Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson on interpreting the U.S. Constitution. Despite Hamilton's role in authoring the Federalist Papers to promote ratification and his advocacy for a strong national government, he proposed ideas like lifetime Senate and presidential terms, which were rejected. Afterward, David Friedman joins the show to express alarm at the unprecedented levels of anti-Semitism and hatred toward Israel, which is worsening monthly and fueled by media misinformation, such as the New York Times falsely portraying a congenitally ill child as starving due to Israel. Also, recognizing Palestine as a state incentivizes Hamas to continue without concessions, making hostage releases harder despite pleas from families. Finally, Steve Hilton calls in to discuss his run for California Governor and Kamala Harris' announcement that she won't run for Governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

51:36- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst based in Washington, D.C. Specializing in defense and aerospace research, founder of IRIS Independent Research, and Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute Topic: U.S. air strike on Iran 1:01:07- Assemblyman Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman and the son of holocaust survivors Topic: U.S. air strike on Iran and the impact it will have on Israel 1:12:55- Johnny "Joey" Jones, Fox News military analyst and host, Marine Corps veteran, and the author of "Behind the Badge" Topic: U.S. air strike on Iran 1:26:45- Joe Borelli, Former New York City Councilman and Managing Director of Chartwell Strategy Group Topic: Primary Day in New York tomorrow 1:33:54- Hogan Gidley, Former National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign, former White House Deputy Press Secretary, and a Newsmax contributor Topic: President Trump's actions in Iran air strike 1:48:33- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of "Preparing for World War III" Topic: "Trump launches precision strikes against Iran. Triumph or trap?" (Fox News op ed) 2:02:10- Lt. Col. Chuck DeVore (Ret.), Chief National Initiatives Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation who served as a Republican member of the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010 Topic: U.S. air strike on Iran 2:10:07- David Friedman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and the author of "Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East" Topic: U.S. air strike on Iran and its overall impact on the Middle EastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Crowder, Tucker Carlson, Dinesh D'Souza. Why Tucker Carlson is Dead Wrong about Trump, Israel, and Iran and Why Dinesh Supports Israel's Attack.   Why Tucker Carlson is Dead Wrong about Trump, Israel, and Iran Who is Iran? What is their quest? What is their favorite color? In this video, we explore what the United States' relationship should be with that terrorist hot spot in the Middle East. Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/BPKNm9dW1n8?si=5X1vgs7_nW49PWrw StevenCrowder 5.69M subscribers 89,938 views Jun 16, 2025 DOWNLOAD THE RUMBLE APP TODAY: https://rumble.com/our-apps Join Rumble Premium to watch this show every day! http://louderwithcrowder.com/Premium Bite-Sized Content: https://rumble.com/c/CrowderBits Subscribe to my podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/louder-with-... FOLLOW ME: Website: https://louderwithcrowder.com/ Twitter:   / scrowder   Instagram:   / louderwithcrowder   Facebook:   / stevencrowderofficial     THE DISRUPTOR Dinesh D'Souza Podcast. 8 min Clip. 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37:54- Assemblyman Dov Hikind, former New York State Assemblyman and the son of holocaust survivors Topic: Israel and Iran conflict, increased security in New York 51:01- Nicole Parker, Special Agent with the FBI from 2010 through October 2022 and a Fox News contributor Topic: Suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers in custody 1:25:54- Mike Gallagher, radio talk show host heard weekday mornings at 10 a.m. on AM 970 The AnswerTopic: News of the day, Alaska cruise 1:35:54- Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army officer and an experienced military analyst with on-the-ground experience inside Russia and Ukraine and the author of "Preparing for World War III" Topic: "The Israeli-Iranian War Is a Global Flashpoint—America Must Lead Before It Spreads" (op ed), Army's 250th Anniversary 1:48:12- Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyTopic: Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, latest environmental initiatives 2:03:14- David Friedman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and the author of "Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East" Topic: Israel and Iran 2:10:30- Phil Rosenthal, Host of "Somebody Feed Phil" on Netflix and the creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond" Topic: Season 8 of "Somebody Feed Phil" on Netflix on Wednesday, his storied career in televisionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we sit down with Dave Friedman, a seasoned real estate investor, as he shares his journey from building a rental portfolio to transitioning into property flipping and creative strategies like seller financing. Tune in to hear the lessons he's learned, the challenges he's overcome, and how he's adapted his approach to maximize returns in today's market.   Want to create your own seller-financed notes? MAKE SURE YOUR NOTES ARE SELLABLE, VALUABLE, AND COMPLIANT: https://calltheunderwriter.com/ Are you Ready to work with Dan to learn how to invest in notes yourself? COMPREHENSIVE NOTE BUYING COURSE: https://www.notelaunchpad.com

Matty and Kikau chat with Steven Gross who is currently the program head of The Abbott MFA in Musical Theater Collaboration Program at Temple University. Steven is the founder and CEO of MusicalTheatreSongs.com. His recommendation for today is the television show Hacks. ---Steven Gross has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End and internationally as a music director, conductor, pianist, sub and vacation conductor. He is a Lortel Award nominee for Best Musical for his adaption of The Pirates of Penzance at the South Street Seaport. He has conducted the European premieres of The Life, Urinetown, Falsettos, Beehive, Forever Plaid, Closer Than Ever, Flora the Red Menace and other works. He also works extensively as a classical conductor and has appeared with many national and international opera companies, symphony orchestras and festivals. He is as an orchestrator and arranger for many symphony orchestras, theatrical, digital and online productions. His musical Nijinsky has been performed in Berlin, Zurich and Monte Carlo.Steven has collaborated on new musicals with Award-winning composers and lyricists including Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, Sam Carner & Derek Gregor, Douglas Cohen and Zoe Samuel, Cy Coleman, David Friedman, Zina Goldrich & Marcy Heisler, Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis, Brett Macias, Lauren Taslitz & Danny Ursetti. Steven holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from Yale University and is a Fulbright and Rotary Scholar. He has extensive experience working in academia as a clinician, guest artist and professor. 

In this episode from 2023, Alex speaks with David Friedman about defenses, definitions and critiques of Anarcho-Capitalism in David's work and in others'.  Episode Notes: - Summary of David's book "The Machinery of Freedom" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machinery_of_Freedom  - Some of Ayn Rand's views on Libertarianism and Anarcho-Capitalism: http://aynrandlexicon.com/ayn-rand-ideas/ayn-rand-q-on-a-on-libertarianism.html  - Some of David's comments on his Father's views of his work can be found here: https://www.econlib.org/archives/2011/07/david_friedmans_1.html  - The Stanford Encyclopedia's entry on Anarchism https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anarchism/#:~:text=Libertarianism%20and%20anarcho%2Dcapitalism%20also,the%20idea%20of%20social%20development.  - "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" - Robert A. Heinlein https://a.co/d/4gmWZrP  - "The Private Enforcement of Law" - Landes and Posner https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=259376  - "Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers" - Gary S. Becker and George J. Stigler  https://laws21.classes.ryansafner.com/readings/Becker-Stigler-1974.pdf 

24:06- Frank Morano, New York City Councilman representing New York's 51st District Topic: His continued campaign for the City Council primary, swearing-in, Rikers Island 51:19- Liz Peek, Fox News contributor, columnist for Fox News and The Hill, and former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company Topic: "Democrats' bizarre affection for illegal aliens" (Fox News op ed) 1:01:09- Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Director for Public Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security Topic: California's immigration assistance program, Letitia James suing DHS, other DHS news 1:11:14- Stephen Moore, "Joe Piscopo Show" Resident Scholar of Economics, Chairman of FreedomWorks Task Force on Economic Revival, former Trump economic adviser and the author of "The Trump Economic Miracle: And the Plan to Unleash Prosperity Again" Topic: Trump's Middle East trip and how this impacts U.S. investments, prescription drug cuts 1:37:57- Sheriff Shaun Golden, Monmouth County Sheriff Topic: ICE, New Jersey car thefts 1:47:45- David Friedman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and the author of "One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" Topic: Trump's Middle East trip 2:00:16- Miranda Devine, columnist for the New York Post and the author of "The Big Guy" Topic: "Old Joe Biden haunts demented Dems as they desperately try to flip the script to claim Trump is ‘losing his mind’" (New York Post op ed) 2:12:17- Michael Goodwin, Chief Political Columnist for the New York Post Topic: Trump accepting a plane from Qatar and how that will impact his presidencySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABRAHAM ACCORDS, TWO-STATE PARADIGM, AND U.S.-IRAN NUCLEAR TALKSHEADLINE 1: The Navy lost a $60 million fighter jet because of a Houthi missile attack.HEADLINE 2: An Israeli district court sentenced an Israeli citizen to 10 years in prison for treason.HEADLINE 3: Sectarian clashes broke out near Damascus in what people are still calling the new Syria.--FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:00pm- From the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing “exploitive ticket scalping” as Kid Rock stood next to him. While answering questions from the press, Trump said has been allowing White House staff to use the Tesla he bought earlier this month. He was also asked about a potential third term—and whether he could win a hypothetical election against Barack Obama. Trump said he would love to run against Obama but seemed to dismiss the idea of challenging the 22nd Amendment. He also revealed that he is considering several candidates to serve as his Ambassador to the United Nations—including David Friedman and Rick Grenell. Last week, Trump announced Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) will no longer be the administration's nominee to serve as U.N. Ambassador. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said that he asked Stefanik to remain in Congress—citing the Republican Party's narrow majority in the House of Representatives and the need for her critical vote to pass conservative policies. Though New York's 21st Congressional District is reliably red, reports indicate that Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) was planning to delay filling the vacancy—despite NY law mandating an election within 90 days.

On this Monday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid criticizes President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East in Steve Witkoff, who seems to wavering when it comes to mediating negotiations between Israel and the terrorist organization that is Hamas in their ongoing war in the Middle East. In other news of the day, Team Jerusalem beats Team Tel Aviv in the first Israeli ice hockey game played in the United States, Columbia University is reportedly on track to recover federal funding if they genuinely meet the demands of the Trump administration when it comes to combatting ant-Semitism on the Ivy League campus, and Sid is officially on the 1-seed Auburn Tigers bandwagon following St. John's elimination from the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, led by staunch pro-Israel voice and legendary coach Bruce Pearl. Gerard Filitti, Miranda Devine, Maud Maron, Angelo Jimenez and David Friedman join Sid on this Monday installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Friedman, former United States Ambassador to Israel, joins the program to touch on all the news of the day as it pertains to Israel and her in the Middle East against the terrorist organization that is Hamas in Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Friedman, executive producer of Temptation Island on Netflix, a series where couples are tempted to sever old ties and explore new romances with eligible singles. Ace Fanning joins Kate to discuss Denise Richards and Her Wild Things on Bravo. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: http://www.tiktok.com/itskatecasey Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245 Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey Like it to Know It: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/katecaseySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

David Friedman, former United States Ambassador to Israel, calls into the program to help Sid debrief all the news from over the weekend as it pertains to Israel and her war against the terrorist organization that is Hamas in the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Monday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, President Trump clobbers Columbia University over their and their sister school Barnard's campuses turning into cesspools of anti-Semitism right in the thick of New York City. The Trump administration said Friday that it's pulling $400 million from Columbia, canceling grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school's failure to squelch antisemitism on campus. Also, Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's 2024 student encampment protests, was arrested by federal immigration authorities for being here illegally. In other news of the day, former Governor and now Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo doubles down on bail reform in NYC while speaking at the Neboh Baptist Church in Manhattan, Anthony Cumia officially makes his debut on the WABC air waves after delivering his first Sunday night program on the station, and Yankees' ace Gerrit Cole is reportedly on the verge of undergoing Tommy John surgery and being lost for the season. Jim Walden, Inna Vernikov, Joe Pinion, John Catsimatidis, Marjorie Taylor Greene and David Friedman join the program on this Monday morning installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we confront one of the most harrowing and consequential moments in modern history. The world has watched in horror as the brutality of October 7th has given way to even greater darkness. And now the unimaginable: Israeli children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, once held hostage by Hamas, are dead. Their fate, unconfirmed for months, was paraded in a grotesque display of inhumanity by those who revel in suffering. But what does this moment mean for Israel? For the future of the Middle East? For the very fabric of Western civilization? To answer these urgent questions, I sit down with a man who not only shaped history but understands it better than most. Ambassador David Friedman was at the heart of the Abraham Accords, forging peace where none was thought possible.Now, as the Jews fight for their survival against terror, against global antisemitism, against those who would wipe them from the map, we ask: What comes next? Will there be peace? Will Israel be forced into another cycle of war? Or will this be the moment the world finally understands that there is no compromise with evil?This is a conversation you cannot afford to miss. Ambassador Friedman, thank you for joining me on this episode of Some Future Day.Order Marc's new book, "Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything"Sign up for the Some Future Day Newsletter here: https://marcbeckman.substack.com/Episode Links:David's book "One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict": https://www.amazon.com/One-Jewish-State-Israeli-Palestinian-Conflict/dp/1630062944David on X: https://x.com/DavidM_FriedmanTo join the conversation, follow Marc Beckman here: YoutubeLinkedInTwitterInstagramTikTok

A Conversation with David Friedman – Economics, Law, and Anarchy Michael sits down with David D. Friedman, an economist, physicist, legal scholar, and prominent "anarcho-capitalist" theorist. They explore his unique approach to law and economics, his views on market-based legal systems, and the philosophical underpinnings of a stateless society.Michael Leibowitz, host of The Rational Egoist podcast, is a philosopher and political activist who draws inspiration from Ayn Rand's philosophy, advocating for reason, rational self-interest, and individualism. His journey from a 25-year prison sentence to a prominent voice in the libertarian and Objectivist communities highlights the transformative impact of embracing these principles. Leibowitz actively participates in political debates and produces content aimed at promoting individual rights and freedoms. He is the co-author of “Down the Rabbit Hole: How the Culture of Correction Encourages Crime” and “View from a Cage: From Convict to Crusader for Liberty,” which explore societal issues and his personal evolution through Rand's teachings.Explore his work and journey further through his books:“Down the Rabbit Hole”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Down-Rabbit-Hole-Corrections-Encourages/dp/197448064X“View from a Cage”: https://books2read.com/u/4jN6xjjoin our Ayn Rand Adelaide Meetups here for some seriously social discussions on Freedom https://www.meetup.com/adelaide-ayn-rand-meetup/

Joe Piscopo and Ambassador David Friedman, author of One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire and the hostage exchange, highlighting Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump. David Friedman criticizes the deal’s terms, emphasizes the need to eradicate Hamas, and praises Trump’s support for Israel compared to Biden.

David Friedman, Former United States Ambassador to Israel, calls in to discuss the ongoing ceasefire agreement between Israel and the terrorist organization that is Hamas in the Middle East, and why he feels like the agreement will fall through sooner rather than later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Monday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, President Trump puts his foot down by imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China while almost simultaneously re-administering America's stranglehold on the terrorist organization that is ISIS with a precise airstrike and a warning to all terrorists that his administration will wipe you from God's green earth and will not hesitate to do so. In other news of the day, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu touches down in the United States for a meeting with President Trump this week, rumors are still swirling regarding Mayor Eric Adams switching political parties for the upcoming Mayoral race in NYC, Border Czar Tom Homan doesn't mince words when responding to criticism from Joy Reid, the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks shake up the landscape of the NBA with a blockbuster trade over the weekend, and the countdown officially begins ahead of Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans this upcoming Sunday. Maria Bartiromo, Ariella Noveck, Maya Bentwich, Curtis Sliwa, Scott Kaplan, John Catsimatidis, Tom Emmer, Charles Gasparino and David Friedman join the program on this Monday installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

01:38- D.C. and Philadelphia plane crashes 36:35- Jonathan Hoenig, portfolio manager at Capitalist Pig Hedge Fund LLC and a Fox News Contributor Topic: Trump tariffs and how they will impact the stock market 52:59- Kyle Bailey, Aviation analyst, pilot, and former FAA Safety Team representative Topic: Philadelphia plane crash 1:02:03- Hogan Gidley, Former National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign and former White House Deputy Press Secretary Topic: Trump tariffs, latest in the confirmation hearings 1:11:37- Gordon Chang, Asia expert, columnist and author of "Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America" Topic: Panama's pledge to end canal deal with China, tariffs on China 1:36:43- David Friedman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and the author of "One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" Topic: More hostages released, including American-Israeli Keith Siegel 1:47:42- Chris Stigall, host of "Waking Up America with Chris Stigall" on the Salem Radio Network, heard weekdays from 3-6 am on AM 970 The Answer Topic: Philadelphia plane crash 2:01:44- Tom Del Beccaro, attorney, acclaimed author, speaker and the former Chairman of the California Republican Party Topic: Trump's tariffs, containing the California firesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On January 15, Israel and Hamas agreed to a temporary cease-fire. About 30 Israeli hostages would be released, each one in exchange for some 30 to 50 convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons. Of course, this is a controversial arrangement that sets a terrible precedent to incentivize future hostage-taking. At the same time, imagine if your mother or father or daughter or friend were among the hostages. Then you wouldn't really care about that future risk when confronted with the chance to return your own loved one to safety. As many have said, it is a very bad deal, and it is easy to understand why Israelis would support it, even in full knowledge of the risk. There have by now been many discussions and analyses of this deal and what it means. I recently hosted one of those discussions with the former U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and the former American special representative for Iran, Elliott Abrams. Today's conversation is meant to be a little different. It takes a broader, more capacious historical view of how Israel has dealt with this tragic dilemma over the last five decades. Israel for many years has insisted that it would not negotiate with terrorists. It said that when planes full of Israeli hostages were taken in the late 1960s and it has developed a reputation for this tough-minded, hard-headed position. At the same time, it has always negotiated with terrorists, starting with the planes full of hostages taken in the late 1960s. In this its rhetorical position and its actions have always been at odds and remain so today. That's the messiness of practical, prudential judgment in a democracy when the lives of citizens are at stake. To understand this history, and unpack the dilemma at its heart, Mosaic's editor Jonathan Silver is joined by the Israeli journalist Amit Segal, who can be seen on Israel's Channel 12 and whose work can be read in the pages of Yedioth Ahronoth.

On this Thursday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, we breathe a sigh of relief as President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address from The Oval Office, an office which he'll be yielding to incoming President Donald Trump come Monday's inauguration. In other news of the day, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the terrorist organization that is Hamas is tentatively on the table but is now on shaky ground as of this morning, and Senate Confirmation Hearings continue on Capitol Hill for President-elect Trump's cabinet nominations. Scott Kaplan, Curtis Sliwa, David Friedman, Brian Kilmeade, Bill O'Reilly and Joe Borelli join Sid on this Friday-eve installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Friedman, former United States Ambassador to Israel, calls in to give Sid his thoughts on the ceasefire that has been tentatively agreed upon by Israel and the terrorist organization that is Hamas in the Middle East, with the deal reportedly on the verge of falling through as of this morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jaclyn sits down with the talented composer, lyricist, and author David Friedman to explore the transformative power of kindness, his remarkable career in show business, and the profound influence that kindness has had on both his life and work.

On this Monday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, it was a weekend filled with the miraculous and improbable, with the Assad regime in Syria collapsing overnight due to a relentless rebellion movement against the regime, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu responds to the huge shakeup in the Middle East as Israel's enemies continue to whimper, President-elect Donald Trump explains his approach to the Middle Eastern conflict once he reassumes The Oval Office in January, rapper Jay-Z is accused of raping a 13-year-old minor alongside the disgraced P. Diddy, the Daniel Penny subway chokehold trial continues after the top count of manslaughter is dropped, and superstar MLB outfielder Juan Soto is officially staying in New York, betraying his former club in the Yankees to sign on with billionaire owner Steve Cohen and the New York Mets. Curtis Sliwa, Thomas Kenniff, John Catsimatidis, David Friedman, Nicole Malliotakis and Rachel Moon join Sid on this Monday installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Friedman, former United States Ambassador to Israel, joins the program to explain to Sid and his listeners what exactly the fall of the Assad regime in Syria means for the Jewish state of Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We're launching a special “American Thought Leaders” series during this post-election transition period in which I will be interviewing topic matter experts and former and potential future Trump administration officials to understand what the incoming American administration's policies in 2025 may look like—for America, Canada, and the world.Today, I'm sitting down with David M. Friedman, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel under the Trump administration, one of the main architects of the Abraham Accords, and the author of “One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

Aryeh Lightstone served as the Senior Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, from 2017 to 2021. During his tenure as Senior Advisor, he played a critical role in advancing bilateral U.S. - Israel relations with a focus on economic development & technology cooperation.  Aryeh was appointed as the Special Envoy for Economic Normalization. In that role he was an integral member of the Peace to Prosperity team, leading the inaugural Abraham Accords Business Summit, directing the Abraham fund, and serving as point person in the Middle East for the actualization of the Abraham Accords.  Today, he is the CEO of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute, the author of "Let My People Know" the inside story of the Abraham Accords. Aryeh is a proud father of four and husband to a very patient wife, Estee. On this episode, Aryeh shares his one way ticket to go back in time to be with Abraham. In the course of the conversation, Aryeh draws on Abraham's life which provides inspiration for meaning, value, purpose and sacrifice in our own lives. Aryeh also provides perspective on the U.S. - Israel relationship and underscores how apart from Israel being an economic and technological powerhouse benefiting American companies, it has also provided the U.S. with intelligence which has saved American lives; the genesis and benefits of the Abraham Accords; why he's bullish on the Middle East and doesn't know if there will be a more exciting place to live outside of the U.S. than the Middle East in the next 25 years.  

David Friedman, Former United States Ambassador to Israel under President Trump, calls in live from Israel to give his thoughts on if Bibi Netanyahu is still being pressured by the Biden administration to withhold a full-fledged attack on Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Tuesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is delusional and stubborn as he continues to insist that he can still do his job while the legal trouble surrounding him piles to new heights almost every single day. With the backing of Governor Kathy Hochul, though, there isn't much pointing towards an exit from office any time soon for Adams. In other news of the day, Mika Brzezinski admits Donald Trump is poised for victory come Election Day, self-hating pro-Palestinian Jews take over Wall Street as nearly 200 anti-Israel protesters are arrested yesterday, the Mets beat the Dodgers to tie the NLCS at one game apiece, and the Yankees best the Guardians to take 1-0 lead in the ALCS. Rabbi Shlomo Katz, Curtis Sliwa, David Friedman, John Catsimatidis, Jeanine Pirro, Rich Lowry and Abraham Hamra join Sid on this Tuesday installment of NYC's best morning show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman about the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah; Hezbollah's firing of thousands of missiles into Northern Israel; how Israel has severely damaged Hezbollah through military precision with its attack on Hezbollah's pager system; the strategic intelligence operations that targeted key Hezbollah leaders; the importance of deterrence in the Middle East, and how Israel's recent actions have shifted the power balance; Netanyahu's leadership, particularly during the Rafa operation, which rescued hostages and uncovered smuggling routes; Israel's military failure to detect the full scope of Hamas' terror network; the impossibility of a two-state solution given past failures in Gaza and the West Bank; Friedman's alternative proposal for one Jewish state with Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territories; the challenges facing Western nations, particularly Europe, as they face internal threats and immigration issues; Israel's stronger identity and self-defense policies compared to Western countries; how radical Islam plays a long-term strategy to infiltrate and destabilize nations; Israel's youth being more conservative and patriotic than previous generations; the ongoing real estate boom in Israel, even during conflict; and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Piscopo and Ambassador David Friedman, author of One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict discuss the deteriorating U.S. policies toward Iran's nuclear threat and Israel's struggles under Biden's administration. Friedman argues that Trump's approach, especially through the Abraham Accords, brought stability, while current policies have emboldened Iran and weakened Israel's security.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel in the Trump administration, David Friedman, joins the show to discuss his new book One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, a war needs to come to an end at some point, except for when it comes to the Jews and Israel because that is a forever war for the establishment. Israel is not allowed to win, fight back, or even try to destroy their enemies, even though it is the Biden administration that started the fire in the Middle East to begin with. World War 3 is about to break open thanks to the appeasers and sellouts in the Biden/Harris administration and the media. The Democrat party and the media are one in the same, particularly CNN and MSNBC; we don't need Democrat surrogates telling us Israel is bad when they are just trying to survive. Also, Kamala Harris is running the most disgraceful presidential campaign in American history. She is lying to the nation, especially Jews and the people of Pennsylvania, running a dishonest campaign and spending millions of dollars on propaganda ads. Later, Mark is joined by Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) to discuss his bill that will increase Secret Service security for Presidential candidates and the role of Congress in revoking funding to radical colleges and universities like Columbia University. Mark also speaks with former Ambassador to Israel and author David Friedman about the constant attacks that Israel faces every day by Hamas and other Iran-backed terror groups, and about his book One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sebastian talks to David Friedman, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, about his brand new book "One Jewish State," which explains the best path forward to achieving peace in the Middle East.Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's News Day Tuesday! Sam is back from vacation, and he and Emma break down the biggest headlines from over the long weekend. First, they run through updates on the final 9 weeks before the US presidential election, Russia's bombardment on Ukraine, domestic dissent to Israel's expanding offensive as they turn to the West Bank, Unite Here labor action, Trump's Arlington fiasco, RFK's ballot fiasco, and Venezuela's political crisis, before parsing through JD Vance's Dimaggio-esque run of the most clinically insane misogyny. Next, they dive into updates on the presidential race with the election just 63 days out, tackling Biden's backdown bump and RFK's failed attempt to remove himself from swing-state ballots before parsing deeper through swing-state polling as the Harris campaign comes into full swing. Next, Sam and Emma look to a devastating and dominant decision coming out of the Third Circuit, with TikTok's role in boosting an adolescent social media “Blackout” challenge resulting in the accidental death of a 10-year-old and producing the first successful challenge to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that established social media platforms as third-party speech, finally allowing for social media megacorporations to be held to account for their active curation of the speech that occurs on their sites. They then look to Israel's shifting fronts in their ethnic cleansing of Palestine, first unpacking this weekend's news about the death of six hostages in Palestinian captivity, and the underrecognized role that both Biden and Bibi's uninhibited bloodlust played in making these murders possible, wrapping up the first half of the show by diving deep into Donald Trump's eagerness to take on Zionist money in his continued commitment to the erasure of Palestine, including a plan to fund the annexation of the West Bank, and exploring what David Friedman's take on the issue can illuminate for us all. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma have an expansive conversation with John from San Antonio with the 2024 US Presidential Election some nine weeks away, tackling historical parallels, the politics of polling, and the swing-state situation with polls. Brett Cooper (aka Femme Shapiro) celebrates the seminal moment of a conspiracy-backed grifter endorsing another conspiracy-backed grifter, Adam from New Hampshire unpacks AOC's critique of the Green Party and helps the show dive deep into the idea of Harris separating herself from Biden's zionist bloodlust, plus, your calls and IMs! Donate IF YOU CAN to friend of the show Mohamed Aldaghma's Gaza Bakery project to help displaced families: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gaza-bakery-feeding-displaced-families Check out the LIMITED EDITION Vergogna shirt on the MR shop!: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/collections/all-items/products/the-majority-report-vergogna-t-shirt Check out Tony Y, who designed the Vergogna shirt's website!: https://linktr.ee/tonyyanick AND! Check out Anne from Portland's website for HER Vergogna t-shirt! INQUIRE MORE HERE FOR DETAILS!: https://www.bonfire.com/store/pictrix-design/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Join Sam on the Nation Magazine Cruise! 7 days in December 2024!!: https://nationcruise.com/mr/ Check out StrikeAid here!; https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Express VPN: Protect your online privacy TODAY by visiting https://ExpressVPN.com/majority. That's https://ExpressVPN.com/majority and you can get an extra three months FREE.  Sunset Lake CBD: Visit https://SunsetLakeCBD.com before September 9th and use code LABOR to save 30% on their CBD tinctures and participating bundles. See their website for terms and conditions. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

In this conversation, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, provides insight into the recent clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, emphasizing the need for decisive U.S. support for Israel. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.