Israeli politician and IDF Maj. Gen. (res.) Yair Golan continues a long tradition of subversive psychological warfare from the left.
Ron Schleifer, professor of communications at Ariel University and Israel’s leading expert on psychological warfare, joins former senior Israeli government official Danny Seaman to explore how hostile actors, including Hamas, Iran, and even Western media, are waging an eighth front: the war over global perception and moral legitimacy.
They discuss how Golan’s controversial statement—“a sane country does not kill babies as a hobby”—plays directly into the hands of Hamas and global anti-Israel campaigns. From there, the conversation moves into the historical roots of psychological warfare, revealing how modern propaganda tactics used by enemies of Israel mirror the methods once pioneered by the Soviets and Nazis—from agitation and emotional manipulation to cinematic deceit.
Schleifer explains how Hamas skillfully deploys “Agitprop” media to manipulate Western audiences and how the long war to delegitimize Israel is being fought not just on the battlefield but in the global consciousness. The episode closes with critical advice on how viewers can build media literacy, recognize emotional manipulation and resist propaganda disguised as journalism.
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