Trump has reinstated his Maximum Pressure policy toward Iran. However, the region looks drastically different than it did four years ago. Calculations and considerations are complicated by Israel’s war in Gaza, regime change in Syria, and the weakening of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Dominique is joined by Philos Senior Research Fellow Farhad Rezaei to di…

Dominique is joined by Emily Milliken, a Philos Leadership Institute alumna and Associate Director at Atlantic Council's N7 Initiative, to discuss renewed hope for expanded Israeli/Arab normalization under the Abraham Accords and how the war following October 7th has shifted and complicated the conditions needed for negotiations. Watch this episode…

Following Holocaust Memorial Day, Dominique speaks with Marc Livecchi from Providence Magazine to discuss how Christians should view violence and the death of innocents in the face of evil. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZCTowZChS80 Stay Connected With The Philos Project: ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephilosproject ➡️ …

President Trump’s recent suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take Palestinian Gazans has amplified the conversation for Jordan and Egypt to play a more significant role in a next-day solution to the war. Is a two-state solution possible? What are alternatives? One thing is clear: the status quo is not a viable solution. Watch this episode on YouTube: …

Dominique reacts to President Trump's executive order ensures that visa holders, including student visa holders, are vetted and punished for holding hostile attitudes toward U.S. citizens, the U.S. government, and institutions (including American universities). Additionally, visa holders who support designated terrorists that undermine U.S. securit…

Is the Daily Wire hiring and firing based on media stars' stances for or against Israel? Comment sections are rife with rumors that Candace Owens was fired for being anti-Israel, with Brett Cooper following soon after, and that Jordan Peterson sold out to Israel after joining the company. But are there more complex threads to these puzzles, and why…

Dominique is joined by Neveen Elias, one of our Senior Fellows at The Philos Project, to discuss the challenges facing Christians in the West Bank this Christmas. Islamism is rampant not just in Gaza but in the West Bank, funded and fueled by the Iranian Regime. How can Western Christians be praying? Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q…

Pope Francis unveiled this year's Nativity scene, which depicts Jesus in a manger swaddled in a keffiyeh. Maryam Younes joins Dominique to discuss her thoughts on the religious appropriation of Christianity as a Middle Eastern Maronite Christian herself. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fyj_KIoQgKk Stay Connected With The Philos Proje…

An experiment placing "Hamas Sucks" and "Israel Sucks" orders with Vistaprint highlights the anti-Israel bias that has infiltrated all aspects of daily life, even in non-political spaces. It also demonstrates that the double standard of the politically correct culture prevalent in the West is a worldview ripe with hypocrisy. Dominique is joined by …

Dominique is joined by Hadeel Oueis to discuss the rapid fall of Assad's regime in Syria and the changing dynamics in the region. Hadeel is a writer and journalist who focuses on the Middle East and is a research fellow at the Center for Peace Communications. Follow her on X: https://x.com/hadeelOueiss Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be…

The Islamic regime continues to torture young women, with recent news of “hijab treatment clinics” reminding the world of the government’s brutal use of torture to deter and punish youth activism. Dominique is joined by Lisa Daftari to discuss the ideology of the Islamic regime, life for women before and after the 1979 revolution, and hope for regi…

Dominique Hoffman, host of the Philos Project Podcast, reacts to a new law in Iran that will send women to concentration camps for wearing hijabs incorrectly. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZIwXdX-sUxE Stay Connected With The Philos Project: ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephilosproject ➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ph…

In a recent Jubilee video, Ben Shapiro debates 25 Kamala Harris supporters on the issue of Israel and the Palestinian question. This week, Dominique is joined by Isaac Woodward to react to Ben Shapiro's claim that October 7th would not have happened under a Trump administration and the pro-Hamas/Palestinian claims made by the opposition. Watch this…

Dominique speaks with Maryam Younnes, a Lebanese Christian living in Israel, to discuss the collective trauma of October 7th on Israeli society and the psychological effects of living in an active war zone. While filming this podcast, missile interceptions can be heard in the distance. This is the daily reality of Israelis; support for radical Isla…

With a weakened Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran has been forced to attack Israel directly, breaking with the historic status quo. Is the region on the brink of a direct war between Israel and Iran, and how might the looming U.S. presidential election impact Israel and Iran's war calculus? Dominique is joined by Philos Iranian expert Dr. Farhad Rezaei to …

Following the October 7th attacks against Israel, the debate surrounding foreign aid to Israel became a central talking point on the American right and left. Garrett Exner with the Hudson Institute and Public Interest Fellowship joins Dominique to discuss the historical context of American isolationism and the perils that face the United States. St…

Israel eliminated Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, completely re-writing the trajectory of the Middle East and Israel’s war with Iran. Dominique is joined by Maryam Younnes, a Lebanese Christian living in Israel, who explains how Hezbollah has terrorized the region for decades and the hope she has for her motherland now that he has been elimin…

The prevalence of critical theory taught at universities primed a generation of students for social justice activism, and since October 7th, the Free Palestine movement has taken center stage. Dominique speaks with Daniel Suhr, a lawyer representing five Colombia students in a class action lawsuit against key agitators at Colombia University, inclu…

Our nation's 2024 spring semester was rife with college demonstrations, encampments, and protests that disrupted freedom of assembly, movement, and thought for Jewish students across America. At the heart of the college social justice movement is intolerance for freedom of thought, demanding an anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-Jewish agenda be …

In a recent interview with Patrick Bet David, Dan Bilzerian’s overtly antisemitic ideas of Jews and Israel highlighted where many on the conservative/libertarian right now stand when it comes to this larger cultural conversation. Isaac Woodward joins Dominique to rebut Dan’s radical claims about the Jewish conspiracy and misinformation surrounding …

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows in Vienna were canceled because of a planned ISIS terror attack. One of the suspects was a 19-year-old who had recently pledged his allegiance to ISIS after being radicalized on TikTok. The thwarted attack was symbolic of Islamism's rejection of Western values, and Western women. On this week's episode of The Philos P…

Following Hezbollah's Majdal Shams attack on July 27 that killed twelve Druze children in Israel, Israel assassinated Hezbollah's top commander, Fuad Shukr, and Hamas's political bureau chairman, Ismail Haniyeh. Providence Magazine's Marc LiVecche joins Dominique to discuss how Christians should morally consider the death of the wicked and the stra…

Why are people in social and political life motivated to downplay or deny the Holocaust? In a recent video posted on her YouTube channel, Candace Owens argues Hitler was not the most evil political figure of the 20th century. She further contends the U.S. education system fixates on Hitler, the Jews, and the Holocaust as a propaganda tactic taken o…

What is the history of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and why is it strategic? With the growing popularity of isolationism and neo-Marxism in response to the war in Gaza and the looming U.S. elections, terms like the "U.S. industrial war complex" have come to vilify our robust industrial military base and alliances abroad as "evil." For neo-Marxists…

Does AIPAC act as a mechanism for Israeli interference in U.S. politics? The accusation AIPAC represents a foreign entity interfering in our domestic politics is not an old one; anti-Zionist/anti-Israel politicians on both sides of the political aisle have peddled this narrative for years. The controversy surrounding AIPAC has come to light followi…

Does the U.S. public care about Israel and, more broadly, domestic and international terrorism? The recent U.S. presidential debates highlighted the diverging policy positions of former President Trump and incumbent President Biden regarding Israel and the Middle East. Recent polling shows that while concerns over terrorism and protecting U.S. inte…

Armenia has made the news in a cultural debate over Israel and the West. Armenia sits in a complex geo-political dynamic in the East that puts it at odds with Israel. Yet the Jews and Armenians of the region have parallel stories that make them natural friends rather than enemies, such as the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, global anti-Zionism an…

Candace Owens, once a darling of the conservative Right, says she is "just asking questions" about Israel and the Jewish people. But her positions have fallen into age-old antisemitic tropes. In today's episode, Dominique is joined by Isaac Woodward, Director of the Philos Leadership Institute, to discuss Candace's outspoken anti-Israel messaging a…

Last Saturday, the IDF completed a highly skilled mission to rescue four Israeli hostages. The hostages, Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Andrey Kozlov, and Almog Meir, were held in two apartment buildings near the Nuseirat refugee camp. The apartment holding Noa was the home of an Al-Jazeera journalist, Abdullah Al-Jamal. While the media was quick to con…

Since Israel began its retaliation in Gaza after October 7th, the international community has condemned Israel’s actions as a “disproportionate” response. But what is proportionality in Just War Theory, the Western tradition of ethical warfare as outlined by Saint Augustine? And does Israel have a moral imperative to both destroy and delegitimize H…

What conditions are needed for post-conflict reconciliation, and is it even possible in a no-trust environment? On October 7th, Hamas carried out a brutal attack, systematically killing their neighboring Jews, shattering the trust many in Israel’s southern kibbutzim had been working to establish through years of peace advocacy. Luke Moon joins Domi…

On Sunday, May 19, news broke that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed along with other Iranian officials in a helicopter crash near the Iranian-Azerbaijan border. Raisi, known as the 'Butcher of Tehran' for his egregious human rights abuses, was honored this week at the United Nations Security C…

In this episode of the Philos Project Podcast, Dominique speaks with Hussein Mansour, an Egyptian political analyst, to discuss the ideological roots of the neo-Marxist and antisemitic protests sweeping across American universities. Listen as Hussein explains the legacy of post-Enlightenment German political philosophy that paved the way for Karl M…

Join Dominique in this week’s conversation with Hunter College student and journalist Gideon Ashowitz. Recent pro-Hamas and neo-Marxist protests, some turning into riots on university campuses across the United States, have left Jewish students in fear for their safety. Gideon is the grandson of Holocaust survivors, and he speaks to his lived exper…

Join Dominique as she speaks with people she met on the ground in Israel during the recent Philos Leadership Institute's solidarity trip to the Holy Land. In the third episode of this miniseries, Dominique is joined by Yaron and Jacqui Vital, who testify to their family's experience and grief after the murder of their daughter Adi Vital-Kaploun, 33…

Join Dominique as she speaks with people on the ground during the recent Philos Leadership Institute’s solidarity trip to the Holy Land. In the second episode of this miniseries, Dominique is joined by Ronen Gurievsky. Ronen has led the Philos Leadership Institute in Israel since 2017. Not only does he have a vast knowledge of the three Abrahamic f…

Join Dominique as she speaks with people on the ground during the recent Philos Leadership Institute’s solidarity trip to the Holy Land. In the first episode of this mini series, Dominique is joined by Isaac Woodward and Shadi Khalloul to address the recent Tucker Carlson interview with Munther Isaac. Shadi, an Israeli Christian, speaks to his live…

Luke Moon, Executive Director of the Philos Project, joins Dominique to discuss the preliminary findings from the recent investigation into UNRWA’s ties with Hamas following Israeli accusations of collaboration with the organization on October 7th. Earlier this year, Israel provided evidence at least 12 UNRWA employees participated in the October 7…

When introducing his foreign policy with Iran, the "Octopus Doctrine," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet stated, "We no longer play with the tentacles, with Iran's proxies: we've created a new equation by going for the head." Philos' resident Iranian expert Farhad Rezaei speaks with Dominique about the April 1 Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syr…

The alliance between the United States and Israel is one of the strongest and longstanding in U.S. foreign policy history. While acknowledging Israel's sovereignty in 1948, the Cold War marked a crucial regional shift that strengthened the security interest between both nations. In its tenure, the Biden administration has repeatedly broken with the…

The ethnic cleansing of Christian communities in the Middle East has altered the religious landscape of the region. In Gaza, it is partly the result of Hamas' corrupt economy and its war with Israel. But life is undeniably made worse for Christians under Hamas as dhimmi, meaning second-class citizens. In 2010, Christians comprised 6% of the populat…

The Israel-Hamas war is just as much conventional as it is spiritual and religious. The faultline in the struggle between Jews and Muslims for control of the region has historically been the Holy City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. Al-Aqsa has become the Palestinian symbol of national identity. For Hamas militants, October 7 was known as “the A…

What is happening on Israel's northern front? Hadeel Oueis joins Dominque to discuss the role of Hezbollah in the "axis of resistance” fight against Israel.

Robert Nicholson joins Dominique to discuss what a Rafah ground offensive will mean for Israel and the future of a Palestinian state. With Hamas in power in Gaza and a weak PA in the West Bank, there is no current future for a two-state solution. Why has the international community, including the U.S., condemned Israel’s offensive on Rafah, and wha…

Is the Rafah campaign the end of Hamas? Syrian writer and analyst Hadeel Oueis joins Dominque to discuss the Arab world’s current political position on the Palestinian Question and what key Arab actors seek in a potential ceasefire and peace process between Hamas and Israel. Follow the podcast for weekly news highlighting critical events in the Eas…

Farhad Rezaei, an Iranian Kurd and Iran expert, joins Dominique to analyze: The United States drone strikes in Iraq and Syria after the death of 3 US troops in Jordan and Discuss how Iranian aggression in the Near East drives the Israel-Hamas war. Follow the podcast for weekly news highlighting critical events in the East for a Christian audience i…

What does the provisional ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mean, what is genocide, and how has the international community responded? Robert Nicholson joins Dominique to discuss the ICJ provisional ruling and what it means for Israel, the conflict, and the region.

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Dominique reports live from Israel on the new deal between Hamas and Israel that will return 33 hostages and potentially lead to the end of the war. What are the details of the deal? Are Israelis happy with the decision? Watch the analysis. Stay Connected With The Philos Project: ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephilosproject ➡️ Twitter: …