{"podcast":{"title":"Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes","slug":"middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923","podcast_index_feed_id":6718923,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eeeb3d74/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://middleeastinlessthan5min.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39983941/39983941-1777587786016-32f2452e0833.jpg","author":"IgalSc | Middle East , Israel, and Antisemitism Insights","episode_count":126,"summary":"Middle East in Less Than Five Minutes is a short, fact-based podcast explaining Middle East history, Zionism history, antisemitism, media bias in the Middle East, Jewish history, and Israel’s story in clear, focused episodes. From quick breakdowns to longer interludes, each episode cuts through historical events, anti-Israel myths, media narratives, and the roots of today’s conflicts so listeners can understand the facts without the noise. #JewishHistory #Israel #Antisemitism #MiddleEast #MediaBias #Zionism #Judaism","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T14:17:18.343130+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 110 - The Jewish Exception: Me Too, BLM, Antisemitism, and October 7","slug":"ep-110-the-jewish-exception-me-too-blm-antisemitism-and-october-7","published_at":"2026-03-13T14:51:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923/ep-110-the-jewish-exception-me-too-blm-antisemitism-and-october-7","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/middleeastinlessthan5min/episodes/Ep-110---The-Jewish-Exception-Me-Too--BLM--Antisemitism--and-October-7-e3gd1eq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eeeb3d74/podcast/play/116867994/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-13%2Fb45b6255-b050-0cf2-1a69-78050b966fb9.m4a","summary":"In this episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, we examine how progressive movements like Me Too, Black Lives Matter, and the modern anti-racism industry responded after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel — and why many Jews saw that response as a moral betrayal. The episode asks a hard question: are progressive principles truly universal, or do they have a Jewish exception? Topics include: • Me Too and the silence after October 7 • Sexual violence during the Hamas attack on Israel • Why Jewish women were not believed the same way other women are • Black Lives Matter and reactions to the Hamas massacre • Ethiopian Jews and Black Israelis • Avera Mengistu, the Black Israeli hostage held by Hamas • Anti-racism, DEI, and Critical Race Theory • Why antisemitism often does not fit progressive frameworks • Anti-Zionism and antisemitism explained • Media bias Middle East narratives that erase Jewish victims • Antisemitism facts vs antisemitism myths • Why October 7 exposed selective solidarity This episode argues that “believe women,” “Black lives matter,” and “fight racism” cannot be real principles if they disappear when the victims are Jewish. 00:00 Intro 00:53 Me Too and Jewish women 02:24 The response that exposed everything 04:18 BLM and Zionist Black lives 05:37 Ethiopian Jews 06:27 Avera Mengistu 07:21 Oppressor-oppressed script 08:31 Anti-racism and Jews 10:01 Post-October 7 11:02 The Islamophobia shield 12:09 The playbook 13:08 What October 7 exposed 14:05 The hypocrisy in numbers 15:08 Jews as the exception 15:45 Why this matters 16:50 What needs to happen 17:55 Final thought #MeToo #BLM #October7 #Antisemitism #AntisemitismExplained #AntisemitismFacts #AntisemitismMyths #Israel #Hamas #JewishHistory #MediaBias #MiddleEast","meta_description":"In this episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, we examine how progressive movements like Me Too, Black Lives Matter, and the modern anti-racism…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1138,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923/episodes/ep-110-the-jewish-exception-me-too-blm-antisemitism-and-october-7/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923/ep-110-the-jewish-exception-me-too-blm-antisemitism-and-october-7.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}