{"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 120 – They Were Never Exiled: Continuous Jewish Presence in Israel from Rome to 1929","slug":"ep-120-they-were-never-exiled-continuous-jewish-presence-in-israel-from-rome-to-1929","published_at":"2026-05-03T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/middle-east-in-less-than-five-minutes-6718923/ep-120-they-were-never-exiled-continuous-jewish-presence-in-israel-from-rome-to-1929","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-120--They-Were-Never-Exiled-Continuous-Jewish-Presence-in-Israel-from-Rome-to-1929-e3ipo7v","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eeeb3d74/podcast/play/119381695/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-2%2Fce89e9cb-9e5e-a84d-bdd3-10546e5567fa.m4a","summary":"In this episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, we challenge one of the biggest myths in Middle East history: that Jews were fully exiled by Rome, disappeared for 2,000 years, and only returned to Israel as European colonizers in the modern era. That story is false. From the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE to the 1929 massacres in Hebron, Safed, and Gaza, Jews maintained a continuous presence in Eretz Israel — through Roman rule, Byzantine persecution, Arab conquest, Crusader massacres, Mamluk oppression, Ottoman rule, and British Mandate Palestine. Topics include: ​ The Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE ​ Why there was no complete Jewish expulsion ​ Jewish life in Galilee, Tiberias, Safed, Hebron, Gaza, and Jerusalem ​ Byzantine persecution and the Jerusalem Talmud ​ Arab conquest and dhimmi status ​ Crusader massacres and Jewish return ​ Spanish Jewish refugees returning after 1492 ​ Ancient Jewish communities in Gaza ​ Hebron’s 4,000-year Jewish history ​ The 1929 Hebron massacre ​ The 1929 Safed and Gaza violence ​ The “Al-Aqsa is in danger” lie ​ Jewish ancestry and continuous Jewish connection to the land ​ Zionism history and the myth of colonization This episode connects middle east history, middle east culture, Jewish history, Zionism history, jewish ancestry, and antisemitism explained through the facts often missing from modern debates. The 1929 massacres prove that Jews were not foreign colonizers who suddenly appeared in the 20th century. They were living in their ancestral homeland for centuries — and were murdered for it before Israel existed, before the occupation, before settlements, before Gaza blockades, and before the modern excuses. This is also an antisemitism explained episode, because the myth that Jews disappeared from…","meta_description":"In this episode of Middle East In Less Than Five Minutes, we challenge one of the biggest myths in Middle East history: that Jews were fully exiled by Rom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":984,"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-120-they-were-never-exiled-continuous-jewish-presence-in-israel-from-rome-to-1929/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-120-they-were-never-exiled-continuous-jewish-presence-in-israel-from-rome-to-1929.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}