Green Beret Anthony Aguilar EXPOSES Israel's ICE Connections + Camila Escalante on Venezuela

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Katie Halper

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Whistle Blower & retired Green Beret Anthony Aguilar exposes how Israeli oppression tactics are being imported to the U.S., including through training programs with Immigration & Customs Enforcement. He also discusses the work he's doing to stop the U.S. from Israel's genocide which he witnessed first hand as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. But first Katie to Leena Widdi, an organizer with PAL-Awda NY/NJ, the oldest Palestinian-led organization in the NYC area about their campaign to stop Israeli real estate events selling Palestinian land in NYC & other cities around the country. Then Katie is joined by journalist Camila Escalante to talk about what's really happening in Venezuela. Finally, Laura Jedeed, a New York–based journalist focused on American conservative & far-right movements, joins the show. She recently exposed just how easy it is to become an ICE officer by applying herself. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-148174127 Leena Widdi is a child of Palestinians in exile, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is an organizer with PAL-Awda NY/NJ, the oldest Palestinian-led organization in the NYC area. For the past two & half years, PAL-Awda has led a campaign to stop Israeli real estate events selling Palestinian land in NYC & other cities around the country. Leena is also a movement lawyer and civil rights attorney. Support PAL-Awda here - https://linktr.ee/supportalawdany Camila Escalante is a reporter who has been primarily based in South America since 2016, focusing on the region’s fight against U.S. imperialism & the process of building regional integration & socialism as an alternative. She spent several years as a broadcast editor, presenter & anchor at teleSUR English in Quito, Ecuador. Camila is the co-founder & Editor of Kawsachun News, an outlet which provides on the ground reporting from around Latin America. Recently she reported from Colombia & the Global Sumud Flotilla. She was in Venezuela a month ago & was supposed to return but got grounded by the US unilateral air blockade. Anthony Aguilar is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel & Special Forces officer (Green Beret) who served for 25 years in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jordan & the Philippines. He is also a whistle blower who exposed crimes he witnessed as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Laura Jedeed is a New York–based journalist focused on American conservative & far-right movements. She has bylines in Rolling Stone, the New Republic, & New York magazine. She recently exposed just how easy it is to become an ICE officer by applying herself. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. You're listening to The Katie Helper Show, and I'm your host, Katie Helper. If you like the show, please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And as always, we remind you that this show could not happen without the support of our listeners. To support the show, visit patreon.com slash the Katie Helper Show, where for just one dollar a month,
0:25.4	you can make this show happen.
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0:34.1	sneak peeks at my upcoming documentary feature film and more.
0:40.7	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Katie Helper Show.
0:44.0	So excited to be here with you guys today.
0:46.5	We have, as always, a really amazing program.
0:49.6	We have three different segments that we're doing.
0:51.7	And what's pretty cool about this show is that I think each guest that we have on gets the
0:56.8	connections between or among technically, among the different segments.
1:00.9	Because we're going to be talking about Gaza, Palestine.
1:05.1	We're going to be talking about Venezuela.
1:06.5	And we're going to be talking about ICE.
1:08.0	But again, as you'll see shortly, all of these guests get the connections that exist
1:14.5	between these different realms in a way that not everyone does.
1:19.7	So it's very exciting that they're going to be joining us.
1:23.3	During the last segment, we're going to be talking to Anthony Aguil, the Green Beret whistleblower, who exposed the crimes, some of the countless crimes Israel was committing.
1:34.1	In particular, he exposed what they were doing at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, luring people to their deaths.
1:39.7	He shared a very disturbing story. Some of you may remember about a young boy who was killed,
1:45.9	and he had video of that, and he's been talking about Gaza nonstop ever since that.
1:52.2	And then our second guest is Camilla Escalante, who is a journalist, who is based mostly
1:58.1	reports from South America. But before that, we're going to talk to someone who is making their Katie Halper show debut,
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