THE ANCHOR PODCAST WITH SPECIAL GUEST AMIR AVIVI
Behold Israel
Amir Tsarfati
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Join Amir as he sits down with Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi — former IDF officer and Founder/CEO of Israel's Defense & Security Forum (IDSF) — for a powerful conversation on Israels defense realities. Together, they’ll explore his military background, the mission behind Israel's Defense & Security Forum (IDSF), and the warnings that preceded October 7th. This timely interview dives into the failures, the war in Gaza, and the strategic future of Israels security. Don’t miss this candid and insightful discussion from a leading voice shaping Israels national defense policy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Shalom and welcome to the Anker podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, we're joined by General Amir Avivi, one of Israel's most respected voices on national security |
| 0:23.6 | and defense strategy. |
| 0:25.6 | Former senior IDF officer, he served for over 30 years in key command and staff positions, |
| 0:32.6 | including in combat engineering, strategic planning, and as an aid to the chief of staff. |
| 0:39.3 | After retiring from the military, he founded the IDSF, the Israel Defense and Security Forum, |
| 0:46.3 | a network of hundreds of former generals, officers, and defense experts dedicated to strengthening Israel's security and values. |
| 0:58.0 | General Amir is also the author of No Retreat, How to Secure Israel for Generations to Come, |
| 1:06.0 | a strategic call to action for Israel's future. |
| 1:10.0 | Today, we'll talk about his background, the founding |
| 1:14.3 | of the IDSF, the failures that led to October 7th, and how he sees Israel's future in this |
| 1:22.3 | changing regional landscape. So I want to welcome General Livi to our podcast. Shalom, General. |
| 1:28.4 | Shalom. Thank you for having me. General, you have an exceptional story. Not only that you |
| 1:34.0 | join the IDF, as all do at the age of 18, but actually your story goes all the way back. |
| 1:40.4 | Your family story goes back hundreds of years back to Jerusalem which is not the |
| 1:47.1 | case of most of the Israelis nowadays here so tell us your story yeah so i come from a family |
| 1:52.0 | that has been living in jerusalem 15 generations my family arrived to israel in 1620 straight |
| 1:57.6 | from spain no straight almost right they were expelled from spain as Jews were, you know, at the time in the 16th century. They moved to Saloniki, to Greece. And from Greece, they made Alia. They came to live in Jerusalem in the old city. There was nothing else, you know. Yes. There was the old city. You know, it's amazing that Jerusalem, the moment the Jews left, |
| 2:19.3 | remained within the walls 2,000 years. The first time, the first neighborhood is built |
| 2:25.9 | outside of the walls is when Jews come back. And then starts to grow. And when the first |
| 2:32.5 | neighborhood was built, Yamin Moshe, my family moved to Yamin Moshe. |
| 2:35.7 | Which was very daring at that time. |
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