Why The West Needs A ‘Wake Up Call’

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," author Israel Ellis joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to analyze the rise in antisemitism following Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, discuss the "foreign policy fraud" affecting the political landscape of the Middle East, and explain how anti-Western ideology is infecting American institutions.

You can find Ellis' book The Wake Up Call: Global Jihad and the Rise of Antisemitism in a World Gone MAD here.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:21.8	I'm Matt Kittle's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience
0:26.7	Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.
0:29.9	As always, you can email the show at Radio at thefederalist.com.
0:34.6	Follow us on X at FDRLST.
0:39.6	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well. Our guest today is
0:46.4	Israel Ellis, Middle East expert, father of an IDF soldier, an author of a most compelling book, The Wake Up Call, Global Jihad, and the rise of
0:58.1	anti-Semitism in a world gone mad, absolutely mad.
1:03.7	No one can attest to that fact more than our guest on this edition of the Federalist Radio
1:08.8	Hour. Welcome, Israel Ellis.
1:11.3	Thank you very much, Matt. And thank you for having me today. Well, it's a pleasure.
1:16.6	You have gone through the gauntlet personally, your own family. And I know a lot of family members and
1:25.1	friends, obviously connected to life before October 7,
1:33.7	2023 and life after.
1:37.0	Things were precarious, certainly in Israel and for Jews around the world before October
1:43.1	7.
1:43.9	It got a whole lot worse after that day.
1:47.2	Let's begin there and the ramifications of what we have seen since the horrible terrorist attacks by Hamas,
1:57.3	the brutal inhumane, absolutely inhumane attacks. And the people who have rallied to Hamas, the brutal inhumane, absolutely inhumane attacks.
2:02.3	And the people who have rallied to Hamas's side in all of this over the last year
2:08.0	and a half or so.
2:10.3	I think it's like the book says, it's the byline of the book.
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