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Middle East Conflict
Episodes · 12 months
791
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Mar 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 9 of 3,584, 18 of 3,862, 22 of 4,115, 51 of 4,226, 201 of 4,731, 145 of 4,438, 59 of 4,230, 106 of 4,319, 68 of 4,515, 27 of 4,419, 25 of 4,624, 60 of 4,594.
All time
1,356
+72 via 37 narrower
On record
437
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
2d ago
Nov 12, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 7, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 11, 17, 18, 14, 11, 3.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp316 people
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- US foreign policy causes conflict128 people · 40%
- Israel's existence must be protected123 people · 39%
- Israel is causing regional instability65 people · 21%
US foreign policy causes conflict
The United States' interventionist foreign policy, including military support and regime change attempts, fuels instability and war.
128 people · 112 episodes
The US lacks a viable war-winning strategy in the Middle East and faces significant risks of retaliation from Iran if it attempts further military aggression.
“You're dealing with the West and you're dealing with Ukraine. And these countries will come back at you someday if they can, or at least there's a serious possibility that they will come back at you if they can. Therefore, you want to make it impossible for them to come back at you if you can.”
Glenn Diesen · Oct 2026 · 17 episodes · 14.3M views on this topic
Saddam Hussein was not an existential threat to the United States or a regional aggressor against his neighbors in 2003, as his past actions were facilitated by Western powers.
“Is he a danger to the United States of America? Got to be kidding. And even Kuwait, he asked permission to invade Kuwait and got it.”
Julian Dorey Daily · Jul 2026 · 15 episodes · 6.3M views on this topicTS
The current war is not a series of ad hoc decisions but rather a conflict where the United States is once again demonstrating an inability to translate military power into political success.
“the United States once again proves its incredible capacity militarily to not achieve political aims. Like it's just a remarkable record of not being able to achieve political aims despite this incredible technologically superior force.”
Triggernometry · Jun 2026 · 3 episodes · 875K views on this topicIsrael's existence must be protected
Israel is a legitimate, resilient state that must defend itself and its interests against existential threats like Hamas and Iran.
123 people · 113 episodes
Israel requires the right to defend itself against Iranian aggression regardless of any US-led diplomatic agreements.
“This isn't about what America wants from an Israeli perspective. This is about the very basic necessity of the Israeli state to defend itself against Iranian aggression.”
Piers Morgan Uncensored · Jun 2026 · 14 episodes · 14.8M views on this topicMY
Israel is a resilient nation and a miracle that provides an example of successful development and life that others should emulate rather than seek to destroy.
“Israel is a miracle the biggest Miracle uh of all time it is very very agant and uh to just dedicate one 's life to annulate such people for what why don't you get inspired by this people why don't you learn something from them and their resilience they are the symbol of Life”
Apostate Prophet · Dec 2024 · 7 episodes · 10.8M views on this topic
Israel's military actions are consistent with international law and intended to eradicate Hamas while minimizing civilian casualties.
“The way we are operating is one which is consistent with international law.”
LonerBox Live · Jul 2025 · 6 episodes · 4.3M views on this topicIsrael is causing regional instability
Israel's military occupation and actions are the primary drivers of violence, displacement, and human rights violations in the region.
65 people · 61 episodes
Norman Finkelstein asserts that Benjamin Netanyahu is a genocidal murderer and a child killer.
“Mr. Netanyahu is according to many probably a broad consensus of scholars and humanitarian and UN institutions. He is a genocidal murderer. He is a child killer.”
Piers Morgan Uncensored · Oct 2026 · 10 episodes · 5.1M views on this topic
Israel's long-term military occupation has made it impossible for the state and its military to act with humanity.
“An army who is now preoccupied in a brutal occupation for decades now cannot behave otherwise. You cannot maintain a such an occupation for so many years and remain human.”
Piers Morgan Uncensored · Apr 2026 · 4 episodes · 2.8M views on this topic
Benny Morris argues that the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories is inherently brutal and cannot be characterized as enlightened.
“The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories since 1967 has been a military occupation. We presented it as enlightened, but there's no such thing as an enlightened military occupation.”
Winston Marshall · Jun 2025 · 3 episodes · 2.8M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record May 2020