Blumenthal details his detention at Dulles Airport and the seizure of his phones by CBP following his reporting on US and Israeli war crimes in Iran. He attributes this harassment to a coordinated campaign by pro-Israel entities, including Laura Loomer and Canary Mission, who sought to criminalize his journalism. The discussion expands to critique the Trump administration’s alignment with Israeli interests, the strategic necessity of perpetual conflict for Zionist identity, and the deepening internal divisions within Israeli society between secular reservists and the ultra-Orthodox.
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