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(Day 732) Swords of Iron – “October 7th Pondering”

(Day 732) Swords of Iron – “October 7th Pondering”

Chaim starts by saying that he’s filming this video on October 7th, 2025, the two year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history.

(Day 731) Swords of Iron – “Where are the hostages?”

(Day 731) Swords of Iron – “Where are the hostages?”

Chaim starts by talking about how he’s been mobilized in this war for two years, which is 10% of his adult life, and he’s seen and participated in many of the war’s most well-known campaigns. However, now is a…

(Day 730) Swords of Iron – “Two Years”

(Day 730) Swords of Iron – “Two Years”

Chaim starts by saying that it’s been a great privilege for him to be mobilized in his IDF reserve unit, to serve with the elite Yahalom Combat Engineers for Special Missions, demolishing Hamas tunnels and doing various other specialized…

(Day 729) Swords of Iron – “Permanent Ceasefire?!”

(Day 729) Swords of Iron – “Permanent Ceasefire?!”

Chaim says that he’s glad that President Trump put pressure on Hamas and they gave a sort of “half yes” to the plan he put forward to end this war, including the return of the hostages. This gives hope…

(Day 728) Swords of Iron – “Flotillas and Murder in Manchester”

(Day 728) Swords of Iron – “Flotillas and Murder in Manchester”

Chaim starts by asking a rhetorical question about the anti-Israel flotillas, as in “what are they thinking” and why do they think that what they’re doing will add something positive to the situation?

(Day 727) Swords of Iron – “Yom Kippur”

(Day 727) Swords of Iron – “Yom Kippur”

Chaim starts by saying that it’s Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and there is some heaviness in the air as the fate of Israel’s hostages hangs in the balance.

(Day 726) Swords of Iron – “Redemption Resilience and Atonement”

(Day 726) Swords of Iron – “Redemption Resilience and Atonement”

Chaim starts by mentioning some of the Israeli women who were kidnapped and murdered on October 7th, 2023, and he says that there are still shooting attacks happening on a regular basis in different places in Israel, which is…

(Day 725) Swords of Iron – “Holding Our Breath”

(Day 725) Swords of Iron – “Holding Our Breath”

Chaim starts by saying that he feels like he’s been walking a long, dangerous and lonely road for a long time to bring the hostages back home and restore security to southern Israel, and now because of the plan…

(Day 724) Swords of Iron – “Netanyahu Agreed to Trumps Plan”

(Day 724) Swords of Iron – “Netanyahu Agreed to Trumps Plan”

Chaim starts by rhetorically asking “is this for real” and he’s referring to the announcement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a plan put forth by US President Donald Trump whereby all the Israeli hostages would…

(Day 723) Swords of Iron – “Death Threats and Trump’s Plan”

(Day 723) Swords of Iron – “Death Threats and Trump’s Plan”

Chaim starts by asking a rhetorical question about whether the West can survive, and as an example of why he’s wondering about that, he points to a recent poll of university students which asked the question of whether Israel…

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