Benedict Beckeld travels in Israel and discusses the nature of war and the failure of multiculturalism, and that religion is the strongest glue for social order.

I have added my own subtitles (click on CC) due to the background noise.

First article:
Benedict Beckeld, "What One Must Understand about the New Israel War", Merion West, November 11, 2023.
https://merionwest.com/2023/11/11/wha...

Second article:
Benedict Beckeld, "Islam and the West: Culturally and Theologically Divided", Merion West, December 22, 2023.
https://merionwest.com/2023/12/22/isl...

The Athenaeus passage is: "Deipnosophistae" 13.12.

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Suleiman I:
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Spartans offering sacrifice:
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