Episode 158 - How to Read News About Israel (featuring Nicole Jansezian)

In a world where Israel is headline news every day, most people are trying to interpret events through a fog of bias, misinformation, and instant reaction culture. 

We sat down with longtime Jerusalem-based journalist Nicole Jansezian to ask a simple question that’s not simple at all: 

How do we know what’s actually true? 

What unfolded was an inside look at the fractured media landscape inside Israel and the ideological forces shaping the region.

Nicole helps us slow down and understand why the Middle East defies the easy categories most Westerners reach for. 

Israel’s political divisions don’t map onto America’s left-right spectrum. Palestinian society is not monolithic. And both sides live with historic, cultural, and religious dynamics that rarely show up in the headlines. 

When we oversimplify, we miss the deeper story - and the deeper human reality.

This conversation is for anyone who wants discernment in an age of propaganda. We explore why speed has replaced accuracy, why influencers often outrun truth, and why we need a long view shaped by Scripture, not by algorithms. 

For Christians seeking to understand Israel, this isn’t just geopolitics - it’s about returning to the story God has been telling since Genesis and learning to see the world the way He sees it.