Dan Illouz made aliyah from Montreal at 23, trading a promising legal career for an IDF uniform as a lone soldier. He went on to serve on the Jerusalem City Council and in the Knesset as a member of the Likud. This year, he left the party, gave back his Knesset seat, and joined Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu ahead of the October 27th election.
In this episode, Illouz explains what drove him out of Netanyahu's party. He talks about his fight to bring Haredi men into the IDF, and why he sees it as essential to Israel's survival. He also shares his frustration over the war's unfinished results and his view that leadership after October 7th must take responsibility. He draws on the Bible to make that case, pointing to Judah, the father of the Jewish people's name, as the model of a leader who owns his failures.
Illouz also reflects on his own journey to Israel, and why he believes the return of the Jewish people to their land is an even greater miracle than the Exodus from Egypt.
The Universal Zionism podcast explores Israel's role not only as a home for the Jewish people, but as a light to the nations and a source of blessing to the whole world.
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