Everyone talks about the Strait of Hormuz.

But Saudi Arabia built an alternative.

In this episode, Avi Kaner explains the East-West Pipeline, also known as Petroline, and why it changes the strategic map of the Middle East.

How the pipeline moves oil from the Gulf to the Red Sea
Why it was built during the Iran-Iraq War
Its estimated capacity today
Recent Iranian regime attacks and rapid repairs
Why chokepoints matter less when backups exist
How Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s broader vision fits into the story
And why future routes to the Mediterranean, including Haifa, may now be closer than many think

This is not just a pipeline.

It is strategy, resilience, and optionality.

The United States has announced a blockade starting today.

But not of the Strait of Hormuz.

Only of ships going to and from Iranian ports.

That distinction changes everything.

In this episode, Avi Kaner explains why targeting Iranian ports is more effective than other options.

Why this is targeted pressure, not global disruption
The key ports that drive Iran’s economy
How the regime and IRGC depend on cash flow
Why export losses could reach hundreds of millions per day
How storage limits create a second wave of pressure
Why economic leverage can be stronger than spectacle

This is not about headlines.

It’s about money, pressure, and control.

A Jewish family built a grand home in Baghdad, Iraq in 1937.

France rented it.

Today, it still occupies that same home as its embassy.

But not by paying the family that built it.

By paying the Iraqi government that seized it.

In this episode, Avi Kaner tells the story of Beit Lawee, and the much larger story it represents:

Who the Lawee family were
Jewish life in Iraq before its collapse
The Farhud pogrom of 1941
The mass exodus of Iraqi Jews
The confiscation of Jewish property after 1967
And why, decades later, none of it has been restored

This is not just one house.

It’s an entire lost world.