The Blogs: Dershowitz Says He’ll Fight to BLOCK Democrats From Government | Interview | Gregory Lyakhov

On the latest episode of The Patriot Perspective, I had the privilege of interviewing Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of America’s most prominent lawyers and a personal mentor of mine.

For sixteen years, I struggled with undiagnosed ADHD, unable to read or write. The first book I ever read—The Case for Israel by Dershowitz—changed my life and led me to pursue political writing and advocacy for Israel. To now host him on my podcast was a full-circle moment.

Dershowitz, at 87, remains one of the sharpest legal voices in the country. He described himself not just as an independent, but as an “anti-Democrat.” While he is not a Republican, he made clear that the Democrat Party has become dangerous for Jews, Israel, and America itself.

His chief warning centered on the rise of socialist candidates like Zohran Mamdani, who is running for mayor of New York City. Dershowitz cautioned that if Mamdani wins, openly anti-Semitic mayors could follow in other major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

The shift, he argued, is not just about fringe candidates but about mainstream Democrats embracing them. He pointed to Elizabeth Warren as an example. Once, she privately admitted knowing little about the Middle East and sought his guidance.

Now she positions herself as an expert while promoting positions hostile to Israel. “She doesn’t have a mind of her own,” Dershowitz said, describing her shift as part of a larger Democrat embrace of anti-Israel radicals.

On public safety, Dershowitz noted how Democratic leaders manipulate crime statistics by reclassifying felonies as misdemeanors or declining to prosecute cases at all.

“The way to reduce crime,” he said, “is not to prosecute criminals. That actually increases crime—it just decreases the reporting of crime.” He was skeptical that courts would uphold sending the National Guard to cities like New York without an actual insurrection but stressed that Democrats are lying about crime while letting cities decline.

We also touched on international law. Dershowitz shared extraordinary insight into the International Criminal Court’s targeting of Israel. He revealed that the ICC prosecutor issued a warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu without hearing evidence, immediately after facing a personal misconduct scandal.

“It’s a completely corrupt process,” he said, adding that Israel and the U.S. are right to reject ICC authority. He warned that threats by leaders like Canada’s Justin Trudeau or Mamdani to arrest Netanyahu would be blatantly unlawful, given his diplomatic immunity.

At the same time, Dershowitz defended U.S. interdiction of drug traffickers in the Caribbean, calling Trump’s actions to sink fentanyl shipments “perfectly legal” and essential for saving American lives.

He also weighed in on racial gerrymandering, predicting that while the Supreme Court will reduce the role of race in redistricting, it cannot eliminate it entirely because of the zero-sum nature of legislative districts.

But Dershowitz’s greatest concern was cultural. He spoke candidly about Jews who, in his view, are repeating past mistakes by supporting candidates openly hostile to Israel.

“There are no bigger idiots in the world than self-hating Jews,” he said, warning that Mamdani’s normalization of Democrat Socialism would set a precedent for movements that undermine Jews, capitalism, and American freedoms. He compared the atmosphere on campuses and in politics to Germany in 1932—a dangerous prelude, he cautioned, if history is ignored.

Despite his warnings, Dershowitz closed on a personal note. He congratulated me and my co-host Ofer Adar for our work defending Israel and truth in the public square.

“If all young people were like you,” he said, “I’d sleep better at night.” For me, his words were more than praise. Alan Dershowitz was the author of the first book I ever read, the man who encouraged me to start my podcast, and the mentor who has guided my writing.

Now, as I work on my first book, My Generation is Failing America, his message serves as both a warning and a challenge: resist extremism, defend Israel, and fight to preserve America’s freedoms.