Oct 2, 2026 · 22 min · 9 segments
This week on Newsmakers, three powerful stories of faith, courage, and crisis. Operation Israel founder Adi Vaxman reveals how the horrors of October 7 propelled her into action to help save the lives…
Adi VaxmanGuest
Billy HallowellHostBen PetersonGuest
Well, our mission is to save lives of the sons and daughters in Israel that are fighting for Israel's existence.
And Um, indirectly for, I feel our existence as, um, the free world and the Western world and, uh, for American values and Judeo Christian values.
And I think the best answer to the why we started it is, I feel like I was being called to action by divine intervention.
And I would say that On October 7th, I always believed in God and my faith was always important to me, but I would say that since October 7th, it had become not just a lot more important to me, but also... a more central grounding force in my identity because I've just been given sign after sign that this is what I'm supposed to do.
I run a management consulting company that helps businesses get more efficient and does operations.
I started making calls and ended up finding a friend who, around seven or eight in the morning, who used to work for the Israeli purchasing delegation of the Ministry of Defense.
And I found him and he gave me the names of some suppliers that sell ceramic vests that are approved by the IDF.
And I spent, and this is already Saturday night, the night between Saturday and Sunday.
And I sit on the phone with my husband's phone, the house phone and my cell phone and trying to call the suppliers.
Well, our mission is to save lives of the sons and daughters in Israel that are fighting for Israel's existence.
And Um, indirectly for, I feel our existence as, um, the free world and the Western world and, uh, for American values and Judeo Christian values.
And I think the best answer to the why we started it is, I feel like I was being called to action by divine intervention.
And I would say that On October 7th, I always believed in God and my faith was always important to me, but I would say that since October 7th, it had become not just a lot more important to me, but also... a more central grounding force in my identity because I've just been given sign after sign that this is what I'm supposed to do.
I run a management consulting company that helps businesses get more efficient and does operations.
I started making calls and ended up finding a friend who, around seven or eight in the morning, who used to work for the Israeli purchasing delegation of the Ministry of Defense.
And I found him and he gave me the names of some suppliers that sell ceramic vests that are approved by the IDF.
And I spent, and this is already Saturday night, the night between Saturday and Sunday.
And I sit on the phone with my husband's phone, the house phone and my cell phone and trying to call the suppliers.
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