Bernie Moerdler
Security and Iran analyst · Founder, BNN and The Petek
Bio
Short bio
Bernie Moerdler is a security and OSINT analyst covering Israel, Iran and the Middle East. He founded BNN, a breaking-news feed with 120,000+ followers, and built The Petek, the English guide to Israel's 2026 election.
Long bio
Bernie Moerdler is an American-Israeli security and OSINT analyst based near Tel Aviv. He has covered Israel, Iran and the wider Middle East for years through BNN (Bernie News Network), an English breaking-news feed with more than 120,000 followers across WhatsApp, Telegram and X. His OSINT background includes Project Owl and Aurora Intel, and he built Ukraine Siren Alerts, which alerted more than 2 million people. He is the founder of Breakwater, a real-time multilingual intelligence platform, and built The Petek, the English guide to every party in Israel's 2026 election, used by more than 300,000 people in the week before the vote.
Topics
- Iran and the regional escalation
- How Netanyahu and Eisenkot would each handle Iran and security
- Coalition math and what comes after the election
- OSINT, information warfare and foreign influence operations
- Israel-US relations
Appearances
Upcoming
- Israel News Talk Radio, 1 Nov 2026
Past
- i24NEWS, in studio, 29 Oct 2026
- ChaiFM (South Africa), 29 Oct 2026
- Phoenix TV, 29 Oct 2026
- Nachum Segal Network, JM in the AM, 28 Oct 2026
- CBS New York, 27 Oct 2026
- Fox News, 1 Aug 2022 Link
- Euronews, 25 Apr 2022 Link
- France 24, The Observers, 19 Apr 2022 Link
Booking
Based near Tel Aviv. Available for live hits, studio, Zoom or WhatsApp, across US, UK, European and Asian time slots.
