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Israel Policy Pod
A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines to bring you analysis from Israel Policy Forum experts and distinguished guests.
Episodes
Israel Policy PodUnimaginable Tragedy and Unfolding War: Israel Mourns and Mobilizes
On October 7, 2023, Israelis faced the unthinkable when Hamas militants breached the Gaza border, carried out a violent rampage, took hundreds of Israelis…
Israel Policy PodIsrael Under Attack (Audio Recording of Emergency Video Briefing)
In this emergency video briefing, we convened with our team of experts, Neri Zilber, Shira Efron, Nimrod Novik, and Michael Koplow to assess the unfolding…
Israel Policy PodAn Alternative View From Across the Green Line
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Piekrash, the co-founder and director of the…
Israel Policy PodPreviewing the Bibi-Biden Meeting and a Holiday Recap
On this week’s episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and…
Israel Policy PodOslo at 30
As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords next week on September 13, Ambassador Martin S. Indyk (Israel Policy Forum board member and former U.S…
Israel Policy PodPalestinian Politics and Presidential Succession
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts journalist Adam Rasgon for a deep dive into Palestinian politics. They…
Israel Policy PodThe View From Riyadh: Israel-Saudi Normalization
Saudi foreign policy analyst Aziz Alghashian joins journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to analyze the prospects for a U.S.-brokered…
Israel Policy PodAn Unsettled Question
Israel Policy Forum has released its latest policy report, An Unsettled Question: Recalibrating U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements, which outlines detailed…
Israel Policy PodIsraeli Security in the Shadow of the Judicial Overhaul
Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to analyze how the passage of the…
Israel Policy PodReasonableness in the Crosshairs
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Prof. Suzie Navot, the vice president for research at the Israel Democracy…
Israel Policy PodAnalyzing the Jenin Camp Operation
In the wake of this week's Israeli military operation in the Jenin refugee camp, Nimrod Novik (Israel Fellow, Israel Policy Forum) and Ibrahim Dalalsha…
Israel Policy PodPalestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
Kicking off our summer book club series, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts journalist and analyst Oren Kessler…
Israel Policy PodThe Violent Crime Wave Facing Israel’s Arab Citizens
Mohammad Darawshe, an expert on Arab-Jewish relations in Israel, joins host Neri Zilber for a deep dive into the escalating violent crime and murder wave in…
Israel Policy PodAcross the Middle East
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and…
Israel Policy PodWhat Does Bibi Actually Want?
Walla News Chief Political Correspondent Tal Shalev joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to assess the current…
Israel Policy PodAnalyzing Another Gaza Escalation
Col. (res.) Dr. Michael Milshtein, the former head of the Palestinian arena in Israeli Military Intelligence, joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy…
Israel Policy PodGhosts of Beirut
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israeli journalist and Fauda co-creator Avi…
Israel Policy PodIsrael at 75
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and…
Israel Policy PodRockets, Protests, and Un-Firings
Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to break down all the major…
Israel Policy PodThe Israeli Spring
After three months of mass demonstrations against his plan to undermine Israel's judicial system—and after an outpouring of anger in the wake of the firing of…
Israel Policy PodCircumventing Courts, Discarding Disengagement, and Regional Rivalries: Israel’s Coalescing Crises
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and…
Israel Policy PodStart-Up Nation Revolts
Amir Mizroch, tech journalist and consultant, joins Neri Zilber, policy advisor at Israel Policy Forum and Tel Aviv-based journalist, to discuss the Israeli…
Israel Policy PodThe West Bank on the Brink
Amid escalating violence in the West Bank between Israelis and Palestinians, Nimrod Novik (Israel Fellow, Israel Policy Forum) and Ibrahim Eid Dalalsha…
Israel Policy PodIsraeli Politics Amid the Judicial Crisis
As the judicial and constitutional crisis in Israel deepens, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Tal Schneider…
Israel Policy PodEarthquakes, Escalations, and Overhauls
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israeli Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and…
Israel Policy PodSecurity Policy Under the New Netanyahu Government
**Note: This episode was recorded before the events of January 26 in the Jenin refugee camp. Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based…
Israel Policy PodThe New Netanyahu Government With Dan Meridor
With the new Israeli government barely two weeks old, a major crisis is looming over its intention to completely overhaul the country's judicial and legal…
Israel Policy PodEnd-of-Year Awards 2022: Assessing a Fateful Year in Israel
Most years in Israel are described as "historic," but for 2022 it happens to be very true. The year began with Benjamin Netanyahu in the opposition and…
Israel Policy PodWho Is Really Controlling the West Bank?
It’s a challenging moment for the Palestinian Authority. INSS researcher and Israeli-Palestinian Research Program Coordinator Noa Shusterman joins IPF Atid…
Israel Policy PodIsrael's Judiciary in the Crosshairs
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Prof. Suzie Navot, the vice president for research at the Israel Democracy…
Israel Policy PodFar-Right Government Looms in Israel
In the wake of the recent Israeli election, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Amir Tibon, a senior editor and…
Israel Policy PodPreviewing the Israeli Election
As Israelis go to the polls once again on November 1, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Tal Schneider, chief…
Israel Policy PodWill Arab Voters Decide the Israeli Election?
Mohammad Darawshe, an expert on Arab-Jewish relations in Israel, joins host Neri Zilber for a deep dive into the current state of Arab-Israeli politics ahead…
Israel Policy PodViolence and Instability in the West Bank
The West Bank is facing an uptick in violence, with clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants becoming increasingly commonplace in major…
Israel Policy PodUltra-Orthodox Society and Politics in Israel
Dr. Gilad Malach of the Israel Democracy Institute joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to analyze the important…
Israel Policy PodInside the Iran Nuclear Deal
Dr. Naysan Rafati, Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group, joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Pod host Neri Zilber for a deep dive into…
Israel Policy PodA Tale of 3.5 Prime Ministers
Walla News Chief Political Correspondent Tal Shalev joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to assess the state of…
Israel Policy PodAnalyzing the Recent Gaza Escalation
Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber for an in-depth conversation on…
Israel Policy PodWhat Does Putin Want From Israel?
In this episode, Ksenia Svetlova, Director of the Israel-Middle East Program at Mitvim and an expert on Russia and Ukraine, joins Israel Policy Forum Policy…
Israel Policy PodThe Middle East After Biden’s Visit
In this episode, Ehud Yaari, longtime Middle East commentator for Israel’s Channel 12 and international fellow of The Washington Institute, joins Israel Policy…
Israel Policy PodPreviewing the Biden Visit with Martin Indyk
With President Biden set to travel to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia next week, Ambassador Martin Indyk (Israel Policy Forum Board Member and former…
Israel Policy PodThe Knesset’s Dissolution Déjà Vu: The Era of Israel’s Endless Elections Endures
Note: This episode is the audio recording from a special Israel Policy Forum video briefing held on Wednesday, June 22. With the passage of a preliminary vote…
Israel Policy PodCritical Neighbors Part 2: The Israeli-Palestinian Arena
Amid strained U.S.-Palestinian relations and political uncertainty in Israel, President Biden is set to visit Israel and the West Bank next month. Nimrod Novik…
Israel Policy PodSettlement Downgrades, Downgraded Generals, and Constant Coalition Crises
Diane and Guilford Glazer Family Foundation Director of Policy Research Shira Efron and Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow join host Tel Aviv-based journalist…
Israel Policy PodOn the Ground in Jenin, Jerusalem, and Beyond
This week's episode takes a deep dive into the last two tumultuous months in Israel and Palestine, which included a deadly wave of terror attacks, a major…
Israel Policy PodCritical Neighbors Part 1: Egypt and Jordan
What happens in the Holy Land doesn’t just impact Israelis and Palestinians; it reverberates across the Middle East. Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel…
Israel Policy PodCan the Israeli Government Survive?
After the shock of losing its parliamentary majority, and with the Knesset coming back from a holiday break next week, what does the future hold for the…
Israel Policy PodJerusalem Clashes, Gaza Rockets, Political Crisis
In this episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber, Diane and Guilford Glazer Family Foundation Director of Policy…
Israel Policy PodIsrael’s Ongoing Terror Wave
Violence continues to plague Israel, with another terror attack in Tel Aviv last week killing three Israelis. In this episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and…
Israel Policy PodA Terror Wave Grips Israel
Violence has escalated in Israel, with three terror attacks in the span of a week leaving 11 Israelis dead. In this episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and…
Israel Policy PodThe Israeli Century with MK Prof. Yossi Shain
In this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber speaks with Knesset Member Prof. Yossi Shain of the…
Israel Policy PodMediation in Ukraine, Reset in Turkey, Concern in the West Bank
In this episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber, Research Director Shira Efron, and Chief Policy Officer Michael…
Israel Policy PodInto the Shadows with Ronen Bergman
The Israeli intelligence services like to operate in secret, but one journalist has made a career by bringing them out of the shadows: Ronen Bergman of The New…
Israel Policy PodIsrael’s Tightrope Walk Over the Ukraine Crisis
The crisis in Ukraine is drawing the entire world's attention, and Israel is no exception. In this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy…
Israel Policy PodBahrain to the West Bank on the Military Beat
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum policy advisor Neri Zilber hosts Jerusalem Post military correspondent Anna Ahronheim and Times of Israel…
Israel Policy PodJerusalem to Ankara: Turkey's Teetering Relationship with Israel
Turkey was the first Muslim-majority country to recognize Israel in 1949, shortly following Israel’s independence, and the countries shared close ties for…
Israel Policy PodViolent Vandals, Gaza Gas, Netanyahu Negotiations, and More
Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Family Foundation Director of Policy Research…
Israel Policy PodWill Bibi Take a Plea Deal?
Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has entered talks with the attorney general over a plea deal to end his ongoing corruption trial, a move that could have major legal…
Israel Policy PodIPF Atid: Climate Security Ep. 3
In the third episode of IPF Atid’s mini-series on climate security, IPF Atid National Director Shanie Reichman hosts David Harary, a member of the IPF Atid DC…
Israel Policy PodState of Play in 2022: Israeli Politics in the New Year
With a new year upon us, it's time to catch up on the latest developments in Israel and look ahead at what 2022 may bring to the Israeli political arena. Tel…