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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
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Death and [Palestinian] Taxes
The Palestinian Authority is rejecting tax transfers from Israel. Why? And what does it mean for the future of the pro-annexation movement and the viability of…
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Netanyahu and Annexation: Where Do Israelis Really Stand?
Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman speaks with Israeli pollster Camil Fuchs (Channel 13) to get a clearer sense of where the Israeli public truly stands…
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Knesset Elections: The Week After
One week after Israelis voted for their next government, hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz break down election results and discuss the road ahead, with…
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Election Day Is Here
Eli Kowaz hosts Walla News Political Correspondant Tal Shalev to preview Israeli election day. Support the show Follow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky…
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Israel, Illiberal: Is the Jewish State in Democratic Decline?
Is Israel becoming increasingly illiberal? On the eve of Israeli elections, host Evan Gottesman puts the question to Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael…
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Coalition Calculations
Host Eli Kowaz is joined by Policy Director Michael Koplow to discuss different scenarios for Israeli election outcomes as the Knesset campaign enters its…
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From Gaza to the Golan
Executive Director David A. Halperin and Policy Director Michael Koplow talk conflict in Gaza and American recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan —…
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3 Weeks To Go
After a rough political week for Benny Gantz, Walla's Tal Shalev joins host Eli Kowaz to talk about where things stand three weeks before Israelis head to the…
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Bibi's American Campaign
Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman discuss the American angle to Netanyahu's pursuit of reelection. Support the show Follow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and…
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Netanyahu Indictment Announcement: Will it Swing Israel's Election?
Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman assess whether the Israeli attorney general's announcement of his intention to indict Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption…
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Deal or No Deal
Executive Director David A. Halperin and Policy Director Michael Koplow discuss the impact of the Trump administration's long-rumored "Ultimate Deal" on…
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It's My Party: The Israel Policy Pod Political Party Primer
Host Evan Gottesman and Policy Director Michael Koplow give an overview of the various Israeli political parties running in the 2019 Knesset elections…
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A Podcast About a Podcast
Israel Policy Forum Executive Director David A. Halperin and Policy Director Michael Koplow join the podcast to talk about another podcast's take on Israel and…
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Deadline Week
Eli Kowaz hosts Tal Shalev of Walla News to discuss Israeli elections and the crucial week ahead approaching the party list registration deadline on Thursday…
Israel Policy PodGantz Fever
Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman take a look at Benny Gantz’s debut speech and what it says about the state of Israeli politics. Support the show Follow us…
Israel Policy PodIt's Breakup Season
Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman discuss the recent breakups in Israeli politics as we approach April elections. Support the show Follow us on Instagram…
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Israeli Elections
On the last podcast of the year (for real this time) Eli hosts Walla News Political Correspondent Tal Shalev to talk about the recently-announced April 9th…
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BaShana HaBa'a: Predictions for 2019
Will Trump reveal his "ultimate deal?" Will Netanyahu break Ben-Gurion's record as Israel's longest serving Prime Minister? In our last episode of the year…
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One-State Reality
Hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz talk about the rise of West Bank terror in recent weeks and months and what it tells us about a one-state reality. Support…
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Last Week in Israel
How long can the coalition last with a single seat majority? What can Benjamin Netanyahu accomplish in terms of regional diplomacy without progress on the…
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The Blue and White After the Blue Wave
As the dust settles from the 2018 U.S. congressional midterm elections, Israel Policy Forum Policy Director Michael Koplow joins host Evan Gottesman to break…
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Welcoming the Stranger
In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy, Israel Policy Pod takes a break from our normal content to highlight the important work of the Hebrew…
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Mergers and Acquisitions
Ilan Goldenberg, Israel Policy Forum's Policy Adviser and a Senior Fellow and Director at the Center for a New American Security's Middle East Security Program…
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Preventing Palestine
The Camp David Accords, Israel-Egypt Treaty, and Oslo Accords produced some of the most widely celebrated moments in Arab-Israeli diplomacy. But what if these…
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Is American Aid to the Palestinians Over?
Is American aid to the Palestinians over? Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman asks Dave Harden, former assistant administrator for USAID's Bureau for…
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Druze Blues
Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman discuss the nation-state law with IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Amal Asad. Special thanks to Shanie Reichman for English-language…
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The Ins and Outs of Gaza
Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman speaks with Tania Hary, executive director of Gisha, an Israeli NGO working to improve Palestinian freedom of movement in…
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Birthright and the Nation-State Law
Eli and Evan discuss the nation-state law passed by the Knesset and Birthright walkouts by American Jews with Israeli journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer. Support…
Israel Policy PodIs There a Plan B?
Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman are joined by Israel Policy Forum's Israel Fellow Nimrod Novik to discuss the Trump administration peace plan and debate…
Israel Policy PodThe Situation On The Ground
Israel Policy Forum Executive Director David A. Halperin returns from the organization's leadership delegation to Israel and the West Bank and shares his…
Israel Policy PodSettlements, Diaspora, and Demography
Oxford University's Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn, author of "City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement," joins the podcast to share her…
Israel Policy PodSecuring Southern Syria
Eli and Evan are joined by Elizabeth Tsurkov, a research fellow at Israel's Forum for Regional Thinking, to talk about developments with Israel, Russia, Iran…
Israel Policy PodJerusalem Syndrome
Lior Schillat of the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research joins Eli and Evan to talk about the new development plan for East Jerusalem, recently approved by…
Israel Policy PodRules of Engagement
Pnina Sharvit Baruch joins Eli and Evan to talk about the IDF's conduct responding to the Gaza demonstrations. Support the show Follow us on Instagram…
Israel Policy PodThe Art Of Leaving The Deal
Executive Director David A. Halperin and Evan Gottesman are joined by former Israeli deputy defense minister and retired IDF Brigadier General Ephraim Sneh to…
Israel Policy PodGaza's Humanitarian Crisis
Dr. Shira Efron, special adviser on Israel at the RAND Corporation's Center for Middle East Public Policy, joins hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman to discuss…
Israel Policy PodState with No Army, Army with No State
Neri Zilber joins Eli and Evan to break down misconceptions about the Palestinian Authority Security Force (PASF).Read Neri Zilber and Ghaith Al-Omari's full…
Israel Policy PodOn Israeli Leadership
This week's episode features Israel Policy Forum’s 2018 Joseph Forum - a distinguished panel on Israel leadership held this past week at the Harmonie Club in…
Israel Policy PodA New Strategy for an Era of Change
Former Israeli National Security Adviser Chuck Freilich joins Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman Israel's security strategy or lack thereof. Support the show Follow…
Israel Policy PodThe End of the Netanyahu Years?
Israel Policy Forum's Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman talk about Benjamin Netanyahu's future after the Israel Police's indictment recommendation with Ben Caspit…
Israel Policy PodArab Acquaintances
Eli Kowaz and Noa Shusterman talk with Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, about Israel's emerging…
Israel Policy PodThe Soviet-Israeli War
Dr. Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez of the Hebrew University's Truman Institute join Israel Policy Forum's Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman to discuss their new…
Israel Policy Pod"A National Home": Balfour's Centenary
IPF's Noa Shusterman and Adam Basciano speak with Michael Davies, a British high-school history teacher, about the Balfour Declaration's role in modern British…
Israel Policy PodBehind the Smiles: Is Reconciliation for Real?
IPF's Noa Shusterman and Adam Basciano talk with Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute and the former executive director of the American…
Israel Policy PodThe Moderate Majority
Eli and Noa host Polly Bronstein, CEO and founder of Darkenu, a grassroots movement aiming to mobilize Israel's "moderate majority." Darkenu and Commanders for…
Israel Policy PodHumanity First: Israeli-Syrian Cooperation to Aid Refugees
Matzav Podcast hosts Shadi Martini, Director of Humanitarian Relief and Regional Relations to the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, to discuss the…
Israel Policy PodGame of Thrones: The Struggle over Abbas' Succession
Matzav Podcast hosts Grant Rumley to discuss the contenders in the race to become the next PA President and what it means for Israel. Support the show Follow…
Israel Policy PodNeighborhood Watch: Israel's Regional Threats
How can Israel best limit Iran's influence in Syria? How would Trump backing out of the JCPOA effect Israel? Eli and Noa host Professor Chuck Freilich, the…
Israel Policy PodThe Last Palestinian
Eli and Noa host Grant Rumley and Amir Tibon to discuss their book The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas. Support the show Follow us on…
Israel Policy PodThe Sound of Silence: Netanyahu and the Condemnation that Wasn't
Former Consul General of Israel in New York, Alon Pinkas, joins Eli Kowaz and Noa Shusterman to talk about Netanyahu's inaction in the face of blatant…
Israel Policy PodBack in the Middle East: Are Greenblatt and Kushner Bringing Good News?
Jason Greenblatt, Jared Kushner, Dina Powell head to Israel later this month as part of Trump's search of reaching the 'ultimate deal'. Former US diplomat…
Israel Policy PodIsrael and Jordan: It's Complicated
IPF Israel Fellow and former advisor to Shimon Peres Nimrod Novik joins Eli Kowaz and Noa Shusterman to talk about the diplomatic crisis between Israel and…
Israel Policy PodIncitement: A Palestinian Perspective
As Palestinians riot amidst the Temple Mount crisis, Israeli government ministers point the blame at Palestinian incitement. Samer Makhlouf, CEO of Zimam (a…
Israel Policy PodA United Jerusalem?
Lior Schillat, Director General of The Jerusalem Institute of Policy Research, joins IPF's Eli Kowaz and Noa Shusterman in New York to discuss the proposed…