

Israel Policy Pod
Israel Policy Forum
A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines to bring you analysis from Israel Policy Forum experts and distinguished guests.
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May 11, 2021 • 59min
Gaza, Jerusalem, Israeli Politics
Neri Zilber and Michael Koplow discuss the crises surrounding Jerusalem and Gaza and the ongoing political deadlock in Israel.Click here for more resources on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian crisis.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

May 11, 2021 • 41min
Terrestrial Jerusalem Ep. 2: Refugees and Rockets
In the latest installment of the Israel Policy Pod-Terrestrial Jerusalem partnership series, Evan Gottesman and Daniel Seidemann discuss the origins of the dispute in Sheikh Jarrah and how the pending evictions of Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood brought Israel, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad into a military conflict over Gaza.Click here for more resources on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian crisis.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

May 7, 2021 • 1h 16min
Expanding Israel's Regional Integration
Hussein Ibish (Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington) and Shira Efron (Israel Policy Forum) discuss Israel's deepening integration with the wider Middle East region, one of the pillars of Israel Policy Forum's Realistic Reset policy framework.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 29, 2021 • 30min
Terrestrial Jerusalem Ep. 1: Why Jerusalem? Why Now?
Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman is joined by Daniel Seidemann for the first in a monthly joint Israel Policy Forum-Terrestrial Jerusalem podcast series focusing on all-things Jerusalem. In this installment, we examine the core issues shaping the conflict over Jerusalem and how some of these problems came to the fore last week in riots there last week.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 27, 2021 • 1h 1min
What Happened in Jerusalem?
Lior Schillat, Director General of the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research, joins Israel Policy Forum' latest briefing to discuss the far-right riot in Jerusalem and the events preceding it.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 22, 2021 • 18min
No One Puts Bibi in a Corner
After losing a key Knesset Arrangement Committee vote on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for a way to salvage his premiership and put together a coalition. This time, he is advocating for yet another election, but in a different format: a direct vote for prime minister. All this while his on-again-off-again partner, Naftali Bennett of Yamina, has opened the door of the possibility of forming a “unity government” with the Israeli center-left. Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz break down these issues and more in the latest episode of Israeli Policy Pod.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 20, 2021 • 60min
Between Israel and Iran
Wilson Center Scholar Dalia Dassa Kaye discusses the current status of the Israel-Iran conflict and how that dynamic is impacting the policies of the Biden administration and the Gulf Arab states.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 16, 2021 • 24min
Israel, Iran, and the Fallout from Natanz
Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Shira Efron speaks with hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz about the aftermath of a recent Israeli attack on the Natanz nuclear site in Iran and what it says about Israel's posture vis-a-vis Tehran.Click here to register for Israel Policy Forum's upcoming video briefing on the Israel-Iran conflict (Tuesday, April 20).Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 13, 2021 • 1h 3min
West Bank, Gaza, Aid, Elections
Washington Institute Adjunct Fellow Neri Zilber provides an overview of the state of affairs with the Palestinians, including the resumption of U.S. aid to the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the question of elections.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Apr 6, 2021 • 1h 2min
Arab-Jewish Political Integration
Some of the biggest stories out of the March 2021 Knesset election have included the breakup of the Joint List, low voter turnout among Arab citizens of Israel, and the emergence of the United Arab List as a potential kingmaker in Israeli politics. In this program, activist Maisam Jaljuli, co-chair of the board of directors of Sikkuy and a member of the secretariat of Standing Together, examines the future of Arab participation in Israeli politics.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.