Israel Policy Pod

Hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz discuss a potential internal challenge to the centrist Yesh Atid party's founder and longtime leader Yair Lapid.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

The latest episode of Israel Policy Pod features a recording of our latest briefing on challenges to Israel-UAE relations, featuring Israel Fellow Dr. Nimrod Novik.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn, author of City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement, joins host Evan Gottesman to discuss the response of pro-annexation Israeli politicians and settlement officials to Israel-UAE normalization, the split between the organized West Bank settlement leadership and their constituents, and how recent developments play into the 2020 U.S. presidential election.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Journalist and policy researcher Ksenia Svetlova speaks with hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz about Israel-UAE normalization and its impacts for annexation, the Palestinian national cause, Israeli politics, and US-Israel relations.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Israel Policy Forum's Shira Efron and Michael Koplow speak with host Evan Gottesman about recent historic developments in Israel-UAE relations.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Former Shin Bet Director Ami Ayalon joins host Evan Gottesman for a discussion on Israel's past and future and Ayalon's forthcoming book, Friendly Fire, touching on the turning points in his outlook on the Palestinians, security coordination with the PA, a new national narrative for Israel, and why he supports Breaking the Silence and empathizes with the settlement movement.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

This episode of Israel Policy Pod features a recording of Israel Policy Forum's recent briefing with policy researcher, journalist, and former Member of Knesset Ksenia Svetlova on the Beirut disaster's implications for Israel and the wider Middle East.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz discuss the recent tragedy in Beirut, Lebanon and the controversy spurred by the display of a Lebanese flag on Tel Aviv City Hall in the aftermath of the explosion.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Listen to Israel Policy Forum's exclusive briefing with journalist Barak Ravid (Axios) covering the anti-Netanyahu demonstrations taking place throughout Israel and their implications.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

New York Times Jerusalem Bureau reporter Adam Rasgon joins host Evan Gottesman to discuss a recent story he co-authored with David Halbinger and Mohammed Najib on the social, political, and operational strain Palestinian security officers are facing as Israel and the United States mull annexing parts of the West Bank and President Mahmoud Abbas continues to halt security coordination with Israel.Read the original story in the New York Times: "For Palestinian Police, Much to Lose if Israel Annexes West Bank Land," by David Halbfinger, Adam Rasgon, and Mohammed NajibSupport the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.