Haaretz Podcast

Linda Dayan, a Haaretz politics journalist, and Judy Maltz, a correspondent tracking Israeli voters, examine a fractured opposition ahead of Israel’s election. They discuss the failure to rally behind Gadi Eisenkot, the fight over Arab party disqualifications, and the difficult math of an Arab coalition partner. They also explore Ben Gvir’s ambitions, Haredi draft exemptions, and how October 7 reshaped voters in Kibbutz Be’eri and beyond.

Yuval Abraham, an Israeli investigative journalist and co-director of NAZA, joins Etan Nechin, Haaretz’s U.S. senior writer, to discuss the film’s soldier testimonies and investigations into civilian harm. They explore Netanyahu’s threats, the meaning behind NAZA’s title, Holocaust memory, protecting sources, and Abraham’s decision to return home and continue his work despite the backlash.

Philissa Cramer, Haaretz’s senior Jewish Life correspondent, examines the fallout after Macklemore shouted “Free Palestine!” while opening for Ed Sheeran. They explore protests, accusations of antisemitism, Robert Kraft’s removal campaign, Ed Sheeran’s political response, competing donation pledges, and why Israel-Gaza politics is reshaping concerts, celebrity culture, and organized American Jewish life.

Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American business owner from Ohio, recounts being trapped for a month in his West Bank home after settlers besieged his village and the army declared a closed military zone. Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman, a Jerusalem Reform rabbi and human-rights activist, discusses settler violence, Israel’s moral crisis, attacks on progressive Judaism, and the struggle to preserve hope and universal justice.

Dahlia Scheindlin, an Israeli political analyst and public opinion expert, joins Anshel Pfeffer, an Economist correspondent and longtime Netanyahu watcher. They examine Israel’s election math, Gadi Eisenkot’s centrist-right challenge, Ofer Winter’s far-right wildcard, and whether the vote marks the end of the Netanyahu era. October 7 accountability, national identity, democracy and the fractured social contract take center stage.

David Issacharoff, a Haaretz writer specializing in German politics, and Ofer Waldman, a historian and Germany-Israel analyst, examine the AfD’s stunning Saxony-Anhalt victory. They discuss East German alienation, anti-immigration politics, neo-Nazi activity and the struggle to preserve Jewish memory. The conversation also explores Germany’s democratic firewall, Israel’s muted response and the fight to rebuild civic education.

Linda Dayan, a Haaretz journalist specializing in Israeli politics, and Etan Nechin, a senior writer covering Israeli and American politics, unpack Israel’s frantic party-list reshuffle. They examine far-right mergers, Yesh Atid’s decline, October 7 conspiracy theories and Israelis mobilizing from America. They also discuss Hasan Piker’s influence, Netanyahu’s attacks on Zohran Mamdani and the growing collision between U.S. and Israeli politics.

Arno Rosenfeld, Haaretz’s Washington correspondent covering U.S. politics and American Jewish affairs, takes us inside a tense Republican Jewish Coalition summit. He explores JD Vance’s uneasy outreach to Jewish donors, Tucker Carlson’s influence, rising conservative doubts about Israel, and the lack of a strategy to win young Republicans. The gathering’s sharp rhetoric toward Muslims and socialists also comes under scrutiny.

Judy Maltz, Haaretz correspondent reporting from towns across Israel. Dahlia Scheindlin, political analyst specializing in polling and coalition math. They discuss the rise of ex-general Ofer Winter and how new right-wing lists could fragment votes. They tour affected communities, from Kiryat Shmona’s evacuations to settler violence and its political fallout.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, a Tel Aviv University analyst of Turkish politics and regional security, explains Turkey's expanding military role in Syria. He discusses Israel's strike as a warning, Turkey's neo-Ottoman ambitions, its alliance-building with Russia and regional actors, and why Ankara now poses a growing and unpredictable strategic challenge.