How the Iran war destroyed Israel's deterrence
Both of Israel’s wars in Iran have been “strategic failures” and critically damaged the country’s deterrence, Danny Citrinowicz, a former top Iran expert in Israeli military intelligence, told the Haa...
28 Touko 23min
How AIPAC and pro-Israel megadonors turned a midterm race into the most expensive primary in U.S. history
The first major primary battle in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections resulted in a significant victory for AIPAC and other pro-Israel megadonors, but Haaretz's Washington correspondent Ben Samuels warned...
26 Touko 30min
'Sounding the alarm': Inside a deepening crisis as American Jewish support for Israel erodes on left and right
As Israel is fighting enemies on multiple fronts, it can't afford to lose any of its vital strategic assets. And according to Dr. Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis, a researcher at Tel Aviv's Institute for Na...
21 Touko 32min
Back to full-on war with Iran? Amos Harel on Trump’s dilemma and Netanyahu’s desire
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his desire not to "get stuck" in Middle East conflict and clearly wants to avoid a renewal of full-on war with Iran – but he may not have a choice, Haaretz se...
19 Touko 23min
'BDS is a scam': Why Israeli music icon David Broza still believes in the power of art
On a special edition of the Haaretz Podcast celebrating its 500th episode, host Allison Kaplan Sommer speaks to iconic Israeli musician David Broza – the composer of "Things Will Be Better," one of Is...
15 Touko 42min
'Political football': How U.K. Jews are caught between Britain's racist far-right and the anti-Zionist far left
Jews in the United Kingdom watched voters in their country gravitate to parties on the extreme right and left in the country’s local elections – following a campaign where antisemitism was used as a p...
12 Touko 26min
Jewish life in polite Canada has become 'a horror show of hatred'
October 7 and the Gaza war radically changed the way many people around the world, including Diaspora Jews, viewed Israel. For Toronto-based journalist Jesse Brown, the turning point came not with Ha...
8 Touko 31min
Can Naftali Bennett defeat Netanyahu? Inside the Israeli opposition’s big gamble
War-weary Israelis have clearly tired of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, but it is still uncertain as to whether opposition forces will be able to put aside their wide ideological diff...
5 Touko 31min
