Episode 9: Did Biden derail Saudi normalization? Breaking down the Abraham Accords with ex-NSC expert Shiri Fein
The Abraham Accords have the potential to transform the Middle East. The very fact that they survived the Gaza war proves their resilience. Indeed, trade between Israel and its Abraham Accords partner...
10 Apr 202548min
Episode 8: Prof. Alexander Yakobson on what it means to "decolonize Palestine"
Is Zionism colonialism? Are Jews an authentic people, or merely a religion? What about Palestinians? What are Zionism’s moral costs, and what are those of opposing Zionism?I asked one of my teachers, ...
3 Apr 202552min
Episode 7 - Judicial Reform: Is tribalism eating Israeli democracy alive?
What if everybody is right on judicial reform? Israel's highest court is immensely and unreasonably powerful. But if it is weakened, what other checks stand in the way of the tyranny of the majority, ...
28 Mar 202557min
Episode 6: Why won't Israel fight for the Democrats? With Rep. Ritchie Torres
Abandoning the Democrats is a losing strategy for Israel, says Rep. Ritchie Torres, perhaps the most outspoken supporter of Israel in the US House of Representatives. The fight over Israel inside Amer...
25 Mar 202540min
Extra Episode: Back to war in Gaza
Warfighting has resumed in Gaza. Israel's message is clear: Gaza's future depends on Hamas releasing hostages and surrendering its control of the territory.But there is a larger pivot underway, a regi...
19 Mar 202525min
Episode 5: When your family is taken hostage
This is a podcast about history, but also about this moment in history.Today's episode is a special one. Many of you asked about the hostages, about the activism of their families, about their shatter...
13 Mar 20251h 27min
Episode 4 - Last Jew Standing: The story of Israeli Jews
Israeli Jews are the last surviving remnant of dozens of devastated Jewish communities across three continents. How did this history shape them? What do they understand about the world that few others...
6 Mar 202558min
Episode 3: John Spencer on why Israel hasn't yet won the war in Gaza
In our first interview episode, Haviv Rettig Gur sits down (virtually) with Prof. John Spencer of West Point, one of the foremost experts in urban warfare who has made a special study of Israeli warfi...
26 Feb 202554min
