'Deeply harmful and dangerous': Trump undermines Jewish Studies at U.S. colleges
New York University professor Lila Corwin Berman has a warning for her colleagues. Corwin Berman, along with two fellow academics, recently penned a provocative piece in the Chronicle of Higher Educat...
18 Sep 202533min
'Enough war, bloodshed, and destruction': Israel, Gaza and what comes next
This special episode of the Haaretz Podcast features voices from the September 14 conference held in Toronto jointly sponsored by the New Israel Fund of Canada and JSpace Canada. The event brought tog...
16 Sep 202538min
'Playing with fire': How Israel’s attack on Hamas in Qatar has likely exploded hopes of ending the Gaza war
The Israeli decision to bomb Doha, targeting Hamas leadership as they met to consider a cease-fire proposal, made little sense if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is truly concerned with the fate of ...
11 Sep 202522min
‘The Trump White House has outsourced all policy on Gaza to Israel’
As Israel’s Gaza City offensive intensifies, the lack of a “fully articulated policy” on the part of Donald Trump’s White House means that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can move ahead with a “blan...
8 Sep 202528min
'Gaza started as a legitimate war of self-defense. It became merciless, cruel vengeance': This Israeli ex-foreign minister speaks his mind
Former foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami invested substantial time and effort into shaping a two-state solution during his political career – and ultimately came to the conclusion that it was not viable...
4 Sep 202524min
'Astonishing backlash': Hear the Orthodox rabbi who spoke out against Gaza's famine and settler violence
Rabbi Yosef Blau has been the focus of both fury and admiration over the past week, called both a hero and a traitor, and garnered attention at a level that has astonished him, he said on the Haaretz ...
2 Sep 202534min
Western leaders may be pushing for a Palestinian state, but in the West Bank, 'annexation is the reality'
While the world has been focused on the devastation in Gaza, "the annexation of the West Bank has become reality," Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz's West Bank correspondent, said on the Haaretz Podcast. Far-rig...
28 Aug 202528min
Inside Gaza's hospitals: 'The children were very thin. Weak. Glazed eyes. It was devastating'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly challenged the assertion that starvation is rampant in Gaza, most recently when he slammed a UN report on famine as “blood libel.” On the Haaretz Podc...
26 Aug 202532min
