Episode 18: Taking on the ayatollahs with Mark Dubowitz
The Trump administration has been trying to hammer out a deal to dismantle Iran's nuclear program. In the last 24 hours, the rhetoric has ratcheted up on both sides, as both Iranian and US officials h...
12 Juni 202554min
Episode 17: The Gaza war began 25 years ago, a conversation with Matti Friedman
Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon after an 18-year guerrilla war that presaged everything we now think of as 21st-century warfare.I spoke to Matti Friedman,...
9 Juni 202552min
Episode 16: Hamas and the broken promise of 150 years of Islamic reform
Hamas's rule in Gaza is a theocratic dictatorship. But its roots lie in the 19th-century movement for Islamic reform that believes modernization, science and even political liberalization. How did the...
30 Maj 202556min
Episode 15: Jerusalem Day, a modern redemption story
Jerusalem Day falls on May 25th this year. It is the day of Jerusalem's unification in the 1967 Six Day War, and so a symbol of both Jewish rescue from the genocidal plans of its enemies, a palpable e...
26 Maj 202520min
Episode 14: Should Israel give up on international law ? A conversation with a former IDF lawyer
If the requirements of international law mean that Israel is effectively prohibited from defeating its enemies or protecting its borders, should Israelis turn their backs on international law? Why do ...
18 Maj 202548min
Episode 13: John Spencer on war, morality, politics and the fight for the future.
After a delay (Haviv got a bad flu), we're happy to share a great panel with Haviv and Prof. John Spencer that took place at the Woodbury Jewish Center in Woodbury, New York on May 7.Thank you to Rabb...
13 Maj 20251h 19min
Episode 12: How Qatar gets a free pass for Islamist radicalism, a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer
Qatar has just 330,000 citizens but controls vast wealth due to its plentiful natural gas. It has used that wealth to support radical and violent terrorist groups and regimes throughout the Middle Eas...
2 Maj 20251h 2min
Episode 11: Iran is imploding - A conversation with Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi
As the Trump administration tries to strike a deal curtailing Iran's nuclear program, I turned to Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi, an Iran expert and proud Persian Jew, to try to take us past the headlines ...
28 Apr 202550min
