AIPAC's worst nightmare? Why Netanyahu said Israel doesn't want U.S. military aid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropped a bombshell in a recent interview when he declared he had told U.S. President Donald Trump that Israel no longer needed a long-term commitment from the U.S. f...
14 Jan 31min
How will the Iran protests end? Arash Azizi says 'This won't be a classic revolution'
Once again, Iranians have taken to the streets. Starting in late December, the plummeting value of the national currency, along with the soaring cost of living, were the catalyst for a fresh wave of p...
8 Jan 26min
How 2025 rocked the Jewish world: From Gaza to Mamdani to Bondi
It was a challenging year to be a Diaspora Jew. The war in Gaza and growing hostility to Israel had an undeniable impact on Jewish life across the world in 2025. Events in Israel became a focus in lo...
2 Jan 43min
From Trump's Gaza Riviera to the Iran war and Qatargate: Israel's 2025 in review
For Israel, 2025 was a year in which war turned the unimaginable into reality: from the terrifying exchange of missiles with Iran to the horrors of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, to the joy and reli...
30 Dec 202547min
‘Deradicalize Hamas, give them less dangerous weapons and turn them into police,' says French ambassador
France’s ambassador to Israel Frédéric Journès said on the Haaretz Podcast that any postwar Gaza plan must acknowledge that completely disarming and ridding the Strip of Hamas militia members is not a...
24 Dec 202550min
Boycotts and 'red lines': A famed NY Jewish institution grapples with tough post-Oct. 7 questions
Before October 7th, Trump’s second term and the election of Zohran Mamdani rocked New York’s Jewish community, Manhattan’s famed 92nd Street Y – like most mainstream Jewish institutions – played it re...
23 Dec 202524min
‘Schindler for the animals’: How a Jewish oligarch rescued 5,000 zoo animals from the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war
Over the past two years, many filmmakers have hesitated or refrained from bringing their films to Israeli film festivals as part of cultural boycott of Israel over the Gaza war. But for Joshua Zeman, ...
18 Dec 202522min
‘It’s horrific. We begged our government to prevent this’: Australian Jews are angry after the Bondi terror attack
Australian Jews are “shocked but not surprised” by the “horrific” mass shooting on Bondi Beach, which turned a Hanukkah celebration into a tragic massacre, Australian Jewish leader Lynda Ben-Menashe s...
15 Dec 202530min
