Israel Policy Pod

By Israel Policy Forum

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A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines to bring you analysis from Israel Policy Forum experts and distinguished guests including policymakers, activists, and academics.

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Israel Policy Pod episodes:

05.03.2024
Campus Chaos, Ceasefire Considerations, and Rafah Remonstrations
On this week’s episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum’s Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron. Together they assess...
04.18.2024
Israel's Multi-Theater War
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman discuss Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, the Israeli mood before and after, the timing and scope...
03.26.2024
The Brusque Breakdown of the Bibi-Biden Bromance
On this week’s episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum’s Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron. Together they unpack...
03.07.2024
Gaza: Today and Tomorrow
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Col. (res.) Dr. Michael Milshtein, former head of the Palestinian arena in Israeli Military Intelligence to assess the current moment in the Israel-Hamas war....
02.29.2024
The Northern Front
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts military and strategic affairs analyst Yaakov Lappin to discuss the current state of play between Israel and Hizballah. They cover what Hizballah is actually...
02.21.2024
Wartime Upheaval and Day-After Diplomacy
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum’s Israel Fellow Nimrod Novik and Director of the Horizon Center for Political Studies and Media Outreach Ibrahim Eid Dalalsha. They discuss...
02.16.2024
Negotiations, Escalation, and a Pending Operation
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman discuss a potential impending Rafah operation, the state of play of the hostage negotiations, strains in the Israel-U.S. relationship...
01.31.2024
Negotiations, Tensions, and Politics
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman unpack the latest updates from Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, possibilities for an upcoming hostage-release deal, tensions on the...
01.25.2024
Untangling the War's Objectives
In this episode of Israel Policy Pod, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron. They discuss the...
01.12.2024
Israeli Politics Amid the War
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Walla News Chief Political Correspondent Tal Shalev to discuss the state of play in Israeli politics amid the ongoing war in Gaza. Support the Show.
01.04.2024
New Year, New Phase
With the war in Gaza apparently entering its third phase, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Tel Aviv-based journalist and Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to discuss the current state of play in the Israel-Hamas war, Israeli politics, and the region....
12.20.2023
The Gaza War, Personally and Professionally
Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to share his experience since October 7 in balancing his role as an Israeli citizen and professional journalist. They assess the state of...
12.13.2023
The War Continues, Politics Comes Back
In this episode of Israel Policy Pod, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber for their last wartime update of 2023. They discuss the recent stories from Israel's military operation...
12.07.2023
Today and the Day After in Gaza
In this episode of Israel Policy Pod, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron to discuss the...
11.30.2023
A Temporary Ceasefire
On this week’s episode, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber for another update amid a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas that has allowed for the release of over...
11.14.2023
The Complex Challenges of the Israel-Hamas War
On this week’s episode, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber for another wartime update as the IDF progresses in its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. They discuss the...
11.01.2023
A New Phase and a Long War Ahead
On this week’s episode, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber for a wide-ranging conversation on the newly-entered phase in the Israel-Hamas war. They discuss Israel’s methodical launch of a...
10.25.2023
On the Ground, Amid the Pending Ground Invasion
On this week’s episode, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber for a wide-ranging conversation on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. They discuss various issues impacting the multiple fronts of this...
10.19.2023
Seeing Through the Fog of War
On this week’s episode, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman returns to the podcast to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war with Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber. They reflect on Israelis’ trauma almost two weeks after the devastating October 7 attacks, discuss...
10.12.2023
Unimaginable Tragedy and Unfolding War: Israel Mourns and Mobilizes
On October 7, 2023, Israelis faced the unthinkable when Hamas militants breached the Gaza border, carried out a violent rampage, took hundreds of Israelis hostage, and indiscriminately slaughtered at least 1,300 people—mostly civilians, many of them women, children, and elderly....
10.10.2023
Israel Under Attack (Audio Recording of Emergency Video Briefing)
In this emergency video briefing, we convened with our team of experts, Neri Zilber, Shira Efron, Nimrod Novik, and Michael Koplow to assess the unfolding situation in Israel. Our Statement from October 7, 2023: Israel Policy Forum is outraged by the...
10.05.2023
An Alternative View From Across the Green Line
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Piekrash, the co-founder and director of the Anahnu Movement, to discuss Israel's crumbling social cohesion and whether a new national consensus and a...
09.19.2023
Previewing the Bibi-Biden Meeting and a Holiday Recap
On this week’s episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron for a wide-ranging conversation about the...
09.05.2023
Oslo at 30
As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords next week on September 13, Ambassador Martin S. Indyk (Israel Policy Forum board member and former U.S. ambassador to Israel) joins host Neri Zilber (journalist and Israel Policy Forum policy...
08.29.2023
Palestinian Politics and Presidential Succession
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts journalist Adam Rasgon for a deep dive into Palestinian politics. They discuss the article he recently co-authored with Aaron Boxerman in Foreign Policy Magazine, titled "The Palestinian Leader...
08.09.2023
The View From Riyadh: Israel-Saudi Normalization
Saudi foreign policy analyst Aziz Alghashian joins journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to analyze the prospects for a U.S.-brokered normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. They discuss the complexities involved in the three-way agreement, the...
08.02.2023
An Unsettled Question
Israel Policy Forum has released its latest policy report, An Unsettled Question: Recalibrating U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements, which outlines detailed policy prescriptions for how Washington can more effectively combat Israeli settlement construction. On this episode, co-authors Dan Rothem, Jess...
07.26.2023
Israeli Security in the Shadow of the Judicial Overhaul
Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to analyze how the passage of the Netanyahu government’s first judicial overhaul bill is impacting—and likely damaging—Israeli national security. They discuss the growing...
07.17.2023
Reasonableness in the Crosshairs
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Prof. Suzie Navot, the vice president for research at the Israel Democracy Institute, to analyze the renewed push by the Netanyahu government to overhaul Israel's judicial system. They...
07.06.2023
Analyzing the Jenin Camp Operation
In the wake of this week's Israeli military operation in the Jenin refugee camp, Nimrod Novik (Israel Fellow, Israel Policy Forum) and Ibrahim Dalalsha (Director, Horizon Center for Political Studies and Media Outreach) join host Neri Zilber (Policy Advisor, Israel...
06.27.2023
Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
Kicking off our summer book club series, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts journalist and analyst Oren Kessler to discuss his new book, "Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle...
06.14.2023
The Violent Crime Wave Facing Israel’s Arab Citizens
Mohammad Darawshe, an expert on Arab-Jewish relations in Israel, joins host Neri Zilber for a deep dive into the escalating violent crime and murder wave in Arab Israeli communities. They discuss the root causes of what is already a tragically...
06.07.2023
Across the Middle East
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Director of Policy Research Shira Efron to analyze recent events across the Middle...
05.30.2023
What Does Bibi Actually Want?
Walla News Chief Political Correspondent Tal Shalev joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to assess the current state of play in Israeli politics after the passage of the state budget last week. They discuss...
05.19.2023
Analyzing Another Gaza Escalation
Col. (res.) Dr. Michael Milshtein, the former head of the Palestinian arena in Israeli Military Intelligence, joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber for an in-depth conversation on the recent Israel-Palestinian Islamic Jihad conflict, Operation...
05.04.2023
Ghosts of Beirut
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israeli journalist and Fauda co-creator Avi Issacharoff to discuss his new upcoming show, "Ghosts of Beirut," about Hezbollah arch-terrorist Imad Mugniyeh and the decades-long...
04.25.2023
Israel at 75
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Director of Policy Research Shira Efron to reflect on Israel's 75th Independence Day....
04.19.2023
Rockets, Protests, and Un-Firings
Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to break down all the major security events of this tumultuous holiday period, including the recent multi-front escalation in Jerusalem, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria,...
03.27.2023
The Israeli Spring
After three months of mass demonstrations against his plan to undermine Israel's judicial system—and after an outpouring of anger in the wake of the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Galant—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally relented and said he was suspending...
03.22.2023
Circumventing Courts, Discarding Disengagement, and Regional Rivalries: Israel’s Coalescing Crises
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Director of Policy Research Shira Efron for a wide-ranging conversation about the escalating...
03.06.2023
Start-Up Nation Revolts
Amir Mizroch, tech journalist and consultant, joins Neri Zilber, policy advisor at Israel Policy Forum and Tel Aviv-based journalist, to discuss the Israeli tech sector's role in the protest movement against the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul. Amir also provides an...
03.02.2023
The West Bank on the Brink
Amid escalating violence in the West Bank between Israelis and Palestinians, Nimrod Novik (Israel Fellow, Israel Policy Forum) and Ibrahim Eid Dalalsha (Director, Horizon Center for Political Studies and Media Outreach) join host Neri Zilber (Policy Advisor, Israel Policy Forum...
02.23.2023
Israeli Politics Amid the Judicial Crisis
As the judicial and constitutional crisis in Israel deepens, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Tal Schneider, chief political correspondent for the Times of Israel, to analyze the politics of the current moment. They...
02.08.2023
Earthquakes, Escalations, and Overhauls
On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israeli Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Director of Policy Research Shira Efron for a wide-ranging conversation about this week's...
01.26.2023
Security Policy Under the New Netanyahu Government
**Note: This episode was recorded before the events of January 26 in the Jenin refugee camp. Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel joins Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber for a wide-ranging conversation on Israeli security policy...
01.11.2023
The New Netanyahu Government With Dan Meridor
With the new Israeli government barely two weeks old, a major crisis is looming over its intention to completely overhaul the country's judicial and legal system. Dan Meridor, a former Likud justice minister and deputy prime minister, joins Neri Zilber...
12.20.2022
End-of-Year Awards 2022: Assessing a Fateful Year in Israel
Most years in Israel are described as "historic," but for 2022 it happens to be very true. The year began with Benjamin Netanyahu in the opposition and considering a plea deal in his corruption trial, and is now ending with...
12.12.2022
Who Is Really Controlling the West Bank?
It’s a challenging moment for the Palestinian Authority. INSS researcher and Israeli-Palestinian Research Program Coordinator Noa Shusterman joins IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman to assess several worrying trends in the West Bank that have weakened the PA, including the rise...
12.01.2022
Israel's Judiciary in the Crosshairs
Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Prof. Suzie Navot, the vice president for research at the Israel Democracy Institute, for a deep dive into the incoming Israeli government's intentions to "reform" the country's judicial...
11.16.2022
Far-Right Government Looms in Israel
In the wake of the recent Israeli election, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Amir Tibon, a senior editor and writer at Haaretz, to assess the fallout and analyze the implications of Benjamin Netanyahu's...

What's Israel Policy Pod about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Israel Policy Pod episodes:

Campus Chaos, Ceasefire Considerations, and Rafah Remonstrations

Israel's Multi-Theater War

The Brusque Breakdown of the Bibi-Biden Bromance

Gaza: Today and Tomorrow

The Northern Front

Wartime Upheaval and Day-After Diplomacy

Negotiations, Escalation, and a Pending Operation

Negotiations, Tensions, and Politics

Untangling the War's Objectives

Israeli Politics Amid the War

New Year, New Phase

The Gaza War, Personally and Professionally

The War Continues, Politics Comes Back

Today and the Day After in Gaza

A Temporary Ceasefire

The Complex Challenges of the Israel-Hamas War

A New Phase and a Long War Ahead

On the Ground, Amid the Pending Ground Invasion

Seeing Through the Fog of War

Unimaginable Tragedy and Unfolding War: Israel Mourns and Mobilizes

Israel Under Attack (Audio Recording of Emergency Video Briefing)

An Alternative View From Across the Green Line

Previewing the Bibi-Biden Meeting and a Holiday Recap

Oslo at 30

Palestinian Politics and Presidential Succession

The View From Riyadh: Israel-Saudi Normalization

An Unsettled Question

Israeli Security in the Shadow of the Judicial Overhaul

Reasonableness in the Crosshairs

Analyzing the Jenin Camp Operation

Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict

The Violent Crime Wave Facing Israel’s Arab Citizens

Across the Middle East

What Does Bibi Actually Want?

Analyzing Another Gaza Escalation

Ghosts of Beirut

Israel at 75

Rockets, Protests, and Un-Firings

The Israeli Spring

Circumventing Courts, Discarding Disengagement, and Regional Rivalries: Israel’s Coalescing Crises

Start-Up Nation Revolts

The West Bank on the Brink

Israeli Politics Amid the Judicial Crisis

Earthquakes, Escalations, and Overhauls

Security Policy Under the New Netanyahu Government

The New Netanyahu Government With Dan Meridor

End-of-Year Awards 2022: Assessing a Fateful Year in Israel

Who Is Really Controlling the West Bank?

Israel's Judiciary in the Crosshairs

Far-Right Government Looms in Israel