Rosner's Domain

Amos Gilad and Shmuel Rosner discuss Israel's main geopolitical challenges.

Major General Amos Gilad is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) and Chair of the Annual Herzliya Conference at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya.

**This episode was recoded before the 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike.

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Shmuel Rosner and Meital Lehavi discuss Tel Aviv's new Shabbat transportation lines and its implications on the Israeli status quo.

Meital Lehavi serves as Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo for transportation, construction and infrastructure.

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Uri Bar-Joseph and Shmuel Rosner discuss the option of a future war with Iran and why the Israeli public doesn't seem as panicked as it should be by its implications.

Uri Bar-Joseph is professor emeritus in the Department for International Relations of The School for Political Science at Haifa University. He specializes in national security, intelligence studies and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Shmuel, Yair and Shlomo discuss Yair's new book "Unraveled" (out in Hebrew). Is the national religious society in Israel truly fragmented and how will its future unfold?

Yair Ettinger is an Israeli journalist with The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation and Dr. Shlomo Fischer teaches sociology in the School of Education at Hebrew University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also currently a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute and a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute.

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Zvika Klein and Shmuel Rosner discuss the World Zionist Organization elections - who can vote and why you should or should not care about it. Zvika Klein is an award-winning journalist who lives in Jerusalem and works for Makor Rishon, an Israeli newspaper, covering Jewish Diaspora Affairs.

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Eyal Zisser and Shmuel Rosner discuss the possibility of 2020 being a challenging year for Israel's security.

Professor Eyal Zisser is the Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University and the holder of The Yona and Dina Ettinger Chair in Contemporary History of the Middle East. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 2010-2015, the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 2007-2010 and the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History. Professor Zisser wrote extensively on the history and the modern politics of Syria and Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Shmuel Rosner and Irina Nevzlin discuss Irina's new book, The Impact of Identity: The Power of Knowing Who You Are. Irina Nevzlin grew up, studied, and started her career in Moscow. She continued in London at a large international company serving as a communications consultant and then moved to Israel in 2006. In her current capacity as chair of the Board of the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Irina, together with the new team, conducted a comprehensive, transformation of the museum. Alongside developing a new concept, they raised $100 million for the construction of a new museum. Together with partners, Irina founded the Israeli Center for Better Childhood, a non-profit that empowers students in the periphery of Israel through scholarships and helps children suffering from blood-related diseases. Irina also serves as the president of the Nadav Foundation, designed to strengthen a positive collective Jewish identity. A popular influencer and speaker at international events, she was chosen by The Jerusalem Post as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world.

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Shmuel Rosner and Danny Ayalon discuss Israel's relations with American leadership, Jewry and more.

Danny Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat, columnist and politician. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister and a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu. He served as Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002 until 2006. He frequently writes in Israeli and international newspapers, notably in The Jerusalem Post and The Wall Street Journal.

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Dr. Ido Baum and Shmuel Rosner explain each of the three cases (1000, 2000 and 4000) that Netanyahu is currently facing, and the possibility of his indictment.

Dr. Ido Baum is a legal analyst at "The Marker" newspaper, he is also the vice dean of the Haim Striks Law School. Dr. Baum specializes in civil procedure, securities regulation and corporate governance, law and economics, and media law. He is a doctoral graduate from an international program in the field of economic law analysis at the Law and Economics Institute at Hamburg University, Germany.

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Yaron Dekel and Shmuel Rosner discuss the possible scenarios that will take place after the election results are announced. Yaron Dekel is a political commentator and cohost of the popular radio show "Dekel Segel" on Galei Tzahal, the Israeli radio network operated by the Israel Defense Forces. Yaron served as a commander at Galei Tzahal in the years 2012-2017. He has won many awards for his journalistic achievements, including the Sokolov Award.

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