Pete Malicki is a non-Jewish Australian playwright, producer and business leader, who has written articles for the Australian Jewish News (AJN) that are strongly supportive of Israel and the Jewish people. He wrote a long article for AJN last month which was published online only.

He says it was seeing how the world reacted to the October 7th massacre that made him start looking into Israel, the war and the wider region.(0:29-36:09)

According to Dr Martin Sherman Israel is on the very cusp of major historical change. The only question is whether its leaders will seize the moment or, tragically, let it slip away.

The potential portal to a new tomorrow was created by Donald Trump's audacious proposal for the removal of the population of Gaza as a precondition for peace – or at least stability – in the war-torn coastal enclave.

Martin Sherman spent seven years in operational capacities in the Israeli defence establishment. He is the founder of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a member of the Habithonistim-Israel Defense & Security Forum (IDSF) research team and a participant in the Israel Victory Project.(36:15-57:28)

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Prof Joshua M. Landis is an American academic who specializes in the Middle East and is an expert on Syria. He is the head of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, and since 2004 he has published the blog Syria Comment. We consider the damage the Houthis in Yemen have been causing, the role that Iran is playing in the region and what is happening in Syria.

[Full interview]

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The notion of Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR) is a very questionable one (listen to last week's interview with Nick Cater). Simone Abel, who is a human rights lawyer and activist, and the Head of Legal at the ECAJ, will help to explain why it has gained traction, first in Canada and now in Australia. Being endorsed by the Australian Human Rights Commission gives the notion of APR greater credibility. (0:29-27:23)

Prof Joshua M. Landis is an American academic who specializes in the Middle East and is an expert on Syria. He is the head of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, and since 2004 he has published the blog Syria Comment. We consider the damage the Houthis in Yemen have been causing, the role that Iran is playing in the region and what is happening in Syria. (27:23-57:28)

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Nick Cater is Senior Fellow at the Menzies Research Centre, where he contributes to the public policy conversation through podcasts, newspaper columns and media appearances.

Nick wrote an article recently on Sky News titled, "Australian Human Rights Commission's 'anti-racism' thesis is a divisive document that worships at the shrine of critical race theory", wherein he condemns the AHRC's National Anti-Racism Framework which is based on Critical Race Theory.

In particular, Anti-Palestinian Racism, which is touted by this framework, is revealed as a cynical contrivance to shift attention away from antisemitism and depict Muslims and pro-Palestinian supporters as being victims of some kind of confected 'racism'.

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Lt. Col (Ret) Jonathan Conricus is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies focused on the Middle East. He served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for 24 years as a combat commander in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He also served as a military diplomat, foreign relations expert and international spokesperson. He has directed social media and public diplomacy efforts and has extensive on- and off-camera experience from his years as a spokesperson. 

We spoke about the new United Nations report that has accused Israel of perpetrating “genocidal acts” against Palestinians, claiming Israeli forces systematically destroyed women’s healthcare facilities and used sexual violence as a war strategy.

In doing so we discuss how the ABC has been giving undue prominence to what are preposterous allegations. (0:28-31:27)

Nick Cater is Senior Fellow at the Menzies Research Centre, where he contributes to the public policy conversation through podcasts, newspaper columns and media appearances.

Nick wrote an article recently on Sky News titled, "Australian Human Rights Commission's 'anti-racism' thesis is a divisive document that worships at the shrine of critical race theory", wherein he condemns the AHRC's National Anti-Racism Framework which is based on Critical Race Theory. 

In particular, Anti-Palestinian Racism, which is touted by this framework, is revealed as a cynical contrivance to shift attention away from antisemitism and depict Muslims and pro-Palestinian supporters as being victims of some kind of confected 'racism'. (31:34-56:46)

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Opening and Welcome by Dr. Ginni Mansberg | Master of Ceremonies

Welcome to Country

The Hon. Linda Dessau, AC CVO | Former Governor of Victoria; Patron of the ARC APAC Summit 2025

The Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas | Minister for Health of Victoria

Inaugural Speech by Prof. Yitshak Kreiss | Director General Sheba Medical Centre

Session Keynote - The State of ARC by Prof. Eyal Zimlichman | Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer, Sheba Medical Centre; Founder and Director General of ARC Innovation

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In June of 1982, Israel Prize laureate and much-loved songwriter Ehud Manor was sitting with his wife Ofra in the living room, watching the news on television. The news item was about the First Lebanon War between Israel and the PLO attacking Israel from Lebanon.

Ofra recalled this event vividly: “We saw footage of Israeli soldiers entering Beirut. Ehud broke down. I’m telling you, he was weeping. He said: ‘I cannot take it’ — and then he began jotting down words on a piece of paper.”

Those words went on to become the song, “Ein Li Eretz Acheret” (Hebrew for “I Have No Other Country”) — one of Israel’s favourite songs, and its title morphed into a popular catchphrase throughout Israel.

Now the 97th Academy Awards (The Oscars) gave its Best Documentary award to a film that plagiarized “Ein Li Eretz Acheret” and deviously spun it to demonize Israel.

I welcome Naomi Kahn, international director for the NGO Regavim to talk about the agenda of the film 'No Other Land'

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In June of 1982, Israel Prize laureate and much-loved songwriter Ehud Manor was sitting with his wife Ofra in the living room, watching the news on television. The news item was about the First Lebanon War between Israel and the PLO attacking Israel from Lebanon.

Ofra recalled this event vividly: “We saw footage of Israeli soldiers entering Beirut. Ehud broke down. I’m telling you, he was weeping. He said: ‘I cannot take it’ — and then he began jotting down words on a piece of paper.”

Those words went on to become the song, “Ein Li Eretz Acheret” (Hebrew for “I Have No Other Country”) — one of Israel’s favourite songs, and its title morphed into a popular catchphrase throughout Israel.

Now the 97th Academy Awards (The Oscars) gave its Best Documentary award to a film that plagiarized “Ein Li Eretz Acheret” and deviously spun it to demonize Israel.

I welcome Naomi Kahn, international director for the NGO Regavim to talk about the agenda of the film 'No Other Land'. (0:27-28:44)

The ARC Center (Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate) for Digital Innovation at Sheba Medical Center in Israel brings together all the players in digital medicine – physicians, researchers, startups, industry leaders, academia, investors, and top-tier medical centers for the goal of redesigning healthcare. The driving mission behind ARC Center is to improve patient care, using innovation to provide real value to patients.

This week the inaugural ARC-APAC Summit is taking place in Melbourne and it promises to be a pivotal moment – a convergence of minds, ideas and unwavering commitment to transforming healthcare. (28:48-57:30)

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Local musician and psychologist Ron Hutter believes that a psychological warfare approach to the Palestinian Arabs is badly lacking. He is joined by two others Dr Anjuli Pandavar and Dr Ron Schleifer.

Dr Anjuli Pandavar is a retired former staff member of Masaryk University, Brno in Czechia, where she retains academic links, as well as to Charles University in Prague. She is a British writer and social critic who was born into a Muslim family in apartheid South Africa, where she left Islam in 1979. 

Dr Ron Schleifer is senior lecturer in the School of Communication at Ariel University, specialising in pyschological warfare and and head of the Ariel Center for Defence and Communication.

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Local musician and psychologist Ron Hutter believes that a psychological warfare approach to the Palestinian Arabs is badly lacking. He is joined by two others Dr Anjuli Pandavar and Dr Ron Schleifer.

Dr Anjuli Pandavar is a retired former staff member of Masaryk University, Brno in Czechia, where she retains academic links, as well as to Charles University in Prague. She is a British writer and social critic who was born into a Muslim family in apartheid South Africa, where she left Islam in 1979. 

Dr Ron Schleifer is senior lecturer in the School of Communication at Ariel University, specialising in pyschological warfare and and head of the Ariel Center for Defence and Communication. (0:33 - 39:00)

Dr Ran Porat tells us how the ABC treated him in an interview, how Pro-Palestinians have tried to intimidate him and how he sees the situation in Gaza right now with Israel pressing to extend the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Ran Porat is a university lecturer and analyst on Israel and Middle Eastern Affairs, an expert on extremism in the Australian Arab/Muslim Community and on the Israeli Diaspora in Australia. (39:06 - 57:38)

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