The Israel Podcast Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis
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A bi-weekly podcast on current political events in Israel. We'll be offering analysis, clarification and discussions of internal politics, security issues, and foreign affairs.
About me: I'm an Israeli political theory Ph.D. student at the Harvard University Government Department. Interested in ideas, institutions and good old fashioned politics, security, and foreign policy. Especially in Israel. Before grad-school I worked as a policy analyst at Molad, a political think-tank and wrote a daily Middle-East update blog.
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A Short Explanation Of The Current Chaos In Israeli Politics (as of 29 May, 2019, 2pm EST)
Netanyahu can't seem to get a coalition together. This is a quick explainer on why, and what might happen now.
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E14 - Investigations, Elections and Politics at the Speed of Light
Political developments in Israel have been coming in hard and fast, with the last two weeks spelling major developments in PM Netanyahu's investigations as well as a crisis that will likely lead to elections in a few months. Tune in to hear all about these issues and a few others for good measure.
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E13 - The War That Didnt Break-Out over the Weekend
Over the weekend a series of events on Israel's northern border escalated quickly, and was closer than any other time in the last few years to the breakout of a war between Israel, Syria and possibly also Hezbollah and Iran. I explain what happened and why tensions that caused this are unlikely to go away soon.
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E12 - Who Are You Avi Gabbay The New Leader Of Israeli Labor
Today’s episode is about the new leader of the Labor party, Avi Gabbay who’s been stirring a lot of controversy and conversation since he was elected in July. So if you’re interest in the newcomer who is hoping to become Israel’s next prime minister stick around. Besides a basic acquaintance with Gabbay, I hope to leave you with two more takeaways today: An insider view of what he’s trying to do politically, for which I’ve spoken to people on his campaign, and my tempered criticism on unorthodox comments he’s been making on issues such as the settlements, the political place of Arab Israelis, and the Israeli left’s relationship with Judaism.
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E11 - Why Scrapping The Iran Deal Is a Bad Idea
As PM Netanyahu and President Trump get ready to discuss the future of the Iran Deal, I explain what the deal did, and why scrapping it would be bad for Israel, and the US.
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E10 - The Netanyahu Investigations Continued
I return to the Netanyahu investigations to discuss recent developments, what their political fallout might look like, and what the law has to say about Netanyahu's continued Premiership.