Israel Policy Pod

One week after Israelis voted for their next government, hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz break down election results and discuss the road ahead, with special focus on issues like West Bank annexation and tensions between the ultra-Orthodox parties and Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beiteinu. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list her...

Eli Kowaz hosts Walla News Political Correspondant Tal Shalev to preview Israeli election day. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Is Israel becoming increasingly illiberal? On the eve of Israeli elections, host Evan Gottesman puts the question to Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud, authors of the new Brookings Institution study "Is Israel in Democratic Decline?" ( read the study here ). Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Host Eli Kowaz is joined by Policy Director Michael Koplow to discuss different scenarios for Israeli election outcomes as the Knesset campaign enters its final week.  Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Executive Director David A. Halperin and Policy Director Michael Koplow talk conflict in Gaza and American recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan — and how these issues square with Israeli voters in the lead-up to April 9's Knesset election. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

After a rough political week for Benny Gantz, Walla's Tal Shalev joins host Eli Kowaz to talk about where things stand three weeks before Israelis head to the polls. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman discuss the American angle to Netanyahu's pursuit of reelection.  Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman assess whether the Israeli attorney general's announcement of his intention to indict Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases can swing the April Knesset election. Unfamiliar with the politicians and parties mentioned in this episode? Read more on: Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud Benny Gantz and Kachol Lavan Avigdor Liberman and Yisrael Beiteinu Moshe Kahl...

Executive Director David A. Halperin and Policy Director Michael Koplow discuss the impact of the Trump administration's long-rumored "Ultimate Deal" on Israeli elections. The big question in the room is: deal or no deal? Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Host Evan Gottesman and Policy Director Michael Koplow give an overview of the various Israeli political parties running in the 2019 Knesset elections. Fast-forward to check out any of these political parties: 01:50 Kachol Lavan 08:04 Likud 15:30 Bayit Yehudi 22:19 Labor Party 26:13 Yisrael Beiteinu 30:43 Hayamin Hehadash 38:00 Kulanu 41:00 Meretz 43:40 United Torah Judaism 46:57 Shas 51:44 Arab p...

Israel Policy Forum Executive Director David A. Halperin and Policy Director Michael Koplow join the podcast to talk about another podcast's take on Israel and what they think it missed. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Eli Kowaz hosts Tal Shalev of Walla News to discuss Israeli elections and the crucial week ahead approaching the party list registration deadline on Thursday. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman take a look at Benny Gantz’s debut speech and what it says about the state of Israeli politics. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman discuss the recent breakups in Israeli politics as we approach April elections. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

On the last podcast of the year (for real this time) Eli hosts Walla News Political Correspondent Tal Shalev to talk about the recently-announced April 9th elections. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Will Trump reveal his "ultimate deal?" Will Netanyahu break Ben-Gurion's record as Israel's longest serving Prime Minister? In our last episode of the year, Eli hosts Policy Director Michael Koplow to discuss predictions for 2019. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz talk about the rise of West Bank terror in recent weeks and months and what it tells us about a one-state reality. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

How long can the coalition last with a single seat majority? What can Benjamin Netanyahu accomplish in terms of regional diplomacy without progress on the two-state solution? And was Airbnb's decision to de-list properties in West Bank Jewish settlements fair? Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman address all of these questions and more as they take on the last week in Israeli political developments....

As the dust settles from the 2018 U.S. congressional midterm elections, Israel Policy Forum Policy Director Michael Koplow joins host Evan Gottesman to break down the future of American policy on Israel and the changing approaches the Democratic and Republican parties are taking to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe t...

In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy, Israel Policy Pod takes a break from our normal content to highlight the important work of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), whose support for refugees and immigrants has come under attack by far-right extremists including the murderer in Pittsburgh. Host Evan Gottesman speaks with Naomi Steinberg, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy...

Ilan Goldenberg, Israel Policy Forum's Policy Adviser and a Senior Fellow and Director at the Center for a New American Security's Middle East Security Program joins Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz discuss the merger of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem and the U.S. Embassy to Israel. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list h...

The Camp David Accords, Israel-Egypt Treaty, and Oslo Accords produced some of the most widely celebrated moments in Arab-Israeli diplomacy. But what if these arrangements complicated things for future generations of Palestinians, Israelis, and Americans? To address this question, Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman sits down with Dr. Seth Anziska, author of the new book "Preventing Palesti...

Is American aid to the Palestinians over? Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman asks Dave Harden, former assistant administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance. Harden has managed USAID's work in the Palestinian territories, where he led the the agency's mission for over a decade, as well as in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan,...

Hosts Eli Kowaz and Evan Gottesman discuss the nation-state law with IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Amal Asad. Special thanks to Shanie Reichman for English-language voice-over. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .

Israel Policy Pod host Evan Gottesman speaks with Tania Hary, executive director of Gisha, an Israeli NGO working to improve Palestinian freedom of movement in and out of Gaza. Support the show Follow us on Instagram , Twitter/X , and Bluesky , and subscribe to our email list here .