Jerusalem Studio

Please join host Amir Oren for the first of a two-part interview with Ace IAF Fighter Pilot, Brig. Gen. (Res) Relik Shafir. Gen. Shafir is a member of the select company of IAF fighter pilots with a distinguished record of an “Ace,” having downed at least five enemy planes in dogfights and participating in important airstrikes. He flew A-4, F-4, F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, as well as CH-53 Sea Sta...

Europe is at a critical crossroads: unanimous decision-making to steer the continental vessel ahead as a one-minded bloc ahead may prove increasingly difficult as it faces internal apertures and strife during the age of strategic competition. This, especially at time when seeming lack of leadership among nation states consequently emboldens both multilateral institutions as well as foreign actors...

The jury is still out on the relative success of President Recep Tayep Erdogan in his efforts to improve or at least maintain Turkey’s position in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant, going into the G-20 conference and its side talks in Rome last weekend. Apparently, Erdogan managed to avoid further friction and emerged from his meetings with Presidents Biden and Macron and other leaders with...

When the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi visited Washington for talks at the State Department and on Capitol Hill last month, he devoted only part of his presentation to the questionable future of the Iran nuclear deal; while North Korea and the global climate crisis loomed equally large on his horizon. Perhaps that is because the Vienna-based agency’s por...

Jonathan and Amir’s discussion on current events through the biblical lens of the Ezekiel war examines Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Moscow’s involvement in the Mideast. Ezekiel 38: 14-15 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwelleth securely, shalt t...

Please join us for discussion on the latest with Iran under leadership of new President Ebrahim Raisi, such as tactics used to stall resumption of the Vienna nuclear talks and the Islamic Republic’s regional activities in Lebanon and Syria. Other topics for analysis include the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the state of Jerusalem’s relations with Moscow following talks between...

The inaugural episode of TV7’s new monthly program Powers in Play explores the panelists’ objective to examine global affairs by telescope while simultaneously analyzing the Middle East through a microscope. As 2021 draws to a close, which powers are opposed and which are aligned? Should only national actors or also international, multi-national and sub-national be taken into account? And are thei...

Two less than friendly neighbors, Turkey and Greece, are at the core of stormy weather in the Eastern Mediterranean. Their disputes stem from geography, history and politics. The United States used to be their mutual benefactor and protector when several European countries faced a common Soviet threat, but 30 years after the end of the Cold War the tensions between Ankara and Athens seem to outwei...

If one was tasked with coining a catchphrase to sum up Iran’s current nuclear policy, it may well be “stall and install.” The new government in Tehran under President Ibrahim Raisi is taking its sweet time in negotiating over prospects of negotiations - trying to squeeze American concessions as the price for drafting a renewed edition of the 2015 deal. While the world waits, the centrifuges keep r...

Iraqi voters went to the polls last week with no illusions regarding the impact results will bring to their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all of which are in short supply in the country formerly known as Mesopotamia. The low turnout was a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not much will change in the new parliament, and coalition negotiations seem sure to drag on for many weeks. But regardles...

Please join host Amir Oren for the second of a two-part interview with Admiral-turned-Professor Chorev who is probably Israel’s most knowledgeable and dedicated advocate of maritime awareness and investment in military and civilian dimensions alike. Chorev had a unique Naval career, commanding a landing ship, missile boats and submarines. When he took off his white uniform he focused on deterrence...

Please join host Amir Oren for the second of a two-part interview with Ace IAF Fighter Pilot, Brig. Gen. (Res) Relik Shafir. Gen. Shafir is a member of the select company of IAF fighter pilots with a distinguished record of an “Ace,” having downed at least five enemy planes in dogfights and participating in important airstrikes. He flew A-4, F-4, F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, as well as CH-53 Sea St...

We here in the Middle East believe - indeed we know - that our region is the center of the Universe. But for the world’s leading power, it is an important theater, yet not its top priority. The policy of United States is based on the idea that the overriding factor in global relations for the next generation-or-so is the “strategic competition” it has with China, as well as Russia carving a niche...

Israel’s northern neighbor Lebanon is powerless in more than one sense. While foreign Iranian influence and deep economic distress rooted in political corruption threatens the once termed ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ with plausible disintegration – such a reality would inevitably pose a grave security risk for Israel. Panel: - Jonathan Hessen, Host. - Amir Oren, TV7 Analyst and Host of Watchme...

Jonathan Miles, Director of Shevet Achim a community based organization that helps children from Gaza, Iraq and Syria come to Israel for open-heart surgeries, shares with us his journey and experiences of living and working with the sons of Isaac and the sons of Ishmael in the Middle East You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://...

Monika and Yair host Pastor David Pileggi from Christ Church Jerusalem to discuss the situation of the Church in the city, and what should we as the body of Christ focus on when we pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Prayer points: 1. Pray for the next generation of Church leaders in Jerusalem 2. Pray for the formation of new families and the straightening of existing ones in the body of Christ. Psal...

The outgoing Director of Military Intelligence for the Israel Defense Forces, Major General Tamir Hayman, reiterated last week an assessment he made public at the turn of the year. Gen. Hayman, who under the Israeli system is charged with over-all national assessment and not only the military one, insisted that Iran remains at least two years away from acquiring nuclear weapons and is yet to decid...

Strategic interests and personal relationships are mixed in international strategy and diplomacy. After almost four months in power, the Israeli government seems to enjoy from both in its dealings with the major Arab countries bordering it. Egypt and Jordan warmed up to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who are seemingly on the same page...

Late French Prime Minister Robert Schuman proclaimed that “Europe needs a soul, an ideal, and the political will to serve this ideal.” Years after these words were asserted, however, Europe remains deeply divided - challenged by those who seek to assert neo-liberal ideals as the only way forward versus those aspiring to preserve the continent’s historic Christian-conservative values. Alongside int...

Jonathan and Yair invite our guests to watch our newest program Europa Stands that will air today at 21:00 on www.tv7israelnews.com and on YouTube. Isaiah 9: 6-7 6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government an...

Please join host Amir Oren for the first of a two-part interview with Admiral-turned-Professor Chorev who is probably Israel’s most knowledgeable and dedicated advocate of maritime awareness and investment in military and civilian dimensions alike. Chorev had a unique Naval career, commanding a landing ship, missile boats and submarines. When he took off his white uniform he focused on deterrence...

With speeches by the Presidents of both the U.S. and Iran at the UN General Assembly behind them, Washington and Tehran are deploying their diplomats to prepare for the next and perhaps most fruitful round of their indirect talks in Vienna. Rousing rhetoric aside, Ebrahim Raisi and his Foreign Minister sounded as if their Supreme Leader directed them to resume the negotiations, though not necessar...

In almost 19 years in power, top of the political longevity table with Vladimir Putin, Bashar Al Assad and King Abdullah of Jordan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made himself an important player on the regional and even global political scenes. Erdogan’s Turkey is certainly not taken for granted. In the Mediterranean, in Syria, in Central Asia conflicts, in Europe’s migration headache, even in the evac...

Continuing their discussion from the previous episode “Teach us to Number our Days & Redeem the Time,” Jonathan and Amir deliberate on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its effects on the Middle East through the biblical lens of the Prophet Ezekiel, among other topics. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelne...

Please join us for discussion on Iran and military activity in Syria. Co-Hosts: 1. Amb. Danny Ayalon, Israel's Former Ambassador to the United States and Deputy Foreign Minister & Lecturer at NYU. 2. Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Israel’s Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and Lecturer at Shalem College in Jerusalem. You a...