Episodes

  • The Judiciary Debate and the Future of Israeli Democracy

    The Judiciary Debate and the Future of Israeli Democracy
    Feb 9 2023
    Host David Makovsky is joined by Prof. Yedidia Stern, president of the Jewish People Policy Institute and former dean of the law faculty at Bar-Ilan University, and Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Israel’s former attorney-general and the recently retired deputy president of its Supreme Court. After breaking down the history and structure of Israel’s judiciary, they discuss the serious implications that Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s radical reform package could have for the future of Israeli democracy.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Grappling with the Direction of the New Netanyahu Government

    Grappling with the Direction of the New Netanyahu Government
    Jan 23 2023
    In the season finale, David is joined by Ben Caspit, columnist and author of The Netanyahu Years, and David Horovitz, the founding editor of The Times of Israel, to discuss Israel's returning prime minister and his controversial right-wing government. David and the guests break down the keys to Binyamin Netanyahu's long-lasting political career, the evolution of his public persona, and try to understand the trajectory of the new government.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Rabbi Kook: Founding Religious Zionism and Those Who Seek to Subvert His Legacy Today

    Rabbi Kook: Founding Religious Zionism and Those Who Seek to Subvert His Legacy Today
    Jan 9 2023
    In this episode, host David Makovsky welcomes Yehudah Mirsky, professor of Near Eastern and Judaic studies at Brandeis University, faculty member of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and author of Rav Kook: Mystic in a Time of Revolution. The two discuss the ideology of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, founder of Religious Zionism, and how his teachings are being subverted by certain members of the modern movement.

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    55 mins
  • Too Much History and Too Little Geography: A Conversation Across the Israeli-Palestinian Societal Divide

    Too Much History and Too Little Geography: A Conversation Across the Israeli-Palestinian Societal Divide
    Dec 19 2022

    Yossi Klein Halevi, Shalom Hartman Institute fellow and author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, joins the podcast to discuss Israeli-Palestinian coexistence with Yousef Bashir, Director of Research & Operations for the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace and author of The Words of My Father. Halevi and Bashir share personal experiences, common public perceptions among Israelis and Palestinians, and potential steps to narrow the societal divide amid difficult times. 




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    49 mins
  • An Insider's View of the Carter White House: Negotiations with Sadat, Begin, and Assad

    An Insider's View of the Carter White House: Negotiations with Sadat, Begin, and Assad
    Dec 12 2022
    David Makovsky hosts veteran diplomat Stuart Eizenstat, who served as Jimmy Carter’s chief domestic policy advisor and whose book President Carter: The White House Years provides an unparalleled view of the administration’s Middle East decisionmaking. In this episode, David and Stuart discuss the Camp David Accords, U.S.-led negotiations with Syria’s Hafiz al-Assad, an Egyptian-Israeli field trip to Gettysburg, and more.

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    57 mins
  • Kissinger’s Middle East: Limiting Moscow and Starting a Road to Peace

    Kissinger’s Middle East: Limiting Moscow and Starting a Road to Peace
    Dec 5 2022
    David Makovsky hosts Martin Indyk, Washington’s former peace envoy and ambassador to Israel, to discuss his recent book Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy. The conversation will focus on Kissinger’s Middle East strategy from the 1973 war to the beginnings of the peace process.

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    47 mins
  • Jabotinsky and the Birth of the Israeli Right

    Jabotinsky and the Birth of the Israeli Right
    Nov 28 2022
    Hillel Halkin, author of Jabotinsky: A Life, joins host David Makovsky to discuss Russian Zionist thinker Zeev Jabotinsky and the origins of the Revisionist movement, which has shaped a great deal of Israel’s political thought over the decades.

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    49 mins