BICOM's Podcast

Episode 92 | Ballots and rockets

Richard Pater talks to Eli Hazan, the Likud’s Foreign Affairs Director to discuss the latest polls, the Trump plan and rockets from Gaza. Richard also spoke to Blue and White MK Izhar Shay to talk about the party’s campaign and its plan for after the election.

Episode 91 | Election endgame

Richard Pater talks to Likud pollster Rafi Smith about how Israeli parties are shaping up as they enter the final week of the campaign. 

Episode 90 | We need to talk about the Israeli economy

Richard Pater talks to Professor Avi Weiss about the big issue being ignored in the Israeli election campaign – Israel’s increasing budget deficit and the required cuts to public spending. 

 

 

Episode 89 | Red Sea Spies

In an exclusive interview for the BICOM Podcast, Raffi Berg, author of Red Sea Spies, tells the remarkable story of the Mossad-run diving resort in Sudan that evacuated thousands of Ethiopian Jews from Sudanese refugee camps and brought them to Israel.

Episode 88 | Will a third election break the deadlock?

James Sorene talks to polling expert Dahlia Scheindlin for a deep dive on Israel’s 2nd of March election: has anything changed since the last election?  

Episode 87 | Was the US plan a victory for Netanyahu?

James Sorene talks to journalist Anshel Pfeffer to assess whether the US plan will provide a boost for Netanyahu’s election campaign or opens an unintended can of worms.

Episode 86 | The US plan is coming

James Sorene talks to Neri Zilber and Richard Pater about this week’s unveiling of the US plan for Israel and the Palestinians, it’s impact on the Israel elections and how Palestinian leaders will react.

Episode 85 | The Israeli Ambassador explains why bilateral trade is booming

Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, gives an exclusive interview to the BICOM podcast about Britain-Israel trade, Iran, Royal visits and the RAF to mark the publication of BICOM’s new study, Britain and Israel: The new strategic partnership.

Episode 84 | Has Iran really stood down?

James Sorene interviews Dr Sanam Vakil, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, to discuss Suleimani’s legacy, Iran’s retaliation and how the Iranian regime will steer through 2020.

Episode 83 | Soleimani is dead, what happens now?

Richard Pater spoke to BICOM Senior Fellow, Brigadier-General Michael Herzog, to assess the impact of Soleimani’s assassination on Iranian military capability, what Iran might do in response and whether Israel could be part of the Iranian retaliation.