BICOM's Podcast

Episode 52 | Will Israel invade Gaza?

In this week’s episode, James Sorene speaks to BICOM’s Senior Visiting Fellow Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Michael Herzog about the Trump administration’s Iran strategy, whether Israel will launch a ground operation in Gaza and what will  be in the US’s plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks.

Episode 51 | The PA is running out of money – what happens next?

In this week’s episode, BICOM CEO James Sorene is joined by Ha’aretz Security Analyst, Amos Harel to discuss the stand-off between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over their refusal to accept tax revenues. They also assess the situation in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Episode 50 | How did Bibi win, how divided is Israeli society and will there be a US peace plan?

In a special extended episode to mark our 50th episode, BICOM CEO James Sorene talks to Natan Sachs from the Brookings Institution, polling expert Dahlia Scheindlin and Times of Israel political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur to discuss what the voters did, whether Bibi will be granted immunity and if a US peace plan will ever be published.

Episode 49 | Bibi won, what does it mean and what happens next?

In this week’s episode James Sorene talks to Nadav Eyal, Chief International Correspondent for Reshet News and Professor Avi Diskin from the Hebrew University to assess the impact of Israel’s election results. 

Episode 48 | A pollster's take on the Israeli election

In this week’s episode Richard Pater and Calev Ben-Dor are joined by political consultant and pollster Simon Davies from Number 10 Strategies to analyse the latest polling coming out of Israel ahead of next week's elections. In addition, Calev and Richard discuss reports on the political negotiations between Hamas and Israel.

 

Episode 47 | What Next in Gaza?

James Sorene, Calev Ben Dor and Richard Pater assess this week’s missile strikes from Gaza, the Israeli response, the likely riots tomorrow on the Gaza border and Bibi’s dilemma that he has no good options in response.

Episode 46 | Gantz’s golden opportunity

BICOM CEO James Sorene talks to Lahav Harkov, the Senior Contributing Editor at the Jerusalem Post, about Benny Gantz's Tuesday night TV interviews and the surging support for small right wing parties. 

Episode 45 | Has the Blue and White ‘bubble’ Burst?

James Sorene, Richard Pater and Calev Ben-Dor discuss the latest election news in Israel, including the Prime Minister’s row with Gal Gadot about the nation state law, why the Blue and White Party is declining in the polls and why Naftali Bennett said Benny Gantz is Hamas’s ‘wet dream’.

Episode 44 | Bibi’s criminal process

Richard Pater and Calev Ben-Dor interview Dr Guy Lurie from the Israel Democracy Institute, discussing what happens now after the Israeli Attorney General decided to indict Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

Episode 43 | Will a UK ban hurt Hezbollah?

In this week’s episode, James Sorene is joined by Hanin Ghaddar, Visiting Fellow at the Washington Institute, to assess the impact of the UK’s new ban on Hezbollah and how it will hurt Hezbollah’s precarious financial situation. Hanin also sets out her ideas for what more can be done to counter Hezbollah activity in the Middle East.