BICOM’s Podcast

In this episode, BICOM’s Ronie Gazit speaks to Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow in The Washington Institute and former advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during the 1999–2001 permanent-status talks, on the possible Palestinian reactions to proposed Israelis move of applying its law in areas of the West Bank. Ghaith also talks about his latest research paper on Palestinian accession after Mahmoud Abbas.

In this podcast, BICOM’s research associate Samuel Nurding sits down with military and strategic affairs analyst Yaakov Lappin to discuss the latest alleged Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria, the importance of continuing the UN arms embargo on Iran, Israel’s security policy under new Defence Minister Benny Gantz and the role of the IDF in combating the coronavirus in Israel.

Richard Pater speaks to Tal Shalev, the political correspondent for Walla News, about the Israeli government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, tensions within the new unity coalition, whether annexation will actually happen, and much more.

In this episode Richard Pater speaks to Ben Avrahami, a senior advisor to the former Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat on East Jerusalem affairs and a Senior Associate at the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. Ben discusses his research civil society in East Jerusalem, the Israeli government’s plan to further integrate the population of East Jerusalem into the State of Israel, and what we can learn from Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem 53 years ago.

Richard Pater speaks to Pnina Sharvit Baruch, a senior research associate at INSS and retired IDF colonel, about legal questions regarding Israel’s annexation of the West Bank. Richard and Pnina discuss the legal status of the West Bank and international and domestic implications of annexing the West Bank

Richard Pater speaks to Middle East analyst and journalist, Neri Zilber. Richard and Neri discuss the Palestinian Authority’s decision to suspend security cooperation with Israel, how the strategic outlook has shifted with the prospect of annexation and what will be the ramification on the ground.

In this episode, BICOM Director Richard Pater talks to Middle East expert Professor Eyal Zisser about a wide range of regional issues including the instability inside Lebanon and Iran’s influence in Syria. They also discuss annexation, the latest comments from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the prospects of maintaining the vision of a two state solution.    

In this week’s episode, BICOM’s Ronie Gazit speaks with David Makovsky, director of the Project on Arab-Israel Relations at The Washigton Institute for Near East Policy, about US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s brief visit to Israel. Ronie and David discuss why Pompeo traveled to Israel in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, whether Netanyahu will proceed with West Bank annexation, and US concerns over Chinese investment in Israel. 

In this BICOM podcast Director Richard Pater speaks with Dr. Amir Fuchs, Head of the Defending Democratic Values Programme at the Israel Democracy Institute, about the two-day Supreme Court hearing and the verdict, and they look ahead to the Netanyahu corruption trial that is due to start on 24 May. 

 

To mark our 100th episode, Richard Pater interviews Yesh Atid MK, Idan Roll, and Likud Foreign Affairs Spokesman, Eli Hazan. Richard, Idan and Eli discuss the formation of the new coalition government, the Supreme Court decision concerning its legality, how the Israeli government has responded to the coronavirus outbreak, and the prospect of Israeli annexation after July 1st.