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A weekly podcast from BICOM, an independent British think tank producing research and analysis to increase understanding of Israel and the Middle East in the UK. Be sure to subscribe, rate, review and listen!
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Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
James Sorene interviews Dr. Amir Fuchs from the Israel Democracy Institute to discuss how the Supreme Court will handle challenges to the Nation-State Law and what the Israeli Government might do in response to protests from the Druze community. James Sorene, Richard Pater and Calev Ben Dor also debate whether the politics of the Nation-State Law indicate Israel is heading for early elections.
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
James Sorene discusses the impact of Israel’s new Nation State Law with Times of Israel’s political correspondent Haviv Rettig Gur.
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
Director of BICOM Israel Richard Pater and Director of Research Calev Ben Dor are joined by special guest Celine Touboul, Deputy Director General and Senior Researcher of the Economic Cooperation Foundation, to discuss the recent wave of violence between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza border.
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
James Sorene, Richard Pater and Calev Ben Dor are joined by special guest Sarit Zehavi to talk about Syria, Iran and Israeli domestic politics. Sarit was a senior officer in Israeli Military Intelligence and now heads a research centre analysing the security situation in northern Israel.
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
James Sorene, Richard Pater and Calev Ben Dor are joined by special guest Jonathan Spyer, Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies to discuss the Assad regime's military offensive in Southern Syria, US policy in Syria and the plight of Syrian refugees. The BICOM team also analyse the story of Khan al-Ahmar and the proposed Israeli demolition of the Bedouin settlement.
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
BICOM CEO James Sorene and Director in Israel Richard Pater are joined by Justin Cohen, News Editor of the Jewish News, to discuss Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge's historic visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
BICOM CEO James Sorene and Director of BICOM in Israel Richard Pater discuss the ongoing damage caused by flying firebombs launched at Israel from Gaza, Prince William's upcoming visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority and Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt's forthcoming meetings in the region. They are joined by BICOM Senior Visiting Fellow Brig. Gen. (Res) Mike Herzog.
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
BICOM CEO James Sorene and Director of BICOM in Israel Richard Pater are joined by Senior Research Associate Dr Toby Greene to discuss Saudi Arabia and BICOM’s latest briefing: "Transform or bust? Implications of the Saudi revolution" which analyses the potential for social and economic reform in the Kingdom.
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
BICOM CEO James Sorene and Director of BICOM in Israel Richard Pater discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Europe.
James also spoke with Brig. Gen. (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, currently an Associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya and former Director of Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau. They discussed the ongoing riots on the Gaza border and how the IDF's response.
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
BICOM CEO James Sorene and Director of Research Calev Ben-Dor discuss the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza and Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s visit to Moscow.