BICOM's Podcast

The Palestinian refugee problem | Episode 19

BICOM Director of Reserach Calev Ben-Dor talks with Einat Wilf, a former Labor MK and writer. Einat discusses her new book, The War of Return (published in Hebrew) on the perpetuation of the Palestinian refugee issue, as well as why she believes the US's decision to end its funding to UNRWA, the UN agency responsbile for Palestinians refugees, is a positive step for a lasting peace. 

Election fever in Israel | Episode 18

James Sorene talks with Anshel Pfeffer, biographer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Haaretz writer about Israeli domestic politics and the likelihood of early elections in 2019.

Episode 17 | Deal or no deal – Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks and the path to a wider agreement, a conversation with Gershon Baskin

James Sorene interviews Gershon Baskin the founder of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, Jerusalem Post columnist and the man who negotiated the secret back channel with Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit in 2011. 

Episode 16 | Israel’s Nation-State Law – Legal consequences and election fever

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.

#15 Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Israel’s Nation State Law – background and impact

James Sorene discusses the impact of Israel’s new Nation State Law with Times of Israel’s political correspondent Haviv Rettig Gur.

Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | How a war in Gaza can be avoided

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.

Putin-Bibi summit, Southern Syria and the unlikely stability of Israel’s Government – compared to the UK

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. 

Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | The future in Southern Syria and developments in Khan al-Ahmar

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.

Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Prince William's historic Royal visit

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.

Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Flying firebombs, Royal visit and the US peace plan

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.