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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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Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019
21 min
James Sorene talks to Michael Herzog about reported Israeli strikes against Shia militias and why Iran is sending long range missiles to Iraq. They also discussed Herzog’s new paper analysing Israel’s conflict with Iran in Syria: ‘Iran across the border, Israel’s pushback in Syria.”
Jul 25, 2019
Jul 25, 2019
17 min
In this week’s episode Elliot Keck interviews BICOM CEO James Sorene to examine Boris Johnson’s record dealing with Middle East issues as well as what he has said about Britain-Israel relations
Jul 19, 2019
Jul 19, 2019
25 min
In a special BICOM podcast to mark Benjamin Netanyahu becoming Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, Richard Pater speaks with two Israeli journalists who have studied Bibi intensively: Tal Shalev, the chief political correspondent for Walla! News and Anshel Pfeffer, correspondent for Haaretz, The Times, The Economist and author of ‘Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu’.
Jul 11, 2019
Jul 11, 2019
18 min
James Sorene speaks to Brig.- Gen. Michael Herzog about the limited US response to Iran in the Gulf and how Israel’s battle against Iran in Syria offers a case study in creative limited combat. James also spoke to Anshel Pfeffer about the lessons for Israel from Donald Trumps behaviour towards former UK Ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch.
Jul 5, 2019
Jul 5, 2019
22 min
In this two part special, James Sorene speaks to Richard Pater and Calev Ben-Dor about the latest polling and Ehud Barak’s new party. James also interviewed former Foreign Office Minister Alastair Burt MP and Dr Toby Greene at the RUSI-BICOM conference about Iran breaking the terms of the JCPOA nuclear deal.
Jun 24, 2019
Jun 24, 2019
38 min
On the eve of the US led ‘peace to prosperity’ conference in Manama, Bahrain, James Sorene interviewed Koby Huberman from Israel’s regional peace initiative and Ronie Gazit spoke to former US Middle East negotiator David Makovsky
Jun 20, 2019
Jun 20, 2019
19 min
In this week's episode James Sorene talks to journalist and Bibi biographer Anshel Pfeffer about the vital role of Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman in the next election campaign and why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fighting on two fronts as he seeks an election victory on 17 September.
Jun 13, 2019
Jun 13, 2019
49 min
To mark the release of BICOM’s new paper Britain’s Iran dilemma, James Sorene speaks to the paper’s author, BICOM senior research associate Dr Toby Greene. He also discusses UK-Iran relations with Ali Ansari, Professor of Modern History at St. Andrews University, the view from inside Iran with Dr Sanam Vakil, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, and the detail of the Iran nuclear deal with Dr Emily B. Landau from Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
Read BICOM's paper: http://www.bicom.org.uk/analysis/bicom-briefing-britains-iran-dilemma/
Jun 7, 2019
Jun 7, 2019
13 min
James Sorene speaks to BICOM’s senior research fellow Brig.-Gen (Ret.) Michael Herzog about the US peace plan and the impact of the Palestinian Authority’s risky game to threaten bankruptcy
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
25 min
James Sorene talks to Richard Pater and Calev Ben-Dor to try and understand why the 21st Knesset voted for another election and whether Benjamin Netanyahu has been weakened by his failure to form a Government. In the second half of the episode, Richard Pater interviews Royal Marine veteran Andrew Garland who helped organise the Britain-Israel Veterans Games that took place in Israel this week.