BICOM's Podcast

James Sorene talks to David Rosenberg, Haaretz Business Editor about his new book: 'Israel's Technology Economy’. The discuss the origins of the Israeli tech boom and the factors that could slow the pace of the Israeli tech boom in the future. 

 

James Sorene talks to Dr Matthew Levitt, Fellow at the Washington Institute and head of their counter terrorism and intelligence programme. Matthew is a former US Treasury and FBI official and author of the 2013 book Hezbollah: The global footprint of Lebanon’s party of god.

James Sorene, Richard Pater and Calev Ben Dor discuss Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar’s interview with Yediot Ahronot, the increase in attacks on the Israeli border, IDF reinforcements and the role of the Palestinian Authority limiting options in Gaza to punish Hamas.

James Sorene interviews Jerusalem Post defence correspondent Anna Ahronheim about the imminent arrival of the S-300 air defence system in Syria and how it will affect Israeli operations against Iranian forces. They also discussed the Israeli Defence Force Chief of Staff’s warning about the high chance of increased violence in the West Bank and the IDF ombudsman’s report on military preparedness. 

James Sorene interviews Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Assaf Orion to ask why Syria shot down a Russian surveillance aircraft and what it means for Israeli-Russian relations and Israel’s ongoing fight against Iran in Syria. Assaf was head of Strategy in the Planning Directorate in the IDF General Staff (2010-2015) and is currently a senior research fellow at the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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