BICOM's Podcast

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

BICOM CEO James Sorene, Director of BICOM in Israel Richard Pater, Director of Research Calev Ben Dor and Senior Research Associate Dr Toby Greene meet in Israel to discuss the significance of continued tension in Gaza and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s demands on Iran. They are joined by special guest Jacky Hugi, the Middle East Editor for Israel's Army Radio and columnist for the Maariv newspaper.

BICOM CEO James Sorene, Director in Israel Richard Pater and Director of Research Calev Ben Dor discuss the violence on the Gaza border this week and what might happen next.