The JPost Podcast

This week on The Jerusalem Post Podcast, Michael Starr talks about the latest news in Diaspora Jewry, and Zvika Klein interviews author and political adviser Yair Zivan.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.Israel should launch a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah, Efraim Inbar, president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies (JISS) think tank, told Zvika Klein on The Jerusalem Post Podcast, noting that the Lebanese terrorist group is still keeping some of its most devastating weapons, its long-range missiles, in reserve.Both Klein and Inbar noted the importance of Israel needing international support for any attack on Hezbollah, however, the JISS president said that there are certain times when Israel should act independently.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.The Jerusalem Post political correspondent Eliav Breuer sat down with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun on The Jerusalem Post Podcast to explain the two hot button issues that have shaken Israel's lawmakers in the last week.The first big issue is the controversial Rabbi Law and the second big issue that made waves in the Knesset this week was the Ben-Gvir Law.What makes this so important is that the haredi draft issue is causing the cracks in the coalition to show, since the coalition members include secular lawmakers who are not excited about haredim not going to the army. In addition to this discussion, Sarah Ben-Nun interviews memory researcher Itay Aniel. Aniel specializes in memory optimization and brain training, which means teaching people ways to increase their memory capabilities and cognitive functions.

International lawyer Yuval Sasson spoke on The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun about the legal cases against Israel at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.Sasson is a partner at the Meitar Law Firm and heads their compliance and enforcement team. Before that, however, he served as a deputy to the Israel state attorney, working in the international affairs department. But for the past eight months, since the Israel-Hamas War began, he has been representing Hostage and Families Forum in all international legal action. Currently, the most prominent of those legal battles are in the ICC and ICJ.

The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference has just wrapped up after a long day of high-profile speakers and panels in New York City. Finally, back home in Israel, Jerusalem Post Podcast hosts Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein reflected on some of the conference's highlights.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun"Ireland is one of the most anti-ZIonist countries in the Western world," Ireland Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder told Zvika Klein during The Jerusalem Post Podcast. Wieder, who was originally from London and was only recently appointed chief rabbi of Ireland, described how the anti-Israel sentiments in the Republic of Ireland have been felt "very strongly" since October 7.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun. In this episode Michael Starr speaks to Phil Rosenberg, the new head of the UK Jewish umbrella organization British Board of Deputies.He described to Starr one of his ambitious goals: The creation of a commission on antisemitism.PLUS Tamar and Sarah discuss the ICC call for the arrest prime minister Netanyahu, Iranian president death in a helicopter crash and Antisemitism on campuses.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.The anti-Israel sentiments and protests cropping up on university campuses all over the US are also present in Australia, Australian influencer and pro-Israel advocate Marnie Pearlstein told Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Sarah Ben-Nun and Zvika Klein.This week on The Jerusalem Post Podcast, hosts Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Zvika Klein and Sarah Ben-Nun discuss Eurovision, antisemitism on campuses, and the hostages. Then, Uriel-Beeri and Ben-Nun are joined by Gili Cohen, diplomatic correspondent for KAN News, to discuss her recent visit to Qatar and her take on hostage negotiations, the manipulative maneuver Hamas pulled this week, and what the US's stance says about the future of the Israel-Hamas war.

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.The calls for justified retaliation by pro-Palestinian protesters on US campuses don't hold water, Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli told Zvika Klein and Tamar Uriel-Beeri on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.Also on the podcast, several members of the breaking news desk shared their thoughts about the ongoing anti-Israel protests on US campuses."Why do people protest? Because they feel there's no other way to make a change. I think we're seeing a lot of that in our generation," she said. "I think there's truly a horrific amount of antisemitism at these protests but I think there's also a really big desire to live in a world that treats people well."