Best Haviv Rettig Gur Podcasts (2025)

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Settler Violence: Hard Truths with Haviv Rettig Gur (Part 1) 57:44

7d ago57:44

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BOOK TICKETS for Unpacking Israeli History LIVE in NYC - Sep 7 at 92nd St Y with special guest Dan Senor: ⁠⁠https://unpacked.bio/uihny25⁠⁠ Use Promo code UIH20 to get 20% off your tickets Noam Weissman sits down with journalist Haviv Rettig Gur to tackle one of the most heated topics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: settler violence. Who are th…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Haviv Rettig Gur (Aug. 6) 28:48

13d ago28:48

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WHAT IS THE ISRAELI PUBLIC OPINION ON THE WAR IN GAZA? HEADLINE 1: A group of Iranian scientists secretly visited Russian nuclear facilities last year. HEADLINE 2: Israel is snarling at the United Nations, and it’s high drama. HEADLINE 3: The multi-front war in the Middle East continues on, uh, multiple fronts. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanze…

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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: When Temple Mount prayer is a call to settle Gaza 36:18

13d ago36:18

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Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with ToI's senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur. During the Tisha B'Av fast on Sunday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir again made headlines for going up to the Temple Mount in the Old City of…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Richard Goldberg (Aug. 18) 25:47

12h ago25:47

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HOW IS ENERGY RELATED TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY? HEADLINE 1: The family of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker released a new video of him in Hamas captivity. HEADLINE 2: Israel is preparing a full-scale offensive in Gaza City. HEADLINE 3: Israel struck the Houthis where it hurts — again. -- FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer provides timely upda…

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Tim Ferriss on Tim Ferriss (and much much more) 2:06:49

3h ago2:06:49

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Cold plunges. Exogenous ketones. Pu-erh tea--but hold the breakfast: it's all par for the morning routine, at least if you're entrepreneur, self-experimenter, and king of the lifehacks, Tim Ferriss. From how he manages the challenges of his celebrity to how he manages to stay in great shape; how he does--and when he doesn't--harness the power of AI…

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Takeaways from the Trump-Putin Summit; Netanyahu’s Playbook in Gaza; Implications of Defunding mRNA Research; AI’s Growing Impact on the US Economy 41:07

18h ago41:07

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Today on the show, Fareed is joined by President Biden’s former National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, for a wide-ranging conversation on the major takeaways from Friday’s Trump-Putin Summit, and why Netanyahu is prolonging Israel’s war in Gaza.Then, Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia center, talks with Fareed about Putin’…

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Episode 36: How marginalized Mizrahim became Israel's first spies 56:35

3d ago56:35

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Long before the operational successes of the Mossad would become the stuff of legend in the espionage world, before the Twelve Day War, before Eli Cohen, before the Mossad itself had even come into being, a small ragtag band of courageous young Jews, without training or equipment, built the country’s first espionage arm to help the nascent Jewish s…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Janatan Sayeh (Aug. 15) 24:32

4d ago24:32

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HOW DID ORDINARY IRANIANS RESPOND TO ISRAEL’S 12-DAY WAR AGAINST THE REGIME’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM? HEADLINE 1: Israel is reportedly in talks with several countries to take in Palestinians from Gaza. HEADLINE 2: Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, visited Beirut this week. HEADLINE 3: Turkey and Syria signed a defens…

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WTH Should I Read This Summer? "The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines" by Jonathan Horn 44:44

4d ago44:44

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In this episode of What the Hell’s summer book series, bestselling author, Jonathan Horn, discusses his new book, The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines (Scribner, 2025). In it, Jonathan tells the tale of lesser-known American Pacific Theater hero, General Jonathan Wainwright. General Wainwright’s s…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Ahmad Sharawi (Aug. 13) 24:53

6d ago24:53

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IS SYRIA'S NEW STRONGMAN UP TO THE TASK? HEADLINE 1: Iran reported a new statistic about last month’s 12-day war. Between June 13 and 24: Iranian police arrested 21,000 people. HEADLINE 2: The evidence against Hamas’s claim of starvation in Gaza is mounting, even as the accusations against Israel continue to fly. HEADLINE 3: The IDF eliminated five…

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Rabbi David Wolpe on How to Keep Jewish Unity Alive (Re-release) 41:48

6d ago41:48

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In a year of division, can Jewish unity still hold? In this special re-release of Wondering Jews, Mijal Bitton sits down with Rabbi David Wolpe for a deep, candid conversation about Jewish solidarity, peoplehood, and the meaning of freedom. They explore why the Seder remains Judaism’s most beloved ritual, how to handle political disagreements at th…

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What Matters Now to Prof. Dan Turner: Treating our enemies humanely makes us human 30:52

6d ago30:52

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Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with Prof. Dan Turner, the head of a pediatric gastroenterology unit at one of Israel’s most respected hospitals located in Jerusalem and Deputy Dean of the School of Medicine at the Hebrew Univers…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Dan Raviv (Aug. 11) 23:56

8d ago23:56

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ISRAELI MOSSAD OPERATIVES ARE SPYING IN IRAN WHILE SOME ORDINARY ISRAELIS ARE SPYING FOR IRAN. HEADLINE 1: Iran has sent its surviving nuclear scientists into hiding. HEADLINE 2: The IDF foiled another attempt to smuggle weapons from Egypt into Israel. HEADLINE 3: White House envoy Steve Witkoff met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Ab…

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Learning to Think Like Someone Else (with David Marquet) 1:03:46

8d ago1:03:46

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Former submarine commander David Marquet joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to explore how distancing--thinking like someone else, somewhere else, or sometime else--can unlock better choices in business and life. They talk about leadership without giving orders, how to empower teams, and what it means to see yourself as a coach rather than a boss. Along…

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Israel’s Plan to Take Over Gaza City 41:15

8d ago41:15

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Today on the show, Fareed is joined by New York Times columnist Bret Stephens and Tarek Masoud of Harvard’s Kennedy School in a conversation about Israel’s recently announced plans to take over Gaza City. Then, Indian journalist Barkha Dutt talks to Fareed about Trump’s threat to impost 50% tariffs on India and the ramifications for the US-India re…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Carrie Filipetti (Aug. 8) 24:12

11d ago24:12

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HOW DO TRUMP VOTERS VIEW U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES? HEADLINE 1: The United Nations has finally engaged with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or “GHF.” HEADLINE 2: The Lebanese government approved a U.S. proposal to disarm Hezbollah by the end of 2025. HEADLINE 3: Israel signed a major energy export deal with Egypt. -- FDD Executive Director Jo…

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Episode 35: Solving hunger in Gaza with Prof. Yannay Spitzer 52:44

11d ago52:44

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Professor Yannay Spitzer is an economic historian who has studied food and hunger. His efforts over the past month to get real reliable data on hunger out of Gaza and publicize it to Israelis, data that is neither delayed nor politicized like the many claims of rampant hunger made over the past 22 months that turned out to be either inaccurate or u…

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WTH Should I Read This Summer? "Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries" by Zack Cooper 42:41

11d ago42:41

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Kicking off our annual What the Hell’s summer book series, Zach Cooper discusses his new book, Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries (Yale University Press, 2025). How will the United States and China evolve militarily in the years ahead? Many experts believe the answer to this question is largely unknowable. But in his book, Z…

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Episode 34: My life in Al-Qaeda, a conversation with Aimen Dean 2:09:16

12d ago2:09:16

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Aimen Dean was once a fervent young jihadi fighter, a passionate believer in radical Sunni Islam who had memorized the Quran by 12 and was fighting in the Bosnian jihad by 16. Haviv talked to Aimen about the religious and psychological journey of a young jihadi, his experiences in the wars in Bosnia and Chechnya, his recruitment by Bin Laden himsel…

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If You Love Israel, Why Don’t You Live There? (Re-release) 46:43

13d ago46:43

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In one of the most talked-about episodes of Wondering Jews, Mijal Bitton and Noam Weissman dive into the emotional and complicated questions facing Jews today: If you love Israel… why don’t you live there? Listen again or for the first time to Mijal and Noam open up about the cognitive dissonance of loving Israel while living in the Diaspora. Along…

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Restless Nation | The Red-Green Alliance: The Making of Modern Iran (Part 2) 1:28:05

13d ago1:28:05

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In our last episode, we traced the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty and the forces building toward Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. This week, we turn to the man who brought that monarchy to an end: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. From exile in a quiet French chateau, Khomeini launched a revolution that shattered 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. But he didn…

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Fallout: How the Suez Crisis Rewired the Middle East Forever (Part 3) 49:38

14d ago49:38

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BOOK TICKETS for Unpacking Israeli History LIVE in NYC - Sep 7 at 92nd St Y with special guest Dan Senor: ⁠https://unpacked.bio/uihny25⁠ Use Promo code UIH20 to get 20% off your tickets In the explosive finale of our 3-part series on the Suez Crisis, Noam Weissman unpacks the hidden aftershocks of Israel’s most underrated war. This episode reveals …

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Andrew Fox (Aug. 4) 23:15

15d ago23:15

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WHAT'S THE ON-THE-GROUND REALITY IN GAZA? HEADLINE 1: Turkey hosted a senior Hamas delegation this weekend. HEADLINE 2: White House envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited Gaza on Friday. HEADLINE 3: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or “UNRWA,” is feeling the heat here in the United States. -- FDD Executiv…

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Let Me Be Forgotten (with Lowry Pressly) 1:21:00

14d ago1:21:00

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What do we lose when every moment is recorded, every action scrutinized, and every past mistake preserved? Philosopher and author Lowry Pressly joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to discuss why privacy isn't just about secrets or information control, the necessity of spontaneity, the importance of moral growth, and what we need to become fully human. Fr…

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Episode 33: Thoughts for Tisha B’Av - We live in history 31:03

15d ago31:03

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Our Patreon subscribers asked for a dvar Torah, a short homily, on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates many of the great tragedies of Jewish history, including and especially the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem millennia ago. Tisha B'Av, Haviv argues, is a window into the Sages' conception of history, their view of the…

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Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs 41:52

16d ago41:52

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Today on the show, President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs go into effect this week. Fareed speaks with Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, and Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of the conservative think-tank American Compass, about what this trade war could mean for the economy in America and around the world. Then, the…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Ambassador Michael Oren (Aug. 1) 31:46

18d ago31:46

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HOW ISOLATED IS ISRAEL RIGHT NOW? HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration is forging ahead with its maximum pressure campaign. HEADLINE 2: In more sanctions news, the Trump administration sanctioned the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority. HEADLINE 3: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun intensified his call for Hezbollah to disarm. …

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Episode 32: Hunger and the Gaza war 45:21

19d ago45:21

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There is now hunger in Gaza, widespread and dangerous. It's less dire than Western media claims, but could reach those proportions if it isn't reversed through an aid surge. How did we get to this point? What were Israeli officials thinking? And what does the current crisis tell us about the state of the war? This episode was sponsored by an anonym…

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WTH Is Responsible for Hunger in Gaza? Matti Friedman Explains. 1:03:51

18d ago1:03:51

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Almost two years after the October 7th attacks, facts about the state of life in Gaza are almost impossible to glean from the daily news. Much of what used to be mainstream journalism has become political activism, and Palestinian allied NGOs, UN organizations, and international press are using selective information as a weapon. Are Palestinians st…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Nadav Eyal (Jul. 30) 28:50

20d ago28:50

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GAZA FAMINE CLAIMS AND ISRAEL'S INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION HEADLINE 1: Syrian refugees displaced during the country’s civil war are starting to return home. HEADLINE 2: The IDF has released an assessment of its Fall 2024 campaign against Hezbollah. HEADLINE 3: The Houthis have again threatened to escalate attacks against international shipping. -- FDD…

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What Matters Now to Daniel Taub: Still mourning, Israel is not ripe to talk peace - yet 37:52

20d ago37:52

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Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with author Daniel Taub. Taub is an Israeli diplomat, international lawyer and author born in Britain in 1962. He moved to Israel in 1989, later serving in the IDF as a combat medic and as a reserv…

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You Think You Know Chabad? Think Again — With Rabbi YY Jacobson 35:05

20d ago35:05

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What does Chabad have to offer a fractured world in 2025? Mijal Bitton and and Noam Weissman are joined by renowned Chabad scholar and speaker Rabbi YY Jacobson to explore the enduring power of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s legacy. Together, they unpack Chabad’s worldview, its nuanced relationship with Zionism, and its bold answer to antisemitism. Rabbi …

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BONUS | Eli Lake & Josh Hammer on Russiagate: Do the New Documents Support Treason? 1:09:47

20d ago1:09:47

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Do the new Russiagate releases justify Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s accusation of “treasonous conspiracy”? In this bonus episode, Eli Lake and commentator Josh Hammer get into the nitty gritty of the newest document releases in one of the most polarizing political controversies of the 21st century: Russiagate. Listen to ⁠Boundl…

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Combustion: The Secret Pact that Ignited the Suez War (Part 2) 42:02

21d ago42:02

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BOOK TICKETS for Unpacking Israeli History LIVE in NYC - Sep 7 at 92nd St Y with special guest Dan Senor: ⁠⁠https://unpacked.bio/uihny25⁠⁠ Use Promo code UIH20 to get 20% off your tickets This week, Part 2 of our Suez Crisis trilogy dives into the explosive events of 1956: Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, enraging Britain and France. Behind clos…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Aaron Magid (Jul. 28) 25:00

22d ago25:00

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JORDAN'S DELICATE BALANCING ACT HEADLINE 1: Israel has taken a good first step by implementing daily tactical pauses in Gaza. HEADLINE 2: As if to underscore the need for a pause, two more Israelis were killed in action. HEADLINE 3: As if we didn’t have enough Gaza news to cover today, President Trump is reportedly rethinking his Gaza strategy. -- …

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Read Like a Champion (with Doug Lemov) 1:03:56

22d ago1:03:56

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Many students graduate high school today without having read a book cover to cover. Many students struggle to learn to read at all. How did this happen? Listen as educator and author Doug Lemov talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the failed fads in reading education, the mistaken emphasis on vocabulary as a skill, and the importance of backgro…

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Putin is Running Down the Clock for a Peace Deal 41:15

22d ago41:15

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Today on the show, Russian President Vladimir Putin has just 37 days to meet Trump's deadline for a peace deal - but Moscow seems unphased as Russian forces continues to pummel Ukraine. Fareed talks to Alina Polyakova, the president of the Center for European Policy Analysis about prospects for peace. Then, a violent power struggle is emerging in p…

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Episode 31: The century-old harbinger of October 7, a conversation with Yardena Schwartz 1:00:10

22d ago1:00:10

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Welcome to a special episode of Ask Haviv Anything. This episode was a live conversation with author Yardena Schwartz taped last week at Martha's Vineyard and hosted by Chabad on the Vineyard. Please note: Patreon subscribers have asked us to address the dramatic pivot in the IDF's strategy in Gaza and the question of widespread hunger there. We're…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. David Daoud (Jul. 25) 25:51

25d ago25:51

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IS LEBANON'S FUTURE BRIGHT OR BLEAK? HEADLINE 1: Saudi Arabia announced $6.4 billion worth of investments in Syria. HEADLINE 2: Another country is poised to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. HEADLINE 3: 8 Israeli soldiers were injured yesterday. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides ti…

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WTH Is Britain Throttling Free Speech? Dominic Green Explains. 49:28

26d ago49:28

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Dominic Green writes, “The war on free speech is about to violate the most sacred recesses of British life—not the home or the workplace, but the pub.” In legislation dubbed the “Banter Bill”, Parliament is attacking the center of British life in a new effort to hold employers accountable for staff’s hurt feelings over third parties “offensive lang…

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (Jul. 23) 24:35

27d ago24:35

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IRAN, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED STATES HEADLINE 1: The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a petroleum smuggling and sanctions evasion network that generates cash for the Houthis. HEADLINE 2: A round of nuclear talks is scheduled to take place on Friday between Iran, Britain, France, and Germany – the E3. HEADLINE 3: The U.S. pulled out of the United …

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What Matters Now to Dan Ben-David: Israel's moment of truth is here 49:08

27d ago49:08

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Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with leading economist Prof. Dan Ben-David. Ben-David heads the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research and is a senior faculty member in the Department of Public Policy at Tel-Aviv Universi…

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