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This is the audio version of Israel Update. Israel Update is a video podcast hosted by Israeli historian and political commentator Gadi Taub and Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. The show offers news from the ground as well as an unparalleled insider perspective on the war.
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- 5 days ago1h 27m
Eisenkot’s Dilemma
While Eisenkot stands ready to renege on his election promises and assemble a minority government with the anti-Zionist Arab parties or the ultra-Orthodox, Avigdor Lieberman is putting obstacles in his path. There are, however, surprising options that Eisenkot and his allies may yet pursue. Mike and Gadi discuss the scenarios. Also in this episode: Gadi’s inside sources explain to him how an investigation into election interference is being quashed, leaving the head of Shin Bet powerless to pursue evidence of an influx of cash from hostile state actors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago1h 17m
Here Are the Possible Scenarios
The election results are a complicated, messy tie. Netanyahu’s Likud is by far the biggest party. Eisenkot’s Yashar party is not even close. Yet Netanyahu’s bloc does not have a majority. But neither does the opposing bloc. And both now have to re-chart their courses vis-à-vis the rising bloc of Arab parties. Could this mean that the rifts among the Jews will have to be transcended? Will that prospect be helped along by Trump and a possible escalation in the Gulf after the midterms? Mike and Gadi discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago49 min
Wildly Different Polls - Who’s Right?
The election is right around the corner, and things are heating up. Gadi gives you the latest on election predictions. It is also olive harvest season, and you're about to hear a lot of lies about settler violence. We'll show you video evidence of the truth behind the olive harvest lies. Also on this episode a conversation with Kara Jesella, author of Antisemitic Feminism: An Intellectual History. You'll be surprised how deep the roots of this phenomenon are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 38m
The NatCon Controversy
The recent National Conservatism conference in Jerusalem (in which Gadi participated) generated controversy over the question of how conservative Jews should respond to the rise of antisemitism on the right. Mike had a great deal to say. The war in the Gulf is once again shape-shifting. Mike has the latest. And then there are the coming elections, with a new smear campaign against Netanyahu, this time by his former military secretary, Maj. Gen. Avi Gil. And as if that were not enough: the man who submitted the indictments against Netanyahu, former AG Avichai Mandelblit, is now being grilled by the defense, and it doesn't look like he has good answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 29, 20261h 10m
What Will Israel Vote on?
The left-wing bloc in Israel is deliberately ignoring the elephant in the room: the war. They’re not saying anything about how they plan to pursue it. The reason is obvious. Their actual plans are very far from what the majority of voters – even their voters – want. Gadi and Mike meet in a disclosed location in Tel Aviv – actually, it’s 11 Pinsker St. if you want to know – to discuss all the latest with one exception: the war in the Gulf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 22, 20261h 25m
“Area P”: The Palestinian Bid to Take Over Judea and Samaria
Gadi returned from an intensive tour of the ranches in Judea and Samaria – where Jewish pioneers spearhead the struggle to prevent a Palestinian take-over of the territories. Aided by the Palestinian authority, Arabs buy land and build homes on deserted hilltops for which EU money supplies infrastructures and paves roads. If Israel does not wake up it will face a Gaza-like situation in the West Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 15, 20261h 13m
Standing Ovation
The creators of the film NAZA, which accuses the IDF of AI-driven genocide, received a standing ovation whose length could rival the standing ovations of the Stalin-era Politburo. Mike and Gadi discuss the film and the way it was received in Israel and abroad. It seems that peddling blood libels against Jews has taken on an entirely different meaning in the post–October 7 world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 9, 20261h 7m
Haaretz Nonsense and David Remnick’s Toupee
The Haaretz “bombshell” story about a warning from MBZ to Netanyahu is not just nonsense — it’s hilarious nonsense. Still The New Yorker swallowed it whole. But precisely because it’s bogus, it actually tells you a lot about the state of Israeli politics - as the country gears up for elections. It’s been a while since Mike and Gadi had this much fun in a single show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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