IDDF Podcast
The Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum podcast (IDDF) brings together former Israeli deputy national security advisor, Prof. Chuck Freilich and former Deputy Foreign Minister and ambassador to Washington, Danny Ayalon, now succeeded by Benjamin Anthony, Co-chair of the Miryam Institute, for a bi-weekly update on hot button issues from the State of Israel.
Israel-Saudi Normalization + The State Of The Israel-U.S. Relationship
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Podcast 33: August 11, 2023
Hot Debate: Judicial Reform Passes. IDF Refusals. U.S.-Israel Crisis?
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Podcast 32: July 28, 2023
Examining The Two-State Solution, The Jenin Operation & Judicial Reform. The Latest In Israel.
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Podcast 31: July 14, 2023
Is Climate change impacting Israel’s national security?
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Podcast 30: June 30, 2023
Is The Iran Nuclear Deal Being Revived? Israel-Saudi Normalization In The Offing?t
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Podcast 29: June 16, 2023
Hezbollah threatens war, will Erdogan’s victory be good for Israel and NATO? Iran-Saudi-UAE-Syria rapprochement: what now for the AbrahamAccords?
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Podcast 28: June 2, 2023
Operation Shield & Arrow harms Islamic Jihad but how much will it change Gaza? Plus the Iran nuclear deal and the US withdrawal 5 years ago. What should Israel do?
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Podcast 27: May 19, 2023
Rockets from Gaza and Saudi-Iran rapprochement
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Podcast 26: May 5, 2023
Yom Hashoah, Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Yom Ha’atzmaut. What all these dates mean to Israelis and Jewish people
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Podcast 25: April 21, 2023
With guest Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Israel’s enemies are astonished at the internal protests and political instability at home
Podcast 24: April 7, 2023
Legal crisis, interview with Prof. Avi Bell, crisis in US relations, Saudi-Iranian rapproachment
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Podcast 23: March 24, 2023
Legal crisis, war in Ukraine, Iran and more with special guest, Major General Yair Golan, former IDF deputy chief of staff and Member of Knesset
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Podcast 22: March 10, 2023
Ex-Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein says “judicial reforms” will turn Israel into a “democratic dictatorship”
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Podcast 21: February 24, 2023
Turkish earthquake: how ready would Israel be in a similar situation? Sec. Blinken’s Israel visit and building in Judea and Samaria
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Podcast 20: February 10, 2023
Israel’s policies over the Ukraine War and US-Israel relations with special guest Abe Foxman
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Podcast 19: January 27, 2023
Israel’s new government makes changes to the judicial and democratic processes and China’s rising influence in the Middle East
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Podcast 18: January 13, 2023
The Threat to the US-Israel “Special Relationship”: Aipac vs. JStreet
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Podcast 17: December 30, 2022
Emerging Crisis in Relations With US and Israel, Israel’s New Laser Air Defense System
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Podcast 16: December 16, 2022
Events in West Bank, Iran, Chuck Interviews Danny About Time as Ambassador to US
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Podcast 15: December 18, 2022
Ramifications of the Elections in the US and Israel, and a Very Personal, Lethal Antisemitic Attack
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Podcast 14: November 18, 2022
Bibi’s Extraordinary Comeback Amid a Right-Wing Sweep in the Latest Israeli General Election
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Podcast 13: November 4, 2022
The Shared Values and Strategic Interests of the US-Israel “Special Relationship”
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Podcast 11: October 7, 2022
UK-Israel relations, 77th UN General Assembly, 2nd anniversary of the Abraham Accords and Russian-Iranian cooperation over the Ukraine War
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Podcast 10: September 23
Developments in the Palestinian Arena
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Podcast 9: September 9
Renewed Relations Between Israel and Turkey, Hezbollah Ramp Up Tensions and the Latest on the JCPOA Iran Nuclear Deal
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Podcast 8: August 26, 2022
Operation Breaking Dawn in Gaza
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Podcast 7: August 12, 2022
The US-Israel “Special Relationship”; Interview With Dennis Ross
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Podcast 6: July 29, 2022
Biden’s Visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia and What it Means for Them and the Mideast
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Podcast 5: July 15, 2022
Yet Another Election in Israel & Biden’s Middle East Tour
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Podcast 4: July 1, 2022
Countering Iran’s Nuclear Program and Regional Expansionism
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Podcast 3: June 17, 2022
The Six Day War 55 Years Later
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Podcast 2: June 3, 2022
On Israel and the War in Ukraine; Iran and the Nuclear Program
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Podcast 1: May 20, 2022