Haaretz Podcast

In this week's episode of the Haaretz Weekly podcast, host Simon Spungin is joined by Debra Nussbaum Cohen and Allison Kaplan Sommer for a wide-ranging discussion with a theme: disunity. Whether it's Jewish anti-occupation groups in the United States, opposition parties on both sides of the political divide in Israel or the Women's March, unity is hard to come by. How is Israel's election being played out in America? Are Jewish groups in the U.S...

In this week's episode of Haaretz Weekly, Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer joins host Simon Spungin to discuss a wide range of subjects, from Israel's recently confirmed military activity in Syria to the spate of Jewish terror attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank. Why are outgoing IDF chief Gadi Eizenkot and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suddenly speaking so openly about airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria? What will the U.S...

On this two-part episode of Haaretz Weekly, host Simon Spungin talks to Danielle Ziri – Haaretz's New York correspondent – about the Women's March: amid allegations of anti-Semitic sympathies and the newly approved policy of opposing anti-BDS legislation, we ask what place Jewish women can and should have in this sisterly movement. In Part 2, Bradley Burston describes his visit to the West Bank, as part of an upcoming series of articles on Haaretz...

In the first section of this two-part episode of Haaretz Weekly, host Simon Spungin talks to Yonatan Gher, director of Amnesty International Israel, about his organization's new campaign targeting online booking companies for "driving settlement expansion and profiting from war crimes." Has the campaign against Airbnb, Booking...

On this week's episode of Haaretz Weekly, host Simon Spungin talks to Washington correspondent Amir Tibon about the anti-BDS law which was passed last week by the U.S. Congress and to diplomatic correspondent Noa Landau about the upcoming Israeli election, fake news, Netanyahu's overseas trips, and even the Eurovision Song Contest. Follow Haaretz Weekly on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode of Haaretz Weekly, senior commentator Chemi Shalev and host Simon Spungin discuss the upcoming Israeli election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's gaffe-prone visit to Warsaw and what American Jews and Israelis should learn from Ilhan Omar's controversial tweet. Follow Haaretz Weekly on iTunes, Spotify and Google Podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting Israeli prime minister to be served a draft indictment - for fraud, breach of trust and bribery - host Simon Spungin and columnist Bradley Burston discuss his plan for political survival and ask: Is there anything Bibi won't do to remain in power? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Simon Spungin talks to Ravit Hecht, Allison Kaplan Sommerand Chaim Levinson about the Central Election Committee's decision to bar left-wing and Arab candidates, while granting a certificate of kashrut to far-right candidates. Plus: Will wild and wacky Moshe Feiglin become the kingmaker in the next Knesset – assuming he's not too stoned to vote – and why are Israelis apparently oblivious to the Ilhan Omar controversy that's dominating the American news cycle?     See omnystudio...

Host Simon Spungin talks to Amira Hass, Haaretz's long-serving correspondent in the Occupied Territories, about the cost-of-living protests in the Gaza Strip, the "accidental" rocket fire on Tel Aviv and how Israel's policy of separating the West Bank from Gaza is effectively stifling Palestinian national unity. We also discuss the first election in Israeli history in which the Palestinians are a non-issue and ask what it will take get them back on the agenda. See omnystudio...

Host Simon Spungin talks to senior correspondent Chemi Shalev about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's short trip to the United States, which has been cut short by a rocket attack on a central Israeli moshav: What does the prime minister's hasty retreat tell us about how he thinks his election campaign is going and how will his rivals use his perceived inability to crush Hamas against him? In Part II, Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz's video and multimedia editor, casts her critical eye over Justice...