The Hostage Crisis: Alana Zeitchik’s Fight for Her Family
On this episode of Israel Policy Pod, Alana Zeitchik—Israeli-American advocate, writer, and executive director of the Narrow Bridge Project based in Brooklyn, NY—joins Israel Policy Forum Director Strategic of Initiatives and IPF Atid Shanie Reichman to share the harrowing story of her family members who were kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7. Most were released in the November 2023 hostage deal, though her cousin’s husband David Cunio and his brother Ariel Cunio remain held hostage in Gaza. She reflects on the personal toll of the past 21 months, the complex advocacy efforts she’s undertaken across two U.S. administrations, the disconnect between hostage families and much of the American Jewish community, the urgent need to center the hostages’ plight in policy debates, and more.Follow: @alanalindsay @bring.david.cunio.home @bring.ariel.homeSupport the efforts of The Hostages and Missing Families Forum here.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.
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After Iran: What Now?
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Fellow and Research Director Shira Efron. The trio discuss the success of the Israel-Iran war, whether diplomacy with Iran can work in this new postwar era, the potential of further Israeli and U.S. military action against Iran, the prospect of Netanyahu agreeing to end the Gaza war in return for a Trump-led "grand bargain" in the Middle East, the current state of play in Israeli politics, and more. Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.
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The 12-Day War
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Haaretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel to discuss the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, the role of President Trump, Israel's success in the 12-day campaign, the murky state of Iran's nuclear program, Iran's lackluster performance during the war, the role of diplomacy and military action moving forward, what impact the conflict with Iran may have on Israel's war in Gaza, and more.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.
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Israel and Iran at War (Webinar Recording)
This is a recording of an Israel Policy Forum webinar held on Wednesday, June 18, at 1pm ET.Days into its military campaign against Iran, Israel has racked up an impressive series of achievements: decimating Iran’s top military echelon, setting back its nuclear program, taking out drones and rocket-launchers, and achieving freedom of operation in the skies above Tehran. Yet the war’s impact on the Israeli homefront has been costly, with at least two dozen casualties and unprecedented levels of destruction in central Israel. Israel’s endgame and Washington’s appetite to assist in eliminating Iran’s nuclear program remain unclear.Israel Policy Forum Washington Managing Director and Senior Fellow Rachel Brandenburg hosts Raz Zimmt, director of the Iran program at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, and Kenneth Pollack, vice president for policy at the Middle East Institute, to unpack the state of the war.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.
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Amb. Dan Shapiro on U.S. Policy, Israel, and the Iran Equation
On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Dan Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel. They discuss the prospects for a new nuclear deal with Iran, the utility of the U.S. and Israel threatening military action, how close a Saudi-Israel normalization deal was before October 7, the truth behind the Biden administration's weapons shipments to Israel, the current state of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and more.Watch Obama's full eulogy for Shimon Peres here. Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.
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