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  • Hostage's mother Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Both Gazans, hostages are suffering

    18 APR 2024 · The plight of the hostages held in Gaza do not invalidate the suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians amid the ongoing war, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son Hersh is a hostage held by Hamas, told Zvika Klein and Tamar Uriel-Beeri on The Jerusalem Post Podcast. Goldberg-Polin noted that she has been viewed as a symbol to highlight the hostage crisis. She  further stressed how the suffering of both the hostages and Gazan civilians are valid. 
    47m 37s
  • Former high-ranking diplomat: Israel chose revenge over the lives of hostages

    11 APR 2024 · Listen to this week's The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun. This time they interview diplomat Alon Liel who said Israel made a big mistake in putting the destruction of Hamas over rescuing the hostages.  Liel, the former Israeli ambassador to South Africa, was asked about his thoughts on the ongoing hostage deal talks. 
    1h 2m 19s
  • Diplomatic connections, disturbing concerns, and democratic kishkes

    4 APR 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein. US President Joe Biden "is a Zionist to his core, he feels it in his kishkes as much as I do," US Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres said Thursday on The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Zvika Klein and Tamar Uriel-Beeri. Torres, in his first visit to Israel after the October 7 massacre, was asked by Klein about what it's like to be in the Democratic Party during the war. His answer was that despite all the clashes with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden is still acking the Jewish state. The congressman then further affirmed the strong ties between the US and Israel. Torres further commented about the betrayal experienced by the Israeli left from the progressive movement.
    45m 43s
  • Diplomacy Management and Denouncing Misinformation

    28 MAR 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun. This week, hosts Tamar and Sarah discuss Israel's public diplomacy challenges and failures, Joe Liebermann's passing, and Steven Spielberg's The Prince of Egypt. Then, they are joined by Yesh Atid MK Shelly Tal Meron to discuss the caucuses advocating for hostages and for victims of sexual violence on October 7, where Israel's hasbara is lacking, and the controversial haredi draft bill.
    53m 36s
  • Biden's boiling point and the northern border balancing beam

    21 MAR 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun. This week, hosts Tamar and Sarah discuss the apparent game of chicken Israel and Lebanon are playing on the northern border, as well as promotions, politics, and James Bond. Then they are joined by Israeli journalist and analyst on Israel-US relations Yuna Leibzon, who explains what the feeling is in the Diaspora following October 7 and what we can expect from the US as the war rages on
    52m 16s
  • Antisemitism and allyship, aid and accidents

    14 MAR 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein. This week, hosts Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein discuss the aid coming into Gaza by sea and air and how Hamas approaches humanitarian aid. They talk elections, but Israeli and American, and discuss concerns over outside commentary. Then, they are joined by actor, filmmaker, director, activist, and influencer Yuval David, who has been outspoken on the issue of providing Israel with vocal support from the Diaspora and the importance of supporting Jewish communities abroad in this difficult time.
    1h 9m 41s
  • Ramadan, starvation, and sexual violence

    7 MAR 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun. This week, Tamar and Sarah discuss the urgency of a hostage deal ahead of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and the intense pressure on the Israeli government amid the Israel-Hamas War. They discuss international pressures on Israel relating to the hunger crisis in Gaza and the new UN report on sexual violence as a tool of war on October 7. Then, they are joined by Prof. Mimi Ajzenstadt, a full professor at the Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare and at the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former President of the Open University of Israel. They discuss the data she has collected regarding gender-based consequences of the events of October 7 and the ensuing war.
    46m 8s
  • IDF reservists could be the key to Israel's political future

    29 FEB 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein. This week, The Jerusalem Post's Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein discuss the rocky state of the war and a potential hostage deal. They dive into the municipal elections held in Israel this week and how they reflect the overall political ideologies held by the Israeli public today. Then, they are joined by former communications minister Yoaz Hendel to discuss what it was like on the frontlines of the war and how it is coming back and bringing together soldiers and reservists as a newly-formed community.
    1h 2m 29s
  • Hamas's sexual violence, trauma, and coping mechanisms

    22 FEB 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun. Hosts Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun discuss the seemingly-never ending ICJ hearings, the nuances and complications of the West Bank, many a Broadway musicals, the continued horrific revelations of Hamas's brutality, and is Wikipedia a reliable source? They are then joined by esteemed Yiddish-literature scholar Prof. Ruth Wisse to hear about the expansiveness and wonder of Yiddish, how it followed Jewish life, and how its writers captured trauma and responded to it, in poignant relevance to today's events.
    1h 9m 41s
  • Qatar, Hostages, and a Two-State Solution

    15 FEB 2024 · The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein. In this week's Jerusalem Post podcast, Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein dive into what it was like hosting a conference with WELT, an Axel Springer SE publication. They discuss the interview from the conference with the Qatari ambassador to Germany and Qatar's unique placement in this war. They also speak about a two-state solution; is it possible? Are two states the right way to go? Then, Zvika is joined by the head of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, one of the loudest and most powerful voices in the fight against antisemitism in the world.
    58m 40s

The Jerusalem Post Podcast takes a weekly deep-dive into Israel's most prevalent issues, from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the Knesset, from the West Bank to the Abraham Accords. Each week,...

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The Jerusalem Post Podcast takes a weekly deep-dive into Israel's most prevalent issues, from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the Knesset, from the West Bank to the Abraham Accords. Each week, a new guest is brought in to give a unique perspective on all things Israel.
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