Israel Policy Pod
A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines to bring you analysis from Israel Policy Forum experts and distinguished guests.
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- Michael Koplow3 eps
- Shira Efron2 eps
- Dahlia Scheindlin1 ep
Also: Col. (ret.) Dr. Michael Milshtein, Dan Rothem, Naysan Rafati, Neri Zilber, Shanie Reichman, David Daoud, Dan Shapiro, Rachel Brandenburg
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- 🇮🇱IL · Politics#9313K to 158K
- 🇵🇪PE · Politics#979.5K to 117K
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22K to 274K🎙 Biweekly cadence·407 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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32K to 392K🇺🇸71%🇮🇱16%🇵🇪12% - Active Followers
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13K to 157K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 11/3/26 | Who Will Govern Israel? | Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Israel Policy Pod host Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum Chief Policy Officer Dr. Michael J. Koplow and RAND Distinguished Chair Dr. Shira Efron to unpack last week’s Israeli election results, how the outcome compares with expectations, and what comes next. They discuss Benjamin Netanyahu’s dangerous “stop the steal” campaign to delegitimize Arab-Israeli votes and undermine the results, before examining four possible scenarios: Netanyahu remaining pr... | 1h 12m 08s | ||||||
| 10/29/26 |  Disputed Territory: What Israel’s Election Reveals About Its Future | With Neri on the ground this week covering the results of the Israeli election, we're offering a new episode of our other podcast, Disputed Territory, here on the Israel Policy Pod feed. Israelis have gone to the polls after years of war, political upheaval, and growing divisions over the country's future. But beyond the election results, what does this moment reveal about Israeli society - and where the country is headed? Disputed Territory host Shanie Reichman sits down with Israeli p... | 44m 46s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 |  The Big Israeli Election Preview | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts RAND’s Distinguished Chair for Israel Policy Shira Efron and Israel Policy Forum Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow to preview next Tuesday’s high-stakes Israeli election. They examine Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection chances and enduring appeal among his right-wing base, the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition campaign led by Gadi Eisenkot, the fate of smaller parties hovering ar... | 1h 19m 08s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Can Gadi Eisenkot Be Israel's Next Prime Minister? | In this episode, Neri Zilber, Israel Policy Forum policy advisor and host of Israel Policy Pod, is joined by Tal Schneider, political and diplomatic correspondent for The Times of Israel, to discuss her recent book on women in combat during the October 7 war and the latest developments in Israel's election campaign. They examine Gadi Eisenkot's prospects of becoming Israel's next prime minister, his personal and political background, and his potential policy priorities, including on the West... | 1h 03m 34s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | How October 7 Changed Israel | In this episode, Neri Zilber, Israel Policy Forum policy advisor and host of Israel Policy Pod, is joined by Amir Tibon, Haaretz journalist and author of The Gates of Gaza, to discuss his family’s survival of the October 7 attack and their difficult decision to return home to Kibbutz Nahal Oz. They discuss what life is like in Israel’s Gaza border communities three years after October 7, the lasting impact of the attack on Israeli society and politics, and how these dynamics are shaping the u... | 42m 47s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Israel's Security Three Years After October 7 | In this episode, Neri Zilber is joined by Amos Harel, Haaretz military correspondent and author of the recent Hebrew-language book 06:29: Anatomy of a Failure, to examine what we know about the October 7 attack nearly three years later. They discuss reports that Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received warnings from Arab officials before the attack, the conspiracy theories that have emerged in Israel and abroad, and how Israel’s military and intelligence failures can be explained... | 1h 01m 27s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | Is Israeli-Saudi Normalization Still Possible? | In this episode, Amb. Michael Ratney, Distinguished Policy Fellow at Israel Policy Forum, joins host Neri Zilber, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist, to discuss the escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen, the prospects for U.S. military involvement under President Donald Trump, and the implications for Saudi Arabia and regional stability. They also break down the history of Saudi-Israel normalization, how close the sides came to a U.S.-... | 56m 46s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | Israeli electionUK-Israel relations+3 | Shira EfronMichael Koplow | RANDIsrael Policy Forum | UKIsrael | Israeli electionUK-Israel relations+6 | — | 1h 14m 59s | ||
| 9/2/26 | Israeli electionspolling analysis+3 | Dahlia Scheindlin | Ra’am | — | Israeli electionspolling+5 | — | 1h 03m 38s | ||
| 8/12/26 | Israeli electionsHamas disarmament+3 | Michael Koplow | Israel Policy Forum | IsraelGaza+2 | Israeli electionsHamas+3 | — | 56m 59s | ||
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| 7/30/26 | West Bankviolence escalation+3 | Col. (ret.) Dr. Michael Milshtein | Israel Policy Forum | West BankTell | West Bankviolence+5 | — | 57m 23s | ||
| 7/23/26 | Israeli electionspolitical analysis+4 | Dan RothemShira Efron | Israel Policy ForumRAND | IsraelU.S. | Israel electionsGadi Eisenkot+4 | — | 1h 05m 16s | ||
| 7/16/26 | U.S.-Iran relationsmilitary escalation+3 | Naysan Rafati | International Crisis Group | United StatesIran+1 | U.S.Iran+5 | — | 58m 54s | ||
| 7/8/26 | Israeli politicsNetanyahu government+4 | Neri ZilberShanie Reichman | Netanyahu governmentSupreme Court | Israel | NetanyahuKnesset+4 | — | 1h 02m 12s | ||
| 7/1/26 | Israel-Lebanon relationsU.S.-brokered agreements+3 | David Daoud | Foundation for Defense of Democracies | IsraelLebanon+1 | IsraelLebanon+6 | — | 1h 13m 32s | ||
| 6/18/26 | U.S.-Iran relationsdiplomacy+3 | Dan Shapiro | Israel Policy Forum | U.S.Iran+1 | U.S.-Iran dealDan Shapiro+5 | — | 57m 02s | ||
| 6/10/26 | IranU.S.-Israel relations+4 | Michael KoplowRachel Brandenburg | Israel Policy Forum | IranIsrael+1 | IranIsrael+7 | — | 1h 00m 54s | ||
| 6/3/26 | A Hot Summer in Israeli Politics | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Dahlia Scheindlin, a political analyst and pollster, to discuss the current state of Israeli politics, what the polls are saying (and not saying) about the upcoming election, the mixed fortunes so far of the Bennett-Lapid merger, the rising Gadi Eisenkot, the role the Arab-Israeli political parties could play in the election, why voters are still drawn to Netanyahu's Likud party, what th... | 1h 07m 05s | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | Iran Deal Draws Near | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Distinguished RAND Israel Policy Chair Shira Efron. The trio discuss the looming deal between the U.S. and Iran over an end to the war, what the agreement likely includes and critically omits, who won the war if it ends this way, how Netanyahu may try to spin the ensuing deal, what impact it could have on the ongoing fighting in Lebanon, the danger... | 1h 10m 43s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 | Israel Between Escalation and Elections | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and Israel Policy Forum Director of Strategic Initiatives and IPF Atid Shanie Reichman discuss President Trump's impasse with Iran and the prospects for renewed escalation, Israel-Lebanon peace talks and the grinding military front with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent CBS interview and what it means about his current mindset, Israeli politics gearing up for an election, the state ... | 56m 28s | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | The New Shape of the Northern War | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts IDF Brig. Gen. Assaf Orion, international fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and senior researcher at INSS. They discuss the latest developments at sea and the negotiating table between the U.S. and Iran, before turning to Israel's ongoing military front in Lebanon. They analyzed this latest offensive against Hezbollah, how it differs from the previous war in 2023-20... | 59m 12s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | Bennett-Lapid 2.0 | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Distinguished RAND Israel Policy Chair Shira Efron. The trio discuss the merger between former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, the motivations behind the dramatic alliance, whether it changes the chances of the opposition toppling Netanyahu in this year's election, the continuing non-war and non-deal between the U.S. and Iran, Israe... | 59m 23s | ||||||
| 4/21/26 | Inside the U.S.-Iran Negotiations | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Naysan Rafati, senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group. They discuss the latest in the fragile ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran, what a deal could actually look like, what happens if negotiations collapse and fighting resumes, which side may benefit more from not concluding a deal, the role of the Strait of Hormuz, the current political and economic state of the Is... | 1h 09m 21s | ||||||
| 4/16/26 | Who Won the Iran 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 results so far of the Iran war and whether the U.S. and Israel actually "won," the prospects of a ceasefire deal emerging from the talks in Pakistan, what happens if diplomacy fails, the growing focus on the Lebanon front and the risks to Israel of a prolonged campaign against Hezbollah, this week's talks in Washington between the ... | 54m 22s | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | Deal or No Deal With Iran? | On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Distinguished RAND Israel Policy Chair Shira Efron. The trio discuss the chances of a U.S.-Iran deal to end the war, the joint Israeli and U.S. military campaign after four weeks, Iran's ability to fight back, the impact of the conflict on the wider Middle East, the differing public perspectives on the war in the U.S. and Israel, the secondary fron... | 1h 03m 49s | ||||||
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Chart history for Israel Policy Pod
Peaked at #93 in IL, currently #93 in IL.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | — | #93 | #93 | — |
| PE | — | #97 | #97 | — |
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.