Israel is engaged in a war it doesn't want and not of its making. A quiet Shabbat morning, also the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah where Jews celebrate finishing reading the Torah and then start to read it again, “In the Beginning”, was shattered by a mass invasion of Hamas terrorists, smashing through the concrete border wall, paragliding into Is…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony Episode 37 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder of the Miryam Institute. This episode of the podcast features …

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony Episode 36 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder of the Miryam Institute. Chuck and Benjamin begin by discussin…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony Episode 35 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder of The Miryam Institute. In this episode, Chuck and Benjamin d…

Episode 34 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder & CEO of the Miryam Institute. In this episode, Chuck and Benjamin discuss the pros and cons of a possible US-Israeli defense treaty, a potential side product of the US-Israeli-Sa…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony Episode 33 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-chair of the Miryam Institute. In this episode, Chuck and Benjamin con…

“Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum” (IDDF), Est. 2022 - A Biweekly Podcast with Chuck Freilich and Benjamin Anthony Episode 32 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder of the Miryam Institute. In this episode, Chuck and Benjamin c…

Episode 31 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder of the Miryam Institute. In this episode, in which Benjamin succeeds Danny Ayalon as Chuck’s interlocutor, they begin by extending their deep appreciation to Danny for his partici…

Episode 30 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the US. In this episode, Chuck and Danny talk about climate change and its impact on Israel’s national security with Galit Cohen, who was the Director Gene…

Episode 29 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny engage in an extensive back-and-forth about the impending partial agreement, or maybe just “understa…

Episode 28 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny conduct an in-depth discussion of the threats of war by Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, especially in li…

This is Episode 27 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. Chuck and Danny go in-deep on the outcome of the recent conflict in Gaza, Operation Shield & Arrow. Both agree that it didn't…

Episode 26 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Danny advocates a more forceful response to rocket attacks from Gaza, including the cautious response to the recent …

Episode 25 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this special episode, spanning the week between Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers, foll…

Episode 24 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny interview Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, one of Israel’s most prominent economists and a prominent global…

Episode 23 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny interview Avi Bell, a professor of law at Bar Ilan University and University of San Diego. Prof. Bel…

In this episode, Chuck and Danny interview Major General Yair Golan, former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Former Deputy Minister of the Economy and Member of Knesset. In a fascinating and wide-ranging interview, they cover a lot of ground, including how Israel’s adversaries perceive its domestic turmoil and its effects this has on their various calcul…

Episode 21 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny interview Elyakim Rubinstein, Israel's former deputy chief justice and former Attorney General, to d…

Episode 20 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny begin with a discussion of their shared horror over the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria …

Episode 19 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny discuss three critical issues: US-Israeli relations; Israel’s policies regarding the war in Ukraine,…

Episode 18 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode of the IDDF Podcast, Chuck and Danny discuss two very different issues; the dramatic changes that Israel’s new govern…

Episode 17 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, Chuck and Danny discuss what being pro-Israel means today and the role of AIPAC and JStreet. Although Chuck comes fr…

Episode 16 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode of the IDDF Podcast, Chuck and Danny discuss the emerging crisis in US-Israeli relations, even before the new governm…

Episode 15 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this special episode, Chuck interviews Danny about his experiences as Israel’s ambassador to the United States and what it was lik…

Episode 14 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and usually, Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. But in this episode, Benjamin Anthony, co-chair of the Miryam Institute, sits in for Danny, who lost his voice to a cold and…

Episode 13 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, Chuck and Danny discuss the outcome of Israel’s elections. Chuck is deeply concerned that the ultra right-wing sweep…

This is the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, one in a multi-part series on US-Israeli relations, Chuck and Danny discuss what the term “special relationship” actually …

This is the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, the second in a multi-part series on the US-Israel “special relationship”, Chuck and Danny discuss its three fundamental p…

The MirYam Institute presents the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) with two of the foremost experts in this area, Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli deputy national security advisor and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Israel ambassador to the US. In this episode, they discuss UK-Israeli relations following the death of Q…

This is the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this episode, Chuck and Danny are joined by an old friend and colleague, Yochanan Tzoreff, a world-leading expert on Palestinian affairs…

It's been an incredibly eventful summer in the region and Chuck and Danny are back in this Episode 8 to unravel and explain the fast-moving developments in this latest bi-weekly episode. While the guys agree on the positives of a renewed detente with Turkey, they strongly disagree over what to do with Iran and the threat of a nuclear deal. Join us …

Chuck and Danny break into their schedule of bi-weekly discussions to unpack the sudden military operation in Gaza dubbed Operation Breaking Dawn. They discuss the history of the Gaza withdrawal as both men were in senior positions back then and they explain the necessity of the operation against Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. The guys will ret…

Episode 6 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, Chuck and Danny continue the historical overview of seven critical turning points in the evolution of the US-Israel “…

Episode 5 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, Chuck and Danny continue the discussion of President Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia. Danny describes what it…

Episode 4 of the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and ambassador to Washington. In this podcast, they discuss the primary domestic and national security ramifications of Israel’s upcoming elections, and President B…

The MirYam Institute proudly presents the third episode of this new biweekly podcast on Israeli defense and diplomatic affairs – the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with two of the foremost experts in this area, Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli deputy national security advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and am…

The MirYam Institute proudly launches the second episode of a new biweekly podcast on Israeli defense and diplomatic affairs – the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with two of the foremost experts in this area, Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli deputy national security advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and amba…

The MirYam Institute proudly launches a new biweekly podcast on Israeli defense and diplomatic affairs – the Israel Defense and Diplomacy Forum (IDDF) – with two of the foremost experts in this area, Prof. Chuck Freilich, former Israeli deputy national security advisor, and Danny Ayalon, former Deputy Foreign Minister and ambassador to Washington. …