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Back to SearchISRAEL’S PREEMPTIVE STRIKE, HOSTAGE RESCUED FROM GAZA & JUDEA & SAMARIA HEAT UP
Season 5 Episode 28
In this episode, Yaakov and I debate the outcome of Israel’s preemptive strike against Hezbollah and the strategic and operational posture of the IDF…
2 years ago
PART 2/2: JOHN SPENCER, CHAIR OF URBAN WARFARE STUDIES AT WEST POINT
Season 5 Episode 27
In part two of my conversation with John Spencer, I ask him whether he believes that the global criticism against the actions of the IDF is the resul…
2 years ago
PART 1/2: JOHN SPENCER, CHAIR OF URBAN WARFARE STUDIES AT WEST POINT
Season 5 Episode 27
This episode features my in-person conversation with John Spencer, the Chair Of Urban Warfare Studies at the United States Military Academy at West P…
2 years, 1 month ago
THE IDF RETURNS TO KHAN YUNIS, EGYPT SHOULD ABSORB THE GAZANS, IRANIAN PLANS TO ATTACK ISRAEL WHILE COZYING UP TO RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIFICATION OF BRITAIN?
Season 5 Episode 26
In this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, in-house analyst at The MirYam Institute. We delve into the IDF's reutrn to Khan Yunis, …
2 years, 1 month ago
BENJAMIN IN CONVERSATION: with Col. Frank Sobchak (Ret.) on Hamas' Open Source intel used on October 7th, teaching for the MirYam Institute in wartime Israel, man's search for purpose and fallout from recent targeted assassinations
Season 5 Episode 25
In this episode, I’m joined by Frank Sobchak (PhD), a retired Colonel with 26 years of military service that included leading Special Forces teams an…
2 years, 1 month ago
BENJAMIN IN CONVERSATION: with Col. Dave, US Army Colonel and educator on visiting Nazi death camps and the collaboration of US Military Colleges with the MirYam Institute
Season 5 Episode 24
Every year, The MirYam Institute brings delegations of current and future military officers to Poland and then directly on to Israel for a 12 day tou…
2 years, 1 month ago
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: BIBI SPEAKS TO CONGRESS, WANING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN CONGRESS, THE NEW STATE SOLUTION AND RECOVERING ISRAEL'S DEAD FROM GAZA
Season 5 Episode 23
In this episode, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin to take a candid look at PM Netanyahu's address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, with a particul…
2 years, 1 month ago
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, LATEST HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE STATE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE
Season 5 Episode 22
In this episode, Benjamin and Yaakov discuss the attempted assassinations of Muhammad Deif and - in a completely different scenario - Republican nomi…
2 years, 1 month ago
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: IDF KIBBUTZ BE'ERI PROBE FINDINGS RELEASED, DEFENSE MINISTER AND PRIME MINISTER AT ODDS, TACKLING HEZBOLLAH AND THE DAY AFTER IN GAZA
Season 5 Episode 21
In this episode, recorded on July 11th 2024, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute.
He and I discuss the just release…
2 years, 2 months ago
9 ISRAELIS Vs. 80 TERRORISTS, CIVIL RAPID RESPONSE UNIT HERO RECALLS OCTOBER 7TH SHOWDOWN WITH HAMAS
Season 5 Episode 20
In this episode, I interview Oren Shalom, a retired Sgt. in the IDF who used his background in the elite counter-terror force Duvdevan to establish c…
2 years, 2 months ago