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Sivan Rahav-Meir: 'When it comes to terrorism, you can't compromise' (Re-Run)
Season 1
We return next week with a new episode of 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers. In the meantime, enjoy an earlier interview with Sivan Rahav-Meir.
Israel…
1 year, 3 months ago
Yaakov Katz: 'The Israeli military has fought in probably the most humane way possible'
Season 1 Episode 19
If you asked Yaakov Katz, the world should be lining the streets to applaud the IDF's military campaign in Gaza.
The decades-long journalist and polit…
1 year, 3 months ago
Uri Zaki: 'The war has to end in Gaza'
Season 1 Episode 18
Uri Zaki supported Israel's war against Hamas from the getgo—but the killing of six hostages and Sinwar's assassination were a turning point. Now, he…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nechumi Yaffe: 'I hate the idea that we are being killed and need to kill'
Season 1 Episode 17
As a Haredi woman of the Israeli left, Nechumi Yaffe lives between a few different worlds—and she feels at home in Israel's new "Religious Left" move…
1 year, 4 months ago
Lahav Harkov: 'We are winning'
Season 1 Episode 16
Israel's multi-front war changes by the day—but Lahav Harkov thinks Israel is winning.
A long-time journalist covering Israel's domestic and internati…
1 year, 4 months ago
Netta Barak-Corren: 'I hope that Gaza will see a day when it is no longer ruled by Hamas'
Season 1 Episode 15
Israel is facing several existential crises—at least three, by Netta Barak-Corren's account.
The legal scholar and law professor at the Hebrew Univers…
1 year, 5 months ago
Despondent, Unmoored, Hopeful: How Israeli Thinkers Feel After October 7
Season 1
How do Israeli thinkers feel after October 7?
Israelis have lived in a new reality over the last year—one haunted by the horrors of the day Hamas terr…
1 year, 5 months ago
Rivka Ravitz: 'Being separated is at the core of being Haredi'
Season 1 Episode 14
Rivka Ravitz may be a long-time Haredi political thinker, but that doesn't mean she thinks politics is always the answer.
Since her father-in-law firs…
1 year, 5 months ago
David Stav: 'Israel as a state should not be a religious state'
Season 1 Episode 13
Israel should not be a religious state, Rabbi David Stav says, and then its citizens could more freely welcome religion into their lives.
The Chief Ra…
1 year, 5 months ago
Haviv Rettig Gur: 'Hamas is upset that the death toll in Gaza isn't higher'
Season 1 Episode 12
Until Hamas is gone, Haviv Rettig Gur says, Gaza will be unable to recover after the war.
The Times of Israel journalist and political analyst has eme…
1 year, 6 months ago