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Episode 32: Hunger and the Gaza war
Episode 32
There is now hunger in Gaza, widespread and dangerous. It's less dire than Western media claims, but could reach those proportions if it isn't revers…
1 year ago
Episode 31: The century-old harbinger of October 7, a conversation with Yardena Schwartz
Episode 31
Welcome to a special episode of Ask Haviv Anything. This episode was a live conversation with author Yardena Schwartz taped last week at Martha's Vin…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 30: How the Middle East broke, a conversation with Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Episode 30
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour was born and raised in Egypt before fleeing to the United States and dedicating his life to understanding how the Arab world…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 29: After the Druze massacre, can Israel make peace with Joulani? A conversation with Druze activist Rania Fadel Dean
Episode 29
The clashes in Sweida in southern Syria this week focused world attention on the plight of the Druze and questions about the nature of the new Syrian…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 28: The Gaza Paradox
Episode 28
As hostage talks seem stalled and the war grinds on into its 22nd month, doubts about Netanyahu’s strategy and intentions have become ubiquitous.
Neta…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 27: Music amidst trauma - a conversation on life in a war with Aya Korem and Adam Ben Amitai
Episode 27
There are many ways to process and manage painful and difficult times. After the massacre of October 7 and the multi-front war that ensued, many Isra…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 26: How Iran’s regime subverted Shia Islam - with Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Episode 26
The Iranian regime has long claimed to be the bearers of Shia Islam's vision of messianic redemption. The Supreme Leader, who ruled under regime foun…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 25: What is happening in Gaza?
Episode 25
A bombshell Haaretz report last Friday concluded that IDF soldiers were responsible for a great many of the deaths of Gazan civilians outside aid dis…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 24: With Iran down, Turkey steps into the breach - a conversation with Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak.
Episode 24
(Update: audio issues corrected)
Turkey was the first Muslim country to recognize Israel. I was an ally and vital trading partner for decades -- until…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 23: Iran bows out
Episode 23
There's now a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Who won the war? And what happens now?
We offer some preliminary conclusions as the dust settles.
This…
1 year, 2 months ago