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The Israel Connexion
by David Schulberg
Exploring our close links with Israel and delves into the news behind the news and aims to provide detailed analysis of important current political, social and cultural issues to do with Israel. In collaboration with experts from all walks of life, who specialise in various aspects of Israel’s political life, arts and culture you can hear in depth interviews delving into issues affecting Israel, on topics to do with Israelis and their involvements around the world.
Episodes
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Australian Friends of Sheba
Australian Friends of Sheba locally represents the Sheba Medical Centre, the 8th top hospital in the world according to Newsweek magazine. Embodying the ethos of “hope without boundaries”, Sheba compassionate care extends across the globe. The vision at Australian Friends of Sheba is to forge a...
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The Sidoti-Cox Debate
Last week a large crowd gathered at Caulfield Shule to hear Chris Sidoti, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry into Israel and the so-called Occupied Palestinian Territories going head-to-head with Dr Brian Cox, military law expert and Dr Glenn Kolomeitz moderating. There has been a huge…
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The Sidoti-Cox Debate, Australian Friends of Sheba
Last week a large crowd gathered at Caulfield Shule to hear Chris Sidoti, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry into Israel and the so-called Occupied Palestinian Territories going head-to-head with Dr Brian Cox, military law expert and Dr Glenn Kolomeitz moderating. There has been a huge…
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Remembering October 7th
This week's episode of 'The Israel Connexion' is dedicated to the victims of the Hamas massacre that was committed on Oct 7th, 2023. You will hear from a number of people, who have previously been guests on this show, expressing their thoughts and feelings about the significance of the third...
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How Propaganda Narrative Framing Works
A media professional with over 20 years of experience in international news, Leslie Kajomovitz brings a global perspective shaped by being born in the U.S., raised in Latin America, currently living in both Israel and Europe. Her background has provided her with a deep understanding of how media...
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It’s Still the Occupation, Stupid!
Dr Tony Klug has written extensively about Israeli-Palestinian issues since the early 1970s. His doctoral thesis was on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. He is a former senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and has been a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group...
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Propaganda Narratives, The Occupation
A media professional with over 20 years of experience in international news, Leslie Kajomovitz brings a global perspective shaped by being born in the U.S., raised in Latin America, currently living in both Israel and Europe. Her background has provided her with a deep understanding of how media...
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Rising, AZYC
RISING is an intimate window into a society grappling with trauma and the people rising to protect its moral compass and democratic foundations. For years people around the world have been exposed to images of war and destruction from Israel. RISING reveals the largely unseen story of more than…
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Rising: Voices of Protest and Hope
RISING is an intimate window into a society grappling with trauma and the people rising to protect its moral compass and democratic foundations. For years people around the world have been exposed to images of war and destruction from Israel. RISING reveals the largely unseen story of more than…
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Cancelled
Acclaimed director Danny Ben-Moshe turns his lens to Australia’s arts sector in Cancelled, examining the experience of Jewish creatives following October 7. With urgency and compassion, the film follows musician Deborah Conway, visual artist Nina Sanadze, writer Joshua Dabelstein and circus…
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Battles over International Law
Dr Glenn Kolomeitz is an international law consultant and defence analyst with recent experience in Ukraine investigating Russian targeting patterns for a UK-based opensource intelligence firm and advising units of Ukraine’s International Legion. He has researched targeting and the application of...
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Natasha Hausdorff - Barrister and International Lawyer
British barrister and international lawyer Natasha Hausdorff has just headlined the 2026 JNF Annual Campaign, speaking in Sydney on September 1, Melbourne on September 3 and Perth on September 6. The campaign was held under the theme “For a Stronger Israel. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.” Hausdorff…
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Cancelled, Weaponisation of International Law
British barrister and international lawyer Natasha Hausdorff has just headlined the 2026 JNF Annual Campaign, speaking in Sydney on September 1, Melbourne on September 3 and Perth on September 6. The campaign was held under the theme “For a Stronger Israel. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.” Hausdorff…
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Israeli Settler provocations, More Anti-Semantism, anti-Israel SBS
Jewish violence in the West Bank is increasingly raising questions not only about Palestinian safety, but about Israel’s own security, the authority of the IDF and the risk of wider escalation. Where does extremist violence end and a broader security threat begin, and can Israel contain it? Maj....
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An Israeli At Heart
Levy Schneider was born and grew up in Israel to Holocaust survivors. He served in the IDF as an officer and studied Practical Engineering of Electronics. He combined his love of agriculture and technology at Motorola where he specialised in computerised irrigation and digital farming. After...
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Anti-Semantism, An Israeli Perspective
Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, D.Phil. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Cambridge), is listed among Australia's top 30 Living Legends of Research (2024) by The Australian newspaper. In 2023 he was awarded the Rubinlicht Prize for his outstanding contribution to Yiddish scholarship. Appointed Massada Fellow at...
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Jerusalem Youth Orchestra East & West, Antisemitic Amnesty International
Some further remarks following the debate last week between Chris Sidoti, UN Commission of Inquiry member, and Dr Brian Cox, military law specialist that dealt with the contention in the UN COI report that Israel has been deliberately targeting Palestinian children. Despite the blatant rise in...
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The Complete Sidoti v Cox Debate
𝔸 𝔻𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕎𝕠𝕟'𝕥 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝔼𝕝𝕤𝕖 A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council claims Israel has deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, declaring that "the essence of childhood has been destroyed."Many media outlets have repeated the allegations…
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The Sidoti v Cox Debate
𝔸 𝔻𝕖𝕓𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕎𝕠𝕟'𝕥 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝔼𝕝𝕤𝕖 A report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council claims Israel has deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, declaring that "the essence of childhood has been destroyed."Many media outlets have repeated the allegations…
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Eco-Peace Middle East - full interview with Gidon Bromberg
Gidon Bromberg is the cofounder and 25+ year Israel Director of EcoPeace Middle East. Gidon has written extensively on the relationship between water issues and Middle East peace and has presented before the UN Security Council, UN Climate Summit, US Congress, European Parliament and other...
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Eco-Peace Middle East
Gidon Bromberg is the cofounder and 25+ year Israel Director of EcoPeace Middle East. Gidon has written extensively on the relationship between water issues and Middle East peace and has presented before the UN Security Council, UN Climate Summit, US Congress, European Parliament and other...
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Public Broadcasters Escape Scrutiny
Augustine Zycher is a Strategic Communications Consultant, director of PresentationStrategies.com.au, director and editor at WomanGoingPlaces.com.au advocating for Australian women 50+, journalist, speechwriter and documentary film-maker. According to Augustine of the greatest concern is the…
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Royal Commission Failings
Augustine Zycher is a Strategic Communications Consultant, director of PresentationStrategies.com.au, director and editor at WomanGoingPlaces.com.au advocating for Australian women 50+, journalist, speechwriter and documentary film-maker. According to Augustine of the greatest concern is the…
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Arab Zionist, Jewish Creative
Rawan Osman is a Syrian-born German activist, writer, public speaker, and content creator focused on advancing Arab–Israeli normalisation and confronting antisemitism in the Arab and Western world. In 2026, she received the Moral Courage Award at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in recognition of her...
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Israel and Tisha B'Av
Stephen M. Flatow is the president of the Religious Zionists of America- Mizrachi (not affiliated with any Israeli or American political party) and the father of Alisa Flatow who was murdered by Iranian sponsored Palestinian terrorists in April 1995. He is the author of "A Father's Story: My…
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Israel's Future at Stake
Brig. Gen (Res) Amir Avivi has been the mainstay of the Israel’s Defense and Security Forum (IDSF) briefings. At the beginning of June at one of the briefings, he announced that he is stepping down from his position as chairman of IDSF in order to pursue a position in the next government. Amir...
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Terror Threat in Australia
Dr Anthony Bergin, Senior Research Fellow at the National Security College and senior analyst at ASPI, has a background in political science, law, and international relations. With 25 years in military education, he led the Australian Defence Studies Centre and taught at ANU and the University of...
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Terror Threats, Israel's Future
Dr Anthony Bergin, Senior Research Fellow at the National Security College and senior analyst at ASPI, has a background in political science, law, and international relations. With 25 years in military education, he led the Australian Defence Studies Centre and taught at ANU and the University of...
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Inside the Middle East
Avi Melamed is the founder and CEO of Inside The Middle East | Intelligence Perspectives [ITME] and he says to understand Israel, we must understand the whole Middle East. Avi brings to the table apolitical Middle East education, intelligence-based frameworks for critical thinking and media...
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Across the Middle East, NGOs lacking accountability
Avi Melamed is the founder and CEO of Inside The Middle East | Intelligence Perspectives [ITME] and he says to understand Israel, we must understand the whole Middle East. Avi brings to the table apolitical Middle East education, intelligence-based frameworks for critical thinking and media...
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Butcher's Stain, Royal Commission, Jewish-Arab Party
I spoke with Meyer Levinson-Blount, who directed the film Butcher's Stain, which won a Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards. Additionally, the short film earned a nomination for Best Live Action Short at the 2026 Academy Awards. The 26-minute film was created…
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Israeli Real Estate Information Event
Gidon Katz, an expert in marketing Israeli real estate to the global Jewish community for close to three decades, and I met up with him at an informational event that took place at Caulfield Shule in Melbourne earlier this year. Support the show: https://www.j-air.com.au/get-involved/membership/...
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ABC and SBS under the spotlight
I spoke with Kate Mannix and Julie Szego about how our public broadcasters have caused much angst for our Jewish community and discussed how the ABC and SBS must bear some responsibility for fuelling antisemitism in Australia by their slanted coverage from Israel-Palestine in particular. Kate...
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Biased Public Broadcasting, Israeli Real Estate
I spoke with Kate Mannix and Julie Szego about how our public broadcasters have caused much angst for our Jewish community and discussed how the ABC and SBS must bear some responsibility for fuelling antisemitism in Australia by their slanted coverage from Israel-Palestine in particular. Kate...
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The Genocide Libel
Jeff Sparrow is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. He has written an article titled 'How to Sell a Genocide exposes the double standards of reporting on Gaza' and to discuss it I have invited Professor Timothy Lynch, professor of American...
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The Genocide Libel, EU ganging up on Israel
Jeff Sparrow is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. He has written an article titled 'How to Sell a Genocide exposes the double standards of reporting on Gaza' and to discuss it I have invited Professor Timothy Lynch, professor of American...
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Dealing with Antisemitism
The ADL's Deputy National Director Kenneth Jacobson considers how to best tackle antisemitism by examining what Israel is doing to improve the condition of Jews around the world, and what should it be doing differently. He has written that Israel should avoid using antisemitism as political tool...
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Iran in Control, Antisemitism as a Political Tool?
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz is an experienced marketing communications professional and a published columnist. The views are his own. The facts are everybody's. Click to read Letters from the Homeland by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, a substack publication. Nissan joins me in providing a historical sketch about...
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Israel's Brain Drain, Elections Psychology, Israel vs Hezbollah
Itai Ater is a Professor of Economics at the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University, a Research Fellow at CEPR, and head of the Israeli Economists’ Forum for Democracy. He holds undergraduate degrees in law and economics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD in economics from...
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Israeli Arab Issues
Mohammad Darawashe leads Givat Haviva’s strategic development with empathy, innovation, and a lifelong dedication to advancing an equal and shared society in Israel. Currently pursuing a Ph.D., he holds a Master’s in Conflict and Peace Studies from the University of Haifa and a Bachelor’s in...
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Gaza Flotilla Fallout, Israeli Arab Society
Eleven Australians took part in the Gaza flotilla charade and following Ben-Gvir's appalling behaviour dealing with the detainees in Israel the story grew horns. Avi Abelow who calls himself the Pulse of Israel wrote about the outfall from the Gaza flotilla with an illuminating perspective. "The...
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B'Tsalmo
Shamai Glick has come from the high-tech sector. In recent years, he has served as the CEO of the B'Tsalmo. He has led the struggle against "terror culture" and inspired the closure of the Al-Meydan Theater, the Barbour Gallery, and the Negev Coexistence Forum, when he argued that they spread...
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Israeli Narratives
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz is an experienced marketing communications professional and a published columnist. The views are his own. The facts are everybody's. Click to read Letters from the Homeland by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, a substack publication. (0:31-31:08) Shamai Glick has come from the high-tech...
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Two International Lawyers in conversation
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is an Israeli attorney, human rights activist, and the founder of the civil rights organization Shurat HaDin – Israeli Law Center. She has been at the forefront of defending Israel’s interests on the global legal stage. She has spearheaded efforts to counteract campaigns...
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Australian Zionist Healthcare Alliance, The Iran-US Tussle
The Australian Zionist Healthcare Alliance (AZHA) is a specialized advocacy organization launched in October 2025 to combat rising antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and harassment within Australia's healthcare sector. AZHA supports Zionist healthcare professionals, students, and patients, addressing...
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Israel's Ring of Fire, Project A
Dr Andrew Thomas is a lecturer in International Relations and Middle East Studies at Deakin University specialising in Middle East politics and non-Western international relations theory. We will discuss Israel's war in Lebanon, the state of play with Iran, the stalemate in Gaza and take a look…
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Settler Colonialism
In early March an event ‘Settler colonialism’: What it can tell us about the conflict in Israel/Palestine took place in Adelaide. Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, was in conversation with Henry Reynolds, a historian of frontier violence in...
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Israel Strategically
Dr Martin Sherman spent seven years in operational capacities in the Israeli defence establishment. He is the founder of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a member of the Habithonistim-Israel Defense & Security Forum (IDSF) research team and a participant in the Israel Victory...
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Israel's Ambassador Speaks, Coping with the War
Israel's new ambassador to Australia Dr Hillel Newman has hit the ground running and seems determined to give the Australia-Israel relationship a fillip. Today he addressed the National Press Club in Canberra much to the consternation of the Greens and their anti-Israel allies. (0:32-31:00)…
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The Arab Case for Israel
ASMEA and SPME held the webinar "The Arab Case for Israel" that was led by Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD). He is the author of the book The Arab Case for Israel. He champions immediate, unconditional, and comprehensive peace between...
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Exploring our close links with Israel and delves into the news behind the news and aims to provide detailed analysis of important current political, social and cultural issues to do with Israel. In collaboration with experts from all walks of life, who specialise in various aspects of Israel’s political life, arts and culture you can hear in depth interviews delving into issues affecting Israel, on topics to do with Israelis and their involvements around the world.
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David Schulberg
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