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BICOM's Podcast — 316 episodes

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Episode 311 | Turkey’s neo-Ottoman ambitions and its implications for Israel

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Episode 310 | Netanyahu, Britain and Israel’s changing regional order

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Episode 309 | Israeli, US, and Iranian strategic considerations

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Episode 308 | The regional picture after the NATO summit

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Episode 307 | Lebanon, Iran and the future of US-Israel relations

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Episode 306 | Has Iran won the negotiation after losing the battle?

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Episode 305 | Initial reaction to the US-Iran ceasefire

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Episode 304 | The story of Black Jews in Israel

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Episode 303 | Tactical lessons and political consequences of war with Hezbollah

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Episode 302 | Can Trump stop Iran’s nuclear programme?

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Episode 301 | Inside the Israel-Lebanon peace process

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Episode 300 | Egypt’s regional posture

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Episode 299 | Palestinian politics in search for new leadership

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Episode 298 | Two fragile ceasefires

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Episode 297 | Assessing the ceasefire from Washington

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Episode 296 | Assessing the changing regional dynamics

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Episode 295 | The War with Iran from the Gulf perspective

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Episode 294 | Strategic choices in the War with Iran

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Episode 293 | Understanding Iran’s resilience

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Episode 292 | Inside Iran’s war strategy with a Mossad veteran

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Episode 291 | How US special operations support the Kurds

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Episode 290 | Israel moves against Hezbollah

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Episode 289 | War with Iran: Day 4 Intelligence Update

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Episode 288 | Assessing the threat from Iraqi militias and the Houthis

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Episode 287 | Egypt’s approach to Gaza

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Episode 286 | Oman: The Gulf’s window to Iran

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Episode 285 | Turkey’s regional game

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Episode 284 | Bahrain: between Iran and the Abraham Accords

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Episode 283 | Inside the Jewish Century

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Episode 282 | Approaching elections with the Israeli right

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Episode 281 | Trump’s year in the Middle East

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Episode 280 | Countering AI misinformation

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Episode 279 | Will the ceasefire with Hezbollah hold?

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Episode 278 | Inside Israeli diplomacy at the UN

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Episode 277 | Iran. What next?

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Episode 276 | Saudi perspective on normalisation

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Episode 275 | Inside Iran’s IRGC shadow network

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Episode 274 | Behind the scenes of the Abraham Accords

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Episode 273 | Exploring phase two of the Trump plan

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Episode 272 | Surviving October 7 at the Nova Festival

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Episode 271 | Hezbollah one year after Operation Northern Arrows

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Episode 270 | How Hamas surprised Israel on October 7

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Episode 269 | How Israel is reshaping the Middle East

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Episode 268 | Reflections on unilateral recognition

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Episode 267 | A British assessment of Israeli military strategy and doctrine

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Episode 266 | An Israeli journalist visits Yemen

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Episode 265 | The Druze under attack

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Episode 264 | What’s next for Iran’s proxies

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Episode 263 | Crunch time in Gaza

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Episode 262 | Where are we in the war in Gaza?

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Episode 261 | International Law in the Gaza War

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Episode 260 | Assessing Iran’s nuclear and missile losses

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Episode 259 | Behind the strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme

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Episode 258 | Yemen and the Houthis

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Episode 257 | An assessment of the UK–Israel relations

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Episode 256 | Meet the Pope’s Angel of Peace

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Episode 255 | Navigating the Iran nuclear talks

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Episode 254 | The Kurdish geopolitical struggle

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Episode 253 | Qatar and the rise of antisemitism in academia

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Episode 252 | Bridging Divides in the Middle East

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Episode 251 | Ben Gurion University of the Negev

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Episode 250 | Palestinian prisoners

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Episode 249 | Trump's plans for the region

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Episode 248 | Surviving a suicide bus bombing

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Episode 247 | Implementing the Gaza Ceasefire

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Episode 246 | Israel, Palestinians & the international arena

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Episode 245 | A view from the Knesset

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Episode 244 | Regional roundup

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Episode 243 | Iran, its politics, and its regional influence

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Episode 242 | Facing the charges of the ICC

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Episode 241 | Trump and the Middle East

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Episode 240 | Israeli – Jordanian relations

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Episode 239 | Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

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Episode 238 | Insight into Lebanon

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Episode 237 | Four Years of the Abraham Accords

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Episode 236 | Iran's pending strike on Israel?

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Episode 235 | Netanyahu in the US

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Episode 234 | Israel-Egypt Relations

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Episode 233 | Escalation from Lebanon

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Episode 232 | What's next in Rafah?

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Episode 231 | Understanding Hamas

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Episode 230 | Aid in the Gaza Strip

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Episode 229 | Insight into Palestinian Affairs

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Episode 228 | Understanding Qatar

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Episode 227 | US Middle East Policy

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Episode 226 | Gaza’s water and energy

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Episode 225 | Who are the Houthis?

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Episode 224 | Hezbollah and Israel’s northern border

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Episode 223| The Military and DiplomaticTimetables

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Episode 222 | The Arab-Israeli experience since October 7th

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Episode 221 | Iranian Regional Aggression

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Episode 220 | Israel’s Commitment to International Law

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Episode 219 | Briefing with Efraim Halevy

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Episode 218 | Israel’s War Aims

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Episode 217 | Regional Attitudes to Israel and Hamas

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Episode 216 | A US Perspective on Israel-Saudi Normalisation

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Episode 215 | Israel-Saudi Normalisation? A View From The Gulf

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Episode 214 | Judicial Reform - What Comes Next? (Part Two)

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Episode 213 | Judicial Reform - What Comes Next? (Part One)

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Episode 212 | Israel’s energy strategy and regional co-operation

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Episode 211 | London protest against Iran

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Episode 210 | Assessing Operation House and Garden

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Episode 209 | Russia-Ukraine, and Israel’s regional ties

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Episode 208 | Inside the Protest Movement

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Episode 207 | The Great Arab Revolt and its Modern Legacy

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Episode 206 | Budget, Draft Bill, and Judicial Reform: A Political Update

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Episode 205 | Operation Shield and Arrow

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Episode 204 | Post Ramadan Regional Update

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Episode 203 | Ehud Yaari

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Episode 202 | The Iran-Saudi deal and the Middle East

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Episode 201 | Understanding Hezbollah

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Episode 200 | Violence in the West Bank

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Episode 199 | The State of Iran

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Episode 198 | Unpacking Proposed Reforms to Israel’s Judicial System

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Episode 197 | What does Israel’s political future look like?

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Episode 196 | Now the new government’s here, what’s next for Israel?

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Episode 195 | Between Russia and Iran

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Episode 194 | The National Religious Vote

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Episode 193 | Judicial Reform

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Episode 192 | Chewing over the election results

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Episode 191| Agreement in the Med, friction in the West Bank

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Episode 190 | King Charles & Israel

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Episode 189 | The Israel – Lebanon maritime border

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Episode 188 | How parties elect their leaders in Israel

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Episode 187 | Biden’s visit to the Middle East: A View from the Gulf

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Episode 186 | Necessity or strategic shift? Biden prepares for trip to Middle East

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Episode 185 | What happens after the Knesset dissolves itself?

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Episode 184 | Pipelines vs. Interconnectors: Israel and the EU energy relationship

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Episode 183 | Understanding decision-making in the Palestinian arenas

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Episode 182 | Understanding the security context around Shireen Abu Aqla’s death

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Episode 181 | Iran’s regional and nuclear activity

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Episode 180 | An assessment of US-Israel relations

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Easter/Pesach 2022 Special | Political and security tension ahead of Easter

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Episode 179 | Israel’s security horizon with Yossi Melman

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Episode 178 | Terror in Israel

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Matti Friedman in discussion with Calev Ben-Dor

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Episode 177 | A US perspective on the Middle East

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Episode 176 | JCPOA Endgame?

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Episode 175 | Analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian War

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Episode 174 | From Ukraine to Vienna to Bahrain

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Episode 173 | Exploring the UK-Israel trade talks

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Episode 172 | The Arab citizens of Israel

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Episode 171 | The rift in the US negotiating team in Vienna and Bibi’s plea bargain

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Episode 170 | What’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah and East Jerusalem

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Episode 169 | Recapping the Christmas break

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Episode 168 | From Vienna to Tehran

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Episode 167 | Understanding Iran with a former IDF intelligence officer

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Episode 166 | Will Iran and the US return to the JCPOA nuclear deal?

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Episode 165 | What next for the government after passing the budget?

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Episode 164 | Harnessing Israeli technology to tackle climate change

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Episode 163 | Combating gang crime and violence in the Arab sector

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Episode 162 | The Conservative Party and Israel

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Episode 161 | BICOM in Dubai

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Episode 160 | The Labour Party and Israel

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Episode 159 | The Abraham Accords one year on

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Episode 158 | What does the withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for the US role in Middle East?

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Episode 157 | Bennett goes to Washington

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Episode 156 | Tensions on Israel’s northern border

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Episode 155 | Gil Troy reflects on Ben & Jerry's and Lapid's antisemitism agenda

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Episode 154 | A scorecard of the government's first five weeks in office

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Episode 153 | The future of the JCPOA and Iran under President Raisi

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Episode 152 | An Israeli journalist in London

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Episode 151 | Understanding Biden's approach to the Middle East with Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer

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Episode 150 | Iran and the JCPOA, a view from Israel

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Episode 149 | Israel's new government, what now?

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Episode 148 | Making sense of the new coalition government

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Episode 147 | The Gaza aftermath: what next for Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority

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Episode 146 | Debating UK policy on Israel, Iran and the Middle East

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BICOM Webinar | Escalation on the Gaza border

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Episode 145 | The future of Israel without Netanyahu?

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Episode 144 | What next for Palestinian politics after Abbas postpones elections?

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Episode 143 | The Future of the JCPOA and What Next For Israel

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Episode 142 | Breaking Israel's political deadlock

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Episode 141 | Trouble in the Jordanian Royal Family?

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Episode 140 | Another stalemate elections in Israel?

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Episode 139 | Will anyone beat Bibi?

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Episode 138 | What to expect in Israel's 4th election

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Episode 137 | Understanding the JCPOA and the nuclear issue from inside Iran

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Episode 136 | Yamina's perspective on the upcoming elections

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Episode 135 | Israeli public opinion

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A view of the elections from inside the Joint List

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Episode 133 | How the New Hope party views Israel’s election

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Episode 132 | Yesh Atid’s perspective on Israel’s election

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Episode 131 | The Likud perspective on Israel’s upcoming election

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Episode 130 | Israel enters another election cycle

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Episode 129 | In conversation with Britain’s Ambassador to Israel

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Episode 128 | Will Saudi Arabia make peace with Israel?

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Episode 127 | Biden and domestic Israeli politics

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Episode 126 | Exploring the Abraham Accords

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Episode 125 | Trump’s last 70 days

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Episode 124 | What Israel and Iran should expect from a Biden administration?

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Episode 123 | Trump vs Biden in the Middle East

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Episode 122 | Politics in the Knesset under Corona

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Episode 121 | How long will the government survive?

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Episode 120 | The Four Camps in 2020 with Israel’s Former Deputy National Security Adviser

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Episode 119 | The EU's role in the Israeli-Arab conflict

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Episode 118 | A Historic Day in Washington

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Episode 117 | Beyond Normalisation: Regional Cooperation

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Episode 116 | The Israel-UAE Business Council

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Special Edition | The significance of Israeli ties with the UAE

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Special Edition | Israel and the UAE: how did we get here?

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Episode 115 | The budget crisis in Israel: where next?

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Episode 114 | The Beirut Blast

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Episode 113 | What is Hezbollah doing?

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Episode 112 | Labour, Europe and Israel: Where next?

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Episode 111 | The economic cost of the coronavirus

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Episode 110 | Natanz and the impending nuclear crisis

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Episode 109 | The Palestinian reaction to annexation

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Episode 108 | Keeping the UN's arms embargo on Iran

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Episode 107 | Assessing Israel’s government one month in

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Episode 106 | Lessons learned from East Jerusalem

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Episode 105 | The law and annexation

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Episode 104 | The price of annexation

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Episode 103 | Abbas's threats

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Episode 102 | Six hours in Israel

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Episode 101 | Bibi is given the "go head" by Supreme Court

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Episode 100 | Over to you, Supreme Court

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Episode 99 | Unpacking the Netanyahu-Gantz agreement

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Episode 98 | The IDF's role in fighting COVID-19

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Episode 97 | Gantz gave up, Bibi won, what happens next?

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Episode 96 | Coronavirus and Constitutional Crisis

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Episode 95 | Can Gantz form a minority government?

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Episode 94 | David Ben Gurion: A State at Any Cost

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Episode 93 | No one won, again

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Episode 92 | Ballots and rockets

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Episode 91 | Election endgame

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Episode 90 | We need to talk about the Israeli economy

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Episode 89 | Red Sea Spies

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Episode 88 | Will a third election break the deadlock?

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Episode 87 | Was the US plan a victory for Netanyahu?

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Episode 86 | The US plan is coming

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Episode 85 | The Israeli Ambassador explains why bilateral trade is booming

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Episode 84 | Has Iran really stood down?

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Episode 83 | Soleimani is dead, what happens now?

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Episode 82 | The Middle East in 2020

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Episode 81 | Israel’s election addiction

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Episode 80 | What do the British public think about Israel?

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Episode 79 | Netanyahu indicted, what happens now?

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Episode 78 | The US says settlements aren’t illegal, what happens now?

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Episode 77 | What will Palestinian Islamic Jihad do next?

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Episode 76 | China's expanding role in the Middle East

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Episode 75 | Upheaval in Lebanon and Iraq, deadlock in Israeli coalition talks

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Episode 74 | Can ISIS return?

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Episode 73 | Turkish invasion forces rethink in Israel

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Episode 72 | Why is Turkey invading Syria?

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Episode 71 | Israel’s campaign between the wars

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Episode 70 | Gantz plays it calm as Bibi feels the heat

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Episode 69 | Is it really bye bye Bibi?

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Episode 68 | The election endgame

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Episode 67 | Israel's battle with Iran

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Episode 66 | What will Hezbollah do next?

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Episode 65 | Israeli polls point to stalemate

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Episode 64 | Why did Israel bomb Iraq?

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Episode 63 | What does Boris think about the Middle East?

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Episode 62 | Bibi beats Ben-Gurion

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Episode 61 | How to deter Iran

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Episode 60 | Israel’s election race heats up and Iran breaks the nuclear deal

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Episode 59 | Mañana in Manama

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Episode 58 | Lieberman the kingmaker?

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Episode 57 | The Iran edition

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Episode 56 | What will happen if the PA goes bust?

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Episode 55 | We can’t quite believe it, but there’s going to be another Israeli election...

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Episode 54 | Bibi’s immunity mission

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Episode 53 | Exclusive interview with David Quarrey, UK Ambassador to Israel

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Episode 52 | Will Israel invade Gaza?

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Episode 51 | The PA is running out of money – what happens next?

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Episode 50 | How did Bibi win, how divided is Israeli society and will there be a US peace plan?

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Episode 49 | Bibi won, what does it mean and what happens next?

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Episode 48 | A pollster's take on the Israeli election

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Episode 47 | What Next in Gaza?

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Episode 46 | Gantz’s golden opportunity

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Episode 45 | Has the Blue and White ‘bubble’ Burst?

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Episode 44 | Bibi’s criminal process

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Episode 43 | Will a UK ban hurt Hezbollah?

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Episode 42 | Israeli elections special – What are the Israeli public thinking? An interview with polling expert Dahlia Scheindlin

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Episode 41 | The emerging threat of Hezbollah’s precision missiles

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Episode 40 | Who won the Likud Primary and what did Gantz really say about Gaza withdrawal?

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Episode 39 | Gantz speaks

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Episode 38 | Israel’s war with Iran enters a new phase

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Episode 37 | The IDF has a new Chief of Staff

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Episode 36 | Does the US have a Middle East policy?

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Episode 35 | Splits, mergers and indictments

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Episode 34 | Israeli Elections

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Episode 33 | The Middle East in 2019

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Episode 32 | Terror returns to the West Bank

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Episode 31 | Hezbollah tunnels into Israel

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Episode 30 | British Middle East Strategy after Brexit

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Episode 29 | The Israeli coalition survives and Jeremy Hunt’s shuttle diplomacy

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Episode 28 | Gaza Attacks, Lieberman Resigns

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Episode 27 | US sanctions on Iran

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Episode 26 | All politics is local

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Episode 25 | Bibi hits the campaign trail

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Episode 24 | The future of Israeli tech

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Why is the UK about to ban Hezbollah? | Episode 23

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The Gaza enigma – Hamas talks about a truce but intensifies border | Episode 22

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Russia sells S-300 to Syria, is the IDF prepared for war? | Episode 21

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Syria shot down a Russian plane | Episode 20

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The Palestinian refugee problem | Episode 19

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Election fever in Israel | Episode 18

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Episode 17 | Deal or no deal – Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks and the path to a wider agreement, a conversation with Gershon Baskin

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Episode 16 | Israel’s Nation-State Law – Legal consequences and election fever

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#15 Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Israel’s Nation State Law – background and impact

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | How a war in Gaza can be avoided

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Putin-Bibi summit, Southern Syria and the unlikely stability of Israel’s Government – compared to the UK

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | The future in Southern Syria and developments in Khan al-Ahmar

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Prince William's historic Royal visit

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Flying firebombs, Royal visit and the US peace plan

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Transform or bust? Implications of the Saudi revolution

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Netanyahu's European Tour and the Gaza Border

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Ceasefire in Gaza? Too soon to tell...

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | What next on the Gaza border?

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Violence on the Gaza border

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Netanyahu's Iran Nuclear Exposé

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Israel, the Iran Deal and Gaza

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Violence and protests on the Gaza border

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Hadiyun: BICOM's Podcast | Air-strikes in Syria, featuring Eran Lerman