On Israel with Ben Caspit, an Al-Monitor podcast
Ben Caspit, an Israel correspondent for Al-Monitor, brings you weekly interviews with newsmakers and officials to discuss the latest news in Israel. Ben is no stranger to broadcast, hosting a daily radio show from Tel Aviv and frequently appearing on television and radio programs. Caspit is one of Israel’s most in-demand journalists and his columns – deeply sourced and vividly written -- are must reads for his take on the latest political developments. His most recent book is The Netanyahu Years, chronicling his reporting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) ever since he came to power in 1997.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Drone expert Col. Ofer Haruvi: UAVs to revolutionize future battlefield
Ben Caspit hosts this week Col. (res.) Ofer Haruvi. After 20 years as a pilot in Israel’s air force, Haruvi co-founded FlightOps, a startup which develops operation systems for drones. Haruvi argues …
00:34:46 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
Ambassador Liel: Zelenskyy’s Knesset speech exposes gaps in perception over the conflict
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Dr. Alon Liel, former Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry and former Israeli ambassador to Ankara. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy just finished add…
00:37:19 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Former Knesset member Svetlova: Israel must be on right side of history on Ukraine
Ben Caspit hosts this week former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova, who grew up in Russia and later made Israel her home. Noting that she still feels shock at the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Svetlova …
00:38:16 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
High-tech investor Erel Margalit: Despite interests in Syria, Israel must stand with Ukraine, US
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Israel's most prominent high-tech entrepreneur, former Knesset member Erel Margalit. Reacting on the current Ukraine crisis, Margalit warns that the dictatorial camp …
00:39:49 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Consul General Yaki Dayan: Israel should take clear position on Ukraine
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Yaki Dayan, Israel’s former Consul General in Los Angeles and an expert on Israel-US relations. Dayan comments on reports about Prime Minister Naftali Bennett talking…
00:33:39 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Mideast researcher Jonathan Halevi: Israeli-Islamist movement guided by pragmatism, religion
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan D. Halevi, who currently serves as senior Middle East researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Commenting on the unprecedented …
00:37:55 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Police use of Pegasus endangers Israel’s democracy, says communication expert Anat Ben David
Ben Caspit hosts this week Anat Ben David, a specialist in communication and professor at the Open University of Israel. Talking about the internal-Israel Pegasus scandal, Ben David says that "cyber-…
00:38:53 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Security expert Assaf Orion: Israel becoming important security asset for Gulf allies
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Brig. Gen. (res.) Assaf Orion. The senior research fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) explains that the US is not responding strongly t…
00:39:36 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
Former Minister Ephraim Sneh warns Israeli, Palestinian extremists generating ethnic conflict
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Gen. (ret.) Ephraim Sneh, a geopolitical expert and former minister. While the current government did change some of its approach to the Palestinians, it is not reall…
00:42:34 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Attorney Amit Becher: Netanyahu must decide this week on plea bargain
Ben Caspit speaks this week with veteran attorney Amit Becher about the possibility of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing a plea bargain in order to escape prison time. The chairman of …
00:36:24 |
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Peace-maker Yossi Beilin: Israeli government clear on refusing to meet Palestinian side
Ben Caspit speaks this week with former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, who was one of the main architects of the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians. Beilin is pessimistic about the government of Prim…
00:45:07 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Tel Aviv media chief says city is ‘the New York of Israel’
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Eytan Schwartz, who heads the Tel Aviv Municipality Media and Communications Department. Schwartz and his colleagues at the municipality dissociate themselves from th…
00:38:56 |
Mon 03 Jan 2022
General Kuperwasser: Israel must hope for the collapse of Vienna Iran talks
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, currently the director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center. Kuperwasser, who previously h…
00:35:10 |
Mon 27 Dec 2021
Israeli journalist Barak Ravid tells how the Abraham Accords came about
Ben Caspit hosts this week on his podcast Israeli diplomatic correspondent Barak Ravid of Channel 13 News and Axios. Ravid just published his first book, which is about the Trump and Netanyahu era an…
00:40:30 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Former Israeli national security adviser: US is playing into Iran’s hands in Vienna
On his podcast this week, Ben Caspit hosts Brig. Gen. (res) Prof. Jacob Nagel, the former Israeli acting National Security Advisor. The ups and downs in the talks conducted these days in Vienna, says…
00:38:09 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Raz Zimmt: Trump-Netanyahu’s Iran strategy pushed Tehran in the wrong direction
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Dr. Raz Zimmt, an expert on Iran at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). Zimmt says that the strategy espoused at the time by then-President Donald Tru…
00:34:14 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
Digital entrepreneur Yonatan Adiri: Israel could double GDP with startup advancement
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Yonatan Adiri, a leading Israeli digital healthcare entrepreneur. Adiri, a former adviser of late President Shimon Peres, explains that most of Israel’s startup leade…
00:37:56 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Israeli environment minister: Country at high risk over climate change
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg. The minister explains that while Israel is a small country in terms of population and its contribution to global pol…
00:36:08 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
International media expert Peter Lerner: Ignoring BDS is an ineffective strategy for Israel
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Lt. Col. (res.) Peter Lerner, the former director of international media at the IDF's spokesperson’s office. Commenting on Israel’s repeated failures in the field of …
00:37:32 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Washington Institute’s Makovsky: Biden & Bennett prefer to keep disagreements discrete
Ben Caspit hosts this week on his podcast David Makovsky, the Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Commenting on recent signs of tensions between Washington …
00:41:29 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
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