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
Geneva Initiative Director Baltiansky: No real crisis in Biden-Bennett relations
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Geneva Initiative-Israel Director General Gadi Baltiansky. Commenting on the recent decision by Israeli authorities to advance construction of homes in West Bank sett…
00:35:36 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
Military correspondent Alon Ben David: Israel cannot destroy Iranian nuclear know-how
Ben Caspit hosts this week Alon Ben David, the senior military analyst for Channel 13 news. Ben David says that "in 2012 Israel abandoned practicing and preparing for a viable military option [to att…
00:32:51 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Geopolitical expert Eyal Zisser: A Lebanese civil war won’t really threaten Israel
Ben Caspit talks this week to Dr. Eyal Zisser of Tel Aviv University. Zisser, an expert on Syria and Lebanon, reacts to recent incidents in Beirut, noting that while Hezbollah’s Secretary General Has…
00:35:18 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
International security expert Eviatar Matania: 40% of global cyber investments reach Israel
Ben Caspit hosts this week on his podcast Professor Eviatar Matania of Tel-Aviv University, who has played a key role in turning Israel into a world cyber power. The book he coauthored recently with …
00:39:48 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Analyst Shmuel Rosner: With Israel’s Bennett, American Jews hoping for a fresh start
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Shmuel Rosner, the political editor of the Jewish Journal and a long-time contributor to the New York Times. Rosner says that the recent meeting in New York of Prime …
00:35:26 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Dana Weiss: Bennett’s government here to stay
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Channel 12’s diplomatic correspondent Dana Weiss. The senior analyst comments about Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appearing on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most i…
00:34:41 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Michael Oren: Israel must build case legitimizing possible action against Iran
Ben Caspit hosts this week Israel’s former ambassador to the United States Michael Oren. Ambassador Oren explains that while former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach made the Iranian threa…
00:34:38 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
Knesset member Yossi Shain: US needs to work with Israel on new regional alliances, Iran
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Professor Yossi Shain, an international expert on political science who recently left the academic world to join Israeli politics. The new member of the Knesset from …
00:39:35 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
NEST CEO Moty Cristal hails Bennett's first meeting with Biden
Ben Caspit talks this week with Moty Cristal, CEO and founder of NEST Consulting. Lt. Col. (res) Cristal, who served in the past as a negotiator and adviser in the prime minister’s office, comments o…
00:35:32 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Environmentalist Maya Jacobs: Israel's new government not interested in climate change
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Maya Jacobs, who heads Israeli NGO Zalul Environmental Association. For Jacobs, even though the new cabinet calls itself the government of change, no real change has …
00:36:55 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Danny Citrinowicz: Hezbollah’s political position in Lebanon is weakening
Ben speaks this week with Maj. (res.) Danny Citrinowicz, one of Israel’s most notable experts on Iran, its proxies in the region and its nuclear ambitions. Citrinowicz refers to the barrage of 19 roc…
00:36:29 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Meretz legislator Gaby Lasky: Israel's ruling coalition divided ideologically, but united on bettering citizens’ lives
Ben hosts this week legislator Gaby Lasky of the leftwing Meretz party. Lasky, a human rights activist who had served as head of anti-occupation NGO Peace Now, is now member of the new ruling coaliti…
00:36:42 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
NSO officials comment on Pegasus spyware affair: We are self-regulated on right for privacy, transparency
Following recent revelations that governments were spying on journalists, opposition politicians, activists and others using Pegasus spyware, Ben speaks this week with two representatives of NSO Grou…
00:41:31 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Major General Noam Tibon: IDF needs more boots on the ground
This week Ben speaks with retired Israeli Major General Noam Tibon, who is specialized in counter-terrorism and homeland security. The former Commander of the Northern Formation commented on statemen…
00:39:03 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Ambassador Haim Koren: Bennett seeks to boost Israel’s ties with Jordan
Ben Caspit speaks this week with former ambassador Dr. Haim Koren. The former envoy to Egypt and South Sudan says that all Israeli governments, including the new government under the leadership of Na…
00:43:53 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Israel’s Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai calls for renewing dialogue with American Jews
Ben Caspit speaks with Minister of Diaspora Affairs Dr. Nachman Shai, who came back this week from a mission to Miami. The minister had accompanied an Israeli rescue team sent there to assist recover…
00:35:38 |
Mon 05 Jul 2021
World Zionist Organization’s Yizhar Hess: Israel’s new government must mend rift with American Jews
Ben Caspit speaks this week with Yizhar Hess, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization. Discussing the crisis created by the former government vis-à-vis the Jewish diaspora in general — and Am…
00:36:17 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Former PM Olmert calls Netanyahu’s behavior at swearing-in of new PM 'shameful’
Ben Caspit hosts this week former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Speaking just minutes after the swearing-in ceremony of the new government, Olmert says former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his …
00:38:54 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Netanyahu fears Israel could manage without him, says strategic adviser Oren Magnezy
On the backdrop of an especially turbulent week in Israeli politics, Ben Caspit speaks with Oren Magnezy, co-founder of a business accelerator that helps Israeli start-ups work with the US Department…
00:39:47 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
Former MK Ruth Wasserman Lande: riots in mixed cities caused significant damage, trauma
Ben Caspit speaks this week with former Blue and White Knesset member Ruth Wasserman Lande. Wasserman, a strategic expert, public speaker and Middle East affairs’ commentator, talks about recent clas…
00:38:19 |
Mon 31 May 2021
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