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In this episode, I sit down with Michael Oren, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, MK, and Deputy Minister, to assess the shifting realities of the US-Israel relationship and the strategic challenges facing the Jewish state. Together we discuss: U.S.-Israel Ties: The future of military aid and political shifts in Washington.Defense Autonomy: Munitions self-reliance and new global partnerships.Regional Strategy: Saudi normalization and the two-state paradigm.Israel Elections Fallout: Overcoming political paralysis against existential threats.Jew-Hatred: Enduring double standards facing the Jewish state.=== JOIN THE MIRYAM INSTITUTE FOR AN ISRAEL SECURITY BRIEFING Register For The Israel Security Briefing In New York City: https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-miryam-institute-cordially-invites-you-tickets-297258 Register For The Israel Security Briefing In Miami Beach, Florida: https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-miryam-institute-presents-the-second-a-tickets-297503 Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this situational briefing, I am joined by Ruth Wasserman Lande, Analyst at The MirYam Institute, and former MK and Deputy Ambassador to Egypt.  Together, we examine the political deadlock following Israel's 2026 elections, where neither bloc has secured the 61 mandates required to form a governing coalition.  We assess potential paths forward, including whether figures such as Naftali Bennett or Gadi Eisenkot might cross the political aisle, the severe instability of a minority government, and the looming prospect of repeat elections. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this episode, I am joined by MirYam Institute In-House Analyst Yaakov Lappin. Together we examine the strategic signaling behind Israeli fighter jets flying to the Iranian border ahead of Israel’s elections and evaluate President Donald Trump’s political endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Finally, we highlight the strategic risks of personalizing Israel’s national security. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this situational briefing, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute, examines three central security developments:  Iran’s assembly of pre-manufactured missiles in underground bunkersThe strategic vulnerabilities exposed by the Houthi strike on RiyadhOperational factors and price tags defining the hostage deal debate; a debate that is now rampant in Israel during election season.Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this episode, MirYam Institute In-House Analyst Yaakov Lappin and I review the events and repercussions of the October 7th massacre on this three-year commemoration.  We discuss the sacrifices, losses, multi-front military operations, the hostage crisis, and Israel’s shift from managing threats to destroying threats. Our conversation concludes with a focus on strategic optimism, including an examination of how Israeli society has demonstrated long-term resolve and forged a new generation of civilians, defined by unfathomable courage and heroism. ------------------ Referenced in this podcast: The protest movement is weaponizing the hostage crisis – opinion By Benjamin Anthony AUGUST 15, 2024 LINK: www.miryaminstitute.org/commentary-blog/benjamins-jerusalem-post-op-ed-the-protest-movement-is-weaponizing-the-hostage-crisis Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this episode, I am joined by In-House Analyst Yaakov Lappin to review, analyze and discuss the thwarted FlyDubai hijacking. We discuss how heroic passengers and crew stopped a rogue co-pilot mid-flight, the critical security failures exposed by this episode, and the regional impact across Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. --------- Referenced in this podcast: Smit Machchhar’s podcast from a year ago https://x.com/TheBandhalgoti/status/2105417570623127947?s=20 Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this episode, I’m joined by In-House Analyst Yaakov Lappin to break down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly.  Together, we: Examine Israel's defense, the PM's message to Iran, and Netanyahu’s role as Israel's international representative.Highlight the absence of any substantive, long-term strategy presented by the PM. Evaluate The merits and demerits of publicly exposing the dangerous rhetoric coming from Turkey. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this briefing I respond to the unrelenting promotion of what I call the "two-state delusion" by the British government and several of its international allies.  I challenge proponents of the moribund two-state "solution" in several ways.   Poses Four Direct Questions For Them To Answer: Via these I challenge the blatant impracticability, security liabilities, and sheer hypocrisy of the land-for-peace fantasy. Western Appeasement: I outline the pandering of international leaders to their domestic agitators by punishing the State of Israel. People In Glass Houses: With calls from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to cede from union, I suggest Britains's leadership would do better to get their own house in order before voicing their unwanted counsel to Israel. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this episode, I open the show with a monologue aimed directly at the moral bankruptcy of Britain's Jewish Foreign Minister, Ed Miliband, following Miliband's unveiling of British-led, international sanctions against Judea & Samaria.  Thereafter, I am joined by MirYam's In-House Analyst, Yaakov Lappin, and together we analyze: · UK Sanctions: Scope of the measures targeting Judea and Samaria. · Ed Miliband: Political motivations behind London’s policy shift. · Israel's Response: Closing the UK's Jerusalem consulate. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this episode, I’m joined by In-House Analyst Yaakov Lappin. Together, we examine: Israel's extraction of senior Hamas commander Muein al-ArabidRecent U.S. precision strikes in IranSarah Netanyahu’s allegations against 'Democrats' party leader, Yair Golan, a former deputy Chief of the IDF.Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this briefing, The MirYam Institute’s In-House Analysts Yaakov Lappin and Ruth Wasserman-Lande evaluate:  Israel’s airstrike on Turkish military assets in Syria.President Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman ambitions, and the strategic imperative to counter Ankara-backed jihadist threats.Egypt’s dual policy toward Hamas, cross-border security challenges, and Cairo's refusal to join the Turkish-Saudi-Pakistani "Mecca Agreement".Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this briefing, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute, details rising U.S.-Israel friction over Gaza’s future following Jared Kushner’s meetings with Hamas in Cairo and Netanyahu in Jerusalem. He warns that Hamas’s proposal to store, rather than destroy, its weapons is merely a stall tactic. Regarding Lebanon, Lappin notes the Lebanese Armed Forces’ failure to disarm Hezbollah and highlights IAF strikes near Ali Tahir Ridge, stressing that Israel must retain long-term military control of border buffer zones. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this lively situational briefing, I sit down with John Spencer, Senior Analyst at The MirYam Institute. Returning from fact-finding trips to Gaza and southern Lebanon, John outlines his reasons for optimism and for concern regarding the "Board of Peace" proposal for Hamas disarmament, highlighting the importance of US verification, civil governance, and phased decommissioning. I counter with resolute pushback rooted in Israeli security realities and priorities —dismissing unproven acronyms, rejecting Palestinian statehood, and arguing against the fallacy of Jihadist groups disarming. Together, we debate international stabilization forces, Saudi normalization demands, Egyptian culpability for October 7th, and requirements for long-term regional security. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Resources Mentioned Pre-order John Spencer's new book "Twent Times I Almost Died" via the link below: https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Times-Almost-Died-Survival/dp/B0GFX5TQLK Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this situational briefing, I am joined by MirYam Institute analyst, former MK and Deputy Ambassador to Egypt, Ruth Wasserman-Lande Together, we assess Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, D.C., including U.S.-Israeli alignment on Iran and the ongoing challenges in Gaza and Judea & Samaria. Additionally, we address the broader regional geopolitical shifts, including Turkish regional influence, Saudi nuclear ambitions, and normalization agreements. Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED

In this situational briefing, MirYam's In-House Analyst, Yaakov Lappin, provides an overview of the following security challenges: Iran & Strait of Hormuz: Assesses U.S. coastal strikes and urges the prioritization of a naval blockade over diplomacy.Pickaxe Mountain: Details centrifuges inside Iran's subterranean site and describes the utility of inspections or military action.Lebanon Pilot Program: Outlines skepticism surrounding the Lebanese armed forces’ ability to dismantle Hezbollah in southern test zones.Gaza Control: Highlights IDF control over 60% of Gaza and ongoing targeted eliminations.Support the show The MirYam Institute. Israel's Future in Israel's Hands. Subscribe to our podcast: https://podfollow.com/1493910771 Follow The MirYam Institute X: https://bit.ly/3jkeUyx Follow Benjamin Anthony X: https://bit.ly/3hZeOe9 Like Benjamin Anthony Facebook: https://bit.ly/333Ct93 Like The MirYam Institute Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SarHI3 Follow Benjamin Anthony Instagram: https://bit.ly/30m6uPG Follow The MirYam Institute Instagram: https://bit.ly/3l5fvED