Podcasts

On the occasion of Israel’s 76th Independence Day, INSS researcher Adi Kantor discusses with Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, executive director of INSS and former chief of the IDF Intelligence Directorate, about the significance of “Israeli independence” in the shadow of the October 7th massacre and the Israel–Gaza war. Together they analyze the current situation in Gaza, particularly in Rafah and Jabaliya, and discuss the importance of establishing an alternative civilian authority in Gaza to replace Hamas and hopefully bring about a solid hostage deal and a safe return of Israeli citizens who have been displaced from their homes in the Gaza border communities. Furthermore, they address Hezbollah’s current strategy in the north and the danger of Israel’s paralysis in response to this threat and the ways to end it. They also discuss the lack of a viable solution for the tens of thousands of displaced Israelis who are eager to return home. Finally, they focus on the crucial need for a regional alliance in order to effectively counter Iran and the threat of the Shiite axis.

In the framework of the special podcast in honor of the INSS 17th Annual International Conference, the podcast host Yaron Shneider meets with Yaron Ashkenazi, the founder and co-director of the Israeli–Canadian venture capital group Awz Ventures, which invests in promising companies in the fields of quantum, photonics, biosecurity, cyber, physical security, intelligence, and more. What led Yaron Ashkenazi, a veteran of the security establishment, to an extended mission abroad and later to join the worlds of knowledge, entrepreneurship, and the establishment of projects for developing civilian-security applications? What is the added value in creating such technological developments? What does the cooperation with the Directorate of Defense Research and Development and Israel’s security industries include? And how are these applications relevant to solving problems that arose in the October 7 attack and the war in Gaza, in both the civilian and security spheres?

في هذة الحلقة- مع الباحث الكبير في المعهد بروفيسور محمد وتد- نلقي الضوء على ردود الأفعال عند المجتمع العربي في إسرائيل، على الهجوم الإرهابي الذي حدث في السابع من أكتوبر والحرب في غزة نتطرق الى ردود الافعال على المجزرة في وسائل الاعلام المحلية، في تصريحات القادة الدينيين والسياسيين، وفي الرأي العام لدى المجتمع العربي. لماذا لم يتكرر سيناريو التصعيد الداخلي بين مواطنين عرب ويهود، كالذي حدث خلال عملية حارس الأسوار (٢٠٢١)، بل على العكس تماما؟ كيف ينعكس هذا الحدث على هواجس الجمهور العربي والرغبة في العيش المشترك وكيف يتم التعبير عن ذلك ضمن مبادرات للمساعدة والتضامن المدني مع ضحايا المجزرة؟