The Jerusalem Post
October 7 didn't start on October 7
- Title
- October 7 didn't start on October 7
- Runtime
- 0:32
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Dr. Shmuel Legesse on what he says actually led to October 7: the months Israelis spent fighting one another in the streets.
"Before October 7th, the whole of Israel was fighting on the street. What did it bring us? October 7th."
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- Pollard's Ethiopian-Israeli running mate breaks from his rhetoric
- Runtime
- 1:08:58
- Date posted
- 4 hours ago
- Description
- Dr. Shmuel Legesse, an Ethiopian Jewish writer and activist, described his life’s mission as a call to strengthen Jewish unity, defend Israel’s legitimacy, and give voice to the Ethiopian Jewish experience during a conversation on The Jerusalem Post podcast.
Legesse said his sense of purpose began in childhood in Ethiopia, where his father would bless him and tell him he would one day “speak to the whole world” on behalf of his people.
Chapters
00:00 – Cold open
00:14 – Meet Dr. Shmuel Legesse
01:22 – The father's blessing: "you will speak to the whole world"
04:10 – Studying under Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
07:20 – Making aliyah one month before October 7
10:16 – "We are not called to worship one individual"
12:19 – Knowing Mamdani from New York Democratic politics
17:30 – The story of his mother, betrothed at six
19:33 – How King Haile Selassie elevated his father
24:51 – ...
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- 'Sovereignty doesn't make us bullies': Top Modern Orthodox rabbi on Jerusalem Day
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
- Description
- Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President of Ohr Torah Stone, tells The Jerusalem Post's senior field reporter, Sam Halpern, why his schools refuse to walk the Jerusalem Day flag march's traditional route through the Muslim Quarter.
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- 'Blood on their hands': Rabbi explains why haredim must serve in the IDF
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
- Description
- Modern Orthodox, religious Zionist and leader of a network whose students serve at extraordinary rates, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander explains why haredim must serve in the IDF.
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- 'Blood on their hands': Top Modern Orthodox rabbi says haredim must serve in the IDF
- Runtime
- 51:19
- Date posted
- 22 hours ago
- Description
- In this conversation with The Jerusalem Post's senior field reporter Sam Halpern, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President of Ohr Torah Stone, opens up about the haredi draft, women in combat, the Jerusalem Day flag march, and the dangerous misuse of the term "Amalek."
Anchored by the death of Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir, the 26th OTS alumnus killed in the war , Brander argues that religious Jews who refuse to enlist are violating Jewish law, rejects the phrase "settler violence" while condemning the "1% of 1%" who cross the line, and says flatly, citing the Talmud, that there is no longer a nation of Amalek.
Brander leads a 32-institution Modern Orthodox network whose students and faculty are serving at extraordinary rates. His son has done over 400 days of reserve duty. He speaks not as an outside critic but as someone whose community is bearing the cost.
Chapters
00:00 – Cold open
00:35 – Meet Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander
00:57 – ...
- Title
- Germany's intelligence agency flagged the watermelon as antisemitic code
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution — the BFV — has published an 80-page intelligence guide identifying coded antisemitic symbols, from the watermelon replacing the map of Israel to "child killer" chants that evoke medieval blood libel.
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- Title
- Is the UK still safe for British Jews?
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- The Jerusalem Post's international affairs correspondent Mathilda Heller, a British Jewish woman, discusses whether her own country is still safe for Jews — and what she said to the embassy when no one else in the room was British.
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- Title
- 'This isn't rising antisemitism. It's an emergency'
- Runtime
- 50:31
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Antisemitism is surging across multiple continents, with incidents in Europe and the US, prompting heightened security measures and public outcry. In London, the Nova Festival exhibition commemorating the October 7 massacre faced police-mandated removal of its exterior signage due to terrorism concerns.
Mathilda Heller, the Jerusalem Post international affairs correspondent, emphasized that the exhibition’s challenges reflect broader trends in the UK, where threats from extremist groups and online activism are growing.
Chapters
00:00 – Cold open: this isn't rising antisemitism, it's an emergency
00:19 – Welcome back: one week, one global tour
02:14 – UK: the Nova memorial London quietly tried to hide
04:13 – Why the Metropolitan Police pulled the sign
05:22 – The exhibit's location is being kept secret
07:48 – King Charles, "death to the IDF" marches, 4,000 police
09:12 – "I don't recognize the country...
- Title
- Netanyahu coalition fractures as Knesset moves toward dissolution
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Foreign Minister Gideon Saar publicly rebuked far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, saying he is not the face of Israel after Ben Gvir posted videos taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists. Netanyahu echoed the criticism.
The clash came hours after the Knesset voted to advance a dissolution bill that could trigger early elections.
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- Six faiths march through Jerusalem for peace
- Runtime
- 0:25
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- The fourth annual Interfaith March for Human Rights and Peace took place Monday. Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, Buddhists and Hindus walked from the Jerusalem International YMCA to Jaffa Gate, where the closing ceremony featured singer Achinoam Nini and the Magnificat Institute Choir.
Organizers held the march as a counter to the nationalist events near Jerusalem Day.
- Title
- Organ donation with drones???
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
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- Title
- Rom360: Inside Israel's autonomous drone revolution
- Runtime
- 37:24
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- In this episode of Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post, host Anna Ahronheim sits down with Ghil Harly, VP of Business Development at Cando Drones, the Israeli autonomous-drone company behind the Rom360 platform now operating across municipalities, critical infrastructure, and homeland security sites. Harly walks through how a 500–600kg ballistic missile took out a fortified facility, and how a single drone, flown from a reinforced shelter using Starlink, restored situational awareness in minutes and streamed live footage to the chairman of the board stranded in Rome and to the Ministry of Defense.
The conversation moves from battlefield to city skies: drone-based fire detection that could change the playbook for wildfires like LA's, indoor drones counting pharma inventory worth six figures a pallet, organ-transplant delivery between hospitals, and why failed pizza-delivery pilots with Pizza Hut and Burger Ranch are actually a regulatory story, not a technology one. Harl...
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- Israeli activists launch counter-flotilla against Gaza-bound vessels
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- Led by Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad, a group of Jewish and Arab Israelis launched three boats from Herzliya marina in response to the Global Sumud flotilla that set sail from Turkey.
The Sumud flotilla is linked to the Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, a proscribed terror group in Israel with ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Haddad's message to the activists: you will not enter Gaza.
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- 'Provocation for the sake of provocation': Global Sumud Flotilla
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- Israel's Foreign Ministry isn't framing the Gaza-bound flotilla as a humanitarian effort, it's calling it "provocation for the sake of provocation."
A short, sharp look at how Israel is publicly framing one of the most contested flashpoints of the moment.
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- Title
- Israel seizes Global Sumud Flotilla: A provocation to serve Hamas?
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- Israeli naval commandos from Shayetet 13 boarded vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) on Monday, after the Turkish-linked Gaza-bound convoy refused a Foreign Ministry order to turn back. Activists were detained and transferred to the port of Ashdod.
Hours before the boarding, Israel made its case in public, calling the convoy "a provocation for the sake of provocation" and "designed to serve Hamas." The Foreign Ministry named Turkish groups Mavi Marmara and the IHH, which Israel has designated a terrorist organization, and tied the flotilla directly to two larger fights: Hamas's refusal to disarm, and President Trump's peace plan.
Chapters:
00:00 - Shayetet 13 boards the flotilla
00:52 - Why Israel went public before the boarding
01:34 - Mavi Marmara, IHH, and the terror designation
02:21 - Linking the flotilla to Hamas disarmament
03:02 - The Trump peace plan accusation
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- Title
- Israel becoming less Jewish, not just less democratic
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- Dr. Yizhar Hess, vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization, argues Israel has created an "unholy connection between state and religion." Speaking with Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein, the 10th-generation Jerusalemite said Zionism's success has made Israel's actions - good or bad - reflect on Judaism and Jews worldwide.
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- Title
- 'Victims of Zionism's success': WZO vice chair on Israel's crisis
- Runtime
- 57:43
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice chairman of the World Zionist Organization and a 10th-generation Jerusalemite, argues Israel has created an "unholy connection between state and religion" that pushes Jews away from their own tradition.
In this candid Jerusalem Post interview, Hess unpacks the most consequential World Zionist Congress in years: how MERCAZ (the Masorti/Conservative slate) nearly doubled its mandates, why Itamar Ben-Gvir's faction was deliberately frozen out of the coalition, and what the Haredi entry into the Zionist movement really means. He explains why he believes "polite people seldom change the world," why he attended the judicial reform protests as a sitting WZO official, and why a pending Knesset bill criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Kotel — punishable by up to seven years in prison, would be devastating for Israel-Diaspora relations.
Hess offers a rare insider's perspective on the political body Theodor Herzl founded as "the parliament of...
- Title
- THE CHARISMA OF A BOILED POTATO
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
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- Iran regime 'incapable of change' post-war: Khosro Isfahani
- Runtime
- 38:30
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Khosro Isfahani, research director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, said anger is building inside Iran following months of war, internet shutdowns, economic damage, and mass repression.
Speaking with The Jerusalem Post, Isfahani said Iranians see the Islamic Republic as unchanged, despite what he described as a regime effort to project normalcy after the recent conflict.
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- Title
- The juries were supposed to punish Israel
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Instead they gave Noam Bettan's "Michelle" 123 points, double last year's 60. The audience pushed Israel to first place, and the booing started. Bulgaria's televote landed minutes later, and "Bangaranga" ran away with it. Israel finished second for the second year running.
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- The Eurovision lyric that made Soroka Hospital hit record.
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Moldova's 2026 Eurovision entry keeps shouting "Soroka" in the chorus.
Soroca, with a C, is a real city in northern Moldova. It was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the region until the Holocaust.
The Be'er Sheva hospital is named for someone else, Moshe Soroka, who was actually born in Belarus.
Final airs Saturday from Vienna.
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- What the antisemitism emergency means for UK Jews
- Runtime
- 26:31
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- The CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jewry, Michael Wegier, the 265-year-old representative body of Britain's 275,000 Jews, gives a frank assessment of a community living through what the UK government has now officially declared an antisemitism emergency. Wegier sat down with Jerusalem Report Editor-in-Chief Ruth Marks Eglash as the UK responds to a wave of attacks on Jewish targets.
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- Title
- What is 'kinocide'?
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Watch the full episode now!
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- Yeshiva teens harass passersby before Jerusalem Flag March
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Teenage boys from local yeshivas harassed journalists, activists, and passersby at Damascus Gate hours before the annual Flag March. Arab and Jewish families with children passed through as crowds shouted and clashed with police.
Standing Together says more than 200 Jewish and Palestinian activists arrived to act as a protective presence.
The march falls on the anniversary of Israel's unification of Jerusalem.
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- Jerusalem Day: A son's tale of an Ammunition Hill hero
- Runtime
- 42:48
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Alon Wald never met his father, a paratrooper killed at Ammunition Hill during the Six-Day War when Alon was just 10 months old. Today, he runs the memorial site where his father fell. In this rare personal interview, Alon traces a life shaped by one absence, and by the extraordinary decision of his father's surviving unit to skip their own victory parade and knock on the doors of every bereaved family instead. Ten of those men became his surrogate fathers.
Their promise: "You will never stand alone." Years later, Alon would follow his father into the paratroopers, convincing his widowed mother to sign a military waiver to make it happen. He also shares a little-known story from the battle itself: with no orders, his father's unit buried 17 fallen Jordanian soldiers and carved in English: "Buried here 17 brave Jordanian soldiers, Army of Israel, June 1967." Jordanian officers later came quietly to visit.Now director of Ammunition Hill for nearly 17 years, Alon connects ge...
- Title
- Report calls for prosecuting October 7th sex crimes
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- A Civil Commission report has classified Hamas's sexual and gender-based violence from October 7th as genocidal acts, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It now calls for a special legal framework to prosecute not just perpetrators, but those who planned, financed, or glorified the attacks.
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- Title
- October 7 crimes classified as genocide, war crimes
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- A two-year Civil Commission investigation has found Hamas's October 7 attacks and subsequent hostage captivity constitute genocidal acts, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The report - described as the most comprehensive on the subject - identified 13 recurring patterns of sexual and gender-based violence, concluding the attacks were a deliberate campaign of terror.
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- Title
- October 7 sexual violence was premeditated and systematic
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- A Civil Commission report — the most comprehensive to date — found Hamas and collaborators used rape, torture, and sexual abuse as a central, planned element of the October 7 attacks. Researchers reviewed 10,000+ photos, 1,800 hours of footage, and conducted 430+ interviews. The violence followed 13 documented patterns and continued during captivity.
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- Title
- When a NYT op-ed tried to bury the October 7 sexual abuse report
- Runtime
- 34:27
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- The week a landmark 300-page report on Hamas's systematic sexual violence against women and children was released, a New York Times opinion piece hijacked the global conversation. Jerusalem Report editor-in-chief Ruth Marks Eglash breaks down what happened, and what it reveals about modern journalism.
The Civil Commission's report on October 7 crimes documented not only sexual violence as a deliberate tool of war, but the torture of family members as a mechanism of psychological terror. Yet within hours, the discourse had shifted, deflected by a competing narrative and the media's reflexive return to Israel-Palestine "both sides" framing. As Marks Eglash argues, this isn't accidental: it's a structural failure of how journalism handles asymmetric atrocity. The question she puts on the table: "Is journalism dead?" — is less provocative than it sounds.
As editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Report, Marks Eglash brings decades of experience navigating how Israeli ...
- Title
- What if a bestselling author used her Jewish-sounding name?
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
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- Title
- How do we prevent Oct. 7. from happening again?
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
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- Title
- Soak, sip, savor: The ultimate Budapest experience
- Runtime
- 46:05
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Budapest is a city where history, indulgence, and rejuvenation flow together—quite literally. Built atop a network of natural thermal springs, Hungary’s capital has long been a sanctuary for those seeking relaxation and inspiration. From grand bathhouses steeped in centuries-old tradition to vibrant culinary hotspots and stories of Holocaust resilience that echo through generations, Budapest offers a rich tapestry of experiences that captivate every traveler. In this episode of The Jerusalem Post Podcast – Travel Edition, Mark and David dive into the very essence of this unforgettable city—where healing waters, heritage, and modern flair meet.
In this episode:
• Ensana Hotels, Margaret Island – A peaceful Danube island retreat blending spa luxury with Budapest’s famed thermal waters.
• Unicum & the Zwack Family – A unique tasting paired with a powerful story of resilience and survival.
• Time Out Market Budapest – The...
- Title
- What is the future for Jews in the UK?
- Runtime
- 31:46
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- The latest episode of The Jerusalem Dispatch podcast delves into the growing concerns surrounding Jewish communities in the diaspora, particularly focusing on the atmosphere in the UK.
Co-host Ruth Marks Eglash, back from a trip to London, shared her insights into the heightened sense of vulnerability among British Jews. Her visit coincided with a terrorist attack in Golders Green, sparking deeper conversations about the increased security measures around Jewish institutions and the growing discomfort felt by the community.
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- This Israeli-founded startup uses AI to make filing taxes less painful in the US
- Runtime
- 43:51
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Israeli-founded fintech startup April is trying to do what many Americans would consider impossible: make taxes less painful.
In a recent episode of The Jerusalem Post Business and Innovation podcast, host Anna Ahronheim sat down with April co-founder, CTO, and CPO Daniel Marcous to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the US tax filing system and why the industry has remained largely unchanged for decades.
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- Title
- Over 20,000 rally outside Downing Street against antisemitism
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- London's streets filled with Jews and allies demanding government action as antisemitism surges across the UK. Metropolitan Police confirmed the need for hundreds more armed officers to protect Jewish communities. Speakers called for banning the Muslim Brotherhood and proscription of Iran's IRGC following recent attacks.
- Title
- Is the BBC institutionally antisemitic?
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
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- Title
- Why Israel keeps losing the media war | Prof. Eli Avraham
- Runtime
- 38:33
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Prof. Eli Avraham has spent 25 years researching international media coverage of Israel — and his verdict is stark: Hamas earns a 9/10 for its media strategy while Israel scrapes a 3. His new book, From David to Goliath, dissects decades of structural failure and editorial bias.
After October 7th, with roughly 1,000 journalists descending on Israel, the government's response was neighborhood WhatsApp groups scrambling for multilingual volunteers. Avraham traces the turning point to 1982, when the Lebanon War recast Israel's image from David to Goliath overnight — a shift the Palestinian leadership, coached in human rights framing since the 1970s, has exploited ever since.
Avraham proposes a concrete fix: a politically independent national media strategy center drawing on diaspora communities and Israel's multilingual population. Written during 18 months of wartime, the book is a wake-up call — and somehow, he's still optimistic.
00:00 - Intr...
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- Israel moves to put October 7 terrorists on trial
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Israel's Knesset is set to vote on a bill establishing a special military court to prosecute Hamas terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre. Charges range from murder and terrorism to sexual violence and genocide. Key trial moments would be filmed and broadcast publicly.
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- Title
- The UN complaint Iraq filed without knowing the whole truth
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
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- Title
- Israel's secret military base in Iraq
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
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- How Israel operated a hidden base inside Iraq during the Iran war
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Israel secretly constructed a military outpost deep in the Iraqi desert to support the airstrikes that opened its war with Iran. Until this weekend, the base appeared in no public record.
The IDF built the facility shortly before Operation Roaring Lion began, housing Air Force special forces as a logistics hub for recovering pilots shot down over enemy territory. Its cover nearly broke in March when a shepherd spotted unusual activity and alerted the Iraqi military. As troops moved toward the site, the IDF launched airstrikes that pushed them back, killing one Iraqi soldier.
Significant questions remain: how the base was built undetected, who supplied it, and whether any Iraqi officials knew. What's clear is that the Iran campaign involved a level of operational reach that only one side fully understood.
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- Title
- No Manhattan bookstore would host her
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Israeli novelist Lihi Lapid had a HarperCollins deal. No NYC bookstore would touch her. Watch the full story.
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- Title
- Lihi Lapid: How October 7 changed the literary world for Israeli authors
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Israeli author and journalist Lihi Lapid discussed the challenges Israeli writers have faced in the international literary world since the October 7 attacks during a recent episode of The Jerusalem Report podcast, describing how politics and war shaped the release of her books abroad.
Speaking with The Jerusalem Report editor-in-chief Ruth Marks Eglash, Lapid reflected on the publication of her novel On Her Own, which was released by HarperCollins during the height of the Israel-Hamas war. She said the publishing experience became increasingly difficult as bookstores in Manhattan hesitated to host events featuring an Israeli author.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction: Lihi Lapid, journalist and novelist
00:58 - "On Her Own": HarperCollins debut and TV adaptation
02:10 - Three months searching for a Manhattan bookstore
03:33 - The bookstore that offered her a storage room
05:16 - "He wasn't Rambo": the apolitical Israeli story no one ...
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- 300-page report: Hamas's Oct 7 sexual violence was 'systematic'
- Runtime
- 37:53
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Two and a half years after October 7, Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy is publishing a 300-page report she says establishes "beyond any doubt" that Hamas's sexual violence was systematic, strategic, and inherent to the attack — and she's confronting a world that, in some corners, still denies it.
In this interview with Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Report, Ruth Marks Eglash, the founder and chair of the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children walks through the evidence her team has gathered over two years: testimonies from survivors and returned hostages, forensic analysis of crime scenes, and videos taken by Hamas terrorists themselves. "We cannot prevent what is not known," Elkayam-Levy says. "This was sexual terror in the most exceptional cruelty."
Elkayam-Levy also confronts the wave of denial that followed October 7, from prominent feminist scholars to a senior UN official as recently as November 2025, and introduces "kinacid...
- Title
- SHOCKING comments from MK Bezalel Smotrich leaves people reeling
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Watch the full episode of The Deep Dive!
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- Title
- The end of Netanyahu? Inside Israel's political shake-up
- Runtime
- 45:56
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Bennett is climbing in the polls. Lapid agreed to drop to third on the list. Smotrich called partnering with an Arab party worse than October 7. Is Benjamin Netanyahu's nearly 15-year Likud dynasty finally cracking?
In this episode of The Deep Dive, Jerusalem Post host Jacob Laznik sits down with Jerusalem Post Knesset and political correspondent Keshet Neev to unpack one of the most consequential weeks in Israeli politics since October 7. Fresh off a one-on-one interview with former prime minister Naftali Bennett, Neev shares what he told her, including his blunt verdict that Israeli transportation is "a third world country" and that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is "a clown."
She breaks down the Bennett-Lapid technical merger, why Lapid stepped aside to make room for Gadi Eisenkot, the AI-generated attack ads now flooding Israeli campaigns, and why Benny Gantz's once-dominant party is "dropping like flies" before a single ballot is cast.
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- Title
- Iran's chain of command is in crisis
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader's son and presumed successor, hasn't been seen publicly since February. Iran expert Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin tells 103FM that an unidentified group is making decisions in his name. The Revolutionary Guards recently attacked a vessel in the Gulf without informing President Masoud Pezeshkian, whom Eilam Gindin calls "almost irrelevant."
- Title
- Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism, says Rabbi Berman
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman did a round of news interviews before New York's mayoral race to make one point: calling yourself anti-Zionist is calling yourself antisemitic. The danger of a mayor who holds that view, he says, isn't his policies. It's that he gives the ideology cover by branding it as justice.
- Title
- Smotrich says Arab coalition worse than October 7
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich told 103.fm that joining a coalition with an Arab party would be worse than the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, which killed more than 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage. Asked if the coalition was worse than the massacre, Smotrich replied "obviously." He leads the Religious Zionist Party; Mansour Abbas leads Ra'am.
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- Title
- Bennett rebukes 'tactical failure' framing of October 7
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett accuses Netanyahu and Smotrich of trying to make Israelis forget the October 7 massacre. He recounts families slaughtered in their beds, parents executed before their children, sexual violence against women and men, and hostages taken from homes. Bennett warns anyone labeling it a "tactical failure" denies the atrocity. "We will not forget."
