Israeli Settlements 360

About Israeli Settlements 360

What everyone needs to know about the history, present and future of Israeli settlements, A podcast by Dahlia Scheindlin in partnership with the Israel Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Publisher

Dahlia Scheindlin in partnership with the Israel Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Nov 2020

Latest episode

2 Dec 2020

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Dec 2020

   Epilogue: Dahlia Scheindlin summarizes

   In an interview for PeaceCast with Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now, Dahlia describes the concept and goals of the series, decisions about topics and interviewees, main takeaways, lessons and surprises that emerged in the process.

2. 

   28 Nov 2020

   Episode 7: The future – are settlements an obstacle to peace?

   Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and a former US diplomat in the Middle East, examines settlements in the context of negotiations, the US role in the peace process and why negotiations have so far failed.

3. 

   22 Nov 2020

   Episode 6: Snapshot of settlements: the numbers and geography of settlements at present, and what it means

   Hagit Ofran, director of the Settlement Watch program at Peace Now, provides a detailed look at the current number of settlers and communities, their location and growth, and analyzes the meaning of the data for a two state solution.

4. 

   21 Nov 2020

   Episode 5: Palestinian life in the shadow of settlements

   Civil rights lawyer Abir Joubran-Dakwar directs the Department of Occupied Territories at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. She discusses how settlements and occupation affect all aspects of Palestinian life and livelihood.

5. 

   15 Nov 2020

   Episode 4: Why are we here? A Jewish Israeli settler makes the case

   Yishai Fleisher is the international spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron. He examines life in the divided city, explains why Israel should be sovereign over all the land, and what role settlements play in that vision.

6. 

   14 Nov 2020

   Episode 3: But security: settlements defend Israel – true or false?

   Dan Rothem, director of Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS) and an expert on the security and negotiations geography of the West Bank, weighs the argument that West Bank settlements contribute to Israeli security.

7. 

   5 Nov 2020

   Episode 2: Legalizing the illegal: the invisible foundation for building, expanding and maintaining the settlement project

   Human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, author of The Wall and the Gate, explains how Israel built a legal foundation for settlement, and a system to govern settlers through civil law, while Palestinians are ruled by martial regime to this day.

8. 

   5 Nov 2020

   Episode 1: Who started it? Gershom Gorenberg on the state, the settlers and the ideology of Israeli settlements

   Gershom Gorenberg, author of The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977, discusses the historic ideology of Israeli settlements, and the role of the state – led by Labor – in settling the land conquered in 1967.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.8 / 5

10 ratings

Contact Israeli Settlements 360

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.