Tel Aviv Review

About Tel Aviv Review

Showcasing the latest developments in the realm of academic and professional research and literature, about the Middle East and global affairs. We discuss Israeli, Arab and Palestinian society, the Jewish world, the Middle East and its conflicts, and issues of global and public affairs with scholars, writers and deep-thinkers.

Publisher

TLV1 Studios

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Aug 2014

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 665 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Theorizing Israel/Palestine

   Host Prof David N. Myers interviews political philosopher Dr Raef Zreik about applying political theory to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the importance of self-clarification in disagreements.

2. 

   24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Complicated History of Israel and South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Movement

   Dr. Asher Lubotzky, research fellow at the University of Houston, discusses the surprising historical relationship between Israel and South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, revealing how early support evolved into today's complex perceptions.

3. 

   11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Body Politics

   Dr. Ofer Idels, a fellow in Israel Studies at the University of Calgary, discusses how competitive sports became intertwined with Zionism and national identity in interwar Palestine.

Inside a recent episode

Theorizing Israel/Palestine

Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And the second is organized crime in Palestinian society in Israel. So this might be an opportunity to translate to an audience what seems to be a very one-dimensional phenomenon. And you can perhaps add dimensions to it. How do you understand the origin and growth of organized crime in Palestinian society in Israel? Look, statistically, first of all, one should start from facts. You do that as a historian, I do that as a lawyer. Even though I'm a philosopher, I start from facts. If you look at statistics, there are two things that you immediately notice. That during the 80s and 90s, the level of the numbers per capita of cases of murders in the Jewish and in the Palestinian society inside Israel was similar. […]

Who has been a guest on Tel Aviv Review

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Raef Zreik
• Asher Lubotzky
• Ofer Idels
• Jay Ruderman
• Eyal Boers

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

147 ratings

Spotify

4.2 / 5

43 ratings

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