The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute
The MirYam Institute's podcasts are uploaded for your listening pleasure and convenience. Taking the form of speeches, interviews, conversations and debates, our podcasts are an ideal way for you to join our conversation about Israel wherever you are. Learn more about the MirYam Institute at www.MirYamInstitute.org
Episodes
251 episodes
BRIEFING: THE TWO-STATE DELUSION
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 sever...
BRIEFING: BRITAIN’S JEWISH FOREIGN MINISTER SANCTIONS THE JEWISH HEARTLAND
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. ...
BRIEFING: HAMAS COMMANDER EXTRACTED FROM GAZA & U.S. STRIKES IRAN
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 ag...
BRIEFING: ISRAEL’S SYRIA STRIKE & EGYPT’S GAZA STRATEGY
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 stra...
Briefing: Gaza Diplomacy & Northern Threats
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 ...
BRIEFING: DISARMING HAMAS & ACRONYMS WITHOUT MEANING
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 th...
BRIEFING: BIBI MEETS TRUMP IN D.C.
In this situational briefing, I am joined by MirYam Institute analyst, former MK and Deputy Ambassador to Egypt, Ruth Wasserman-LandeTogether, we assess Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, D.C., including U.S.-Israel...
BRIEFING: IRAN’S PICKAXE PLOY, LEBANON’S TEST & GAZA FRONT
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 na...
BRIEFING: IRAN VS. U.S. & ISRAEL'S RED LINES
In this situational briefing, MirYam's In-House Analyst Yaakov Lappin outlines three security priorities for Israel:US-Iran Gulf Conflict: As the MoU lies in tatters and Iran and the U.S. trade strikes, what are the red lines...
Briefing: The US-Iran MOU & Vanishing Regional Leverage
In this situational briefing, John Spencer, Senior Analyst at The Miryam Institute, critiques the 14-point US-Iran MOU, arguing the diplomatic pivot squanders critical military leverage. He also breaks down Israel's defensive operat...
Briefing: The US-Iran MOU vs. Israel's New Security Doctrine
In this situational briefing, Yaakov Lappin explains why Israel is entering the period of the newly announced US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding from a major position of strength, and why Jerusalem will not be bound by any agreement that ignor...
BRIEFING: ISRAEL’S NEW REGIONAL EQUATION
In this situational briefing, Yaakov Lappin, analyzes the highly dramatic events of the past 24 hours in the Middle East. Recently, the Iranian-led Shiite jihadist axis has attempted to bully Israel into accepting new operational "...
Briefing: Countering Iran, Hezbollah, and the Fate of Gaza
In this situational briefing, I sit down with John Spencer, Senior Analyst at The MirYam Institute. We analyze recent US naval engagements in the Strait of Hormuz amid the Operation Epic Fury ceasefire, the shifting military dynamic...
BRIEFING: CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN TO RESUME? | ISRAEL'S UNRESOLVED FRONTS
In this situational briefing, I am joined by Ruth Wasserman-Lande, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute.Together, we assess the likelihood of a return to military hostilities against the Iranian regime.Additionally, we addre...
SITUATIONAL BRIEFING: ISRAEL’S MILITARY TRIUMPH VS. NARRATIVE DEFEAT
In this situational briefing, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute, explains the paradox of Israel’s growing strategic strength amidst a deteriorating global information war.Over the past 30 months, Israel has achieved...
SITUATIONAL BRIEFING: IS ISRAEL SAFER TODAY?
In this situational briefing, I sit down with John Spencer, Senior Analyst at The MirYam Institute. Recorded on April 21, 2026, as Israel celebrates its Independence Day, we examine whether the nation is strategically safer today than it was be...
SITUATIONAL REPORT: LEBANON & YOM HASHOA
In this situational briefing, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute, focuses on what has now become the primary war arena; Lebanon, and Israel’s ongoing efforts to diminish and degrade the threat of Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in ...
Briefing: Pres. Trump Deadline & Regional Impact Of Escalation Or Ceasefire
In this situational briefing, I speak with Ruth Wasserman-Lande; formerly a Member of Knesset, Deputy Ambassador for Israel to Egypt and current Analyst at The MirYam Institute.Together, we assess the implications of President Trump’s ul...
Situational Briefing: War Against Iran
In this situational briefing, I sit down with John Spencer, Senior Analyst at The MirYam Institute, to assess the Iran war.We examine:U.S. deployment of ground troops toward IranIsrael's war against Hezbollah
Iran War Turning Point: Is It Too Soon to End It?
In this situational briefing, I sit down with Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst with The MirYam Institute to explore whether the Iran war is reaching a turning point and if it is too soon to end.We analyze:Heavy damage to Iran’...
DAY 13 OF THE IRAN WAR: SITUATIONAL REPORT
In this situational briefing, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute, examines the joint U.S.-Israel war against Iran through three prisms:•Assessment of the damage caused to the Iranian terror regime in Iran and to its ...
U.S. & Israel vs. Iran: Situational Report
In this situational briefing, I am joined by leading military and geopolitical experts John Spencer, Yaakov Lappin, and Ruth Wasserman-Lande, as well as U.S. veteran, I-SAP alumnus and congressional candidate, Micah Jones; all of whom sit down ...
OPINIONATED, EP5: J-STREET CEO & BORIS SHTONDA
In this episode of OPINIONATED, I challenge Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, on:J Street U’s opposition to IDF actions in GazaClaims of a starvation policy in GazaThe prospect of peace with th...
OPINIONATED, EP4: BRET STEPHENS & DAN PERRY
In this episode of Opinionated, I speak with Bret Stephens, who reflects on how Jews have the “honor of being hated,” a realization that struck him on October 8th during a Times Square demonstration. We discuss how this per...
OPINIONATED, EP3: COL. RICHARD KEMP & PROF. DAPHNE RICHEMOND-BARAK
In this episode of Opinionated I speak with Col. Richard Kemp about a brewing civil war in Britain, U.S.–Iran negotiations, and the potential for renewed fighting in Gaza.I then talk with Professor Daphne Richemond-Barak about a...
