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
166 episodes
BEEP. BEEP. ISRAEL CALLING?
In this episode, I’m joined by Yaakov Lappin to discuss the recent wave of explosions in Hezbollah‘s communication devices as well as the machinations behind the mooted dismissal of Defense Minister Gallant.Yaakov and I also reflect on the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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1:16:59
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE & GALLANT READIES SOLDIERS FOR SOUTHERN LEBANON
In this episode, Yaakov and I delve into the implications and intentions of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s recent declaration to IDF soldiers that an incursion into southern Lebanon is very much in the offing.We then pivot to the statement...
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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1:43:40
ISRAEL’S PREEMPTIVE STRIKE, HOSTAGE RESCUED FROM GAZA & JUDEA & SAMARIA HEAT UP
In this episode, Yaakov and I debate the outcome of Israel’s preemptive strike against Hezbollah and the strategic and operational posture of the IDF at this time.We then discuss the complex operation undertaken to rescue Kaid Farhan Elkadi...
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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54:03
PART 2/2: JOHN SPENCER, CHAIR OF URBAN WARFARE STUDIES AT WEST POINT
In part two of my conversation with John Spencer, I ask him whether he believes that the global criticism against the actions of the IDF is the result of an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic bias and he compares and contrasts the strategic implications...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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1:15:22
PART 1/2: JOHN SPENCER, CHAIR OF URBAN WARFARE STUDIES AT WEST POINT
This episode features my in-person conversation with John Spencer, the Chair Of Urban Warfare Studies at the United States Military Academy at West Point.Recorded on July 28th, 2024, this in-person discussion was recorded just a few days af...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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1:22:14
THE IDF RETURNS TO KHAN YUNIS, EGYPT SHOULD ABSORB THE GAZANS, IRANIAN PLANS TO ATTACK ISRAEL WHILE COZYING UP TO RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIFICATION OF BRITAIN?
In this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, in-house analyst at The MirYam Institute. We delve into the IDF's reutrn to Khan Yunis, the intensification of operations in Rafah and the emerging and potentially tightening alliance...
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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1:22:17
BENJAMIN IN CONVERSATION: with Col. Frank Sobchak (Ret.) on Hamas' Open Source intel used on October 7th, teaching for the MirYam Institute in wartime Israel, man's search for purpose and fallout from recent targeted assassinations
In this episode, I’m joined by Frank Sobchak (PhD), a retired Colonel with 26 years of military service that included leading Special Forces teams and companies, including in Iraq. Frank is an alumnus of The MirYam Institute Israel Law...
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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1:56:42
BENJAMIN IN CONVERSATION: with Col. Dave, US Army Colonel and educator on visiting Nazi death camps and the collaboration of US Military Colleges with the MirYam Institute
Every year, The MirYam Institute brings delegations of current and future military officers to Poland and then directly on to Israel for a 12 day tour of the country through the I-SAP tour initiative (Israel Strategy & Policy).This summ...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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24:57
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: BIBI SPEAKS TO CONGRESS, WANING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN CONGRESS, THE NEW STATE SOLUTION AND RECOVERING ISRAEL'S DEAD FROM GAZA
In this episode, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin to take a candid look at PM Netanyahu's address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, with a particular emphasis on the question of the PM's vision of the "day after" in Gaza. We also the...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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1:22:11
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, LATEST HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE STATE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE
In this episode, Benjamin and Yaakov discuss the attempted assassinations of Muhammad Deif and - in a completely different scenario - Republican nominee, President Donald Trump.We also outline some of the red-lines surrounding the hostage r...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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52:03
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: IDF KIBBUTZ BE'ERI PROBE FINDINGS RELEASED, DEFENSE MINISTER AND PRIME MINISTER AT ODDS, TACKLING HEZBOLLAH AND THE DAY AFTER IN GAZA
In this episode, recorded on July 11th 2024, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute. He and I discuss the just released findings of the IDF's probe into the catastrophic events that took place in Kibbutz ...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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1:33:24
9 ISRAELIS Vs. 80 TERRORISTS, CIVIL RAPID RESPONSE UNIT HERO RECALLS OCTOBER 7TH SHOWDOWN WITH HAMAS
In this episode, I interview Oren Shalom, a retired Sgt. in the IDF who used his background in the elite counter-terror force Duvdevan to establish civilian, rapid response units in Israel in order to react to security emergencies in the area b...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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59:41
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: ISRAEL’S NORTHERN FRONT HEATS UP, POLITICIZATION OF HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS AND PTSD IN THE IDF
In this episode of the podcast, Yaakov Lappin and Benjamin discuss the implications of the IDF approval of operational plans to combat Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and whether or not now is the time to combat Iran’s proxy. They the...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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1:25:06
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: HEZBOLLAH ESCALATES, US V. IRAN? AND THE DARING HOSTAGE RESCUE MISSION
In this episode, I’m joined by in-house analyst Yaakov Lappin to discuss the dangerous and steep escalation of fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon into northern Israel. Yaakov and I discuss whether or not the US is likely to come to Israel’...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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55:09
BENJAMIN IN CONVERSATION: with Izhar Lifshitz, son of Oded, 83 and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7th
This interview of Izhar Lifshitz took place in front of a live audience of US military cadets, in Poland. The delegates had traveled to Poland as part of the annual Israel Strategy & Policy (I-SAP) tour, 2024, a flagship initiative of The M...
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53:23
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: NAZI DEATH CAMPS, HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS & BIBI'S COMMUNICATIONS
In this episode, I'm joined by in-house analyst, Yaakov Lappin. We discuss the recent MirYam Institute delegation to the Polish death camps with the cadets of the U.S. military as part of the annual Israel Strategy & Policy tour (I...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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1:14:23
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: INTERNATIONAL COURTS BREACH LEGAL NORMS, BIBI TO D.C. AND RESPECTING THE BEREAVED
In this episode of the podcast, Benjamin is joined as he often is by MirYam Institute's in-house analyst, Yaakov Lappin. Before turning to the appalling ruling of the ICJ, they begin by discussing the nature of the Hamas terrorists aga...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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1:12:52
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: HANDLING THE STRESS OF WARTIME ISRAEL
For this episode, Benjamin takes a different direction and asks Yaakov Lappin, in-house analyst at The MirYam Institute, to talk about how he manages the tumult of war in his professional role as an analyst, and also as a husband and father.&nb...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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1:11:23
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: DEFENSE MINISTER GALLANT’S BOMBSHELL NEWS CONFERENCE & TRAGIC FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENTS
In this episode, Benjamin is joined by regular podcast partner, MirYam’s in-house analyst, Yaakov Lappin to discuss Defense Minister Gallant’s recent press briefing, which reflected a public dispute with Prime Minister Netanyahu; includin...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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40:41
THE DAY AFTER IN GAZA: YAAKOV LAPPIN IN CONVERSATION WITH COL. (RES.) DAVID HACHAM
In this episode, MirYam Institute's In-House Analyst, Yaakov Lappin sits down with Col. David Hacham, former advisor on Arab affairs to seven Israeli Ministers of Defense to discuss what Gaza might look like the day after the war ends.
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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58:53
BENJAMIN IN CONVERSATION: with Aviram Meir, uncle of hostage Almog Meir Jan on the struggle to bring him home. Day 209 in captivity
In this episode of the podcast, Benjamin is joined by Aviram Meir, uncle of Almog Meir-Jan. Almog was kidnapped on October 7th and remains in Hamas captivity to this day. Almog will turn 22 this week. Aviram tells me a...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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1:04:18
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM, FRAYING BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL HOSTAGE DEAL LATEST
In this episode, Yaakov Lappin joins Benjamin to discuss the latest on the campus of UCLA, Israel’s lack of strategy fighting the media war, the urgent need to propose an alternative to the two-state solution and the latest on the hostage deal ...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:01:44
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: THE IRANIAN STRIKE ON ISRAEL: HOW SHOULD ISRAEL RETALIATE?
Following Iran’s massive attack against Israel, Benjamin is joined as always, by The MirYam Institute’s In-House-Analyst, Yaakov Lappin to discuss how Israel should respond and when.Benjamin and Yaakov also discuss the response of Weste...
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50:54
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN DISCUSS: IDF CHIEF OF STAFF KOHAVI IN NEW YORK, AN IDF WITHDRAWAL? AND DOMESTIC UPRISINGS?
In this episode, Benjamin is joined by Yaakov Lappin, In-House analyst at The MirYam Institute. They discuss the forthcoming briefing in New York City by Lt. General Aviv Kohavi (Res.), the immediate IDF Chief of the General Staff....
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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1:03:25
BENJAMIN AND YAAKOV LAPPIN: DID THE U.S. REALLY JUST CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE?
Join Benjamin with Yaakov on the balcony in Rishon Letzion for their most strikingly informal yet serious conversation to date. Following a report that President Biden called for an immediate ceasefire during his recent phone call ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:26:03