The MirYam Institute Podcast with Benjamin Anthony

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 about the impact Almog's captivity is having on Orit, Almog's mother, and on him, as well as the initiatives the family are undertaking to maintain and gener

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 currently being negotiated. During the discussion, Benjamin suggested that Israel should disseminate the unedited footage of what took pla

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 Western powers to the attack and the durability of the air-defense alliance that performed so ably in the face of the Iranian barrage. Also, the NYC

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. Tickets to that event can still be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/october-7th-israels-war-against-hamas-tickets-871796114647?mc_eid=UNIQI

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 with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Benjamin sat down to discuss the implications of such a demand with Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institut

This is Benjamin's own narration of an op-ed published in the Jerusalem Post on Sunday, February 18th 2024.Originally titled "Egypt and Gazans Must Reap What They Sowed," it was penned shortly after Israel's heroic rescue of two of our hostages and as the prospect of an IDF incursion into the city of Rafah in southern Gaza continues to gather steam and momentum.

In this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Aviram Meir, uncle of Almog Meir-Jan. Almog was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th. He's a 21 year old civilian. Aviram and I discuss how he sees the current stage of the negotiations for the release of the hostages and he expresses the guilt he carries as the relative of a hostage in the pursuit of whose freedom and return, so

In this episode of the briefing, I'm joined by Avi Bell, professor of law at Bar Ilan University and University of San Diego, Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute and David Hacham, former Advisor on Arab Affairs to successive Israeli Ministers of Defense and a retired Colonel in the IDF.Prof. Bell and I began by discussing the ICJ ruling in response to the c

In this episode, I'm joined by Yaakov Lappin, In-House Analyst at The MirYam Institute. He and I discuss the different visions for the day after the war, as outlined by the US President and Prime Minister Netanyahu, what's taking place in Judea and Samaria and whether or not Israel should be acting more decisively and directly against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and aga

In this episode of the podcast, I sit down to interview Iris Haim, mother of Yotam Haim Z"L, who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th, 2023, and killed by IDF soldiers on December 15th, 2023, as the result of a horrific operational miscalculation. On October 7th, 2023, during the murderous massacre against Israel launched by Hamas, Iris's son, Yotam, was kidnapped from h