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JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

The Jewish People Policy Institute provides balanced, in-depth and inside analysis. Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. EDT

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Incoming Golani Brigade commander Col. Ayub Kayuf (left), 36th Division commander Brig. Gen. Yiftah Norkin (center), and outgoing Golani commander Col. Adi Gonen, during a handover ceremony at the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, June 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

Back to Beaufort? Israel’s Lebanon dilemma

June 7, 2026

This week, IDF troops reached the Beaufort Ridge in Lebanon. But is that a victory?

A man waves an Iranian flag for a pro-government campaign under a billboard with a graphic showing the Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of US President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

What do Iranians want?

May 31, 2026

As ceasefire talks continue and tensions grow with Iran, what are ordinary Iranians actually thinking?

US President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board a plane at Morristown Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on May 22, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

How bad is the Iran deal for Israel?

May 24, 2026

Yaakov, Shmuel Rosner and Gil Troy break down the emerging deal, what it means for Israel’s security, and whether Jerusalem is again being asked to live with a dangerous compromise.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, third from left, stands with, from left; Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, France's Marine Le Pen, Italy's Matteo Salvini, Belgium's Tom Van Grieken and Latvia's Ainārs Šlesers during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, on March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

Europe’s Middle East Reckoning

May 17, 2026

From debates over sanctions on Israeli settlers to questions about the EU’s role in regional security, Prof. Sharon Pardo unpacks how Europe views Israel, Iran, and the Middle East.

Demonstrators protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, May 2, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

How to be a dissident

Gal Beckerman tells us about his new book, How to be a Dissident, and what its message means for countries grappling with their future, including Israel as it heads to an election.

A man flashes a victory sign as he carries an Iranian flag in front of an anti-US billboard depicting the American aircrafts into the Iranian armed forces fishing net with signs that read in Farsi: "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground," at the Eqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast

Will the ceasefire last?

Who won the war with Iran – and what comes next? Yaakov is joined by Avner Vilan. Together, they break down what was achieved, what wasn’t, and where things go from here.