The Israel Connexion – June 1, 2016

Last Sunday night I attended an NIF event with Roger Cohen, who has worked for The New York Times for 25 years as a foreign correspondent, foreign editor, and now columnist; prior to that he worked for The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Cohen’s columns frequently include expert analysis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, global Jewish affairs, and the Iranian nuclear issue.

I wrote an opinion piece about what Roger Cohen said in a conversation conducted by Julie Szego, writer and Fairfax columnist, who has worked at The Age for 12 years and wrote a column for The Australian Jewish News for seven years. Listen to my radio program where I discuss what Roger Cohen had to say.

I welcome back to the program Dr Martin Sherman, CEO of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies. Until recently Martin has been writing a regular column for The Jerusalem Post titled ‘Into the Fray’. We discussed Israeli current affairs, in particular a proposal to provide Gaza with a port and current peace initiatives. We reconsidered Martin’s idea about enticing the Palestinian population in the West Bank to leave and other possible scenarios.

You can listen to all previous programs here