Washington and Jerusalem have long had a two-tiered relationship, with an underlying third one: that of the ties between people based on values, culture and identity. At the top, the political echelons interact, and right now there seems to be a built-in tension between the Biden Administration and the Netanyahu government. Professionally, the channels between the military and intelligence services on both sides are extremely strong, but they are subject to political guidance from above. The glo...
Jan 27, 2023•27 min
In a smooth military transition - so unlike the chaotic political scene - Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi took over the IDF Chief of General Staff position from his fellow Paratrooper Aviv Kochavi. All speakers in successive hand-over ceremonies in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv mentioned the Iranian threat as a top priority, but also mentioned what should be obvious - but is not - in 2023 Israel: the principle of unity of command, Cabinet to Defense Minister to Chief of Staff. What does it all portend ...
Jan 24, 2023•27 min
Yair and Monika host Chad Holland, CEO of The King of Kings Family of Ministries. The three attempt to summarize the year 2022 and learn a few essential lessons from God. They also seek to understand how God wants us to pray during this new year! So please join us in prayer. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/563/ Jerusalem Studio: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/ TV7 Israel...
Jan 22, 2023•28 min
Jonathan and Yair commemorate the 3,000th daily TV7 Israel News broadcast, in additional to our many other productions. The two also discuss contemporary regional events and challenges, and urge our viewers to continue praying for the peace of Jerusalem and the salvation of Israel. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/563/ Jerusalem Studio: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/ TV7...
Jan 22, 2023•28 min
Please join host Amir Oren for the first of a two-part interview with former IDF Ground Forces Head Major General (Reserves) Guy Tzur. Major General (Res.) Guy Tzur came up through the ranks of the IDF Armor Corps, commanding troops on all levels from platoon to division and directing the tanks’ doctrine department between command assignments. He fought in Lebanon and Gaza, studied in Great Britain at the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), was in charge of planning for the General Staff. C...
Jan 21, 2023•28 min
After only three weeks in office, the Netanyahu government is involved in a heated debate with its opponents in the Knesset and public. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, with Netanyahu’s backing, has unveiled an ambitious plan to redo the country’s judicial branch, moving its center of gravity from judges and legal advisors towards politicians. Levin argues that it is a necessary reform. His critics warn that it will destroy Israel’s precious democracy. Regardless of the merits on either side, the c...
Jan 20, 2023•28 min
Saudi Arabia’s Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, world-renowned with his own acronym MBS, has an ambitious program and only eight years remaining to implement it. MBS calls it “Vision 2030” and is marketing its main features in terms intended to appeal to Western decision-makers and publics. He talks about weaning the Kingdom’s economy of its dependence on oil, on social transformation, on Women’s participation and sustainability. The Saudis have also tried to attract global a...
Jan 17, 2023•27 min
Jonathan and Yair launch a new season and take opportunity to dedicate of TV7 Israel Editor’s Note to the Lord. They also share the developments that lay ahead in 2023, as well as the economic and security challenges facing Israel. Discussion additionally focuses on the ongoing Operation Waves Breaker against Palestinian terrorism launched by Israel’s security establishment. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israe...
Jan 15, 2023•28 min
Early next week the Israel Defense Forces will have a significant event, the changing of the guard. Major General Herzi Halevi will be elevated in rank and position to Chief of General Staff, making him the top military commander in the nation, of course subject to civilian political directives. His investiture was planned months in advance, but in the interim Jerusalem saw a change of governments, so Halevi will report to a new Defense Minister, Prime Minister and Security Cabinet. This makes a...
Jan 13, 2023•27 min
With the war in Ukraine only several weeks away from its first anniversary, it has obviously become the most important issue for Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is going out of his way to salvage some part of his failed gamble on a clear victory. Putin is therefore now courting Iran - despite a lot of negative history between Moscow and Tehran, and the Russian military has become dependent on various kinds of Iranian weapons, most prominently drones. How deep are these relations, can they o...
Jan 10, 2023•27 min
There is very little profit for prophets, it they are careless enough to predict the immediate future - tomorrow, next week, next month. With that in mind, we are going to peer into the haze and snow of early 2023, in an effort to see the general outline of the year mostly ahead of us. Panel: - Host: Col. (Res.) Miri Eisin, TV7 Powers-in-Play Panelist, Israeli Public Diplomacy, Security, Intelligence Expert at ICT, the Reichman University. - Amir Oren, Editor at Large, Host of Watchmen Talk and ...
Jan 06, 2023•28 min
As we send 2022 to its time capsule, for future generations and aliens from outer space to look up, let’s try to recap its most important events, trends and figures. Panel: - Jonathan Hessen, Host. - Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom, TV7 Powers-in-Play Panelist, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at ICT, Reichman University. - Eran Etzion Former Deputy Head, NSC (National Security Council). Articles on the topic: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/netanyahu-urges-closer-us-saudi-ties/ https://www.t...
Dec 30, 2022•28 min
Yair host Frances Marie Dimple from Ori-EL Shalom Ministries in the Philippines, who shares testimony of how God is using her and the ministry to shine the light of Yeshua. We also discuss the meaning of the seasonal holidays of Hanukkah and Christmas! 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of...
Dec 25, 2022•28 min
Please join us for discussion on the changing status between Israel with longtime regional foes, Saudi Arabia and the Arab world at large. Co-Hosts: 1. Amir Oren, Editor at Large, Host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play. 2. Col. (Res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Israel’s Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and Lecturer at Shalem College in Jerusalem. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge...
Dec 24, 2022•28 min
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its 11th month with no real prospect of ending during this winter, the issue seems one of perspective: the gloomiest predictions of conflict spreading into other European nations and drawing NATO into actual fighting - rather than assistance in equipment and training were proven wrong, or at least premature. Then again, hopes for a swift conclusion of combat operations and transition into negotiations were also dashed. So, what is in store for the world in the f...
Dec 23, 2022•42 min
2022 will go down in history as a year of growing deficiencies - from reduced security and stability to energy shortages, diminished trust in an EU institution plagued by a developing corruption scandal, an undeterred influx of illegal migration - all the way to staggering inflation. And while the so-called “Dark Days of Christmas” are upon us, a perfect metaphor to the darkness plaguing this European continent on multiple levels, now more than ever, are citizens of respective European nation st...
Dec 22, 2022•58 min
With the United States openly shifting its focus from the Middle East to the Far East - as a long-term hot spot though right now Russia’s war on Ukraine is uppermost on decision-makers’ minds, China is given an opening to enhance its reach into if not over this region. Beijing is methodically following its multi-decade plan to flex its commercial, political and military muscles towards areas farther away from its homeland - including the Persian Gulf, the Levant and North Africa. How real is thi...
Dec 20, 2022•28 min
Jonathan hosts a special guest Colonel Richard Kemp, a former British Field Commander and head of the international counter-terrorism intelligence team at the British Cabinet Office. The two discuss the importance of intelligence on the security and peace of Jerusalem and the cooperation between Israel and the United Kingdom. The two also discuss operation Waves Breaker. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnew...
Dec 18, 2022•28 min
All intelligence assessments must be taken with a spoonful of salt. Who, in either Israel or abroad, could have predicted a year ago that at the end of 2022 a new government would emerge in Jerusalem with an unprecedented make-up, personally and functionally. That said, the Israeli intelligence community has fulfilled its task of giving the cabinet, the appropriate Knesset committee ant the military command, its best estimate as to the priority list of threats facing the Jewish State as it welco...
Dec 16, 2022•28 min
In one of his last official acts before vacating the office he held since spring 2020, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz went out of his way to praise Egypt as a peaceful neighbor and strategic partner. Gantz reacted furiously to a statement by a junior but crucial member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s emerging coalition, who insisted Egypt is an enemy of the Jewish State. What are the true dimensions of the Israeli-Egyptian relationship, and should Cairo be concerned as it watches the Jerusalem pol...
Dec 13, 2022•28 min
Jonathan and Yair explain the intelligence-gathering process in Israel, and how it affects the strategy and policymaking of the Israeli Defense Forces. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/563/ Jerusalem Studio: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/ TV7 Israel News Editor’s Note: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/76269/ TV7 Europa Stands: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/se...
Dec 11, 2022•28 min
Please join host Amir Oren for the second of a two-part interview with IDF Northern Cmdr.Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Yair Golan. Following the high bar set by his father and brother during their national military performance, serving as a IDF Colonel and enlistment in the Paratroopers Brigade, respectively; Golan also went airborne to rise to the second-highest position in the IDF. Major General Golan commanded an infantry brigade, the Lebanon border division, the West Bank, the Home Front and the Northern...
Dec 10, 2022•28 min
The Biden administration has put the incoming Netanyahu cabinet on notice - try to make good on the election campaign pledges of right-wing and religious parties and bear the consequences in your relationship with Washington. Settlement activity, annexation, unjustified lethality and various other activities associated with a harder line towards Palestinians will put Netanyahu on a collision course with President Biden and his Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is emphasizing its ties wit...
Dec 09, 2022•27 min
In late November, two explosions rocked the calm morning of Jerusalem. Charges were detonated at bus stops several kilometers apart, killing two Israelis and wounding almost twenty. Had this simultaneous terror attack taken place aboard buses, the result could have been horrific, much like those of thirty and twenty-five years ago, and public pressure on the Israeli government to undertake a major military campaign against whoever sent or inspired the murderers would have been irresistible. Beca...
Dec 06, 2022•27 min
Jonathan joins Monika as they host two exceptional worship leaders, Bukola and Damilola Bekes, all the way from the African country of Nigeria. Join us for a special episode of prayer and worship, an in prayer for both Nigeria and all of Africa! You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/563/ Jerusalem Studio: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/ TV7 Israel News Editor’s Note: https://w...
Dec 04, 2022•28 min
Jonathan and Yair discuss the most pressing matters that will facing the newly-formed, 37th Israeli government under the leadership of Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu. Please join us in prayer! You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/563/ Jerusalem Studio: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/ TV7 Israel News Editor’s Note: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/76269/ T...
Dec 04, 2022•28 min
Please join host Amir Oren for the first of a two-part interview with IDF Northern Cmdr. Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Yair Golan. Following the high bar set by his father and brother during their national military performance, serving as a IDF Colonel and enlistment in the Paratroopers Brigade, respectively; Golan also went airborne to rise to the second-highest position in the IDF. Major General Golan commanded an infantry brigade, the Lebanon border division, the West Bank, the Home Front and the Northern...
Dec 03, 2022•28 min
The lethal terror attack on civilians innocently walking down Istanbul’s Istiklal Street on November 13 was probably perpetrated by a Kurdish underground cell fighting Turkish rule over this ethnic group. President Erdogan responded by air raids into Kurdish concentrations in northern Syria, bordering Turkey, and promising that a ground offensive will follow when conditions are most suitable. The Kurdish forces in Syria, who comprise the better part of the local inhabitants fighting with America...
Dec 02, 2022•28 min
Until early this year, the most sensitive dimension in the relationship between Russia and Israel was the Syrian one. Moscow was determined to protect its foothold there and therefore prop up the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Jerusalem avoided friction with the Russians to keep fighting Iran’s forces and proxies in the Arab Republic. With the prolonged Ukraine war, Russian priorities changed considerably; at least for the duration of the conflict between Presidents Vladimir P...
Nov 29, 2022•28 min
Jonathan Hessen and Ambassador Danny Ayalon discuss the terror attacks that have recently plagued Jerusalem, the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority and more. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel News: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/563/ Jerusalem Studio: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/ TV7 Israel News Editor’s Note: https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/762...
Nov 27, 2022•28 min
