This episode focuses on the 14 May elections, including the run-off vote between the two leading presidential candidates later this month on the 28th. All conclusions are therefore ‘interim’ regarding the performance at the polls by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan performance, who may yet emerge victorious despite failing to gain majority vote I the first election. Final judgment on Turkey’s domestic and foreign courses for the next term must await further discussion in the future. Panel: - Host:...
May 19, 2023•27 min
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visited Damascus last week for talks with his counterpart Bashar Al-Assad. The main issues were economic, but the visit - the first since the Syrian civil war erupted a dozen years ago - also signaled Tehran’s growing influence over the Assad regime, secondary only to the Russian role in the war-torn country’s affairs. At the same time, Syrian and Iranian officials huddled with their Russian and Turkish colleagues, while moderate Arab nations met in Jordan to call ...
May 16, 2023•28 min
Jonathan hosts Major General (Res) Gershon Ha-Cohen, IDF Army Corps Commander for a discussion Islam as both a religious and political force. Other topics include gaps of Western countries' understanding of Muslim culture against the backdrop of power shifts in the Middle East. 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 Isr...
May 14, 2023•28 min
This monthly program focuses on persecution across the Middle East and North Africa of Christians, many of whom are targeted for their faith and forced to endure daily violence and harassment. We hope to enlighten and encourage our viewers to pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. In this episode, Host John O'Sullivan, President of the Danube Institute in Budapest and a former senior aide of late British Premier Margret Thatcher, leads discussion on the current situation in Iraq. Joined ...
May 13, 2023•27 min
As a nation whose defense doctrine was based on keeping the smallest possible regular military force backed by reserves to be mobilized in emergencies, Israel put a lot of stock in deterrence, hoping for wide intervals between wars. But deterrence has many levels and many target audiences, and Israel has in recent years struggled with updating and refining this notion as it confronts Palestinian terror, Hezbollah missiles and most especially the Iranian threat - both unconventional, conventional...
May 12, 2023•27 min
"Binational boats beyond Bab-el-Mandeb:" This could be a fitting headline for a groundbreaking - or in this case perhaps sea-breaking - activity undertaken in March but revealed only about a week ago. The Israel Navy and the US Fifth Fleet linked up far away from Israel’s borders, more than 2,000 kilometers south of Eilat, as vessels of these friendly navies performed mutually beneficial duties in a key maritime front between Asia - or more to the point, Arabia - and the continent of Africa. Wha...
May 09, 2023•27 min
Jonathan Hessen hosts Gen. Klaus Naumann, former Chief of General Staff of the Bundeswehr, as well as the Chairman of NATO Military Committee. The two discuss the importance of NATO, and whether it is perceived as ‘a force with which to be reckoned’ and if it should intervene in the Russia-Ukraine war. Other topics include shifts in the world power order established in the aftermath of World War II. You are welcome to join our audience and watch all of our programs - free of charge! TV7 Israel N...
May 07, 2023•27 min
Please join host Amir Oren for the second of a two-part interview with Major General (Res.) Major General Israel Ziv, who retired some years ago as a career officer but is on call for frequent advice to his younger brothers-in-arms. First and foremost a paratrooper from enlistment as a private soldier to running the infantry and paratroop corps as a Brigadier-General, he led troops at every level from squad to brigade, then moved on to command the Gaza Division and ended his service as the Israe...
May 06, 2023•28 min
In late April, for the second time in four months, Russia convened a multi-party meeting of defense and intelligence chiefs attended by Syria and Turkey. This time, Iran also participated. The main item on the agenda has been the Turkish insistence on military presence within the territory of Northern Syria, in order to fight Kurdish separatists who are also resisting the Assad regime. Obviously, Russia wants the Syrian front to quiet down, with some economic benefits for Damascus, while it is o...
May 05, 2023•27 min
Whether you call it the Persian Gulf - as the Iranians see it from its Eastern Shore, or the Arabian Gulf from a Western perspective, its waters have always been tense. There are competing regional powers such as Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and even lesser ones that are still energy and economy powerhouses due to their oil wealth and world powers. But recently, calmer winds seem to be blowing in the Gulf, first with a Saudi-Iranian rapprochement helped by China, and now the resumption of relati...
May 02, 2023•27 min
Please join host Amir Oren for the first of a two-part interview with Major General (Res.) Major General Israel Ziv, who retired some years ago as a career officer but is on call for frequent advice to his younger brothers-in-arms. First and foremost a paratrooper from enlistment as a private soldier to running the infantry and paratroop corps as a Brigadier General, he led troops at every level from squad to brigade, then moved on to command the Gaza Division and ended his service as the Israel...
May 01, 2023•28 min
Jonathan Hessen hosts Prof. Uri Rosenthal, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Discussion focuses on Prof. Rosenthal’s active role in supporting regime change in Iran, regional intervention by the Islamic Republic and how demography is changing the face of the Middle East and Europe. 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/...
Apr 30, 2023•28 min
Please join us for discussion on the warming relations between Iran with Saudi Arabia, and its potential impact on the region. Other topics include rising hostilities by Iran’s proxies and allies - most notably the Hamas and Hezbollah terror organizations – with Israel, tensions on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount during Ramadan, and Syria’s return to the Arab League. Co-Hosts: 1. Amb. Danny Ayalon, Israel's Former Ambassador to the United States and Deputy Foreign Minister & Lecturer at NYU. 2. Col...
Apr 29, 2023•28 min
Sudan, a poor country strategically located south of Egypt, along the Nile and on the Red Sea, has in recent weeks descended into chaos and destruction due to a conflict between two Generals who were supposed to share power. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s Armed Forces and General Dagalo’s Rapid Support Force have spared neither each other’s troops nor civilians caught in the crossfire. Foreigners, including diplomats, were evacuated or asked to stay out. Who are the internal and external eleme...
Apr 28, 2023•28 min
The State of Israel this week marks a day of mourning which at sundown will morph into a day of celebration - Memorial Day, then Independence Day. At 75, the Jewish State has reached a maturity which allows us to take stock and assess its position, both absolute and relative to where it has been and where it wishes to go. What are the strengths and weaknesses in Israel’s military and security situation, what are the chances and challenges, as it confronts the strategic outline close by on its bo...
Apr 25, 2023•28 min
Fourteen months have passed since Russia launched its premeditated military invasion of Ukraine, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties to date in Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two. As neither Moscow nor Kyiv have managed to close in on their respective political objectives so far, the majority of Western intelligence agencies believe the devastating conflict will undoubtedly persist into the foreseeable future - feasibly spilling over into other regions of the world. Europ...
Apr 23, 2023•57 min
Jonathan Hessen hosts Col. (Ret) Richard Kemp, Former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee at the British Cabinet Office and Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan. Discussion focuses on Israel from an international perspective, vis-à-vis support or condemnation for its defense activities. 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/v...
Apr 23, 2023•28 min
Israel next week celebrates its 75th anniversary birthday as a Jewish State - independent of the British Mandate that preceded it, and in spite of hostile efforts to eradicate it. In 1948, Great Britain was the dominant great power in the region, with France competing with it and the Soviet Union looking for openings. The United States was reluctant to take over as the leading Western power but had to fill in the emerging vacuum. Fast forward to the present and the American-Russian-Chinese compe...
Apr 21, 2023•42 min
It has become a cliché to claim that Israel is facing simultaneous threats from several quarters - within it, on its boundaries with adjacent entities and territories and outside it. The challenges are always there, but most of the time they erupt serially rather than concurrently - and can be dealt with accordingly. In recent weeks, however, different threats seemed to materialize day after day and even on the same day, as if orchestrated by one central headquarters. Is that the reality, or mer...
Apr 18, 2023•27 min
TV7's My Brother's Keeper, in cooperation with the Danube Institute, focuses on persecution of Christians across the Middle East and North Africa, where many are targeted for their faith and forced to endure daily violence and harassment. We hope to enlighten and encourage our viewers to pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. In the first episode of this upcoming season, My Brother’s Keeper Host John O'Sullivan, President of the Danube Institute in Budapest and a former senior aide of la...
Apr 16, 2023•27 min
Jonathan Hessen hosts the panel appearing on the upcoming season of My Brother’s Keeper programs - that begins tomorrow night. My Brother’s Keeper Host John O'Sullivan, President of the Danube Institute in Budapest and a former senior aide of late British Premier Margret Thatcher, will lead discussion during this first episode on the tremendous persecution facing Christians in recent years, many of whom are targeted for their faith and forced to endure daily violence and harassment. Joined by Di...
Apr 15, 2023•28 min
When Israel looks north towards the two neighboring countries yet to sign peace agreements with the Jewish State, it also looks to east. That is, of course, because whatever happens in the frontlines with Syria and Lebanon is inspired and even directed by the Ayatollah regime in Tehran. This is why Israel takes a holistic approach to its northern frontier, viewing attacks launched at its Galilee and Golan districts as part of the Iranian-Israeli confrontation. What then lies behind the recent co...
Apr 14, 2023•27 min
The Biden Administration has tried to separate its policy towards Iran’s de-facto pursuit of military nuclear capability from the other concerns it has with Tehran’s Mideast activities, as well as the brutal suppression of domestic dissent. While a revival of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal is officially off the table, there are still ongoing efforts to craft a compromise primarily through Qatari mediation. At the same time, the US has denounced the Russian-Iranian axis,...
Apr 11, 2023•28 min
In this episode, Jonathan Hessen hosts Dr. Rafael Bardaji, CEO Worldwide Strategy and former Spanish National Security Advisor. The two discuss soaring tensions in Jerusalem during the coinciding observance of the Islamic month of Ramadan with the weeklong Jewish Passover festival, including Israel’s reaffirmation of the right to religious worship and frictions on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with Palestinians and the Jordanian Waqf authority. Other topics include threats posed by Iran and regi...
Apr 09, 2023•28 min
Israel’s main coastline is on its west, facing the Mediterranean Sea. The country’s main naval adversary was once Egypt, but after four decades of peace with Israel, today’s maritime challenges emanate chiefly from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. This has especially been true since discovery of an abundance of offshore energy resources, which is why the main Israeli Navy fleet operates from the Haifa and Ashdod Ports. Yet, with Iran and its proxies threatening shipping and shore-based targets...
Apr 07, 2023•27 min
When US General Michael Erik Kurilla presented the annual posture statement for his combatant command to Congressional committees recently, he chose to open it by looking back to its history. It has been 40 years since Central Command (CENTCOM) was carved out of the long-established European and Pacific Commands. As Kurilla mentioned, the original threats in the 1980s were by the Soviet Union and Iran. Later, in two wars, Saddam Hussein was the arch-villain, with Osama bin Laden drawing the Unit...
Apr 04, 2023•28 min
Jonathan Hessen hosts Amb. Danny Ayalon (Co-host TV7 Middle East Review, Powers-in-Play Panelist, NYU Lecturer, former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States) and 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). They discuss the need for unity in Israel amid major dispute over plans by the government of Israeli Prime Ministe...
Apr 02, 2023•28 min
Please join us for discussion for a geo-strategic overview of the Middle East, including focus on Iranian nuclear ambitions, the power shift between the United States and China for influence, and roles of key players Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Co-Hosts: 1. Amb. Danny Ayalon, Israel's Former Ambassador to the United States and Deputy Foreign Minister & Lecturer at NYU. 2. Col. (Res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Israel’s Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for ...
Apr 01, 2023•28 min
To Israelis - now immersed in the unfolding political /civil /judicial drama, it may seem as if it all happened ages ago; but in fact it was last year at about this time that a wave of terror acts hit Israel’s cities. Armed infiltrators seemed to operate at will in population centers as security forces rushed to the scenes to overpower them - but with the damage to life and morale already done. The response devised by the military, police and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet, “Shabak”) internal ...
Mar 31, 2023•28 min
For a decade and half now, the conventional wisdom has been that following the clash with Hezbollah in summer 2006, Israel’s frontier with Lebanon has been kept quiet due to the deterrence gained by the heavy blows inflicted by the IDF. This assessment was brought into question by a sudden terror act - probably conceived in Beirut and executed through the border fence. Israel is now concerned that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, 41 years at the helm of the Iranian-supported heavily armed Shi’...
Mar 28, 2023•27 min
