Podcast appearances and mentions of israel policy forum

19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

CBS is canceling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Parent company Paramount is in the middle of a multibillion-dollar merger with the studio Skydance. The deal needs approval from the Trump administration, and Colbert has been a harsh critic of the president. CNN's Brian Stelter joins us why CBS canceled the show. Then, historian Julian Zelizer says there was a time when voter unrest could move Congress. He recalls the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of the 1980s, which passed with bipartisan support. But when voters revolted, Congress repealed the law. And, President Trump has signaled frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he pushes for a regional cease-fire. Michael Koplow, chief policy officer at the Israel Policy Forum, tells us more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedo

In the wake of the 12-day war against Iran and with the campaign in Gaza still ongoing, Israel's regional outlook is characterized by both deepening challenges and emerging opportunities. Israel Policy Forum and ROPES—The Regional Organization for Peace, Economics & Security—present a webinar on the state of Israel's regional integration featuring Ksenia Svetlova (Executive director, ROPES), Farah Bdour (Jordanian policy analyst), and Aziz Alghashian (Saudi policy analyst) in conversation with Rachel Brandenburg (Washington Managing Director and Senior Fellow, Israel Policy Forum). Ksenia, Farah, Aziz, and Rachel unpack the wider regional environment and its implications for Israel, including the aftermath of the Israel-Iran war, the new government in Syria, the new status quo in Lebanon, the state of the Israeli-Palestinian arena, and more.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

This episode of Global Insights is part one of our special two-part series on the Israel-Iran conflict. What began as a diplomatic attempt to manage Iran's nuclear ambitions escalated sharply on June 12, when Israel launched targeted airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities and military leaders—triggering open war between the two countries and drawing in the United States. Though a ceasefire is now in place, its stability remains uncertain. To unpack the strategic calculations behind Israel's actions and the evolving role of the United States, we speak with Dr. Michael Koplow, Chief Policy Officer at the Israel Policy Forum. What were Israel's goals? Has it accomplished them? And how might this conflict—and its potential resolution—reshape the security landscape in the Middle East? Listen to part two of this series later today, featuring Iranian journalist Tara Kangarlou on the civilian impact and public sentiment inside Iran.  Visit us at Network2020.org.  Music by Alex_Kizenkov from Pixabay. 

Israel’s military achievements in its war with Iran will mean little if they are not “anchored to a diplomatic agreement that will ensure that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons,” Shira Efron, research director of the Israel Policy Forum, said on the Haaretz Podcast. Without such a guarantee, she fears, the “fragile cease-fire” in place will not hold and there will be a regression into the “tit-for-tat war of attrition” that the Trump-imposed cease-fire managed to halt. Bringing the Iranians back to the negotiating table in good faith, however, she said, will be challenging. From their perspective, after they showed willingness to negotiate, Israel and the United States struck militarily. “What incentivizes them to trust the negotiation process again? How do you bring them to the negotiation table and make it clear to them that their situation without a nuclear weapon would be better than having a nuclear weapon? Because they can choose, theoretically, the path of North Korea and say ‘If we had a nuclear weapon, no one would have struck us, so getting one is what we should be doing.’ Our challenge is to make sure that this doesn't happen. And I think it's not going to come only from kinetic strikes. It also has to come from diplomacy.” The quick resolution to the Iran conflict highlighted the depth of the quagmire of the Gaza war, she noted. “The juxtaposition of Gaza and Iran couldn't be more pronounced. You see an adversary that Israel actually feared and prepared for. There were actual goals of war that were defined and articulated, and we knew when to leave on time. In Gaza, we have very unclear objectives of the war like ‘total victory’ and ‘complete elimination’ of Hamas.” Efron admitted that she had held out a “fantasy” scenario in which there had been a backroom deal that when Donald Trump committed to attacking Iran, he had conditioned it on Israel agreeing to end the Gaza conflict. However, she said, based on conversations with Israeli officials, “There are no indications that this condition was there. But there's no question that the president does want to end the war in Gaza. He wants to bring back the hostages.” Subscribe to Haaretz.com for up-to-the-minute news and analysis from Israel and the Middle East in English. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Z3 Podcast, host Rabbi Amitai Fraiman is joined by Rebecca Guzman and Shanie Reichman, contributing authors to the book Young Zionist Voices, for a candid conversation about how the younger generations experiences Israel, Zionism, and Jewish identity. What does it take to build understanding between generations, and how can we stay in relationship even when we don't see eye to eye? Don't miss this thoughtful episode that speaks directly to the challenges and possibilities of being young, Jewish, and politically engaged today.Want to hear more from Gen Z voices like Rebecca and Shanie? Get your copy of Young Zionist Voices now at z3project.org/books.About Our GuestsRebecca Guzman is a Straus Scholar and Tablet Fellow at Stern College for Women, where she is currently studying creative writing. Her work has appeared in Jewish Journal and The Jewish Press, and she has received recognition from the National Council of Teachers of English and The New York Times. She lives in New York City.Shanie Reichman is the director of strategic initiatives and director of IPF Atid at Israel Policy Forum, based in New York City, where she works to elevate the discourse around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She serves as the founding chair for the Forum Dvorah U.S. committee, an NGO that champions women's participation in national security and foreign policy decision-making spheres in Israel. She is a Wexner Field Fellow, a Schusterman ROIer, and serves on the boards of Queens College Hillel and the Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding. Her work has been published in the Forward, the Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel, Hey Alma, Jewish Unpacked, and International Policy Digest. She is a participating author in the book “Young Zionist Voices” and is pursuing her MA in Middle Eastern Studies at CUNY Graduate Center.Chapters(00:00)Introduction(04:15) Defining Zionism: Personal Perspectives(08:47) Zionism and Judaism: Intersections and Distinctions(13:50) Generational Perspectives on Zionism(22:55) The Future of Israel Education(30:35) Understanding Emotional Connections to Israel(32:51) The Complexity of Zionism and Education(35:13) Navigating Criticism and Support for Israel(37:00) The Disconnect Between Heritage and Current Events(38:31) The Reality of Israel vs. Idealism(40:52) Shared Values and Diverging Perspectives(43:21) Empathy and Understanding in the Jewish Community(45:26) Defining Boundaries in Conversations about Zionism(48:41) Strategic Engagement with Young American Jews(52:14) The Impact of Perceptions on Zionism(55:45) The Need for Open Conversations(01:00:26) Hope for the Future of Jewish Identity

Hamas' October 7, 2023, paradigm-shifting attack has prompted Israel to change its defense doctrine with devastating consequences for the Middle East. No longer satisfied with operating on the principle of deterrence, involving regular strikes against Hamas in Gaza and Lebanon, militant Palestinian groups in the West Bank, Yemen's Houthi rebels, Iranian targets in Syria and the Islamic Republic, and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, Israel's new defense doctrine focuses on militarily emasculating its opponents. The new doctrine, focused on kinetic rather than negotiated solutions, has driven Israeli military operations since the Hamas attack broke a psychological barrier by successfully breaching Israeli defences and invading Israeli territory. Hamas and other Palestinians killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the attack. Israel's subsequent decimation of Hamas and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite militia and political movement, with little regard for the cost to innocent human lives, offered proof of concept for a strategy that involves killing top leaders and destroying military infrastructure based on the Jewish state's military and intelligence superiority. In addition to the devastation of Gaza in a bid to destroy Hamas militarily and politically and the weakening of Hezbollah, Israel has destroyed much of the Syrian military arsenal and infrastructure since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. Now, it is targeting Iran's military command, missile and launcher arsenal, and nuclear facilities. “The unexpected degree of success…reduced Israeli wariness about launching a similar campaign against Iran, despite expectations that a severe Iranian response might still be forthcoming,” said Michael Koplow, chief policy officer at the Israel Policy Forum. Alarmingly, Israel's newly conceived dominance-driven military assertiveness has fueled public anger and widespread anticipation of war across the Middle East.

This is a recording of an Israel Policy Forum webinar held on Wednesday, June 18, at 1pm ET.Days into its military campaign against Iran, Israel has racked up an impressive series of achievements: decimating Iran's top military echelon, setting back its nuclear program, taking out drones and rocket-launchers, and achieving freedom of operation in the skies above Tehran. Yet the war's impact on the Israeli homefront has been costly, with at least two dozen casualties and unprecedented levels of destruction in central Israel. Israel's endgame and Washington's appetite to assist in eliminating Iran's nuclear program remain unclear.Israel Policy Forum Washington Managing Director and Senior Fellow Rachel Brandenburg hosts Raz Zimmt, director of the Iran program at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, and Kenneth Pollack, vice president for policy at the Middle East Institute, to unpack the state of the war.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Israel's strikes against Iran's military and nuclear infrastructure, as well as its key military and security leadership, shocked the world. How did we arrive here? What did the Israeli strikes accomplish? What options does Iran have? How did the Iranian-U.S. nuclear talks fail to forestall this? Will the United States become a party to the conflict? What about the Russian and Iraqi dimensions? Nicole Grajewski of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Rachel Brandenburg of the Israel Policy Forum joined Ryan to answer these questions and more.  This episode was recorded the morning of June 17, and events are fast-moving, but this is still worth listening to in order to understand how we arrived here. 

On this week's episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Fellow and Research Director Shira Efron. The trio discuss the launch of Israel's new offensive in Gaza, growing international pressure on Israel to end the war, concerns over the grim humanitarian situation inside the strip, what President Trump actually wants, and more.  This podcast was recorded before the terrorist attack at the Capital Jewish Museum. Read Israel Policy Forum's statement below: Israel Policy Forum mourns the senseless killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in the terrorist attack at the American Jewish Committee Young Diplomats reception in Washington, D.C. Our hearts go out to their families and to their Israeli Embassy colleagues, and their killer must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.This was an antisemitic terrorist attack targeting a Jewish event ostensibly carried out in the name of Palestinian solidarity, and there can be no space for this in the United States. Support for Palestinians confers no legitimacy to attack Jews, Israeli or otherwise, and the terrorist who gunned down two innocents last night has only damaged whatever cause he was allegedly trying to advance. Neither the October 7 attacks nor the war in Gaza provide any justification for political violence, and language used in anti-Israel protests that often glorifies such violence must stop. Jews in this country should not have to live in fear because of fighting taking place six thousand miles away, and we reject any attempted connection between these two arenas.We also reject the immediate rush to map terrorism on American shores to domestic Israeli partisan politics. The political point scoring already taking place, as if the terrorist was motivated by statements from politicians on either side of the spectrum rather than by events on the ground and his own twisted antisemitic hatred, is unseemly and must stop.Our thoughts and condolences are with the victims' families.Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here.

Middle East Focus Presents: 'Taking the Edge Off the Middle East,' a series of casual conversations with leading policy professionals on the most important happenings in the Middle East today - hosted by MEI's Senior Fellow Brian Katulis. Ibrahim Dalalsha, founder and director of Horizon Center for Political Studies and Media Outreach, and Shira Efron, research director at the Israel Policy Forum, join host Brian Katulis to discuss policy developments in the devastating war between Israel and Hamas, and how Israelis and Palestinians can work together toward a peaceful resolution of conflict.

Tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated in recent months and are at a low point after a series of assassinations and rocket strikes. Is it time for a larger military response? Those who urge Israel to strike argue Iran is an existential threat to their survival. Those who are against striking Iran in an unprecedented way say that there are high risks and better options. Now we debate: Should Israel Strike Iran?    Arguing Yes: Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute    Arguing No: Shira Efron, Senior Director of Policy Research at the Israel Policy Forum    Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Ehud Yaari, a longtime Middle East commentator for Israel's Channel 12 and an international fellow at the Washington Institute, joins Neri Zilber for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of play in the Gaza war, the prospects for a hostage deal, myths surrounding the day after, the chances for de-escalation with Hizballah in Lebanon, fears for stability on the West Bank, and much more.Join Israel Policy Forum for our virtual Summer Learning Series on key issues and concepts related to Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, led by Israel Policy Forum experts and guest educators. Every session will be preceded by the distribution of recommended readings and resources to enhance the experience.Held on four Mondays over the course of the summer, beginning July 1, these one-hour sessions are offered at no cost. Recordings of past sessions are available for viewing. Learn more and register here.Support the Show.

Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Foundation of Policy Research Shira Efron to discuss developments in Israel's political arena and across the various fronts of the ongoing war. They unpack Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first Hebrew-language interview in over a year, his upcoming visit to Washington, and the Haredi military conscription saga threatening his coalition. With the chances of a hostage-for-ceasefire deal appearing increasingly slim, Neri, Shira, and Michael assess the future of the Gaza campaign and the possibility of a major escalation in Lebanon.--Join Israel Policy Forum for our virtual Summer Learning Series on key issues and concepts related to Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, led by Israel Policy Forum experts and guest educators. Every session will be preceded by the distribution of recommended readings and resources to enhance the experience.Held on four Mondays over the course of the summer, beginning July 1, these one-hour sessions are offered at no cost. Learn more and register here.Support the Show.

Content advisory: This episode discusses sexual violence in the context of the October 7th Massacre and the captured hostages. Join Z3 Podcast host Rabbi Amitai Fraiman and Laura E. Adkins, award-winning writer and former opinion editor at The Forward, as they dive deep into a discussion about the state of the world for American and Israeli Jews, with a special emphasis on the experiences of women. Amitai and Laura talk through Laura's experience working with survivors of the Nova music festival attack. During this conversation, Amitai and Laura discuss the struggle for Israeli women to be believed about having experienced and witnessed sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th and thereafter. Though the nature of this conversation is filled with intense themes, Laura leaves us with these underlying ideas to give Jews strength going forward: Jewish resilience as a constant thread throughout history and the importance of the Diaspora building intentional connections with Israelis Learn more about the work Laura is doing and about supporting survivors of sexual violence at jwi.org or ibelieveisraeliwomen.org. About our guest: Laura E. Adkins Progressive Thinker, Writer and Activist Laura E. Adkins is an award-winning writer based in New York. Her work on Israel, global Jewish life, and gender issues has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Glamour, Fox News and other outlets. Laura is a senior director at Jewish Women International, working to combat gender-based violence and advance economic justice and women's leadership. She is also a volunteer mentor-editor for the OpEd project and serves on the New York Atid board of the Israel Policy Forum. Previously, Laura was the Opinion Editor of the Forward, an adjunct instructor of journalism at Yeshiva University's Stern College, an inaugural member of the Shalom Hartman journalism cohort, the Opinion Editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the editor of Jewish Insider and an assistant blogs editor at The Times of Israel. Approaching the world with curiosity and humility, her work aims to advance our collective understanding of the realities and beliefs that shape individuals and societies, particularly in Israel and Jewish diaspora communities. Follow Z3 here: Instagram - instagram.com/z3project/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@z3project LinkedIn- linkedin.com/company/z3-project Facebook - facebook.com/Z3Project/ Twitter - twitter.com/Z3_Project Website - z3project.org/

On this episode of Israel Policy Pod, Neri Zilber hosts Yair Zivan, chief foreign policy advisor to former Israeli prime minister and current opposition leader Yair Lapid, and the author of the forthcoming anthology The Center Must Hold: Why Centrism Is the Answer to Extremism and Polarization. They discuss the meaning of centrism as a distinct political movement, its increasing importance worldwide, the experience of working in the Bennett-Lapid government, and the current moment in Israeli politics and the Gaza war. Finally, they delve into the question on everyone's mind: when will there be elections in Israel? --Join Israel Policy Forum for our virtual Summer Learning Series on key issues and concepts related to Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, led by Israel Policy Forum experts and guest educators. Every session will be preceded by the distribution of recommended readings and resources to enhance the experience.Held on four Mondays over the course of the summer, beginning July 1, these one-hour sessions are offered at no cost. Learn more and register here.Support the Show.

Born into a Muslim-Jewish family in Morocco, Chama Metchaly has dedicated her career to creating safe spaces for dialogue and bridging the gaps between Muslim and Jewish narratives, as well as Eastern and Western values. Since the advent of the Abraham Accords, Mechtaly has advised numerous governmental and nongovernmental organizations on regional integration and Israeli-Arab relations. Based in New York and Dubai, her work has been featured in international media, including a feature documentary film by Asharq News. As a visual artist, she has exhibited her work in four continents, including twice at the Jerusalem Biennale. Mechtaly is currently a WIn fellow and an Executive Leadership Program participant at Atlantic Council as well as a convener at the Israel Policy Forum. In 2023, she was recognized in the Middle East Policy Council's 40 under 40 list. She is the co-founder of the Emma Lazarus Institute for Liberty and Tolerance, where she bridges the gaps between the Democratic West and the Moderate East. She is a policy advisor, entrepreneur, activist, artist and speaker, known for her intersectional and interdisciplinary approach to peacebuilding, Jewish inclusion, and Arab-Israeli integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. 

Laura E. Adkins is an award-winning writer based in New York. Her work on Israel, global Jewish life, and gender issues has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Glamour, Fox News and other outlets. Laura is a senior director at Jewish Women International, working to combat gender-based violence and advance economic justice and women's leadership. She is also a volunteer mentor-editor for the OpEd project and serves on the New York Atid board of the Israel Policy Forum.   This conversation covers topics such as academic freedom, freedom of speech, and the challenges faced by universities in dealing with protests. We discuss the response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, including the importance of getting the hostages home and the need for a humanitarian response. The conversation touches on the denial of Hamas's sexual violence and the intersectionality of antisemitism and misogyny. Laura emphasizes the importance of dialogue, engagement, and building relationships to bring about change and a peaceful solution. The conversation concludes with a discussion on personal actions and the importance of community. - Sponsors:  AMARE GLOBAL: The Mental Wellness Company - get $10 off your next order - https://www.amare.com/155249/en-us/ (use code: EVERYBODY) Get 10% discount on all For Everybody products at https://shopforeverybody.com/ (use code: SFE10)  Get 10% off Jocko Fuel at https://store.jockofuel.com/ (use code EVERYBODY)  - Extra Stuff: Laura's website - https://lauraeadkins.com/ Follow Laura on X - https://twitter.com/Laura_E_Adkins - Subscribe to my newsletter: https://aaronmachbitz.com/ Something For Everybody Merchandise → https://shopforeverybody.com/collections/somethingforeverybody - To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/AaronMachbitz (Recorded on May 7th, 2024) Edited by Ben Rogerson (@BenRogerson_) Intro music by Residual Audio (Residualaudio.com) Episodes You Might Enjoy:  #253 - SELF-IMAGE 101 https://everybodyspod.com/self-image101/ #257 - How To Get Shit Done  https://everybodyspod.com/procrastination/ - Get in touch:  iG: https://www.instagram.com/AaronMachbitz Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronMachbitz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMachbitz/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AaronMachbitz Email:  https://www.aaronmachbitz.com/contact/

On this week's episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman discuss Saturday's heroic hostage rescue operation, the landmark speech by President Biden laying out a Gaza hostage-and-ceasefire deal, the implications of Benny Gantz's resignation from the emergency wartime government, the prospects of war breaking out with Hizballah in Lebanon, and more. At this critical juncture in the war in Gaza, Israel Policy Forum experts are providing timely, clear-headed, and sober analysis on Israeli politics and Israeli-Palestinian affairs.In this Tuesday's Koplow Column, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow unpacks the potential implications of Benny Gantz's decision to quit the emergency wartime government with Netanyahu. Read here.Our Israel fellow and former advisor to Shimon Peres, Nimrod Novik, was interviewed on CBC News to discuss how Israel's daring rescue of four hostages on June 8 could impact the Israeli political arena and the possibility of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. Watch here.Shira Efron, Jess Manville, and Alex Lederman recently published a policy report on how to advance a viable path forward for UNRWA given its essential role and deep, systemic flaws. Explore the report here.If you rely on Israel Policy Forum for credible and thoughtful analysis, please make a gift today so our work can continue to have an impact. Donate now.Support the Show.

October 7 and the war in Gaza have cast a spotlight on UNRWA's deep-seated and longstanding flaws. On this episode of Israel Policy Pod, Israel Policy Forum's Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Dr. Shira Efron, Senior Policy and Communications Associate Alex Lederman, and Policy Advisor Jess Manville discuss their new policy report charting a path toward incremental and meaningful UNRWA reform to align the agency with realistic future outcomes to the conflict, guarantee dignified service provision for Palestinian refugees, and account for Israel's legitimate security needs.Support the Show.

Gaza faces what the World Food Program is calling “catastrophic levels of hunger.” And the United Nations recently issued a report that said a famine is “imminent.” Ravi Agrawal is joined by two experts on the humanitarian situation in Gaza to discuss what the international community can do to prevent the worst outcomes. Sari Bashi is a program director for Human Rights Watch. Shira Efron is the director of research at the Israel Policy Forum. Suggested reading: Mohannad Sabry: How to Get More Aid Into Gaza Shira Efron: The Best Way to Deal With Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis Howard W. French: Why Aren't We Talking More About the Famine in Gaza? Human Rights Watch: Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza

On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum's Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron. Together they assess the ongoing turmoil on U.S. college campuses surrounding the Gaza war, the prospects for a ceasefire-for-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, the state of play in the war nearly seven months in, and more.Support the Show.

On this week's episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman discuss Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, the Israeli mood before and after, the timing and scope of the impending Israeli retaliation, the state of play in the Gaza war, the fate of a ceasefire-for-hostages deal, rising tensions in the West Bank, and more. In the wake of Iran's unprecedented direct attack on Israel, Israel Policy Forum experts have been providing timely, clear-headed, and sober analysis on regional dynamics and the state of the Israeli-Palestinian arena.In this week's Koplow Column, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow unpacks misconceptions surrounding Iran's attack and the opportunity Israel now has to undo some of the mistakes it made after October 7. Read here.Writing in Foreign Affairs, our Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research, Dr. Shira Efron, offers tangible recommendations for addressing Gaza's humanitarian crisis while underscoring the importance of involving the Palestinian Authority. Read here.Following Iran's attack, we have updated our concise explainer on the role of Iran and its proxies in driving conflict across various theaters. Read here.Over the past few days, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Pod host Neri Zilber has written a handful of timely dispatches in the Financial Times on the fallout from Iran's attack. Explore Neri's analysis here.If you rely on Israel Policy Forum for credible and thoughtful analysis, please make a gift today so our work can continue to have an impact.Support the show

Host Roifield Brown is joined by Michael Kaplow from the Israel Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., to dissect recent developments in Middle Eastern geopolitics. They focus on the intense dynamics following Israel's recent military actions against an Iranian consulate in Syria and the consequential Iranian missile barrage. The episode delves into the international outcry, the debate over the legality of the actions under international law, and the potential repercussions on global diplomacy.The conversation extends to Israel's internal political tension regarding its military service policy, especially concerning the ultra-Orthodox community's long-standing draft exemptions. This internal policy debate is juxtaposed with the external military engagements, providing a comprehensive view of the multifaceted challenges Israel faces both domestically and internationally.As the episode unfolds, Kaplow provides an expert analysis of the strategic missteps and potential paths forward, examining how these might influence wider regional stability and the geopolitical landscape.Talking Points from the Podcast Recent Middle Eastern Turmoil: Discussion of the recent events involving Israel's attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria, followed by Iran's missile response.International Law and Responses: Analysis of the legality of Israel's actions under international law and the global reaction to both Israel's strike and Iran's missile response.Impact of Iranian Strikes: A closer look at the specifics of the Iranian strike, including the types and number of missiles used, and the strategic intent behind the response.Calls for Israeli Restraint: Discussion on the international calls for restraint from Israel, and the potential ramifications of these calls on Israel's foreign policy and military strategy.Israeli Military Service Plan: Israel's contentious new military service plan, focusing on the debate around ending draft exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox community and how this issue is influencing Israeli politics and society.Shadow War Dynamics: Insights into the ongoing shadow war between Israel and Iran, especially in the context of the Syrian civil war and the presence of Iranian forces in Syria.Israeli Public Reaction: Reflections on how these developments are perceived and reacted to by the Israeli public, including their concerns and expectations for future security and political stability.Future Implications for Regional Stability: Speculation on how these events might influence future Israeli actions, Iranian strategies, and overall stability in the Middle East.Key Quotes from the Episode:Michael Kaplow: "The response with over 300 missiles was nominally proportional, but the real question remains whether Iran intended a serious escalation or a show of force meant to deter without causing substantial damage."Roifield Brown: "The strike on the Iranian consulate has undeniably escalated tensions, but it also seems to be a calculated risk to pull the U.S. into a broader conflict—a move fraught with immense geopolitical risk."Michael Kaplow: "Israel's internal debate over military service is reaching a boiling point, reflecting broader societal divisions that could impact its domestic and international policies."Roifield Brown: "As we navigate through these turbulent times, the interplay between military actions and political strategies is becoming more complex, illustrating the challenges of managing internal dissent while facing external threats." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leading American Jewish thinkers on Israel—Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Peter Beinart, journalist and political commentator, and Michael Koplow, Chief Policy Officer at the Israel Policy Forum—offer differing perspectives on how some American Jews have been reevaluating their identities as liberals and their relationships to Israel in a conversation moderated by Senior Rabbi Aaron Potek, Executive Director of Jewish Life at Sixth & I. This program was held on April 7, 2024. 

Host Roifield Brown looks into the escalating crisis in Gaza, its severe humanitarian implications, and the resulting shifts in Israel's global standing. Joined by Michael Kaplow of the Israel Policy Forum, the discussion centres on the unfolding human tragedy in Gaza, where an imminent famine threatens millions, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) contemplate a new offensive amidst widespread food insecurity.The conversation navigates the intricate web of political manoeuvres by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in light of the United Nations Security Council's recent resolution, which the U.S., Israel's closest ally, notably chose not to veto. This resolution, demanding a ceasefire for the remainder of Ramadan, symbolises a significant pivot in international relations and showcases the nuanced dynamics at play within Israeli politics, especially considering Netanyahu's controversial leadership and the roles of right-extremist figures in his coalition.As the dialogue unfolds, Kaplow provides insightful analysis on the broader geopolitical context, the internal and external pressures facing Netanyahu, and the profound implications of the U.S.'s stance for Israeli domestic politics and its global image. The episode not only sheds light on the complex layers of the crisis but also delves into the potential paths forward amidst this geopolitical quagmire.Quotes:"This resolution, while short, is not merely symbolic; it's a seismic shift in the dynamics of U.S. and Israeli politics, challenging the very foundation of their longstanding alliance." - Michael Kaplow"Netanyahu's political gambits are not just about navigating the current crisis; they're about clinging to power by positing himself as Israel's sole defender against a world he portrays as antagonistic." - Michael Kaplow"The crux of the debate is not about whether an operation in Rafah should happen, but about when and at what cost, highlighting a rare consensus across the Israeli political spectrum amidst international contention." - Michael Kaplow"Criticism of Israel is not inherently anti-Semitic. The challenge lies in distinguishing between legitimate policy critiques and those that question Israel's very right to exist." - Michael Kaplow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum's Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron. Together they unpack Israel's anger at the U.S. abstention at the U.N. Security Council, why Netanyahu seems intent on creating a crisis with the Biden administration, domestic politics in Israel dictating diplomacy, how U.S.-Israel ties reached this low point in the wake of October 7, and more. As Israel pushes forward with its war in Gaza and grapples with political turmoil at home, Israel Policy Forum experts have been providing timely, clear-headed, and sober analysis on the ongoing conflict. In this week's Koplow Column, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow unpacks Prime Minister Netanyahu's response to the U.S. declining to veto U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Read the column here.In the coming days, we will be publishing recommendations to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, based on an Economic Cooperation Foundation report by Shira Efron, Jess Manville, and Celine Touboul. A link will be available here once the document has been published.If you rely on Israel Policy Forum for credible and thoughtful analysis, please make a gift today so our work can continue to have an impact. Donate now at the support link below.Support the show

On this week's episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts military and strategic affairs analyst Yaakov Lappin to discuss the current state of play between Israel and Hizballah. They cover what Hizballah is actually thinking, the connection to the Gaza war, the merits of diplomacy versus a military operation to resolve this conflict, and more. As Israel pushes forward with its war in Gaza and grapples with political turmoil at home, Israel Policy Forum experts have been providing timely, clear-headed, and sober analysis on the ongoing conflict. In the Financial Times, Policy Advisor and Israel Policy Pod host Neri Zilber wrote on the impact of Smotrich and Ben Gvir on Netanyahu's approach to the war. Read here.Applications are open for IPF Atid's leadership summit in Chicago from May 19 to May 21, open to young professionals in IPF Atid's leadership network. Apply here.IPF Atid is also accepting applications for its policy fellowship for undergrads. This exclusive cohort opportunity is offered to 10 college students across North America who are passionate about promoting informed, policy-based discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Fellows receive a $500 stipend upon completion of the fellowship. Apply here.Explore our 2023 Impact Report, which provides a brief snapshot of our work amid last year's unprecedented challenges and tragedies. View here.Support the show

On this week's episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Israel Policy Forum's Israel Fellow Nimrod Novik and Director of the Horizon Center for Political Studies and Media Outreach Ibrahim Eid Dalalsha. They discuss the current mood in the West Bank amidst the Gaza war, growing concerns ahead of Ramadan, diplomacy surrounding Gaza and whether the U.S.-led ‘grand bargain' can actually succeed, Palestinian Authority reform, the day after in Gaza, and more. As Israel pushes forward with its war in Gaza and grapples with political turmoil at home, Israel Policy Forum experts have been providing timely, clear-headed, and sober analysis on the ongoing conflict. In the Financial Times, Policy Advisor and Israel Policy Pod host Neri Zilber wrote on the impact of Smotrich and Ben Gvir on Netanyahu's approach to the war. Read here.Applications are open for IPF Atid's leadership summit in Chicago from May 19 to May 21, open to young professionals in IPF Atid's leadership network. Apply here.IPF Atid is also accepting applications for its policy fellowship for undergrads. This exclusive cohort opportunity is offered to 10 college students across North America who are passionate about promoting informed, policy-based discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Fellows receive a $500 stipend upon completion of the fellowship. Apply here.Explore our 2023 Impact Report, which provides a brief snapshot of our work amid last year's unprecedented challenges and tragedies. View here.Support the show

On this week's episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman unpack the latest updates from Israel's military campaign in Gaza, possibilities for an upcoming hostage-release deal, tensions on the northern border with Hizballah, debates in the government about resettling Gaza, emerging details about UNRWA's involvement in the October 7 attacks, and more.This week, our board chair, David Sherman, and CEO, David Halperin, wrote a letter explaining why the U.S. must promote a viable pathway to two states that acknowledges the obstacles on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Read here.In this Thursday's Koplow Column, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow wrote on Israel's relationship to the international community following the last week's International Court of Justice decision and recent revelations about UNRWAWe also published two articles in The Forward this week : one by me, Senior Policy and Communications Associate Alex Lederman, where I reflect on my recent Israel Policy Forum delegation to Israel and why embracing subjectivity is key to understanding the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza (read here)and another by Evan Gottesman on last week's ruling at the International Court of Justice on Israel's genocide case. Read here.Finally, this week our policy advisor Neri Zilber wrote in the Financial Times on the current state of play of Israel's campaign in Gaza (read here)and in the Christian Science Monitor on reconciling the two aims of Israel's war against Hamas. Read here.Support the show

With the war in Gaza apparently entering its third phase, IPF Atid Director Shanie Reichman hosts Tel Aviv-based journalist and Policy Advisor Neri Zilber to discuss the current state of play in the Israel-Hamas war, Israeli politics, and the region. They discuss the reported assassination of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut, the social implications of Israel's military reservists beginning to return home, the latest on the Israeli hostages who remain in captivity, the High Court's decision to strike down the reasonableness law, and more. —As Israel pushes forward with its war in Gaza and grapples with political turmoil at home, Israel Policy Forum experts have been providing timely, clear-headed, and sober analysis on the ongoing conflict. In TIME Magazine, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Israel Policy Forum CEO David A. Halperin explain why the U.S. must push for a proactive Israeli vision on the day after in Gaza that is compatible with its regional allies' priorities. Read here.In a CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour, Israel Fellow Nimrod Novik, a former advisor to Shimon Peres, discusses Israel's reported killing of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri.  Watch here.In this week's Koplow Column, Michael Koplow unpacks the High Court's decision to strike down the reasonableness law and why Netanyahu and the opposition should leverage this moment to resolve a question at the core of the debate over the judiciary. Read here.In the Liberal Patriot, Michael Koplow writes on how the U.S. can bridge the gap with Israel over the question of the PA returning to Gaza. Read here.If you rely on Israel Policy Forum for credible and thoughtful analysis, please make a gift today so our work can continue to have an impact.Support the show

Show NotesWe deal with the current conflict in Israel and Gaza by looking at the influence of religion, in the minds of the Israeli leaders & the settlers taking land in the West Bank and also in the minds of the Evangelical Zionist backers in the UK and US. The UK evangelical influence is more of historical interest but the US is very current and is influencing events now. Links etc:The video by Al Jazeera used for extracts at the start of the show – “How Evangelicals Betray Christians In The Holy Land”https://youtu.be/nHT-SjIM0tA?si=yok7IZPkxAMyasQf Sky News – the Benjamin Netanyahu speech with translation, Amalek bit from 1min50shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5LmB6uup3o Guardian article with quotes from a settler and an administrator of settlementshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/18/these-are-biblical-lands-promised-to-us-jewish-settlers-in-west-bank-hope-gaza-conflict-will-help-their-cause Pew Research on Jews in Israelhttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/03/08/in-israel-jews-are-united-by-homeland-but-divided-into-very-different-groups/ Israel Policy Forum article (an American Jewish organization that works for a negotiated solution to the conflict)https://israelpolicyforum.org/west-bank-settlements-explained/ The video from Turkish TV with a Rabbi condemning Israeli aggression in Gazahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FNtMV2i8-8 Factual article on the British evangelicals behind the Balfour Declarationhttps://balfourproject.org/evangelicals-the-balfour-declaration-and-zionism/ UK Christian teacher David Pawson's lecture:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ika1apsadrQ Video of Franklin Graham Meeting Netanyahuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWdH8s32pI Doubts Aloud Links:Please give feedback and ask questions using: doubtsaloud@gmail.com Join the Facebook Group discussions:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023280847835278/ Meet us all in person again at the monthly “Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group” in central London, see:https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London

Hamas confirmed today that its deputy political leader has been killed in a blast in Beirut, fueling fears of an extended war in Gaza. Meanwhile, in an unprecedented ruling, Israel's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial law that would have limited its own powers - a victory for protesters who spent months in the streets prior to October 7. Nimrod Novik served as a policy advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. He is now a fellow at the Israel Policy Forum and joins the show from Tel Aviv.   Also on today's show: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva; Mariana Meza Hernandez & Jennifer Benz from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Oct. 7, Israel appeared to many to be sliding into a “one-state reality,” where it had functional control over Gaza and the West Bank, but the Palestinians who lived there were denied full rights. In 2021, a group of hundreds of former senior defense and diplomatic officials in Israel published a report warning that this was a catastrophe — for Israel's security, its democratic values, its international standing, and its very soul. And they argued that there was another way, that even without a Palestinian “partner for peace,” there was a huge amount Israel could do on its own to create the conditions for a two-state solution to emerge in the future.Nimrod Novik is a fellow at the Israel Policy Forum and a member of the executive committee of Commanders for Israel's Security, the group behind the report. He was a senior policy adviser to Shimon Peres when he was prime minister, and was involved in all forms of negotiations with Palestinians and the Arab world.I wanted to talk to Novik about the plan proposed in the Commanders for Israel's Security report, and how they might have changed in light of Oct. 7 and the war. We also talk through what the “day after” might look like in Gaza, the immense anger of the Israeli public over the intelligence failure that led up to the attacks, the alternative coalitions building against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and much more.Mentioned:“Initiative 2025” by Commanders for Israel's SecurityBook Recommendations:The Back Channel by William J. BurnsMaster of the Game by Martin IndykThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Emefa Agawu and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Efim Shapiro.

Israelis overwhelmingly disapprove of their government's handling of the October 7 attacks, but their desire for unity keeps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power. Michael Koplow of the Israel Policy Forum explains what Israel's government should do next, and Professor Noah Efron of Bar-Ilan University describes the mood among Israelis. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this emergency video briefing, we convened with our team of experts, Neri Zilber, Shira Efron, Nimrod Novik, and Michael Koplow to assess the unfolding situation in Israel.Our Statement from October 7, 2023: Israel Policy Forum is outraged by the despicable attacks by Hamas terrorists. We stand in firm support of Israel as it defends itself against this terrorist assault and provides security for its citizens, and we call on the international community to do the same.There is absolutely no justification whatsoever for the horrendous acts of terrorism the world witnessed today. Our thoughts are with the people of Israel at this trying time. We pray for the recovery of those injured, the return of those taken hostage, and the comfort of the families who have been upended, as we mourn the lives that have been lost.The Great Shattering | Koplow Column | October 9, 2023The tragedy that began Saturday represents a shattering—of Israelis' sense of security, of their leaders' legacies, and of American Jewish politics. An immediate course correction is needed. Read this week's Koplow Column here: https://israelpolicyforum.org/2023/10/09/the-great-shattering/Support the show

On this week's episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Israel Piekrash, the co-founder and director of the Anahnu Movement, to discuss Israel's crumbling social cohesion and whether a new national consensus and a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are possible. They dive into Israel Piekrash's unique upbringing in the religious Zionist community, his shift in thinking about the Palestinians, and the vision of the Anahnu Movement before moving to current events, including the present state of the settler movement, protests against the judicial overhaul, and the likely reaction by far-right politicians to an Israel-Saudi normalization deal. Last Thursday, Senators Ossoff, Young, Booker, and Lankford introduced the Middle East Security Coordination Act, which seeks to strengthen the critical work of the United States Security Coordinator in Jerusalem to help stabilize the security situation in the West Bank in the service of a future two-state outcome. As a longtime champion of this issue, Israel Policy Forum has persistently maintained that the USSC is vital to security, stability, and a better future for Israelis and Palestinians, and we are pleased to partner with this bipartisan group of senators on this important bill. Listeners can expect to hear more about it soon. Read our statement here: https://israelpolicyforum.org/2023/09/28/statement-welcoming-the-introduction-of-the-middle-east-security-coordination-act/Last week, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in its hearing on the implementation of the Taylor Force Act. Read or watch here: https://israelpolicyforum.org/2023/09/27/michael-koplows-testimony-before-house-committee-on-foreign-affairs/Michael also recently penned an op-ed in The Liberal Patriot explaining why U.S. policy must take into account Israel's democracy, not just its security, as a core value of the relationship. Read here: https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/israeli-democracy-and-the-futureThis week, Israel Policy Forum released the latest installment of Critical Neighbors, featuring four perspectives—Israeli, Palestinian, Saudi, and American— on the potential for an Israel-Saudi deal to include a meaningful Palestinian component. Read here: https://israelpolicyforum.org/critical-neighbors/#navigating-normalizationSupport the show

As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords next week on September 13, Ambassador Martin S. Indyk (Israel Policy Forum board member and former U.S. ambassador to Israel) joins host Neri Zilber (journalist and Israel Policy Forum policy advisor) to reflect on the signing of that historic agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. They discuss the mood in Washington leading up to the White House ceremony, the birth of the Middle East peace process, where Oslo went wrong, subsequent peacemaking efforts, the current Israeli government's policy vis-à-vis a two-state outcome, and the prospects for an Israel-Saudi-U.S. deal that takes the Palestinians into account.Join us for a special video briefing on September 13 at 3pm ET with  New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman on The Past, Present, and Future of Israel in the Middle East. Register here.Join us for The Oslo Legacy: Thirty Years On, a free, live event in D.C. marking 30 years since the signing of the first Oslo agreement and the start of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.  September 19 at 6:30-8:45pm ET. Register here.Support the show

Israel Policy Forum has released its latest policy report, An Unsettled Question: Recalibrating U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements, which outlines detailed policy prescriptions for how Washington can more effectively combat Israeli settlement construction. On this episode, co-authors Dan Rothem, Jess Manville, and Michael Koplow join Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber for a discussion on the new study. They provide an overview of the current state of play in the West Bank under Israel's far-right government, explain why settlements and creeping annexation should be countered, and delve into the study's policy recommendations, which include developing a differentiated approach to settlement construction that focuses on areas where construction would pose the most harm to a two-state outcome. Read and download the report and one-pager here.Support the show