Podcast appearances and mentions of Mark Weiss

Israel-US bilateral relations are in crisis. How bad is it and is the damage irreparable? Is it prime minister Netanyahu's fault and what are the long-term implications? KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Chuck Freilich. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week marked the anniversary of the sinking of the Altalena Irgun weapons ship off the coast of Tel Aviv. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Yossi Suede , content development manager at the Jerusalem Begin Heritage Center. (Photo: GPO)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 43rd Jerusalem Film festival, which will run from July 9-19, has announced the Israeli films that will be featured in this year’s festival. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with festival director Roni Mahadav-Levin. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot continues to trend upward in the polls following Sunday's announcement of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding , while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former PM Naftali Bennett lose ground, a poll conducted by KAN News found on Tuesday. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with pollster Jeremy Saltan. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most analysts in Israel and the West believe the memorandum of understanding, which it is expected will be signed in Switzerland on Friday, is terrible for Israel , involves significant concessions by president Trump and represents a strategic victory for the regime in Iran. But is this is what they are saying in Iran ? KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Iran analyst Natty Tobian. (Photo:AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel on Tuesday officially declared Route 60 the Biblical Highway. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Yishai Fleisher , Efrat council member and the spokesperson for the Jewish community in Hebron. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US and Iran are set to sign a peace deal on Friday as Israel vows to stay in Lebanon.For more on this, Ciara is joined by Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with The Irish Times.Image: Reuters

Former Labor MK Dr Einat Wilf is now the head of a new party, Oz, that will stand in the upcoming election. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with her about her new book entitled Peace Not Now. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The World Cup has never been free of politics, yet this year’s event may be in a league of its own. Part of the tension comes from the relations between the three host nations. Since President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he has levied tariffs on both the U.S. and Canada as part of his broader trade war. And then there is the ongoing Gulf war. This is the first time that a World Cup host nation has been actively at war with a participating nation. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Ofir Muktar , a senior criminology lecturer at the Ashkelon Academic College.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reports suggest a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be signed within days. We'll get the latest from Mark Weiss of The Irish Times.

The World Cup gets underway on Thursday night when co-hosts Mexico face South Africa in the opening Group A game at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City. This tournament has 3 host countries – the US, Mexico and Canada and has been expanded to 48 countries with no less than 104 matches. The final will be on Sunday July 19th. Alan Wigman, Wiggi, from Beit Shemesh, operates a World Cup blog. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke to him ahead of the start of the tournament. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The leaders of 12 yeshivas have signed a letter saying that they will no longer send their seminary students to join tank units because of an army plan to integrate women into the Armored Corps. The yeshivas are all part of the hesder program, which allows Orthodox soldiers to combine military service with periods spent studying in yeshiva. Separately, the Knesset passed in its preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that seeks to enshrine Torah study in Basic Law, as part of a proposal pushed by ultra-Orthodox parties that seeks to encourage draft evasion and change the status of Yeshiva students who do not serve, enabling them to continue receiving state benefits. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about these issues with Rabbi David Stav, founder and head of the Tsohar movement, an organization which aims to make Jewish life accessible to secular Israelis. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel says more Iranian missiles have been fired toward its territory this morning. It comes after Iran fired missiles towards Israel yesterday, the first time since a ceasefire paused hostilities in April. Anton gets the latest with Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times.

Israel says more Iranian missiles have been fired toward its territory this morning. It comes after Iran fired missiles towards Israel yesterday, the first time since a ceasefire paused hostilities in April. Anton gets the latest with Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned ultra-Orthodox rioters who attacked the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg on Wednesday night. Sixty-two Haredim were detained after trying to break into the 64-year-old judge’s private residence in the community of Alon Shvut, south of Jerusalem. The attack was also condemned by President Yitzhak Herzog and by Ashhkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber who condemned violent demonstrations “even if in the pursuit of sacred values.” KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Benny Gesundheit, who lives next door to the Sohlberg residence. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel will escalate strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday evening, as a US official said the terror group had ignored warnings to halt firing at Israel in a conflict that could threaten US-Iran negotiations. The prime minister’s remarks were followed by confirmation from the IDF that it had launched a fresh wave of strikes against Hezbollah targets in eastern and southern Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said people had begun fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut, a known Hezbollah stronghold, for fear of a renewed Israeli assault on the capital. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Retired IDF Colonel Miri Eisin. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Criticism is mounting in Israel over the emerging deal between the US and Iran to end the war , even though many details remain unknown at this juncture. In conversation with KAN's Mark Weiss, the Chair of Republicans Overseas, Israel, Marc Zell, rejected the accusation that president Trump has “thrown Israel under the bus.” (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suspected Ebola cases in eastern Congo have climbed past 900, with at least 119 deaths, as the World Health Organization warns that the outbreak poses a ‘very high’ risk in the country, though it sees a low risk of spreading globally. Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers, anger over tightly controlled burials and mistrust of authorities are fueling community backlash, complicating efforts to fight a virus with no approved vaccine. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with immunologist Prof Cyrille Cohen, the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar Ilan University. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is raise the matter of Israel's treatment of EU citizens from the Sumud Flotilla with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting in Paris. There are at least 12 Irish citizens on board the flotilla that were detained by Israel, according to organisers. We get the latest on this with Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionist party, says he will immediately sign an evacuation order for the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar. His move came in response to a confidential request that the International Criminal Court issue an arrest warrant against him. "Unfortunately, a large part of European countries have never excelled in love of Zion,” Smotrich said. “Hypocrisy and double standards have become the hallmark of many of these countries." KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Anat Sarel from the Friends of Jahalin NGO. (Photo: Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The PMO have informed the Haredi parties that the IDF draft bill will be returned to the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee as the Likud continue efforts to pass a bill that would exempt Haredi yeshiva students from military service. Despite the move, Rabbi Dov Lando, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Lithuanian community, instructed the Degel HaTorah faction to support the Knesset dissolution bill this Wednesday. Some Likud Knesset members are opposed to the proposed draft bill and say they will vote against. One of them is deputy foreign minister Knesset member Sharren Heskel, who spoke with KAN's Mark Weiss. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The third round of peace talks between Israel and Lebanon opens in Washington on Thursday and for the first time military representatives will also participate. The talks, which will take place at the State Department, come just before the expiration of the three-week ceasefire announced by US president Donald Trump. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about the Israel-Lebanon peace talks with Assaf Orion, an International Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 1st or September 8th are the most likely date for an election following yesterday’s decision by the Degel Hatorah faction of United Torah Judaism to quit the coalition and bring about early elections. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Gilad Malach, a Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute’s The Ultra Orthodox in Israel program. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing at the start of a two-day visit during which he will hold high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Before departing for China, Trump told reporters in Washington he and Xi will have a "long talk" about Iran, but insisted "I don’t think we need any help". KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about the summit with Dr Efraim Inbar, the founder of the Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The heads of Israeli universities have reacted angrily to the move by Education Minister Yoav Kisch to advance legislation imposing financial sanctions on educational institutions unless they commit to keeping politics out of academia. “We are putting an end to the politicization of university presidents,” Kisch tweeted. “For academic institutions that enter the political arena, we will advance legislation that would deny them funding.” KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Prof Daniel Chamovitz, the President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Photo: Reuters) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two people in a serious condition who were evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment. A third passenger in a stable condition was on board an evacuation flight that has been delayed, but the flight was delayed. The MV Hondius is now sailing towards Spain's Canary Islands after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the West African coast. Separately, Dutch media reported on Thursday that a KLM flight attendant had been admitted to hospital in Amsterdam with hantavirus symptoms. Three people who were aboard the ship have died since it set sail from Argentina a month ago. In its latest update, the World Health Organization (WHO) said eight cases of hantavirus - three confirmed and five suspected - have so far been identified in people who were on the ship. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with immunologist Professor Cyrille Cohen. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

British police are setting ⁠up a new team ‌of 100 officers, including counter terrorism specialists, to help ‌protect Jewish communities across London after a series of antisemitic attacks ⁠including the stabbing of two men. The plan announced on Wednesday for ⁠a dedicated protection team comes as officers announced more arrests for antisemitism. London's ‌top police boss Mark Rowley said Jewish communities were facing "sustained threats" ‌from hostile state actors as well as extreme right-wing groups, elements of the extreme left and Islamist terrorists. Detectives are examining whether the arson incidents have possible Iranian links, after British security officials warned that Iran was using criminal proxies to carry out hostile activity. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Dave Rich, Director of Policy at the UK Jewish security body, the Community Security Trust. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the US-Iran ceasefire teeters on the brink of collapse following the US introduction of Project Freedom , residents in Middle East states are now wondering if a full-scale resumption of hostilities is inevitable and if so, what form it will take. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Marc Zell, Chair of Republicans Overseas, Israel, about the attempt to end the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump’s strategy moving forward. (Phone: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local elections will take place in the UK on Thursday in what some political analysts say could mark the end of Britain’s traditional two-party system. Reform UK lead by Nigel Farage has emerged as a significant force and is trying to appeal to members of the Jewish community. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Jason Pearlman, who is working to set up Reform UK Friends of Israel. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first polls published since the formation of the joint list between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid indicates that parties opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will still fall short of a Knesset majority without support from Arab parties – even after the merger. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Gayil Talshir from the Hebrew university's Political Science department. (Photo: Flash 90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman warned on Tuesday that the lack of governance in the Negev has worsened since his office’s previous report in 2021, leaving thousands of women and children in polygamous family structures, contractors exposed to protection rackets, state infrastructure repeatedly damaged, and government bodies operating without one authority responsible for the response. The follow-up audit, conducted from August to December 2024 and published on Tuesday, examined whether the state had corrected failures raised in the 2021 report on governance in the Negev. In most areas, the answer was no. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Yoel Zilberman, Founder and CEO of the New Guard organization. (Photo: Flash 90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daily clashes are occurring in Lebanon despite the ceasefire declared by President Trump. Can the Lebanese government rein in Hizbullah? Will the IDF buffer zone become a permanent military occupation? KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about the situation in Lebanon with Dr. Dina Lisnyansky, a senior researcher at Tel Aviv university's Moshe Dayan Center, and a member of Forum Dvorah. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the world waits for the possible second round of talks in Islamabad, Pakistan continues to take center stage as the chief mediator, claiming neutrality and the trust of both sides. But how did Islamabad emerge as the mediator in the US-Iran war? KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Loren Dagan from Bar Ilan university and Forum Dvorah. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fox News says President Trump told the station that there is "no time pressure" on his extension to the ceasefire with Iran. Trump said that he is "not in a rush" to end the conflict and that he wanted a "good deal". White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also said that negotiations "are ongoing", and Trump had "made his red lines very clear" to the Iranians - demanding that they turn over enriched uranium in their possession to the US. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Thamar Ghindin from Haifa university's EZRI Center about the Iranian perspective on the stalemate in the talks and what is happening inside Iran. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iran has said it had yet to decide whether to attend a new round of peace negotiations with the United States, casting uncertainty on a push to stop the Middle East war from resuming tomorrow We get the latest with Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times.

Iran has warned that any US ships trying to block ports will be 'sent to the bottom of the sea'. A blockade on ports in the Strait Hormuz began yesterday afternoon, and US President Donald Trump has said Iranian ships will be “eliminated” if they intervene. For more on this situation we heard from Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with the Irish Times.

The US naval blockade of Iran began on Monday . "No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," said President Trump, following the collapse of the weekend ceasefire talks with Iran , held in Pakistan. Prof Shaul Chorev is a retired Rear Admiral and today is the Director of the Institute of Maritime Policy and Strategy in Haifa. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke to him about the US plans for a naval blockade. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hungarians are voting Sunday in an election that could bring down long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and have significant repercussions for the rest of Europe, the US and Russia. Most polls favor Péter Magyar, who formed a grassroots party after splitting from the ruling Fidesz party, but the night before the vote Orbán was in defiant mood. "We are going to achieve such a victory that will surprise everyone, perhaps even ourselves," he told several thousand supporters in a small square on Budapest's Castle Hill. KANS's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Maya Sion Tsidkiyahu from Mitvim, the Israel Institute for Regional Foreign Policies. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will reopen “fairly soon” with or without Iran’s assistance, as Tehran’s effective blockade of the waterway continues to disrupt energy supplies worldwide. On Saturday he posted on social media that the US military has started to clear the Strait of Hormuz, and that all of Iran's minelaying ships have been sunk. Fear of Iranian attacks on shipping over the past several weeks has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a critical conduit for global oil supplies. Throttling the strait has disrupted global energy markets. U.S. gasoline prices have spiked even though most of the oil that flows through the waterway does not go to the United States. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Brenda Shaffer, an expert on global energy from the US naval Post Graduate school. (Photo; Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former hostage Aviva Siegel has written a book about her ordeal, called in English, Survived To Tell. It's out this week in Hebrew, and later this month in English. Siegel and her husband, Keith Siegel, were taken hostage together from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists. Aviva Siegel was released in the first Israel-Hamas ceasefire in November 2023, and then joined the struggle for her husband’s release, which came during the next ceasefire, in February 2025. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Aviva Siegel about the book. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Incidents of trauma and stress in Israel have soared to unprecedented levels during the last two and a half years. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Cathy Lawi, CEO of the non-profit Emotionaid about the problem and what, if anything, can be done.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel last week declared it will stop all defense procurement from France, accusing Paris of a hostile stance toward it. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Miriam Rosman, an historian and expert on Israel-France relations from the Dvorah Forum. (Photo: Reuters)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was released for publication on Sunday morning that Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon on Friday, from Hizbullah rocket fire. Katz, originally from New Haven, Connecticut, served in the 890th Battalion, Paratroopers Brigade. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the start of Israel's ground incursion in southern Lebanon. Mendy, the father of Moshe, wrote a Facebook post expressing his grief. "My heart is shattered and the wound is open," he wrote. "My firstborn son with a zest for life and jokes. May he be an advocate only for good things." KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Chabad Rabbi Eli Riskin from New Haven. (Photo: IDF Spokesperson)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yemen's pro-Iran Houthis launched a ballistic missile and a cruise missile at southern Israel on Saturday, describing the attack as a response to continued targeting of infrastructure in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestinian territories. Senior Houthi official Mohammed Mansour said his group is considering closing the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, through which roughly one-eighth of global trade typically passes. Israel said the missiles fired from Yemen were the first since a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza was declared in October 2025. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Nahum Shiloh from Tel Aviv university’s Moshe Dayan Center. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The war with Iran continues apace despite the reports of contacts to end the fighting. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about various aspects of the war with Prof. Danny Orbach, a military historian from the Hebrew University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is President Trump's claim that there is a good chance for a deal with Iran credible? Or is he playing for time, until the Marines arrive in the region? What are America's red lines? KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Kobi Barda, an expert on American affairs, from Holon's HIT Interdisciplinary School in Holon. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the worst rocket strikes of the war occurred on Saturday night when an Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential neighborhood in the southern city of Arad, injuring scores of residents, including many children. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Omer Levy, a member of the Arad rescue service. Photo: (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A survey by the Jewish People Policy Institute released on Monday found a clear majority of Israelis support the war. According to the survey, 72% of Israelis believe the decision to attack Iran was the correct one. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Shmuel Rosner, a senior fellow at the JPPI.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most commentators believe the war with Iran will continue for at least a couple of weeks. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei "rejected proposals to reduce tensions and cease fire with the U.S.," which were conveyed to Tehran by two mediating countries. The official claimed that "Khamenei's position regarding revenge against the U.S. and Israel is very hardline. We must defeat them, and they must pay compensation." On Day 18 of the Iran war, reporter Mark Weiss spoke with Marc Zell, Chair of Republicans Overseas, Israel. (Photo: IDF Spokesperson)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Donald Trump and his administration have so far offered mixed messages and contradictory explanations on the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran. Meanwhile the fighting continues. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about the ongoing war with Iran and Hizbullah with Itamar Ya'ar ,the former deputy head of the National Security Council and the CEO of Commanders for Israel's Security.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.