In this special year-end episode, we take an in-depth look at the seismic events that shaped Israel in 2024 through the conversations on the Haaretz Podcast. 

It was a year in which the shadow of October 7, 2023 and its aftermath - the death and destruction in Gaza, the hostages still held by Hamas, unprecedented fighting between Israel and Hezbollah - loomed large with the nation grappling with its most devastating multi-front war in decades.

Featuring excerpts from interviews with newsmakers and the analysis and insights of expert Haaretz journalists, we explore Israel’s journey through 2024 and its series of dramatic events and ask what has been learned - or not learned - from this ongoing crisis? 

The episode includes conversations with Ambassador Dennis Ross, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Jonathan Dekel-Chen - the father of an American-Israeli hostage in Gaza, and Haaretz journalists Aluf Benn, Amos Harel, Sheren Falah Saab, Amir Tibon, Ben Samuels and Dahlia Scheindlin.

In this special year-end episode, we take an in-depth look at the seismic events that shaped Israel in 2024 through the conversations on the Haaretz Podcast.&nbsp;
It was a year in which the shadow of October 7, 2023 and its aftermath - the death and destruction in Gaza, the hostages still held by Hamas, unprecedented fighting between Israel and Hezbollah - loomed large with the nation grappling with its most devastating multi-front war in decades.
Featuring excerpts from interviews with newsmakers and the analysis and insights of expert Haaretz journalists, we explore Israel&rsquo;s journey through 2024 and its series of dramatic events and ask what has been learned - or not learned - from this ongoing crisis?&nbsp;
The episode includes conversations with Ambassador <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-01-02/ty-article-podcast/dennis-ross-on-gaza-netanyahus-far-right-ministers-arent-living-in-reality/0000018c-c6bc-ddba-abad-c6bd77b30000">Dennis Ross</a>, former Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-02-28/ty-article-podcast/netanyahus-overconfidence-and-arrogance-led-to-oct-7-former-pm-olmert/0000018d-f07b-dd8a-a5af-f87ffc090000">Ehud Olmert</a>, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-09-01/ty-article-podcast/hostages-father-if-netanyahu-doesnt-get-this-done-there-will-be-more-bodies/00000191-ae14-d67c-a3bd-efd72cac0000">Jonathan Dekel-Chen</a> - the father of an American-Israeli hostage in Gaza, and Haaretz journalists <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-09-29/ty-article-podcast/assassinating-nasrallah-the-israeli-army-prepared-for-this-attack-for-18-years/00000192-3d97-db75-a3d6-3d97eae30000">Aluf Benn</a>, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-12-10/ty-article-podcast/theyre-no-zionists-how-syrias-rebels-toppled-assad-and-what-it-means-for-israel/00000193-ad68-d6c1-a5fb-ffea61d40000">Amos Harel</a>, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-07-30/ty-article-podcast/war-never-saved-children-most-druze-dont-want-their-tragedy-to-cause-more-killing/00000191-0322-da0d-afd1-8bae4b7c0000">Sheren Falah Saab</a>, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-10-03/ty-article-podcast/how-we-got-to-october-7-amir-tibon-on-netanyahu-gaza-and-the-day-that-shattered-israel/00000192-42c2-df25-a3be-c6cb32030000">Amir Tibon</a>, <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-11-11/ty-article-podcast/trump-doesnt-want-to-inherit-the-middle-east-mess-that-netanyahu-made-with-biden/00000193-1bdd-de99-a9bb-dbfd2c450000">Ben Samuels</a> and <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-12-12/ty-article-podcast/the-deep-state-vs-benjamin-netanyahu-inside-the-courtroom-during-the-pms-testimony/00000193-baaa-d495-adb3-ffff45ed0000">Dahlia Scheindlin</a>.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

Your audio guide to Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.

Haaretz Podcast

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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