The Israel Connexion

Exploring our close links with Israel and delves into the news behind the news and aims to provide detailed analysis of important current political, social and cultural issues to do with Israel. In c…

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Ruminations on Israel's Coming Elections
Gideon Rahat is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and an International Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine. His research fields are compara…
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Unraveling UNRWA, Israeli elections
I spoke wirh Duki Dror, the director of Unraveling UNRWA a probing and scrupulous documentary that dives into the history of the relief agency founded to aid Palestinian refugees in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and how it evolved to become an organisation at the centre of global scrutiny.…
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Australian Friends of Sheba
Australian Friends of Sheba locally represents the Sheba Medical Centre, the 8th top hospital in the world according to Newsweek magazine. Embodying the ethos of “hope without boundaries”, Sheba compassionate care extends across the globe. The vision at Australian Friends of Sheba is to forge a br…
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The Sidoti-Cox Debate
Last week a large crowd gathered at Caulfield Shule to hear Chris Sidoti, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry into Israel and the so-called Occupied Palestinian Territories going head-to-head with Dr Brian Cox, military law expert and Dr Glenn Kolomeitz moderating. There has been a huge reactio…
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The Sidoti-Cox Debate, Australian Friends of Sheba
Last week a large crowd gathered at Caulfield Shule to hear Chris Sidoti, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry into Israel and the so-called Occupied Palestinian Territories going head-to-head with Dr Brian Cox, military law expert and Dr Glenn Kolomeitz moderating. There has been a huge reactio…
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Remembering October 7th
This week's episode of 'The Israel Connexion' is dedicated to the victims of the Hamas massacre that was committed on Oct 7th, 2023. You will hear from a number of people, who have previously been guests on this show, expressing their thoughts and feelings about the significance of the third anniv…
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How Propaganda Narrative Framing Works
A media professional with over 20 years of experience in international news, Leslie Kajomovitz brings a global perspective shaped by being born in the U.S., raised in Latin America, currently living in both Israel and Europe. Her background has provided her with a deep understanding of how media sh…
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It’s Still the Occupation, Stupid!
Dr Tony Klug has written extensively about Israeli-Palestinian issues since the early 1970s. His doctoral thesis was on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. He is a former senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and has been a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group a…
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Propaganda Narratives, The Occupation
A media professional with over 20 years of experience in international news, Leslie Kajomovitz brings a global perspective shaped by being born in the U.S., raised in Latin America, currently living in both Israel and Europe. Her background has provided her with a deep understanding of how media sh…
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Rising: Voices of Protest and Hope
RISING is an intimate window into a society grappling with trauma and the people rising to protect its moral compass and democratic foundations. For years people around the world have been exposed to images of war and destruction from Israel. RISING reveals the largely unseen story of more than on…
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