Behind The Headlines
Behind The Headlines
Behind The Headlines is your gateway to the untold stories and real issues facing Israel, the Jewish community in Australia and around the world. Hosted by Adam Slonim, the show invites guests from across the globe to explore the background, facts, and complexities behind the headlines, giving listeners a deeper insight and understanding of the challenges and opportunities that shape Israel and Je…Social links:
EP50. The Australian and Western political landscape with Luke Walladge
Luke Walladge is a political operative, insightful observer, and raconteur. In this Episode, we tour widely across the political landscape to seek understanding of the forces of change shaping our world.
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EP49. UK Antisemitism with Dr Dave Rich
Dave Rich is the Policy Director at the UK's Community Security Trust. He discusses the disturbing experiences of the UK Jewish Community since Oct 7th, and how Antisemitism has changed the face of UK politics.
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EP48. On the ground inside Gaza with (Col ret) the Hon Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly has just spent a week with the Military Leadership Council on the ground inside Gaza and Israel and talks to us about what he saw and heard. This is a hard-headed assessment of the realities of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict
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EP47. Is Australia's social cohesion fraying -with Anthea Hancocks of the Scanlon Foundation
The Scalon Foundation has been mapping Australia's Social Cohesion for many years. Is it cracking or holding up in the last two years? I explore this with Scanlon Executive Director, Anthea Hancocks. The answers may well surprise us all.
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EP46. Unpacking the Crossroads25 Survey with Prof Andrew Markus
The newly released Crossroads 2025 survey, led by Prof Andrew Markus of Monash University, is the most comprehensive portrait yet of what Australians really think about Jews, Israel, and the fault lines of social cohesion in a post–October 7 world. It reveals a nation that remains broadly tolerant …
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EP45. MICHAEL SCOTT on Israel, The War and Guarding Western values
I interview Michael Scott on his new book, A Light Still Burns: Israel and the Values Worth Defending, and review how the War against Israel has taken its toll on Western civilisation.
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EP44. Establishing practical peace between Arab & Jew, with Dr Rodayna Frij-Badir
"We are all one". Dr Rodayna Frij-Badir, an Arab Muslim citizen of Israel navigates multiple societies with intelligence and wisdom. She founded a number of Autism centres for the Arab community which have now spread throughout Israel. She has a remarkable career helping Arab and Jew live with unde…
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EP43. We will remember the price - reprising ELA HAIMI
Our captives are returned. A ceasefire is here. We pray for a lasting peace. But we know the toll that has been paid is very high. Ela Haimi has paid that price.
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EP42 Is Peace possible - Nathan Krapivensky I24TV News Commentator
Is the Trump Peace Plan for Gaza good for Israel and the region? Does it create the impetus for a lasting peace with Gaza or should Israel be wary of the Plan? I explore this with i24TV International Commentator and International lawyer, Nathan Krapivensky.
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EP41. The hijacking of Jewish History with Dr Adam Carr
Much of the pro Palestinian narrative has either hijacked or turned upside Jewish history - in Israel as in Australia. Eminent historian Dr Adam Carr dissects the myths and falsities, and particularly the erasure of the decades of Australian Jewish community work in lifting up First Nations peoples.
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