current events
Current Events
Jew Oughta Know occasionally considers current events in Israel and the Jewish world, with an emphasis on explaining what is happening and why.
current events episodes
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2024
Episode 179: Israel at War, Explained: Getting to a Palestinian State, Part 3
Episode 178: Israel at War, Explained: Getting to a Palestinian State, Part 2
Episode 177: Israel at War, Explained: Getting to a Palestinian State, Part 1
Episode 176: Israel at War, Explained: Eyes on Lebanon
Episode 175: Israel at War, Explained: Reoccupy Gaza?
Episode 174: Israel at War, Explained: What’s the Deal?
Episode 173: Israel at War, Explained: The ICJ Ruling
Episode 172: Israel at War, Explained: Palestinian Perspectives
Episode 171: Israel at War, Explained: Israel on Trial for Genocide
Episode 170: Israel at War, Explained: Where We Are in 2024
2023
Episode 169: Israel at War, Explained: IDF and the Laws of War
Episode 168: Israel at War, Explained: Conversations Not Worth Having
Episode 167: Israel at War, Explained: The United Nations
Episode 166: Israel at War, Explained: The West Bank
Episode 165: Israel at War, Explained: The Hostage Deal
Episode 164: Israel at War, Explained: “Never Again”
Episode 163: Israel at War, Explained: “From the River to the Sea”
Episode 162: Israel at War, Explained, The Options for Gaza
Episode 161: Israel At War, Explained, The PR War
Episode 160: Israel At War, Explained, Iran & Hezbollah
Episode 159: Israel At War, Explained, Hamas & Gaza
Episode 158: Israel At War, Explained. October 15
Episode 143: West Bank Violence, Explained
Episode 142: Israel's Judicial Crisis, Explained
2022
Episode 141: Israeli Elections 2022
2021
Episode 117: The Siege of Balfour
Episode 115: Roadblocks — Occupation and settlement
Episode 113: The Power Imbalance between Israel and Hamas
Episode 111: Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, Hamas
2020
Episode 99: Israel-UAE Peace Deal
Episode 93: Black-Jewish relations
2018
Episode 39: Iran, Jerusalem, Gaza
Episode 30: To Look a Nazi In the Eye (Book Interview)
2017
Episode 29: Hanukah — One Bad King and a Bunch of Non-Kosher Oil
2016