Podcasts

Evan Gottesman and TJ’s Danny Seidemann discuss the aftermath of the spring holiday triple feature in Jerusalem. In the second half of the episode, Farah Bdour, an expert on Jordan and Jerusalem from the Amman Center for Peace and Development, joins the program to provide insights into the Hashemite Kingdom’s role in the holy city.

Host Evan Gottesman and TJ’s Danny Seidemann discuss the confluence of Ramadan, Pesach, and Easter and what it means for Jerusalem, plus a look at the pro-democracy protests in Israel and how the spring holiday season will impact them.

Evan Gottesman speaks with TJ’s Danny Seidemann about the fallout from a recent string of terror attacks against Israelis and the settler-led pogrom in the Palestinian town of Huwara. Then, in the second part of the episode, Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt, shares his analysis on the American response to the Huwara rampage and Israeli officials’ roles in provoking it.

January 2023 proved to be a difficult month for Jerusalem. Evan Gottesman and TJ’s Danny Seidemann look back at the weeks since the new year began, covering two terror attacks, disturbances in Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem, Itamar Ben Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount, the crisis of the Israeli judiciary, and where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fits into all of this.

In Axis Mundi’s last episode of 2022, Evan Gottesman and TJ’s Danny Seidemann discuss the state of Jerusalem’s Christian community, the knowns and unknowns of the incoming far-right Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and what two terrorist bombings on the western end of Jerusalem mean for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Evan Gottesman and TJ’s Danny Seidemann talk about the ramifications of Israeli security forces’ closure of a part of East Jerusalem centered on Shuafat Refugee Camp following a deadly terror attack in early October, plus some final thoughts on Israel’s November 1 election.