Behind The Headlines
The untold stories and real issues facing Israel and the Jewish community in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
In this episode of Behind The Headlines, I interview Avital Shapira, International Director of the Histadrut, Israel’s national trade union federation representing over 800,000 workers. What follows is a conversation that decisively dismantles one of the loudest accusations made against Israel. We examine how colle...
A speech I gave about the deep historical Jewish connection to the Australian Labor Party and reclaiming it for the future.
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In a world where 'Globalise the Intifada' is considered radical chic, it is timely to recall what that actually looks like in practice. This episode reprises an interview with Captain M of IDF Intelligence whose story of what happened on Oct 7 tells us all we need to know about real courage and heroism in the face of an actual Intifada.
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In this episode of Behind The Headlines, I am joined by journalist Julie Szego for a clear-eyed examination of how Australia’s arts and cultural sector — once proudly liberal and pluralist — has become a breeding ground for antisemitism. We explore how activist politics, moral absolutism and managerial cowardice have reshaped cultural...
A gripping, inside-the-storm conversation with Australian Jewish News editor Gareth Narunsky that exposes what has really been happening in Australia before and since the Bondi attack — including two revelations that left even us stunned.
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In this episode of Behind The Headlines, I’m joined by Michael Oren — historian, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, and one of the most thoughtful and experienced interpreters of Israel’s place in the world — for a wide-ranging and deeply honest conversation about war, diplomacy, October 7, the moral confusion of the West, and what it actually takes to pursue ...
In this urgent and unflinching conversation, Peter Wertheim, one of Australia’s most experienced Jewish communal leaders, confronts a question many would rather avoid: why does antisemitism feel different now? From the chilling chants outside the Sydney Opera House to the terror of Bondi, from the failures of cultural institutions to the silence of political leaders, Wertheim dissects how hatred once confined to the margins h...
Following the tragedy of Bondi, I interview Labor insider and podcaster, Stephen Donnelly on how the ALP has failed the Australian Jewish community and what can be done to repair the relationship.
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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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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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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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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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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 but increasingly confused — where antisemitic...
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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"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 understanding and peaceably together.
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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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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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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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In early September 20205, The Combat Antisemitism Movement organised a very successful 3 day Conference for over 150 Local Government Mayors Councillors. Not without its active detractors trying to stop the Conference was proceeding, the Conference was the first of its kind. Ron Wieser AM is a founder and speaks candidly about the Conference, its accomplishments and those who tried to stop it proceeding.
The widening secular-religious divide casts a pall over modern Israel. But there is a bright light bridging these worlds and bringing Israelis closer together. Australian born and bred Adam Segal illuminates us on the role of the Tzohar organisation and how it is bringing people closer together through meaningful engagement.
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