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Decision Points is a Washington Institute podcast hosted by David Makovsky on key moments in Israel’s history and present. The first season focused on the history of U.S.-Israel relations, the second season examined key Israeli and Arab leaders, the third season explored Israel's contemporary policy dilemmas, and the fourth season highlighted books essential to understanding Zionism, Israel, and U.S.-Israel relations.
Season 5 dives into the Gaza war and explores the long-term implications for Israel, U.S.-Israel relations, and the Middle East region. In each episode, distinguished scholars, analysts, journalists, and officials will put the current conflict in perspective and discuss the road ahead.
Makovsky is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Director of its Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations. He is a former senior advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, as well as a sought-after expert on U.S.-Israel diplomatic relations and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Decision Points is both a history lesson and an exploration of contemporary policy decisions impacting Israel, the United States, and the broader Middle East.
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Israel's Wartime Economy: Navigating Crisis and Beyond
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Sep 16, 2024 |
Back to School: Lessons from New Study on Israel and Campus Narratives
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Sep 09, 2024 |
Evolution of Hamas: Terror, Policy and Politics
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Sep 02, 2024 |
Middle East Crisis Moment: Stakes for the US-Israel Security Relationship
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Aug 19, 2024 |
Can the Gaza War Bridge the Secular-Haredi Military Draft Divide?
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Aug 12, 2024 |
How Has Israeli Society Changed After 300+ Days of War?
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Aug 05, 2024 |
A New Calculus for War? Understanding Israel-Hezbollah Dynamics
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Jul 29, 2024 |
Allies Under Pressure: The Gaza War and U.S.-Israel Relations
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Jul 22, 2024 |
The Judiciary Debate and the Future of Israeli Democracy
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Feb 09, 2023 |
Grappling with the Direction of the New Netanyahu Government
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Jan 23, 2023 |
Combating Anti-Semitism in the Middle East and Beyond
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Jan 16, 2023 |
Rabbi Kook: Founding Religious Zionism and Those Who Seek to Subvert His Legacy Today
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Jan 09, 2023 |
Too Much History and Too Little Geography: A Conversation Across the Israeli-Palestinian Societal Divide
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Dec 19, 2022 |
An Insider's View of the Carter White House: Negotiations with Sadat, Begin, and Assad
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Dec 12, 2022 |
Kissinger’s Middle East: Limiting Moscow and Starting a Road to Peace
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Dec 05, 2022 |
Jabotinsky and the Birth of the Israeli Right
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Nov 28, 2022 |
David Ben-Gurion: Leader of the Young State Confronts Momentous Decisions
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Nov 14, 2022 |
Herzl’s Chutzpah: Unpacking a Founder’s Vision
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Nov 07, 2022 |
Genesis of American Support for Israel: The Gentile Push for a Jewish State
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Season 4 Trailer
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Oct 25, 2022 |
Can the Bennett-Lapid Government Last, and Who Comes After Abbas?
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Aug 24, 2021 |
The Abraham Accords One Year Later: Can They Change the Middle East?
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Aug 17, 2021 |
One State or Two States? Trends in Israeli and Palestinian Public Opinion
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Aug 10, 2021 |
China's Middle East Gambit
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Aug 03, 2021 |
Israel’s Dramatic Energy Turnaround
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Jul 20, 2021 |
Hezbollah and Israel: Between Deterrence and Deterioration
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Jul 13, 2021 |
Putin, Israel, and the Calculated Limits of a Bilateral Relationship
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Jul 06, 2021 |
Israel's Gray Zone: Iran in Syria
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Jun 29, 2021 |
Israel's Powder Keg: Hamas in Gaza
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Jun 22, 2021 |
The United States, Israel, and the Iranian Nuclear Program
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Jun 15, 2021 |
Season 3 Trailer
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Jun 08, 2021 |
Inside the Normalization Agreements Between Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain
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Nov 10, 2020 |
Ariel Sharon’s Road from Settlement Building to Gaza Withdrawal
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Oct 21, 2020 |
Hafiz al-Assad and the Elusive Quest for Syrian-Israeli Peace
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Oct 14, 2020 |
A Behind the Scenes Account of King Hussein and Jordanian-Israeli Peace Ties
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Oct 07, 2020 |
The Enduring Debate over Yasser Arafat’s Strategy and Journey
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Sep 30, 2020 |
Yitzhak Rabin’s Journey from War Hero to Peacemaker
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Sep 23, 2020 |
Anwar Sadat’s Trip to Jerusalem
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Sep 16, 2020 |
Menachem Begin and the Bombing of the Osiraq Nuclear Reactor
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Sep 09, 2020 |
Golda Meir and the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
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Sep 02, 2020 |
Shimon Peres and the Development of Israel’s Nuclear Program
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Aug 26, 2020 |
David Ben-Gurion and the Decision to Declare the State of Israel
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Aug 19, 2020 |
Season 2 Trailer
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Aug 03, 2020 |
Can Hi-Tech Transform the U.S.-Israel Relationship?
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Jan 22, 2020 |
The United States, Israel, and the Iranian Challenge
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Jan 15, 2020 |
U.S., Israel and the Palestinians: Oslo, Gaza and Beyond
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Jan 08, 2020 |
Cold War Geopolitics and Freedom for Soviet, Ethiopian, and Syrian Jews
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Dec 18, 2019 |
Begin, Sadat and Carter: Camp David Breakthrough
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Dec 11, 2019 |
The 1973 War and the Airlift Delay
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Dec 04, 2019 |
The Countdown to the 1967 War: From Embattled Siege to Military Breakthrough
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Nov 20, 2019 |
The Nadir of U.S.-Israel Relations: Between Eisenhower and Nasser
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Nov 13, 2019 |
From UN Partition to Statehood: The Battle in the Truman Administration
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Nov 06, 2019 |
The Hidden U.S. Role in the Balfour Declaration
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Oct 29, 2019 |
Decision Points Trailer
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Oct 23, 2019 |