Lazar Focus

By The Times of Israel

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Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman explores what's behind the news that spins the globe


Episode Date
Is there really progress in Trump's Gaza, Lebanon and Iran talks?
Aug 07, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump must set up an Iranian government-in-exile
Jul 31, 2026
Israel should worry about Saudi deal, but there is good news in Lebanon
Jul 24, 2026
Nicholas Carl: US and Iran are now in the Battle of Hormuz
Jul 17, 2026
Eyal Hulata: What’s next in the fight against Iran
Jul 10, 2026
Hanin Ghaddar: Lebanon turns against Hezbollah
Jul 03, 2026
Steffen Seibert: Gaza won’t sever special Germany-Israel ties
Jun 12, 2026
Dakar Eilat: Inside prisons for Hamas terrorists
May 15, 2026
Is the IDF telling the right story to the world ?
May 08, 2026
David Rosen: Israel doesn't adequately understand Christian relations
Apr 24, 2026
Moran Zaga: The Gulf states react to humiliation by Iran
Apr 17, 2026
John Spencer: US can force open Strait of Hormuz if it decides to
Apr 10, 2026
What does history of air power tell us about Iran war?
Apr 03, 2026
Raz Zimmt: Iran's new leadership and the coming escalation
Mar 27, 2026
Caroline Glick: Why we went back to war in Iran
Mar 20, 2026
Gallia Lindenstrauss: Iran war reaches Kurds, Turkey and Azerbaijan
Mar 13, 2026
Can the Iran regime be toppled from the air?
Mar 06, 2026
Imam Imad Al Masri: The Muslim community spreading peace in Israel and beyond
Feb 27, 2026
Michael Oren: Israel's historic Iran moment
Feb 20, 2026
Lazar Berman: Are Saudis moving away from Israel and toward Islamists?
Feb 13, 2026
William Daroff: What Trump needs to do for that Nobel Prize
Feb 06, 2026
David Parsons: Why Christian Zionists support a strong Israel
Jan 30, 2026
Adam Louis-Klein: Why anti-Zionism is the newest hate movement
Jan 23, 2026
Lazar Berman: Why Iran's regime is holding on… for now
Jan 16, 2026
Haviv Rettig Gur with 6 projections for Israel in 2026
Jan 02, 2026
Lazar Focus: Eran Ortal on where does the IDF go after October 7?
Dec 26, 2025
Lazar Focus: Danielle Pletka on what Trump wants in the Middle East
Dec 19, 2025
Lazar Focus: Jacob Magid on the day that never came - Blinken's vision for postwar Gaza
Dec 12, 2025
Lazar Focus: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?
Dec 05, 2025
Lazar Focus: As US and Saudi Arabia shore up ties, is Israel left out?
Nov 28, 2025
Lazar Focus: Is Trump's 'pathway to a Palestinian state' code for nation-building?
Nov 21, 2025
Friday Focus with John Spencer: Hamas can be demilitarized. Here's how
Nov 14, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel heading back to war with Hezbollah?
Nov 07, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: New hope for Catholic-Jewish ties
Oct 31, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Does Israel rely on the US to end its wars?
Oct 24, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel's Hamas problem solved?
Oct 10, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Who's afraid of a Palestinian state?
Sep 26, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: An Israel-Syria security pact in the Jewish New Year?
Sep 19, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: After five years, are the Abraham Accords a success?
Sep 12, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Yaakov Katz on why Israel was asleep on Oct. 7
Sep 05, 2025
Friday Focus with Yossi Klein Halevi: Worse than Disengagement is a one-state 'dissolution'
Aug 29, 2025
Friday Focus with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Disengagement through the eyes of a Gazan
Aug 22, 2025
Friday Focus with Anita Tucker: A former Gush Katif resident yearns to go home
Aug 15, 2025
Friday Focus with Micah Goodman: 20 years to Disengagement as Israel is set to occupy Gaza
Aug 08, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Why Israel is misfiring in ties with Christians
Jul 25, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Who are the Druze and why is Israel protecting them?
Jul 18, 2025
Friday Focus: Former hostage Keith Siegel wants to have hope
Jul 11, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman and guest John Spencer: Is the IDF winning in Gaza?
Jul 04, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: 12-Day War's aftershocks for Russia and China
Jun 27, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: How Israel stopped the bomb in 1981 and 2007
Jun 20, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Has Israel finally launched a counterinsurgency in Gaza?
Jun 13, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: 10 truths about the Gaza war, 20 months in
Jun 06, 2025
Friday Focus with AJC head Ted Deutch: Calls for 'intifada' don't bring social justice
May 30, 2025
Friday Focus with Sam Sokol: Why Haredim see themselves as warriors
May 23, 2025
Friday Focus with Tal Schneider: The IDF's women warriors
May 16, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman - The 'forever' Gaza War: Past, present & potential future
May 09, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Genesis of Israel's hostage policy
May 02, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: There is no Temple Mount status quo
Apr 25, 2025
Friday Focus with Sue Surkes: Israel's biblical flora resurrected
Apr 18, 2025
Friday Focus with Emanuel Fabian: IDF Oct. 7 probes reveal heroism amid terror
Apr 11, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Netanyahu's 'bromances' with anti-liberal democracies
Apr 04, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Attacks on Christians in Israel are national stain
Mar 28, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Will Israel and Lebanon finally have a border?
Mar 21, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Dramatic saga of the temporary Israel-Iran alliance
Mar 14, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: During Gaza War, cold peace with Egypt gets frostier
Mar 07, 2025
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Negotiating with terrorists, again
Feb 28, 2025
Friday Focus: After 3 years of Ukraine War, should anyone care?
Feb 21, 2025
Friday Focus: Decoding Trump’s foreign policy
Feb 14, 2025