#370: Building a Shared Society with Mohammad Darawshe
PeaceCast
Givat Haviva's Center for a Shared Society aims to build an inclusive, socially cohesive society in Israel by engaging divided communities in collective action towards the advancement of a sustainable, thriving Israeli democracy, and a shared vision of the future. In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch sits down with Givat Haviva's Director of Strategy Mohammad Darawshe to discuss how education, policy, technology, and social dynamics all play a part in bringing people together to achieve that goal. The conversation touches on grassroots dialogue programs, the ways in which...
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#369: Being Israeli After the Destruction of Gaza
PeaceCast
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch sits down with Ariel Beery, a mission-driven entrepreneur and civil society activist who has spent three decades building institutions at the intersection of Israel, the Jewish world, and global development. He is the editor and publisher of Prophecy: A Journal for Tomorrow, and a frequent contributor to the Times of Israel. Earlier this year, he published his book, Being Israeli After the Destruction of Gaza. After the destruction of Gaza, Ariel kept encountering the same argument: that what Israel had done proved the Zionist...
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#368: A Political Change, Not a Policy Victory: Changes to US Aid to Israel
PeaceCast
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from July 1, 2026. The US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding – $3.8 billion a year in Foreign Military Financing – expires in 2028. Formal talks on a replacement framework have already begun, and Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to shape what comes next. This is a political change, not a policy victory. The new framework embeds US support for Israel in Pentagon contracts and co-production agreements. That makes it less visible, and far harder for advocates and Congress to condition or challenge. Join NJN President & CEO Hadar...
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#367: Construction at E1: What's at Stake and What We Can Do
PeaceCast
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from May 28th, 2026, moderated by Noam Shelef. Join New Jewish Narrative for a timely conversation with Hagit Ofran, Israel’s foremost expert on settlement activity and Director of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch. The Israeli government is advancing construction in E1, a settlement plan long recognized – by Israelis, Palestinians, and the international community – as a decisive threat to a future political agreement. On June 1, bids are expected to open for new construction tenders, with the submission period closing on July 6. Recent...
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#366: Israel's Unsustainable Approach to National Security with Retired Brigadier General Yoni Shimshoni
PeaceCast
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Yoni Shimshoni, retired IDF Brigadier General. Some of our listeners may be familiar with Yoni’s work as part of Commanders for Israel’s Security, a volunteer movement of over 550 retired IDF colonels and generals as well as Mossad, Shin Bet (Internal Security), Police, NSC and Diplomatic corps equivalents. He recently wrote the opinion piece "Israel cannot live securely on force alone," arguing that overreliance on force is likely to provide less – not more – security for Israelis in the long run. Read the...
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#365: Life Under Occupation: Resistance, Reality, and Partnership
PeaceCast
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from April 28th, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind. This conversation features Eid Suleiman Hadaleen, Becca Strober, and Mattan Berner-Kadish. Drawing on lived experience and on-the-ground work, this discussion both centers the realities too often abstracted or ignored and shines a light on the partnerships that exist on the ground. Our panelists tackle questions such as: What does daily life under occupation actually look like? What is the impact of settler violence? What does it take for Jews and Palestinians to confront it...
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#364: Art, Narrative, and Political Change
PeaceCast
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on April 7, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind. Join New Jewish Narrative for a conversation with Mik Moore and Libby Lenkinski, moderated by Hadar Susskind, to explore how art and culture can shift public narratives, open space for nuance, and help create the conditions for meaningful political change. Together, they’ll explore questions like: How are artists and performers shaping today’s political conversations? What role should storytelling and satire play in advocacy and organizing? How are cultural narratives...
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#363: Understanding Israel’s Death Penalty for Arabs Only Bill
PeaceCast
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on February 19, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind. The Knesset is currently considering a bill that would create a death penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis, but not for Israelis who kill Palestinians. It circumvents basic rights like due process and equal protection, and exemplifies the racist mindset that animates the current Israeli government. This webinar provides an overview of the bill, the state of play in the battle to stop it from becoming law, and what this struggle can teach us about the fight for our...
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#362: The Holy and the Broken - Ittay Flescher on the Pedagogy of Teaching Peace
PeaceCast
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Ittay Flescher, who some of our listeners may recognize as the Education Director of Seeds of Peace Jerusalem, others might recognize as the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia, and a deeply insightful analyst of Israeli politics. He has been published in Haaretz, The Age, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and last year brought the publication of his first book, The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared. Buy the book: Read...
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#361: From Grief to Partnership
PeaceCast
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on February 4th, 2026, hosted by Hadar Susskind. Maoz Inon’s parents were killed by Hamas on October 7. Aziz Abu Sarah’s brother died shortly after being beaten in an Israeli prison. But these two individuals did not turn their pain into a desire for retribution. Instead, they draw on their personal tragedies to fuel peace activism. Their partnership is a challenge to the idea that Israelis and Palestinians are destined to be adversaries. At a moment when public conversations about Israel and Palestine feel more...
info_outlineIn this episode of PeaceCast, NJN Director of Programs Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by comedian and podcast host Orli Matlow (host of War Is Stupid: An Antiwar Podcast About War)
Read more about War Is Stupid: An Antiwar Podcast About War: https://warisstupid.substack.com/
Listen to War Is Stupid: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNvZw9ofCuL9a0SUDFOJcT_kRAEfYhZ-N