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Twice weekly, Marc Schulman shares sharp, pragmatic insights into Israeli affairs and global tech—drawing on decades as a Newsweek columnist and Apple developer.Veteran journalist and historian Marc Schulman offers sharp, unfiltered insight into current events in Israel.
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Israel’s Arab Citizens at a Crossroads: Integration, Crime, Politics—and the Search for a Shared Future (opens the original)
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In this Rosh Hashanah edition of the Tel Aviv Diary Podcast , Marc Schulman welcomes back Professor Yitzhak Reiter, one of Israel’s leading experts on Arab-Jewish relations, for a wide-ranging conversation about the changing place of Arab citizens in Israeli society. Arab Israelis have made striking gains in higher education, employment, medicine, technology, and other parts of Israeli life. Yet at the same time, Arab communities are confronting an unprecedented crisis of organized crime and vio
Between Hope & Fear: What Israel’s Past Teaches Us and Why AI’s Future Frightens Me (opens the original)
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Here is the report by the chief scientist of Open AI that I reference in the episode. https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marcschulman.substack.com/subscribe
Israel’s Demographic Time Bomb: Prof. Dan Ben-David on the Economic and Educational Crisis (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Tel Aviv Diary Podcast , I speak with economist Professor Dan Ben-David , head of the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research, about what he sees as the long-term trends threatening Israel’s future—and why the coming election may represent a rare opportunity to change course. Ben-David lays out some stark numbers. Roughly half of Israel’s children, he argues, are receiving an education that will leave them unable to sustain a modern developed economy. Only a small p
Israel in August: Likud’s Primary, the Election Ahead, Iran’s Uncertainty—and the AI Revolution (opens the original)
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Israel may be experiencing the traditional August slowdown, but beneath the surface, very little is truly quiet. In this episode of Tel Aviv Diary , Marc Schulman looks at where Israel stands 70 days before the election. He examines the results of the Likud primary and what they reveal about Benjamin Netanyahu’s continuing control of the party, including the political downfall of former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat and the distinctive system of alliances and organized voting that shapes Likud prim
Israel at the Breaking Point: Iran, Netanyahu, Trump and the Election That Could Change Everything | Dan Perry (opens the original)
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Israel has spent weeks living with a question that has become part of everyday life: What happens tonight? Will Iran attack? Will there be another escalation? Can people fly? Should they leave? Should they stay? In this episode of Tel Aviv Diary , I am joined once again by veteran journalist Dan Perry , who spent many years leading the Associated Press’s coverage of the Middle East, for a wide-ranging discussion about where Israel finds itself after months of war—and where it may be heading next
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