Mossad, Ahmadinejad, and the plan to topple Iran’s regime - with Ronen Bergman

Sneak Peek: Dan on what diaspora Jews want from Israel’s leader - and what Israelis want

For the full episode, subscribe here to Inside Call me Back [https://inside.arkmedia.org/?sc_promo=spring60&utm_source=shownotes]. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily [https://lnk.to/AgKi7D] ____ This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call me Back. Dan addresses a listener's question about Gadi Eisenkot's political appeal and whether the qualities Israelis look for in a prime minister are the same ones valued by Diaspora Jews.  You can access the full episode here [https://inside.arkmedia.org/?sc_promo=spring60&utm_source=shownotes], where Dan takes on listener questions about: - What should Trump do next on Iran? - Will Rachel Goldberg-Polin return for another holiday episode? - Is there still hope for Arab and Haredi integration in Israel? - Why the Haredi draft exemption is reaching a breaking point - Could Arab or Haredi parties decide Israel’s next government? More Ark Media: * Want to join Ark Media? Check out our careers page for new openings [https://arkmedia.org/careers/]. * Explore Israel Votes [https://arkmedia.org/votes/] * Listen to For Heaven's Sake [https://lnk.to/rfGlrA] * Listen to What’s Your Number? [https://lnk.to/rbGlvM] * Watch Call me Back on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast] * Newsletters | Ark Media [https://mailchi.mp/arkmedia/subscribe-to-our-newsletter] | Amit Segal [https://arkmedia.org/amitsegal/] | Nadav Eyal [https://nadave.substack.com/] * Instagram | Ark Media [https://instagram.com/arkmediaorg] | Dan [https://www.instagram.com/dansenor] * X | Dan [https://x.com/dansenor] * Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel [https://tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn] * Get in touch [https://arkmedia.org/get-in-touch/] Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

The History of Black-Jewish Relations, and how it unraveled - with Coleman Hughes

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back [https://inside.arkmedia.org/?sc_promo=spring60&utm_source=shownotes]. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily [https://lnk.to/AgKi7D] ____ Can the Black-Jewish alliance be repaired, or is it irreparable? Coleman Hughes, host of The Coleman Hughes Show at The Free Press and author of The End of Race Politics, joins Dan to trace the history of one of America’s most important political coalitions, and how it began to unravel. He looks at the forces behind that shift, from old neighborhood tensions and the Nation of Islam to campus politics and a worldview that treats America and the West as uniquely guilty. And - if the old alliance cannot simply be recreated, what would a healthier path forward actually require? Coleman's essay on Sapir: https://sapirjournal.org/friends-and-foes/2024/black-radicalism/ Coleman's Book: https://www.amazon.com/End-Race-Politics-Arguments-Colorblind/dp/0593332458 Coleman's podcast: https://www.thefp.com/listen/conversations-with-coleman In this episode: - How Black and Jewish Americans became allies - The tensions inside the civil rights alliance - James Baldwin’s theory of Black antisemitism - Why Baldwin’s explanation falls short - Nation of Islam, Farrakhan, and hip-hop - Jewish success and the resentment problem - October 7th and the campus view of Israel - BLM, allyship, and whether repair is possible More Ark Media: * Want to join Ark Media? Check out our careers page for new openings [https://arkmedia.org/careers/]. * Explore Israel Votes [https://arkmedia.org/votes/] * Listen to For Heaven's Sake [https://lnk.to/rfGlrA] * Listen to What’s Your Number? [https://lnk.to/rbGlvM] * Watch Call me Back on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast] * Newsletters | Ark Media [https://mailchi.mp/arkmedia/subscribe-to-our-newsletter] | Amit Segal [https://arkmedia.org/amitsegal/] | Nadav Eyal [https://nadave.substack.com/] * Instagram | Ark Media [https://instagram.com/arkmediaorg] | Dan [https://www.instagram.com/dansenor] * X | Dan [https://x.com/dansenor] * Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel [https://tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn] * Get in touch [https://arkmedia.org/get-in-touch/] Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

What we know about the emerging Iran deal - with Nadav Eyal and Mark Dubowitz

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back [https://inside.arkmedia.org/?sc_promo=spring60&utm_source=shownotes]. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily [https://lnk.to/AgKi7D] ____ If Trump signs an interim deal with Iran, what leverage is left to dismantle Iran's nuclear program? As reports swirl around a possible U.S.-Iran agreement, Dan  sits down with Nadav Eyal and Mark Dubowitz to sort through what’s actually on the table — and what could unravel next. The conversation centers around the core dilemmas facing Washington, Jerusalem, and the Gulf: whether this moment represents strategic containment of Iran or the beginning of a slow retreat from the leverage created by the war. They debate the risks of a “Hormuz for Hormuz” deal, the future of Iran’s nuclear stockpile, the limits of economic pressure, and whether the military gains can survive a prolonged diplomatic pause. Hovering over the entire conversation is a deeper question: after months of escalation, what would victory look like now? In this episode: - What’s Actually in the Emerging U.S.-Iran Deal - The “Hormuz for Hormuz” Tradeoff - Iran’s Uranium Stockpile - Could Trump Sustain Military and Economic Pressure? - The Gulf States’ Interests - Hezbollah, Lebanon, and the Axis of Resistance - What Israelis Think of The Deal - Will This Be Remembered as a Turning Point — or the Moment the West Blinked? More Ark Media: * Want to join Ark Media? Check out our careers page for new openings [https://arkmedia.org/careers/]. * Explore Israel Votes [https://arkmedia.org/votes/] * Listen to For Heaven's Sake [https://lnk.to/rfGlrA] * Listen to What’s Your Number? [https://lnk.to/rbGlvM] * Watch Call me Back on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast] * Newsletters | Ark Media [https://mailchi.mp/arkmedia/subscribe-to-our-newsletter] | Amit Segal [https://arkmedia.org/amitsegal/] | Nadav Eyal [https://nadave.substack.com/] * Instagram | Ark Media [https://instagram.com/arkmediaorg] | Dan [https://www.instagram.com/dansenor] * X | Dan [https://x.com/dansenor] * Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel [https://tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn] * Get in touch [https://arkmedia.org/get-in-touch/] Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

Mossad, Ahmadinejad, and the plan to topple Iran’s regime - with Ronen Bergman

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back [https://inside.arkmedia.org/?sc_promo=spring60&utm_source=shownotes]. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily [https://lnk.to/AgKi7D] ____ Did the U.S. and Israel plan to replace Iran’s regime with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?! A new New York Times investigation has revealed an astonishing alleged U.S.-Israeli plan behind the war with Iran: not just strikes on nuclear sites and missile capabilities, but a broader attempt at regime change, together with none other than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  Ronen Bergman joins Dan to explain how the plan was built, why Ahmadinejad became part of it, why it collapsed before it could fully begin, and what it means that the story is coming out while the war is still unresolved. In this episode: 04:36 - Ronen’s first reaction to the Ahmadinejad story 05:54 - How Israel’s goal shifted from strikes to regime change 07:21 - Why the 12-day war left the core Iran problem unresolved 08:21 - What the Mossad plan was supposed to do in the first 100 hours 12:36 - Why Ahmadinejad was considered as an internal alternative 22:42 - The strike that was meant to free Ahmadinejad 28:24 - The plan for Kurdish forces to enter Iran, and why it never moved forward 30:48 - Who benefits from this story going public   This episode was sponsored by RootOne. Help the Jewish teen in your life experience Israel for themselves. Visit RootOne.org [http://rootone.org] to learn more. This episode was sponsored by Hadassah. Please go to Hadassah.org [http://hadassah.org] to make a gift that helps Hadassah continue its longstanding, life-changing support for the people in Israel. More Ark Media: * Want to join Ark Media? Check out our careers page for new openings [https://arkmedia.org/careers/]. * Explore Israel Votes [https://arkmedia.org/votes/] * Listen to For Heaven's Sake [https://lnk.to/rfGlrA] * Listen to What’s Your Number? [https://lnk.to/rbGlvM] * Watch Call me Back on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast] * Newsletters | Ark Media [https://mailchi.mp/arkmedia/subscribe-to-our-newsletter] | Amit Segal [https://arkmedia.org/amitsegal/] | Nadav Eyal [https://nadave.substack.com/] * Instagram | Ark Media [https://instagram.com/arkmediaorg] | Dan [https://www.instagram.com/dansenor] * X | Dan [https://x.com/dansenor] * Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel [https://tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn] * Get in touch [https://arkmedia.org/get-in-touch/] Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

What Actually Happened in Beijing? - with Carice Witte

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back [https://inside.arkmedia.org/?sc_promo=spring60&utm_source=shownotes]. ____ Subscribe to Ark News Daily [https://lnk.to/AgKi7D] ____ Was the Trump-Xi summit a win, a loss or neutral? Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping ended with no major breakthrough, no dramatic concession, and no public rupture. But according to Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL Group, that may be the real story. China projected confidence, framed itself as America’s peer, and tried to turn the summit into proof of U.S. decline. Yet on Taiwan, Iran, and regional leverage, Beijing got far less than it wanted. Carice joins Dan to unpack what really happened in Beijing, why China wants Iran weak but intact, how Israel’s military successes have changed Beijing’s view of Jerusalem, and what Israel should do differently as China watches the war from the other side of the world. Learn more about SIGNAL Group [https://signal-group.org/].  In this episode: - Why Beijing wanted the summit to look like a win - What Xi’s “Thucydides Trap” message signaled - The Taiwan concession Trump did not give - Why China wants Iran weak but still useful - Keeping Hormuz open and Iran non-nuclear - China’s support for Iran and the limits of plausible deniability - How October 7th changed China’s view of Israel - What Israel should do differently on China   This episode was sponsored by Hadassah. Please go to Hadassah.org [http://hadassah.org] to make a gift that helps Hadassah continue its longstanding, life-changing support for the people in Israel. Learn more about the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Community Leadership Program [http://shalomhartman.org/clp]. More Ark Media: * Want to join Ark Media? Check out our careers page for new openings [https://arkmedia.org/careers/]. * Explore Israel Votes [https://arkmedia.org/votes/] * Listen to For Heaven's Sake [https://lnk.to/rfGlrA] * Listen to What’s Your Number? [https://lnk.to/rbGlvM] * Watch Call me Back on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast] * Newsletters | Ark Media [https://mailchi.mp/arkmedia/subscribe-to-our-newsletter] | Amit Segal [https://arkmedia.org/amitsegal/] | Nadav Eyal [https://nadave.substack.com/] * Instagram | Ark Media [https://instagram.com/arkmediaorg] | Dan [https://www.instagram.com/dansenor] * X | Dan [https://x.com/dansenor] * Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel [https://tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn] * Get in touch [https://arkmedia.org/get-in-touch/] Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo