News & Politics
In part 1, our director Luke Akehurst provides an overview of Israel’s elections (1:35) – the results, analysis and more. Elliot Keck then discusses the status of the debate around Israel in Australia with Naomi Levin (12:57). Naomi is a policy analyst at the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). AIJAC’s website is https://aijac.org.au/ and you can follow them on Twitter @AIJAC_updateFinally, Ronie Gazit from the BICOM team provides an update on the Israeli mission to the moon (17:23)In part 2, Elliot speaks to President of the Jewish Society at the University of Leeds Adam Grossman about life on campus for Jewish and pro-Israel students (19.40).Then in a special segment (22:40) Luke speaks to some of the councillors that he took on a study tour to Israel and the West Bank recently. He speaks to Michelle Swallow (Twitter - @mrsgulp), a councillor in Bradford; Joanne Harding (Twitter - @joanne13harding) a councillor in Trafford; and Tom Flynn (Twitter - @tom4camberwell), a councillor in Southwark. Finally, Luke speaks with our Campaign Executive Rachel Kaye, in a look ahead to Eurovision (30:14). You can sign We Believe in Israel’s petition rejecting calls to boycott Eurovision here: https://www.webelieveinisrael.org.uk/eurovision The producer was Elliot Keck.Feedback? Contact elliot@webelieveinisrael.org.ukSupport the show (https://www.webelieveinisrael.org.uk/donate)