Anshel Pfeffer

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205 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Missing peace: will Israel imperil Iran deal? · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

And from their perspective, there isn't currently a diplomatic or a political arrangement that can deal with this.

The Lebanese government may be willing to disarm Hezbollah at some point.

point but it doesn't have the capability to do so right now.

Well it has soured the relationship to a great degree and we're seeing all these interviews that Donald Trump has been making and also his uh deputy J D Vance, where Israel has gone from being this trusted and close ally, now is being portrayed as this unruly child which needs to be chased and put in its place.

That's a very abrupt reversal of Israel's role in this.

And most importantly from an Israeli perspective, they've lost control of the event.

Whatever it does is immediately uh reported by Iran and Iran says this is something which is endangering the ceasefire and we won't turn up to the next round of talks because of Israel breaking the ceasefire in Lebanon and Israel doesn't really have a say in this and this from a s Israel's strategic perspective is a huge blow.

Well there are talks ongoing between America and Iran and in Washington there are talks between the Israeli and Lebanese governments about finding a solution to this situation.

But right now from being there on the ground, I don't think that this is gonna solve the problem of Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon and

It very much looks like this could be the trigger for another Middle Eastern war when Israel and Hezbollah just can't stop fighting against each other there.

Thanks for having me, Rosie.

The Intelligence from The Economist · Bibi, one more time? Israel’s election launches · 20 May 2026 podcast

Today the Knesset Digital's Parliament will begin voting on a dissolution bill.

This may bring the election forward perhaps to the beginning of September.

As it is, the election is supposed to take place at the latest by the end of October.

So whatever the date turns out to be, it was already near the in election season.

As so many Israeli elections over the last decade or so, this will also be yet again a referendum on Netanyahu as Prime Minister, so his career, his political future is on the line.

So the most immediate trigger of the vote is a dispute between Netanyahu and the ultra-orthodox parties of his coalition.

He promised them four years ago that this government would pass a law exempting students of religious seminaries from national service, serving in the army mainly.

He's failed to do that so far, and they've finally given up on waiting.

And this also

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