Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

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"Ask Haviv Anything" is a podcast about history, a podcast you, dear listener, will help to shape and direct, focusing not just on what I want to talk about but on what you want to learn and discuss. Nothing is off limits. We're going to talk about big and painful things, and also beautiful and fascinating things, wars and identities and painful history. And also more light-hearted things. Humor m... more

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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	160	Founded	2 years ago
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155: American and Israeli Jews don’t understand each other, with Ed Rettig

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19 Oct 2026 • 1 hr 1 min

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154: How Israel broke pan-Arabism, and what that means for Iran, with Dan Schueftan

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153: Where was Netanyahu on 7/10? With Elliot Kaufman

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152: Is Israeli society tearing itself apart? With Micah Goodman

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Recent Guests

Ed Rettig

Rabbi, sociologist of the Jewish people, and former Jerusalem police prosecutor

Episode: 155: American and Israeli Jews don’t understand each other, with Ed Rettig

Dan Schueftan

Academic and head of the International Graduate Program in National Security at the University of Haifa

University of Haifa

Episode: 154: How Israel broke pan-Arabism, and what that means for Iran, with Dan Schueftan

Elliot Kaufman

Wall Street Journal editorial board member and co-author of In the War Room

The Wall Street Journal

Episode: 153: Where was Netanyahu on 7/10? With Elliot Kaufman

Micah Goodman

prominent Israeli public intellectual

Philosopher, author, podcast host

Episode: 152: Is Israeli society tearing itself apart? With Micah Goodman

Brett McGurk

Global affairs analyst and former Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs

CNN, Harvard Belfer Center, Atlantic Council

Episode: 151: Could the hostages have come home sooner? With Brett McGurk

Gadi Taub

Historian, author, Israeli political commentator

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (School of Public Policy)

Episode: 150: The case for Netanyahu, with Gadi Taub

Alexander Yakobson

Professor of History, Hebrew University

Hebrew University

Episode: 149: Patriotism is too important to leave to extremists, with Prof. Alex Yakobson

Shany Moll

Dr. Shany Moll, political thinker and lecturer

Reichman University / BiCom

Episode: 146: Israel's political system worked. Then we tried to fix it. With Dr. Shany Mor

Yehoshua Pfeffer

Rabbi, founder of Iyun Institute, editor-in-chief of Tsarikh Iyun

Hatibora Kharedi / Haredi political circles

Episode: 144: Inside the fight to change Haredi politics, with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer

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Haviv Rettig Gur

Host of Ask Haviv Anything

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 2.4k ratings

Great insights on the complexities in Israel
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Noa Hacohen
6 days ago
Excellent and thoughtful
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Maglasser
7 days ago
Defending mass murder of children
Chilling defence of the clear violations on international law committed by the Israeli military in relation to the civilian death toll in Gaza, in relation to the documentary NAZA - which gives viewers the inside perspective and rationale behind the mass murder and utter destruction in Gaza. These perspectives does only affirm what is already known and well-documented: the illegal killing and maiming of thousands and thousands innocent civilians, including health care workers, journalists, teach... more
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Denmark22 days ago
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Hope 4 Future
United Statesa month ago
The lone voice speaking to diaspora
Haviv time and time again speaks to not only Israel ls but the world wide diaspora. His podcasts come at just the right moment to understand the all too frequent attacks on Isralei morality. He is truly indispensable today.
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Spotify	#46	United States/History
Apple Podcasts	#64	United States/History
Apple Podcasts	#67	Canada/History
Apple Podcasts	#133	United Kingdom/History
Apple Podcasts	#60	Australia/History
Apple Podcasts	#77	Germany/History

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153: Where was Netanyahu on 7/10? With Elliot Kaufman

Q: Why has the American Jewish community struggled to mobilize against antisemitism?

Kaufman says American Jewish politics has traditionally relied on relationships with influential people and private meetings rather than mass public pressure. He argues that this approach became a liability when politicians needed to feel sustained public pressure, and calls for stronger solidarity with Jews in Israel.

153: Where was Netanyahu on 7/10? With Elliot Kaufman

Q: What could have been done differently, and why was there so much chaos in Israel's response on October 7?

Kaufman says the army itself lacked a clear understanding of what was happening. He describes confusion among commanders and delays in coordination, while noting that Netanyahu was not informed early enough to shape the initial response and had also been less engaged with the Hamas threat beforehand.

154: How Israel broke pan-Arabism, and what that means for Iran, with Dan Schueftan

Q: Can these people be defeated through the combination of resilience, restraint, successful prosecution of a war, and knowing when not to blow things up? Can that work with Iran?

Schueftan argues that redemptive political movements are not exclusively religious and that the key is to pursue effective responses that improve conditions rather than expect a perfect solution. He distinguishes Iran's society from its regime, describing Iranian society as potentially constructive if the regime were removed.

154: How Israel broke pan-Arabism, and what that means for Iran, with Dan Schueftan

Q: Can you walk us through post-1973, the American considerations of Nixon and Kissinger, and all the way up to 1977, which was the year where you say Sadat himself shifted toward peace?

Schueftan says Sadat initially used war to restore Egypt's standing and create leverage, while Nixon and Kissinger shaped a process that preserved Egypt from a worse defeat and began shifting it toward the United States. Carter's comprehensive-peace ambitions threatened that process, and Sadat ultimately moved toward a separate peace with Israel.

155: American and Israeli Jews don’t understand each other, with Ed Rettig

Q: Is this moment of anti-Semitic, of the enormous explosion of anti-Semitism around the world, maybe the beginning of a reason to have better understanding of each other and to begin to sort of close that gap?

Rettig says the rise in antisemitism is an excellent reason to improve understanding, though he believes this work should have started decades earlier.

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