Israel Update
The audio-only version of Israel Update with Gadi Taub and Michael Doran
Tablet Studios
Show overview
Israel Update has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 102 episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 56 min and 1h 15m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 25 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Tablet Studios.
From the publisher
This is the audio version of Israel Update. Israel Update is a video podcast hosted by Israeli historian and political commentator Gadi Taub and Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. The show offers news from the ground as well as an unparalleled insider perspective on the war.
Latest Episodes
View all 102 episodesIsrael’s Wartime Boom
Israel Will Not Yield
What Did Netanyahu Get From Trump?
Escalation in the Gulf
Election Season - Beware!
Tempest in a Constitutional Tea Pot
Can Israel save the us from its mistake? With guest Dan Schueftan
Netanyahu Won’t Back Down
Is It Really So Bad?
Trump and Netanyahu: A Lovers' Spat
Rift Over Lebanon?
What Should Israel Do?
Iran Buckles Under Blockade
Make No Mistake: Iran Is Feeling the Pain
The Looming Israeli Elections
The Likely Scenarios
It's the Economy, Habibi!
A Messy Victory
Mike thinks the achievements of this war are important enough to declare it a victory, though by no means a knock out. Mike and Gadi discuss the pros and cons of the ceasefire, the feasibility of an agreement, and the not unlikely return to military operations two weeks from now. Also in this episode: What are the reactions in Israel, what effects will the ceasefire have on the ongoing war in Lebanon, and what is “gleeful defeatism?” – All this and more on the new episode of Israel Update.
The Politics Behind the "Settler Violence" Campaign
The orchestrated campaign to create alarm about “Settler Violence” magnifies a very marginal phenomena as part of a well thought out long game. Mike and Gadi explain how it works, and what its purpose is. We also have a guest on this show: Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili. She’s an academic, but she won’t bow down to the lies about the war. Read her op-ed in the Washington Post here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/27/israel-iran-war-propaganda-disinformation/
The Global Implications of This Conflict Are Vast
What’s at stake is the American-led international order. If the regime in Iran remains standing, it will have shown that the US can no longer guarantee that order. The good news, Mike and Gadi think, is that Trump fully understands this. This is not to say, however, that all the challenges can easily be overcome. Plus, Israel’s deep-state is reaching new level of legal surrealism.