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Dr. Einat Wilf served in Israeli military intelligence, advised Shimon Peres, and sat in the Knesset. She built her political identity inside Israel’s peace camp—then became one of its most formidable critics. After October 7, she decided writing and speaking were no longer enough and founded a political party.

A look at the history of Palestinian violence against Jews — from the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1917 through the Second Intifada and October 7th — and a recurring pattern: after each wave of terror, Palestinian leadership attempts to dictate the terms of what follows, as though they were the victors. Did Hamas actually believe Israel would fold?
To explore this history, Dr. Einat Wilf joins the conversation. A former IDF Intelligence Officer, Foreign Policy Advisor to Shimon Peres, and member of the Knesset, Dr. Wilf holds degrees from Harvard, INSEAD, and Cambridge, and is the author of seven books on Israeli society.

What if the real obstacle to peace isn't Israel, but the international community's encouragement of a fantasy, that Palestinians will one day return to Israel proper? That's the thesis of The War of Return by Einat Wilf, former Labor MP and foreign policy advisor to Shimon Peres. Wilf argues the conflict endures because no Palestinian leader has accepted that Israel is here to stay. She joined Josh in Sydney to discuss her views and how things have unfolded since October 7th.

In this episode, the final episode of the We Should All Be Zionists Podcast, Einat leaves us with a note of optimism: changing attitudes in the Arab world. Though October 7th oddly galvanized much of the world against Israel, there are those, still, from even the most unlikely of places, who have stood by Israel's side and done even more for peace. We Should All Be Zionists means all, including Arabs and Muslims.

Dr. Wilf discusses the democratic tradition of Israel and the Jewish people, even in times when inclinations towards pluralism seem most challenged. Then, Blake Flayton and Dr. Wilf discuss contemporary politics in Israel, debates over policy, what the future has in store, and why democracy is the hot topic of the day.

Dr. Einat Wilf joins The Western Spirit to argue that Israel's war strategy is fundamentally flawed: the belief that Hamas doesn't represent the Palestinian people is, in her view, not just false — it's deadly. The conversation covers the ideology driving endless conflict, the Trump plan, why Israel must stop supplying its enemies, and the roles of Qatar and Western academia in enabling the war.

Dr. Einat Wilf sometimes sounds like the right, and sometimes like the left. Which is, perhaps, the point of the new political party she founded. It’s named courage (Oz, in Hebrew). We asked her what the party’s agenda would be.

We also discussed the suggested changes to the Gaza deal - which we agreed will not come to pass. Gadi’s long interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clearly confirmed this view.

In this episode of Jewish Crossroads, journalist Tamar Ish Shalom sits down with Dr. Einat Wilf — historian, former Knesset member, and one of Israel's most incisive public intellectuals. Wilf discusses her ideological evolution, her challenges to long-held assumptions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and her latest move: founding Oz, a new political party aimed at reshaping Israel's political future.

What if the real obstacle to peace isn't Israel, but the international community's encouragement of a fantasy, that Palestinians will one day return to Israel proper? That's the thesis of The War of Return by Einat Wilf, former Labor MP and foreign policy advisor to Shimon Peres. Wilf argues the conflict endures because no Palestinian leader has accepted that Israel is here to stay. She joined Josh in Sydney to discuss her views and how things have unfolded since October 7th.

In 2018, Einat wrote an essay about the riots that were shaking the ground of the border between Israel and Gaza. Einat understood then that the unrest wasn't about just better living conditions -- they were an expression of the desire to "return" to Israel -- violently. Then, Blake Flayton joins for a conversation about Jewish/Palestinian appropriation in Yafo bookstores

As the war with Iran enters its second week, the military campaign has already shown successes. Key leaders have been eliminated, missile and drone attacks have sharply declined, and critical parts of Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure have been damaged.
But in the public discourse, a very different battle is unfolding. Across media and politics, fierce arguments have erupted about the legitimacy of the war, America’s role in it, and Israel’s influence on foreign policy.

Noam Weissman sits down with Dr. Einat Wilf — former Knesset member, public intellectual, and one of Israel’s sharpest voices — for a provocative conversation about Palestinian statehood. Once a passionate believer in Oslo’s “land for peace,” Wilf’s experiences led her from optimism to skepticism about whether a two-state solution is possible. She argues the conflict is rooted not in borders or land swaps but in the refusal to accept Jewish sovereignty.

Premier épisode d'un nouveau format : à l'approche des élections du 27 octobre, Einat Wilf présente Oz, son nouveau parti, et sa vision d'Israël après le 7 octobre — souveraineté, sionisme arabe et musulman, et rapports avec l'Europe et les États-Unis.

Can Palestinian society be deradicalized — and what would that even mean? Trump's peace plan calls for it explicitly, and countries like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia see rolling back Hamas's radical Islamism as in their own interest too.
Dr. Einat Wilf has long argued that Palestinian society is driven by an ideology that goes beyond self-determination — one fixated on eradicating Israel, advanced by Palestinian elites for generations at the expense of their own people's wellbeing. She believes this impulse must be understood, named, and tackled head-on.

Dr. Einat Wilf — Israeli writer, podcaster, and now founder of the political party Oz — returns to the pod to tell us a tale of two wars: the physical war fought (and technically won) in Gaza and the global war for Jewish sovereignty (that’s far from over).

In this episode, Einat presents a concept that some westerners have a hard time understanding: although Jews make up the numerical majority in the State of Israel, they perceive themselves as the minority, and although Arabs in the State of Israel are the numerical minority, they perceive themselves, looking at the region at large, as very much in the majority. Then, columnist Blake Flayton joins the conversation to discuss the Mizrahi identity and Arab governance.

For years, Einat Wilf warned the world: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was never about borders. It wasn’t about settlements. It wasn’t about occupation. It was about one thing—the refusal to accept a Jewish state in any part of the land.
This week on For the Love of Zion, Joe and Shahaf sit down with one of Israel’s most fearless and brilliant voices to talk about everything the world got wrong—and what it will take to finally get it right.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with Einat Wilf, a former MK, author and CEO of the newly formed Oz party.