FIDF Live

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING - Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar - 11.1.2026

Lara Krinsky opens this IDF Live briefing with Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar to examine Israel’s recent election, particularly the unprecedented surge in Arab voter

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: Shalom Ben Hanan, Former Senior Executive of the Shin Bet - October 18, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens this IDF Live briefing with Shalom Ben Hanan, a nearly three-decade Shin Bet veteran who returned from retirement after October 7th to help interrogate

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING: Rachel Lester, Former IDF Digital Media Specialist - 9.18.2026

Lara Krinsky opens this special briefing with Rachel Lester, author and former digital media specialist in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, to explore the psychological toll

FIDF SPECIAL BRIEFING - Jonathan Schanzer, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies - 9.6.2026

Lara Krinsky opens the briefing by saying the war has not ended but shifted, with the U.S. striking Iran again, Iran retaliating, sanctions tightening around Tehran, and

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Vice President of Newsrael - Auguest 23, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens the briefing by introducing Dr. Mordechai Kedar as a veteran Israeli military intelligence expert whose focus is understanding the cultures, ideologies

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: Jonny Daniels, Activist, Former Senior Advisor to Deputy Ministry of Defense - 8.9.26

Lara Krinsky opens this IDF Live briefing by introducing Jonny Daniels—activist, social media journalist, former senior advisor to Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense, an

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: LTC. (Ret.) Or Horvitz, National Security Expert - July 26, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens this IDF Live briefing by framing the region as dangerously unstable, with the U.S. striking Iranian targets, Iran retaliating against Arab neighbors,

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING Brig. Gen. Elad Edri, Homefront Command Chief of Staff - July 12, 2026

Jennifer Scher opens this IDF Live briefing by introducing Brigadier General Elad Edri, Chief of Staff for the Homefront Command, who joins from Venezuela after two major

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: Gadi Ezra, Former Director, Israel's National Public Diplomacy Unit - June 28, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens the briefing by framing the last two weeks as a major diplomatic pivot, with military pressure giving way to negotiations involving Iran, Lebanon, the

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: Jonathan Schanzer, Executive Director, FDD - 6.14.26

Lara Krinsky opens this briefing by framing the moment as fast-moving and unstable, with Israel facing pressure to accept deals even as Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas continu

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: SFC. Kelly Odes, IDF Head of Strategy & Messaging - May 31, 2026

Lara Krinsky hosts this IDF Live briefing with Sgt. First Class Kelly Odes from the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, focusing on how the war is fought both on the battlefield and

FIDF SPECIAL BRIEFING Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Vice President of Newsrael - 5.17.2026

Lara Krinsky opens this briefing by noting a week of deadlines, threats, and quiet repositioning from China to Lebanon to Iran, then welcomes Dr. Mordechai Kedar to unpac

FIDF LIVE BRIEFING: Brig. Gen. (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, Counter Terrorism Expert - May 3, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens by warning that Israel is still facing active threats on multiple fronts—Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Judea/Samaria—and brings on Brig. Gen. Nitzan Nuriel

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING: LTC (Ret.) Or Horvitz, National Security Expert, Elsight - 4.26.2026

Lara Krinsky opens by warning that public messaging doesn’t match the hidden “movements beneath the surface,” then speaks with Lt. Col. (Res.) Or Horovitz about a fragile

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING: Jonathan Schanzer, Foundation for Defense Democracies (FDD) - April 19, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens the briefing by saying the week’s “pause” feels less like an ending and more like a setup, and she brings on Jonathan Schanzer (FDD) to explain the con

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING - Jonathan Schanzer, Foundation for Defense Democracies - 4.12.26

In this IDF Live briefing, Krinsky speaks with Jonathan Schanzer (FDD) about how the conflict whiplashed from full-scale attacks into a shaky ceasefire and then into “no

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING: Maj. Gen. (Res.) Nadav Padan, FIDF CEO - April 5, 2026

Lara Krinsky opens the Passover/Easter briefing by calling the moment a live strategic shift across Iran and Lebanon, then interviews Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan, a 40-year IDF

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING: Maj. (Res) Doron Spielman, Author and Former VP, City of David - 3.29.26

Lara Krinsky opens this IDF Live briefing by framing the moment as both ancient and immediate—a fight not only on the battlefield, but over narrative, legitimacy, and tru

FIDF SPECIAL BRIEFING: Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Executive Director, INSS - 3.22.26

Lara Krinsky opens the briefing by saying the headlines only capture a fraction of what’s really happening, then brings on Dr. Mordechai Kedar to explain why Iran’s behav

FIDF LIVE SPECIAL BRIEFING: Jonathan Schanzer, Executive Director, FDD - March 15, 2026

In this week's FIDF briefing, host Lara Krinsky, FIDF Director of Content and Production, welcomes Jonathan Schanzer (FDD), Executive Director of the Foundation for Defen