20 Best Middle East Conflict Podcasts

1. This Is Palestine

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'This Is Palestine' is a podcast that highlights people, issues, and events around Palestine. We bring you stories from the ground in Palestine, and we speak with experts and activists to bring you unique perspectives and analysis about Palestine from across the world. This podcast is a project of the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU).more Host Diana Buttu
Producer/Network The Institute for Middle East Understanding
Email ****@imeu.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Mahmoud Khalil, Yara Eid +6 more
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 688Facebook 262.1KInstagram 826.2K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Electronic Intifada Podcast

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The Electronic Intifada podcast is a weekly summary of the top stories featured on The Electronic Intifada, plus exclusive interviews with newsmakers, analysts and activists.
Hosts Nora Barrow Friedman, Ali Abunimah, Jon Elmer, Tamara Nassar, Asa Winstanley
Producer/Network The Electronic Intifada
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Omar Zahzah, Dyab Abou Jahjah +7 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 642 Avg Length 119 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

3. Iran: The Latest

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Iran: The Latest is The Telegraph's defence, security and foreign affairs news podcast providing deep-dive analysis on the ongoing conflict between the US, Israel and Iran. Veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you the latest updates from The Telegraph 's award-winning journalists, plus exclusive interviews with world-class experts in military strategy, international relations, and Middle East policy...more Hosts Roland Oliphant, Venetia Rainey
Producer/Network The Telegraph
Email ****@telegraph.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Mark Cancian, Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 595 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. PreOccupation: A Not-So-Brief History of Palestine

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This podcast is a deep dive into the social, economic, and political history of Palestine. Through the narration of Palestine's history, the podcast hopes to address some of the most common misconceptions about Palestine and Palestinians.more Host Bassam Abun-Nadi
Producer/Network Bassam
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Annemarie Jacir
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 434Instagram 9.1K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. The Iran Podcast

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Conversations on Iranian politics, society, and culture with host Negar Mortazavi.Support the Iran Podcast:anchor.fm/theiranpodcast/support
Host Negar Mortazavi
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 282Twitter 3.5KInstagram 282 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

6. The +972 Podcast

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The +972 podcast is your direct line to the journalists, thinkers, and activists struggling for justice in Israel-Palestine. +972 Magazine is the only English-language media outlet run by Palestinian and Israeli journalists, delivering fifteen years of fearless reporting and analysis between the river and the sea.more Producer/Network +972 Magazine
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Abed Abou Shhadeh, Mahmoud Mushtaha +16 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 218 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Decision Points

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Decision Points is the podcast that gets beyond the noise on tough choices in the Middle East. Hosted by David Makovsky of The Washington Institute, the show brings together top policymakers and experts from Washington and the region for candid conversations about the forces and factors driving Middle East policymaking. Season Six tackles the toughest U.S. foreign-policy debates, from the brink of war in Iran to the painful aftermath in Gaza and the new government in Syria...more Host David Makovsky
Email ****@washingtoninstitute.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Gili Cohen, David Horovitz +14 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 176 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz

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Welcome to The Iran Breakdown. Hosted by Mark Dubowitz, this show from FDD is here to guide you through one of the most critical geopolitical and human rights challenges facing the world today. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been a central player in global headlines for decades: its pursuit of nuclear weapons, development of a massive missile and drove arsenal, funding of terror groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and others; its oppression of the Iranian people; and its growing alliances with global power states like China, Russia, and North Korea...more Producer/Network FDD
Email ****@fdd.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Cliff May, Miad Maleki
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 136 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. Interlace History

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Interlace History is an independent history podcast featuring long-form projects on a variety of topics. - S01: The Israel-Palestine Conflict - This 7-hour, 10-episode history of the Israel-Palestine conflict ranges from years 0-2023. It covers the background of the peoples and places, the story of Israel's creation, the progression of the peace process, the rise of Hamas, or the leadup to the current Gaza conflict. (This project was previously titled A Concise History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.) - S02: Iran and the United States - This 6-hour, 6-episode history of the relationship between Iran and the United States ranges from prehistory to 2025...more Producer/Network S02: Iran and the US
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 131 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Middle East Focus

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Weekly discussion of Middle East policy, arts, and culture, featuring experts from the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.
Hosts Alistair Taylor, Matthew Czekaj
Producer/Network Middle East Institute
Email ****@mei.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Fadi Nicholas Nassar, Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen +20 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 127Facebook 25.3KTwitter 114KInstagram 13.7K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

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AL-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews newsmakers, journalists, and thought leaders from the US and Middle East about the latest news and trends in the region. Amberin travels the region for AL-Monitor, specializing in news and analysis in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus and writes the weekly Turkey Briefing newsletter. Prior to AL-Monitor, she covered Turkey, the Kurds, and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and the Voice of America, and was The Economist's Turkey correspondent from 1999 to 2016.more Producer/Network AL-Monitor
Email ****@al-monitor.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 65Facebook 199.9KTwitter 158.8KInstagram 19.7K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Palestine This Week

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Palestine This Week with Nasim Ahmed is a weekly analytical review of the biggest stories coming out of Palestine.
Producer/Network Middle East Monitor
Email ****@memonitor.org.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 39 Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv

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From the co-author of the best selling book, 'Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community,' and the more recent non-fiction, 'Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars,' this is a weekly podcast series -- delivering insights into the volatile events of the world's most fascinating region: the Middle East. Dan Raviv was a foreign correspondent and Washington radio anchor for CBS News for over 40 years -- much of that career in the Tel Aviv and London bureaus. He and Yossi Melman wrote 5 books about Israeli espionage, security, and diplomacy...more Producer/Network Dan Raviv
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Nimrod Novik
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 39 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. The Diplomat | ديبلومات

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In the rooms where war, peace, and power are decided, words matter most. The Diplomat brings you raw conversations with ambassadors, envoys, and negotiators who shaped the hardest decisions in U.S. foreign policy and Middle East diplomacy. Hosted by Joe Kawly. Recorded from Washington. Produced by Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN).Joe Kawly brings extensive experience from conflict zones in the Middle East to the power corridors of Washington. As a journalist, he's seen how words can escalate a crisis or open the door to peace...more Host Joe Kawly
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Dr. Kenneth Pollack, Elliott Abrams +7 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. IDSF Daily Israel Briefing

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The war behind the headlines. Hosted by Moshe Davis, this podcast delivers clear, uncompromising insight into the Middle East conflict — straight from those who have fought it, studied it, and shaped it. Through exclusive conversations with Israeli military leaders, intelligence professionals, diplomats, journalists, and security experts, each episode breaks down what's actually happening in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond — and why it matters to the Jewish people, the West, and the future of democracy. This is not punditry or propaganda...more Producer/Network Moshe Davis
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Lt. Colonel Res. Gidi Harari, Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi +5 more
Apple Rating 3.5/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Our Middle East: An Insider's View

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Ever get the feeling that there is more to the story in the Middle East than what you see in the news? Want to know what really is going on in Israel and in the wider region? Our Middle East with foreign policy expert Dan Diker and Israeli-Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh is an insider's view of the Middle East revealing what goes on behind the scenes of the world's most volatile region...more Producer/Network JNS Podcasts
Email ****@jns.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Conflict Uncovered with Elliot Chodoff (Another Rough Day in the Middle East)

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Welcome to 'Conflict Uncovered,' hosted by renowned military and strategic analyst Elliot Chodoff. This podcast delves deep into the complex and often misunderstood conflicts in the Middle East, providing listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the region's current events and historical contexts.Episode Formats:Current Events Episodes: Stay informed with our timely updates and analyses of the latest developments in Gaza, Lebanon, and beyond. Elliot Chodoff offers expert insights into the ongoing conflicts, military strategies, and geopolitical shifts that shape the Middle East todamore Host Elliot Chodoff
Producer/Network Eitan Rosenfeld
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Chodoff, Elliot
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. The Confused Podcast Series

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This is the Confused Podcast Series, which features Confused About Syria, Confused About Yemen , and Confused Iraqi podcasts. The series aims to make complex conflict contexts more human, accessible, and honest. If you're looking for quick answers about the Middle East and conflict, this may not be the podcast series for you. But If you're looking to slow down, listen, and sit with complexity, then welcome 🙂 c358521e5d52ebbb92bde880aafca44335cd82b3more Producer/Network Noor Mousa & Rachel Sider
Email ****@privaterelay.appleid.com
Recent Guests Khadija al-Salami, Sara Ishaq +9 more
Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

19. WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL

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The WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL podcast stands at the intersection of gender, religion, and conflict, offering you a glimpse into the lives of Palestinian Christian women living under the Israeli occupation.more Producer/Network WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 67 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. The Conflict

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The BBC's podcast on the Middle East. Hosted by Jonny Dymond.
Hosts Lyse Doucet, Jonny Dymond
Producer/Network BBC News
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 449Facebook 62MTwitter 41.8M Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact