Arab affairs correspondent and Middle East scholar turned lawmaker, Member of Knesset Ksenia Svetlova of the Zionist Union draws from a breadth of expertise that few others in the Israeli parliament match.

As Svetlova approaches her two year mark in politics, TLV1’s Ari Plachta sat down in her Knesset office for a wide-ranging conversation. Among other topics, they discuss Russia’s growing role in the Middle East, the Zionist Union’s new strategy, women in Israeli politics and Jared Kushner.

Written and produced by Ariella Plachta. Sound editing contributed by Tammy Goldenberg.