Hanukkah with Zealots, Oh My!
President Yitzhak Herzog lights candles with settlers in Hebron, causing protestors on the left to cry, “He’s not my president.”
The “Candles with Zealots, Oh My!” Edition
We discuss: 1) The President’s controversial decision to celebrate Hanukkah in Hebron 2) Whether, by closing its borders to non-citizens, Israel is making diaspora Jews into 2nd class Jews 3) A poll finding that most Israelis favor turning the IDF into a “professional army”
Pull Over!
In Hebrew, עצור means stop!, imperative. When driving in Israel, if you suddenly hear עצור בצד blaring from a loudspeaker, you better know what to do.
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(Some) People’s Army
A new poll finds that most Israelis favor cancelling universal conscription and turning the IDF into a “professional army.” Is the IDF still a “People’s army”?