Can’t Spell ‘Plea Bargain’ Without ‘Rage’ and ‘Pain’
Why are so many people so mad about a possible plea bargain that would keep former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu out of both jail and the Knesset?
The “Can’t Spell ‘Plea Bargain’ Without ‘Rage’ and ‘Pain’” Edition
We discuss: 1) The outrage over a plea deal for former PM Netanyahu 2) What’s behind the government’s new pandemic policy 3) A report that Israeli politicians may be dragging their feet negotiating blanket Visa exemptions for Israelis in the US
I’m Not Built For This
An Argentinean architect listener of the podcast wrote to say that we had to do an episode about the word לבנות (livnot), which means to build. We don't have it in us to tear down his hopes. So today we check out the root בנה
The Erratic Pulse of Israeli Democracy
Professor Tamar Hermann discusses fresh findings from the annual Israel Democracy Index of 2021, including low optimism for the general future of the country, declining trust in public institutions, and ongoing polarization of public attitudes
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The Ideology of No Ideology
Israel’s new pandemic policy seems to be, “Do what you think is best.” Is Israel having the most free-marketty, Adam-Smithian, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps moment in our almost 74 year history?