We discuss the Israeli Central Election Committee’s decision to bar two candidates from running for the Knesset this week.

We discuss the probity of V15, a foreign-funded, get-out-the-vote NGO dedicated to removing PM Netanyahu from office.

Allison, Don, and Noah ask what it says about the state of Israeli politics today that this election is shaping up to be about which bastard not to vote for.

There’s been an historic unification of three Arab parties and one joint Arab-Jewish party. Can the Balad-Ra’am-Ta’al-Hadash list, which incorporates such opposing ideologies, succeed?

We discuss the Labor Party primaries, which produced a list of candidates that is youngish, Ashkenazi-ish, female-ish, and socially-aware-ish.

Does Naftali Bennett’s religious party suffer from ‘Jewish Home-ophobia’?

Moshe Kahlon, the ‘Marx of the Mall’ and the darling of these elections: What makes him tick?

The recent Likud primary produced a list of candidates some have hailed as a great improvement (except for the obvious lack of female candidates).

Allison, Don, and Noah ask: What makes the Jewish Home leader tick?

Allison, Don, and Noah discuss the weird notion, asserted by politicians and pundits, that these elections are “the most important” in Israel’s history.