The Promised Podcast

The “Judgement Days” Edition

We discuss: 1) The shocking, sudden fall of Syria’s strong-man ophthalmologist Bashar al-Assad 2) PM Netanyahu’s taking-of-the-stand to testify on his own behalf in his four-years-and-running bribery, fraud and breach of trust trial

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The “Breaking Ranks” Edition

We discuss: 1) Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon’s flat assertion that Netanyahu’s Gaza policy amounts to ethnic cleansing 2) The Knesset’s declaratory motion resolving that the government no longer advertise in Ha’aretz

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The “The Paper They’re Written On” Edition

We discuss: 1) The cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah 2) The warrants the International Criminal Court put out for PM Netanyahu and Defense-Minister-until-not-long-ago Gallant

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The “Leaders We Got & Leaders We Need” Edition

We discuss: 1) A voice in the wilderness, calling for a two-state solution and, 2) The shockingly pro-Israel cabinet once-and-future US President Trump has nominated, and what it means for us here

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The “Violence, Here & There” Edition

We discuss: 1) Israel’s destructive and deadly latest operation in Northern Gaza, and 2) Thuggery in Amsterdam

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The “Gallantry & Trumpery” Edition

We discuss: 1) PM Netanyahu’s seemingly sudden decision to sack Defense Minister Gallant, in the middle of a war 2) The little matter of the American presidential elections, and what they mean for, well, us

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The “Carets & Sticks” Edition

We discuss: 1) Israel’s weekend attack on Iran 2) How what Wikipedia has to say about Israel and Zionism is changing before our eyes, and not for the better

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The “Peace & Desist” Edition

We discuss: 1) The minutes from ten meetings of Hamas leaders and what, if anything, we can learn from them 2) Has “peace” gone missing from Israeli popular culture?

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The “Casting at Persians” Edition

We discuss: 1) How Israel’s war with Gaza may soon become an all-out regional war 2) What we, as a country, have to repent this Yom Kippur

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