We discuss the shocking suggestion that the settlements are shrinking, not growing; the Supreme Court’s medieval punishment of “shunning” scumbags who refuse to grant their wives divorces; and David Rubinger’s famous photograph of paratroopers at the newly captured Wailing Wall.

We discuss the four new Supreme Court Justices; Opposition Leader Yitzhak Herzog’s new “Ten Point Peace Plan”; and the continuing efforts of the Ministry of Education and the Jerusalem Municipality to turn the city’s kindergarten tots into flag-waving patriots.

We discuss the sentence meted out to Alor Azaria, the combat medic who shot knife-assailant Adel Fattah al-Sharif dead while he lay prone; PM Netanyahu’s award of a “Jew Housekeeping Seal of Approval” to Pres. Trump, certifying him as antisemitism-free; and a new report finding that Israel’s vaunted scientific talents are fading before our eyes.

We discuss Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meetings in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump, and what the hell they mean; the the 64% increase in the number of lobbyists in the Knesset in just the last year, and their impact on Israeli democracy; and the reversal of a long-term policy of building new Ultra-Orthodox cities to solve the Haredi housing crisis.

We discuss the bill approved by the Knesset this week that allows the expropriation of privately-owned land in the occupied territories; the firing of a rocket from Gaza towards a Jewish town and the pounding IDF response; and a viral cartoon aimed at persuading religious women to opt out of army service to avoid boredom, ennui and sexual harassment.

We discuss why lots of folks seem to agree with equation of White-Supremacist claims and Zionism; Israeli taxpayers paying for parents to band together to build their own school; and the weird political coalition that supports decriminalization of pot.

We discuss the tragic events at the Bedouin Village of Umm Al-Hiran; the surprisingly growing popularity of Israel’s center left; and t-shirts printed up for fun by IDF soldiers displaying all sorts of sexist and bigoted images.

We discuss taking to the streets and demanding the resignation of PM Netanyahu; whether Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman means the same thing we do when we say “Two State Solution”; and a recent exposure of low-level debauchery in Israeli youth movements.

We discuss the furor over the manslaughter conviction of Sgt. Elor Azaria; a new effort by settlers to present themselves using TED-ish talks; and a claim made by an important intellectual that Israels left cannot win its political battles because it has conceded cultural battles to the right.

We discuss the Government’s decision to spend 130 million shekels to resettle 42 settler families; the recent entry of businessmen into Israeli politics (especially on the left) and their claim that only they can drain the swamp; and a new app designed by an NGO to improve public transportation.