Derailed
A controversy over railway maintenance on Shabbat threatened to derail the coalition, so PM Netanyahu compromised with the ultra-Orthodox parties.
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The cost of energetic independence: Israel’s natural gas challenges
A discussion with Gabriel Mitchell, a doctoral fellow in government and international affairs at the University of Virginia Tech.
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Judenrein Palestine? Nein!
PM Netanyahu released a YouTube video claiming that Palestinians advocate the “ethnic cleansing” of Jewish settlers as a precondition of peace negotiations.
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Welcome to Slovakia’s ‘Jewish Pompeii’
After the fall of Communism, photographer Yuri Dojc returned to his native Slovakia to document the country’s Jewish community.
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Left out: The rise of the Israeli right
A discussion with Colin Shindler, professor emeritus of Israel Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
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The “Not the Promised Podcast” Edition
What happens when the Gods of the Internet strike down great vengeance and furious anger upon us, preventing us from recording this week’s episode.
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Flying the flag: Celtic, Be’er Sheva & the Palestinians
Why have fans of Scottish football club Celtic made the Palestinian cause their own? And how does Middle East politics play out on the football pitch?
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No place like home: Israel’s pioneering community research
A conversation with Dr. Sara Shadmi-Wortman, chair of the community research and action programs at Oranim Acadmic College.
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The right to bare midriffs
A singer was booted off stage at a (publicly-funded) beach-side music festival because she wore a bikini top.
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On the internet, everybody thinks you’re a dog!
Some have suggested that internet discourse in Israel is so mean because so many Israelis yearn to stick it to the leftist “lame-stream” media.
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