Politics & Society

Left behind: Spotlight on Meretz

February 6, 2015

We discuss Meretz and its leader Zahava Gal-On, as part of our continuing series about the parties and individuals at the heart of these elections.

To V or not to V?

February 5, 2015

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

Poking Obama in the eye?

February 4, 2015

Allison, Noah, and special guest Miriam Hershlag discuss Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to address the US Congress two weeks before Israeli elections.

Israeli elections 2015: Hell is other people

January 30, 2015

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.

The merger of Israel’s Arab parties: An historic unification?

January 29, 2015

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?

Pour encourager les autres

January 28, 2015

Israeli Steimatzky bookstore chain decided to cancel a “Charlie Hebdo” event, in which they had planned to sell a shipment of the post-massacre issue. Should offensive cartoons be in our face?

Which side are you on?

January 23, 2015

We discuss a new Foreign Ministry propaganda video that says, basically, “Give us a break, you know that Israel is the good guy and Islam is the enemy.”