Gimme that ol’ time arrogance
We discuss the crass, ‘schadenfreude-ish’ response of Israel’s leaders to the Paris terror attacks.
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Primary education: A lesson in democratic procedure
The recent Likud primary produced a list of candidates some have hailed as a great improvement (except for the obvious lack of female candidates).
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Why Israelis are losing the faith
The Israel Democracy Institute’s annual report shows that Israelis are losing faith in all their institutions, save the army.
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Analyzing Israel’s policy of ‘tax and shend’
Allison, Don, and Noah discuss the decision of the Israeli government to withhold half a billion shekels of Palestinian tax money.
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The Promised Podcast’s Person, Place or Thing of the Year
Allison, Don, and Noah each present candidates for ‘Israeli person, place or thing of the year’ for each of two categories…
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Israel’s ‘crucial, last-chance, decisive watershed’
Allison, Don, and Noah discuss the weird notion, asserted by politicians and pundits, that these elections are “the most important” in Israel’s history.
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Shabbat Sha-shut-up!
Why did a campaign promoting Shabbat observance have everyone grousing and grumbling? Allison, Don, and Noah ask, what’s all the fuss about?
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Ha’am (is seriously) Itanu?
Eli Yishai, the natty ex-Shas leader, has just started his own competing party, Ha’am Itanu (The Nation is with Us). Allison, Don, and Noah wonder, can Eli Yishai remake Mizrahi politics in Israel?
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Spotlight on Moshe Kahlon
Moshe Kahlon, the ‘Marx of the Mall’ and the darling of these elections: What makes him tick?
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