The Promised Podcast

The “Manifest Destinies” Edition

We discuss: 1) Why Israeli Jews who think it might be a good idea to set up Jewish towns in Gaza, think what they think 2) Whether an agreement that brings home some of the hostages might, in the end, be worse than no agreement at all

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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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