We discuss: 1) The “blitz” of legislation passed in the fading days of the Knesset 2) A hauntingly beautiful essay in The Atlantic by former Prime Minister and head of the opposition Yair Lapid.

We discuss: 1) The Cabinet’s dramatic statement implying that the government may not comply with a Supreme Court ruling 2) The meaning of the Maccabiah, the “Jewish Olympics” underway now.

We discuss: 1) The grim milestone marking 1,000 awful days since Oct. 7 2) The emergence of a new joint Jewish-Arab political party that unapologetically puts peace at the center of their agenda, and who has received a harsh reception on the left

We discuss: 1) a poll finding that most Israelis think that Iran “won the war” 2) the eviscerating new movie, “Yes”, by Israeli director-in-self-imposed-exile Nadav Lapid, who despite his criticism of Israel was BDSedly hounded out of next week’s Marseille International Film Festival

We discuss: 1) The “great deal” that US President Donald Trump struck with Iran 2) The resurgence of “communal singing” in Israel, and what it says about the state of our souls, and how nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

We talk about this week’s strange, short, truncated warlet with Iran, and new findings that point to a weird entanglement between Israeli attitudes towards climate change and most everything else we argue about here.

We talk about President Herzog’s alarmed warning that we are turning into animals, and PM Netanyahu’s very viral election ad, about how leftist-wing sorts make right-wing sorts feel like less.

We talk about the war with Iran and the peace with Gaza, and how US President Donald Trump’s diplomatic ADD makes it close to impossible for anything good to come of our miserable wars.

We discuss: 1) Why long-time allies of Benny Gantz left the Blue & White Party, wondering if it is the man or what he stands for 2) What exactly are those secular and egalitarian Tikkunei Leil Shavuot all about?

We discuss: 1) The controversial opinion piece in the Times suggesting that Israeli guards and soldiers sexually assault Palestinian prisoners 2) Why Jerusalem Day has become an almost sectarian holiday for religious Zionists.