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.

We discuss: 1) How the war with Iran quickened a surprisingly close strategic relationship between Israel and the UAE 2) How Israel is seen on college campuses, from the quad to the student union to the seminar room to the faculty lounge.

We discuss: 1) President Herzog’s split-the-baby reply to PM Netanyahu’s request for a pardon 2) The announcement that former PM Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will run together in the upcoming elections, and whether the whole they make is bigger or smaller than the sum of its parts.

We discuss: 1) The imposed cease-fires and whether Israelis ought to worry we’re becoming a vassal state 2) What explains why an IDF soldier took a sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus in a yard in a village in Lebanon.

We discuss: 1) Whether or not war has become the norm for Israel rather than a deliberate strategy 2) Why Israelis remain among the happiest people in the world, even after October 7th

We discuss: 1) The abrupt, maybe fleeting, end to the war with Iran, and what it means, 2) The “Death Penalty for Terrorists” law recently passed by the Knesset, and what it means.

We discuss: 1) The Jewish thugs attacking, hurting and terrorizing Palestinians on the West Bank and, relatedly, 2) What our exodus story needs to be this year.