The Promised Podcast – Segment

Israel’s Supreme Court: Democracy’s BFF or Frenemy?

A spate of Supreme Court decisions that leave right-wing politicians sputtering about judicial overreach, which in turn leaves left-wing politicians sputtering about right-wing court bashing, and leaves everyone accusing everyone else of breaking Israeli democracy.

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$653,868.35

A new law that limits the salaries of bank presidents to just 44 times minimum wage, or a mere $653,868.35.

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Killer and Hero

The twist of logic and emotion that leads some Israelis to regard the combat medic who shoots a motionless injured Palestinian terrorist in the head, a hero.

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A Tale of Two Censors

Is it better for democracy to have an army censor who’s in our face, or one who expects that we censor ourselves (or maybe option C, no censor at all!)

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The curious case of the rabbi excommunicated for exercising free speech

The moral and political dilemma arising from the Minister of Defense’s decision to excommunicate a rabbi for advising soldiers to ignore orders to evacuate settlements.

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Quo Vadis, Bibi?

The weird state of the Israeli government, which seems to be, at once, on the verge of collapse and surprisingly stable: What gives?

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Americans are from Mars, Israelis are from Venus

New Pew poll findings suggest that Israeli and American Jews may be two peoples separated by the same religion, with the rift growing wider by the moment.

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Not feeling the Bern?

Why we Israelis are strangely unmoved by the success of that most Jewy of US Presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders.

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Expulsion!

A new poll finds that 48% of Israeli Jews believe that, under certain defined circumstances, Palestinians ought to be expelled from Israel.

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