The Promised Podcast – Segment

The Serious Politics of Funny

Malcom Gladwell is critical of American political satire but thinks that Israeli satire has a much greater political impact because it is more vicious and courageous.

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Ranking and Rating Representatives

A group called “The Social Guard” published its biannual ranking of MKs according to how much they advance “social values.”

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Peace Train

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced his ambitious plan to build a train network connecting Israel with Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Persian Gulf States.

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Still Leaving Egypt, After All these Years

Through the ages, Jews who dreamed of a better world used, rewrote, stretched and subverted the Haggadah to make it do their bidding.

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A Settlement for the New Millennium

The government’s “Security Cabinet” approved the establishment of a brand-spankin’- new West Bank settlement for the thirty-five families from Amona.

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Press, Under Stress and Duress

The saga of the new Israeli Broadcast Corporation requires explanation as well as the question: Really?

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BDS and the Rat Bastard Conundrum

The Israeli right seems to easily manipulate BDS to make the left look like a bunch of traitor rat bastards.

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The People of the Book, Those Elitist F*cks!

This past week, Chairman of the Coalition Likud MK David Bitan found himself in a scuffle after proudly stating that he hasn’t read a book in a decade.

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