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Allison, Don, and Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Girls with scissors
We discuss the anger over IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot’s statement that “I would not want a soldier to unload an entire clip into a girl who is holding scissors.” What the hell is wrong with that?
There’s something about Miri
We discuss the revelation that Israel’s Minister of Culture & Sport, Miri Regev, just eight years ago considered joining the Labor Party. Is the populist right the only lane open to ambitious Mizrahi politicians?
Cyber fodder
A new school program is tracking Israeli nine-year-olds towards careers in the army’s cyber intelligence units. Has cyber replaced Shakespeare in the smithy of our children’s souls?
All songs by Nomke (the nom de guitar of Noam Sadan), just back from her triumphant tour of Italy:
