Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Boogie Unbound
Former IDF Chief of Staff and former Defense Minister Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon’s flatly asserts that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Gaza policy amounts to ethnic cleansing.
Putting the Press in Suppression and Depression
A Knesset declaratory motion resolves that the government will no longer advertise in Ha’aretz, after its publisher Amos Schoken presses the world to sanction and boycott Israel on account of its “war crimes.”
“ALL HELL TO PAY?”
For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: We talk about the social media post by once and future President Donald Trump calling for the return of all hostages by the time he enters the Oval Office.
Plus, Omer Neutra and an encouraging word about El Al.
Songs
- Akivah — Rutz Yaldi
- Osher Cohen — Loop
- Lior Narkis — Heshkem Le-Harkido
Mostly, The Promised Podcast is really excellent and is a worthwhile listen. I have been listening for several years. But the latest episode, December 5th, was AWFUL. In fact it was your worst episode ever. I make it a point, in real life, to avoid situations where people are shouting and talking over each other which this episode was full of. After a while, I gave up and stopped listening. Please don’t do this again. – Ezra
Hey Noah, I just wanted to point out that the street you’re on is called Lesser Ury, not Ury Lesser. Lesser Ury was a German-Jewish painter from the turn of the 20th century. Thanks for the great podcast!