the promised podcast – full show

The “Violence, Here & There” Edition

We discuss: 1) Israel’s destructive and deadly latest operation in Northern Gaza, and 2) Thuggery in Amsterdam

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The “Gallantry & Trumpery” Edition

We discuss: 1) PM Netanyahu’s seemingly sudden decision to sack Defense Minister Gallant, in the middle of a war 2) The little matter of the American presidential elections, and what they mean for, well, us

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The “Carets & Sticks” Edition

We discuss: 1) Israel’s weekend attack on Iran 2) How what Wikipedia has to say about Israel and Zionism is changing before our eyes, and not for the better

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The “Peace & Desist” Edition

We discuss: 1) The minutes from ten meetings of Hamas leaders and what, if anything, we can learn from them 2) Has “peace” gone missing from Israeli popular culture?

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The “Casting at Persians” Edition

We discuss: 1) How Israel’s war with Gaza may soon become an all-out regional war 2) What we, as a country, have to repent this Yom Kippur

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The “Selichot” Edition

Elul is here and people all over the country are keeping the before-the-high-holidays tradition of saying Selihot, asking for forgiveness and offering atonement. All this as rockets and planes fly, and bombs fall

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The “Major Pager Rager” Edition

We discuss: 1) The stunning attack-by-pager that left dozens of Hezbollah militiamen dead and thousands maimed and wounded 2) The fights over how to mark the first anniversary of Oct. 7th

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The “Not Too Brotherly, Not Much Love” Edition

We discuss: 1) Why a spit of land called “the Philadelphi corridor” is suddenly a matter of life and death 2) What to make of the Civil Commission of the Disaster of October 7, that has lately appointed itself and begun hearing witnesses each day

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