We discuss: 1) how this week’s war on Iran reshapes our understanding of the more than 20 months of war in Gaza 2) what we can learn from a moving essay titled, “I think I’m Leaving Zionism, or Zionism is Leaving Me”
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We discuss: 1) The vote to disperse the Knesset that looked like it would succeed, until it failed 2) PM Netanyahu’s decision to give guns to a Gaza militia run by a former drug-lord, ISIS support: What could go wrong?
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We discuss: 1) How the left and right disagree about whether Israel ought to end the fighting in Gaza “now” and “forever” 2) Plans to disrupt the wedding of the son of the Prime Minister, and whether or not it’s o.k. to disrupt the family life of politicians one disagrees with.
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The holiday of Shavuot, once about one thing, and then about another, is now about, well, everything
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We discuss: 1) PM Netanyahu’s decision to reinstate the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza 2) What we learn from the fact that Israel won the popular vote in the Eurovision Song Contest but came in 15th in the contest’s professional “jury” vote
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We discuss: 1) The pacts President Trump is reaching with Gulf states and where it leaves Israel 2) The awkward ambivalence some Israelis feel about a hostage being released solely because he has an American passport
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We discuss: 1) The reserve call-up and the new IDF operation that the government plans to launch in Gaza 2) The violent protests of a “Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Event” in Raanana
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To celebrate Israel’s 77th Independence Day, the crew asks “What is Israeli in our eyes?” Plus, midrashic covers of classic Israeli songs!
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We discuss: 1) Head of Shabak’s affidavits to the Supreme Court that could shape the security and democratic future of the State of Israel 2) The strange quantum-entanglement of the Holocaust and October 7th
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We discuss: 1) the open-letter from Airforce reservists and retirees, calling on the Government to end the war 2) the decision by Hebrew University’s elite publishing house to shelve plans to publish a Hebrew translation of Mein Kampf
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