The head of the Arab Joint List in the Knesset, Ayman Odeh, was conspicuously (and perhaps surprisingly) absent from Shimon Peres’ funeral.

Allison, Don and Noah ponder the complicated legacy of Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres – for the country and, especially, for the left.

We discuss the ‘Biton’ report, efforts to include Israeli Arabs and Haredim into the workforce, and the ultra-Orthodox parties’ influence on politics.

Some Knesset members have cried foul over the government’s decision to provide VIP services to Hassids travelling en masse to the Ukraine.

In his startling speech at the UN, PM Netanyahu argued that the nations of the world really love us.

The government has decided to reduce the degree to which it sorts Israelis by their ethnic identity in reporting family expenses.

Mysterious billboards have started appearing in Israel, prodding former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to run again.

A $38 billion, ten-year military aid agreement has just been reached by Israel and the US.

Some have suggested that internet discourse in Israel is so mean because so many Israelis yearn to stick it to the leftist “lame-stream” media.

A controversy over railway maintenance on Shabbat threatened to derail the coalition, so PM Netanyahu compromised with the ultra-Orthodox parties.