the promised podcast

In Which Memory of George Herbert Walker Bush?

George H.W. Bush remade the Middle East and changed US-Israel relations forever. Was this a good thing?

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Getting High

In 2050, 98% of Israelis will live in skyscrapers crammed onto an endless expanse of concrete, says a new report. But is this really so bad?

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Solidarity on the Scaffolds

More and more Palestinians from the West Bank work in Israel, under better conditions than ever before. Does this bring peace closer, or just make it easier for the status quo to continue forever?

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AirBDS?

Airbnb kicked Jewish settlers off their site: A courageous political stand or a craven and hypocritical singling out of Israel for censure?

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Mothers, Children and the Quest for Peace

Israel’s biggest peace movement is run by women who say that “motherhood” is a moral and political tool that, if used right, might end more than a century of strife between Jews and Palestinians. Might the complications of family cut through the complications of our conflict?

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Slights, Plights, Fights and Flights of the Right

Israel’s right-wing Defense Minister resigns over the cease-fire with Hamas, and its right-wing Education Minister and Justice Minister almost do the same. Is Israel’s right experiencing a dark night of the soul?

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Sometimes They’ll Give a War and Nobody Will Come

Haaretz praises PM Netanyahu for single-handedly preventing war in Gaza. Are we in bizzaro-world, or were we just wrong about Netanyahu?

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Bloch Shock

A feminist woman with spectacular karma just became mayor of a majority ultra-orthodox town in Israel. How the hell did that happen?

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Our Rabin, Not Yours!

Leftists use whistles, stadium horns and vuvuzelas to drown out right-wing speakers at the 23rd annual memorial of Rabin’s assassination. Why has the left become more combative about our slain Prime Minister’s legacy?

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Mourning in America

We discuss what some see as a ham-handed and insulting attempt on the part of Israeli politicians to turn the mass-murder in Pittsburgh into an opportunity to suck up to President Donald Trump.

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