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Nabi Saleh, 1:15 a.m.

What can we learn from a video of IDF soldiers searching a West Bank Palestinian home about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?

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Dezionizing the Skies?

We discuss the hubbub around the suggestion that Israel needs to change the name of our airport, because some Palestinian citizens see Ben Gurion as an author of their people’s miseries.

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Grading Israel’s Schools, or Scientia Potentia Est?

We discuss a new Ministry of Education website contains all imaginable data about Israel’s schools; but could this be too much information?

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Alternative Facts about Trees and Shrubs

We discuss a surprising vicious debate over trees and shade, and who ought to decide what to plant, when, and where.

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Making War

We discuss Prime Minister Netanyahu’s bid to reduce the number of government ministers who must approve a declaration of war, which some see as Strangelovean megalomania.

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Charlottesville and Jerusalem

Do Israelis, as Israelis, have any special responsibility to act or any message to deliver about the Nazi narishkeit in Charlottesville and the White House?

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Summer of Godlessness

Over the summer, parents’ groups formed across the country aiming to keep religion out of their kids’ schools.

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How Much is Too Much Corruption?

There are corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: how seriously should we take them?

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