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We discuss: 1) The surprising rise in popularity of far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir 2) The sudden auto-defenestration of the leaders of the liberal-left Meretz Party 3) Whether video-wedding from Utah finally offer a solution to the religious control of weddings in Israel

We discuss: 1) Biden’s visit and what, if anything, it really means 2) the merger of the centrist Blue & White party and the right-wing New Hope party 3) How the rather 19th century institution of the Maccabiah has survived into the 21st century

We discuss: 1) PM Lapid's long strange journey from Tel Aviv clubs to the Premier’s resident 2) Why everyone is suddenly up-in-arms over menstruation

We discuss: 1) Bennett’s decision to throw in the towel and take the country to new elections 2) Lapid’s decision to cancel all high-school trips to concentration camps in Poland

We discuss: 1) The failure of the government to renew the “temporary provisional regulations” that allow settlers to live across the Green Line under Israeli law 2) Israel’s biggest reality show, “Marriage at First Sight,” which just betrothed two hunky, dreamy guys

We discuss: 1) A plan to set up Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine by 2030 2) How Jerusalem alienates people in Tel Aviv-Jaffa and elsewhere around the country

We discuss: 1) MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi quitting the coalition, threatening to topple the gov't, only to rejoin 3 days later 2) The vicious debate over a bill to pay tuition for discharged combat soldiers 3) Whether Wagner should now be played in Israel

We discuss: 1) What an Israeli Jew should make of Nakba Day 2) A shocking report saying that high-tech might be causing Israel all sorts of damage 3) What we learn about Zionism and Israeli politics from the book, The Netanyahus

We discuss: 1) The killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh 2) Whether Israel’s no-longer-majority governing coalition ought to throw in the towel 3) Whether a weak climate change mitigation bill is better or worse than no bill at all

We discuss: 1) The violence at the holiest sites in Jerusalem, and everywhere else 2) The end of the government's mask mandate 3) Whether or not it is possible to have a Holocaust Remembrance Day that is Israeli and not just Jewish