Haaretz Podcast

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April 12, 2021 Inside Walla: What was it like being a journalist for “Netanyahu’s website”
Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz’s assignment editor, Amir Tibon, who talks about his experiences as diplomatic correspondent for the news website at the center of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial. We also talk with Haaretz’s U.S. correspondent, Ben Samuels, about the Biden Administration’s approach to Israel, Iran and the Palestinians – and a resurgent J Street.
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23 min
April 05, 2021 Bankrupt Bibi is teetering on the brink
Host Simon Spungin is joined by senior Haaretz columnist and Netanyahu biographer, Anshel Pfeffer, to discuss the aftermath of Israel’s unprecedented fourth election in two years, the prospects for a fifth election, the resumption of the prime minister’s corruption trial and why there’s a silver lining in 220,000 Israelis voting for a racist, misogynist and homophobic party. We also discuss the Iranian nuclear talks and the International Criminal Court’s probe into alleged Israeli war crimes.
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28 min
March 25, 2021 Election results: It ain't over yet for Bibi, and we may meet here again
As the dust of Israel's 2021 election - at least the first one - settles, there are winners and losers, with results ranging from Shakespearean tragedy to miraculous political resurrection. But the one thing Israel doesn't yet have is a new government.
With many kingmakers but still no king, Israel is now counting every last vote to find out what happens next. In the final episode of Election Overdose, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin end where they began, by asking "what just happened?" And answering.
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37 min
March 22, 2021 What the last-minute polls are saying, and can we trust them?
In a special extra episode of Haaretz's Election Overdose podcast, with just one day left to Election Day, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin, together with special guest, public opinion expert Tamar Hermann, try and work out what the latest polls are telling us and why they may be wrong.
Also, what was Benjamin Netanyahu hoping to achieve by stalking Naftali Bennett, why have there been no election debates for twenty years and has Yair Lapid launched his anti-Kahanist, anti-Haredi campaign too late?
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32 min
March 21, 2021 Eco-terrorism or self-sabotage: The mystery of Israel’s worst-ever oil spill
Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz’s environmental affairs correspondent, Zafrir Rinat, and senior editor for science and archaeology, Ruth Schuster, to discuss the worst oil spill to hit Israel’s beaches. Who was responsible? Which regional rival was immediately blamed? How did the clean-up go? And why are environmental issues nowhere to be seen in this week’s election?
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29 min
March 18, 2021 Why is Netanyahu still standing after all this time?
In Episode 12 of Haaretz’s Election Overdose podcast, with just five days to go before the big day, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin are joined by journalist and author Nadav Eyal to discuss whether Netanyahu’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic over the past year has helped or harmed his electoral prospects and why the center-left opposition failed so miserably in presenting any alternative Coronavirus policies? And of course polls galore, last-minute election day surprises and the intriguing new version of Likud’s anthem.
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34 min
March 14, 2021 Who’s really funding Jewish immigration to Israel – and why?
Host Simon Spungin is joined by Judy Maltz and Allison Kaplan Sommer to discuss their investigation into how Christian Zionist organizations from across the globe are funding a large proportion of Jewish immigration to Israel. What is the motivation, why could it be problem and why does the Israeli government seem embarrassed by the phenomenon? Plus: How Netanyahu’s UAE visit was shot down for a fourth time. Read the full investigation here: http://htz.li/6TJ
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29 min
March 11, 2021 West Bank and Gaza Palestinians won't be voting in Israel's March elections - would they if they could?
Why are Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem concerned about Israel's March elections, and do they see any difference between the Israeli political parties in ways that will affect their lives?
In Election Overdose Episode 11, co-hosts Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin speak to special guest Dr. Khalil Shikaki, the leading Palestinian public opinion researcher, who explains why the Palestinian political elite differ from the public on whether Israel's election results matter for them, and how. And as the two-state solution recedes, would Palestinians consider voting in Israeli elections? In other news, the Israeli campaign enters its final stretch: television advertising has begun, the polls are stuck, and Yair Lapid offers Israelis a government of "sanity," while Naftali Bennett's Yamina threatens to overtake Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope party.
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42 min
March 07, 2021 Converts and war crimes put Bibi between a bloc and a hard place
Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz’s diplomatic correspondent Judy Maltz and senior analyst Alon Pinkas to discuss the High Court ruling on Reform and Conservative conversions to Judaism – and the racist response to that decision by some ultra-Orthodox politicians. We also discuss the International Criminal Court’s decision to formally open a war crimes investigation against Israel and the Palestinians.
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28 min
March 04, 2021 Who is the Mizrahi constituency in Israel, and why can't the left win its votes?
In Episode 10 of our Election Overdose podcast, with two and a half weeks left, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin ask these key questions: What can still change in the polling trends, will the High Court ruling on conversion have an effect on voting and why is no-one talking about the parties’ economic plans?
With special guest Rachel Azaria we tackle one of the biggest historic rifts in Israeli life, the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi divide. We ask whether Mizrahi voters choose based on identity, issues, values or legacy, and why they barely vote for the left. And there’s a classic election jingle as well.
As Israel embarks on its fourth election in two years, Anshel and Dahlia, along with guests, will guide you every week through Israel’s electoral thickets, the issues, the personalities, the polls and a history of elections in campaign jingles. Have questions for Anshel and Dahlia? Follow them on twitter and leave your comments there @AnshelPfeffer @dahliasc. Read more from Anshel and Dahlia on Haaretz.com.
Related reading:
>> The real reason Mizrahim vote for Netanyahu, and why the left can't win them over
>> Beautiful kibbutz waterway turns ground zero for Israel's culture wars
>> How Israel’s Jewish conversions ruling entraps Netanyahu
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37 min

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From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.