Haaretz Podcast

Host Simon Spungin is joined by Prof. Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and a former UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Occupied Palestine, who talks to Haaretz Weekly about the International Criminal Court, Zionism and his new political memoir, “Public Intellectual.” PLUS: A world exclusive of Daniel Guri de Lima’s first TikTok news rap in English.

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Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim

Haaretz's rap news with de Lima

 

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In Episode 9 of Election Overdose podcast, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin try to make sense of the new Israeli right-wing, with the help of 'New Hope' candidate Dani Dayan, former Israeli consul to New York and ex-Yesha Council head. Is it all about replacing Benjamin Netanyahu or is there some ideology there as well?

We’ll also ask whether the 130 generals calling upon Benny Gantz to drop out of the race may have actually increased Gantz’s chances to stay until the end? What was Netanyahu hoping to achieve by demanding his allies sign a pledge of allegiance to him? And who is preparing a voting fraud conspiracy theory for the day after? Oh, and what did Producer Jonathan dress up as for Purim?

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Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz’s West Bank correspondent Hagar Shezaf, to discuss a change in policy at the Jewish National Fund, which will now openly purchase land in the occupied West Bank for the purpose of expanding Israeli settlements. Haaretz’s Ben Samuels contributes from Washington, while chief sports writer Uzi Dann joins to discuss the failed takeover of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club by an Emirati sheikh.

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In Episode 8 of our Election Overdose podcast Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin together with this week’s guest Ksenia Svetlova ask who are the 'Russian' voters? Why do they vote mainly for the right-wing? Why are some of their representatives in the Knesset vaccination-skeptics and does that attract voters?

 

Also, what was Benjamin Netanyahu trying to achieve in his rare prime-time TV interview this week? Why is everyone ganging up on Labor’s Arab-Israeli candidate? And will the battle between Naftali Bennett and Gideon Sa’ar decide the outcome of the election?

 

Related reading:

>> The eight issues that will decide the outcome of the Israeli election

>> Elections committee disqualifies Israeli Arab Labor candidate

>> FACT CHECK: Netanyahu gave a rare interview. Here are eight lies he told

>> The idiot’s guide to Israel’s idiotic election, Part II: The Seinfeld factor

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Labor was on the brink of extinction only a couple of weeks ago. Now it’s Meretz’s turn to signal polling distress. Why are Israel’s old parties of the left, once in power, now on life-support?

 

In episode 7 of Haaretz’s Election Overdose podcast, co-hosts Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin, along with this week’s guest, recovering lefty Ben-Dror Yemini, diagnose the Israeli left’s chronic decline. Also, how deep is Netanyahu in league with the far-right and will his trial or Joe Biden’s ghosting of him damage him at the polls?

Further reading: Israel Voice Index Survey, February 7, 2021 - https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33594

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Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz’s new senior writer on Israeli and U.S. politics, Alon Pinkas, to discuss relations between Jerusalem and Washington in the Biden era. Is it significant that the new American president is yet to call Benjamin Netanyahu? Why could a ruling by the International Criminal Court force the Israeli prime minister to play ball with Biden as he tries to reengage with Iran. PLUS: BDS and the Dems; QAnon and the GOP; and Trump’s second impeachment.

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The deadline for filing candidates lists for Israel's March 23rd election has finally passed and Haaretz’s Election Overdose podcast is here to go through all the last-minute details.

Co-hosts Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin together with this week’s guest Amir Tibon chart this week’s developments: What’s the life span of a new center-left party in Israel? Why has Netanyahu embraced the Jewish supremacists? Which of the parties still in the running are in danger of extinction and which lawmaker will we most miss in the new Knesset?

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Host Simon Spungin is joined by Guy Rolnik – founding editor-in-chief of TheMarker and Clinical Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business – to discuss the fallout from Donald Trump’s expulsion from social media platforms and its possible ramifications for the companies involved, for democracies and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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In episode 5 of Haaretz’s Election Overdose podcast, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin, together with this week’s guest Pnina Pfeuffer, discuss the Haredi vote and whether the Coronavirus clashes have a wider effect on this election.

Also, can newly elected Labor leader Merav Michaeli make something better out of the worst job in Israeli politics? How badly disjointed is the Joint List? We also indulge in some last-minute predictions on splits and mergers before the candidates in the election submit their final slate - with the deadline coming up next week.

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 ultra-Orthodox street has been ablaze for 5 days, and rabbis can't stop the flames

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-the-ultra-orthodox-street-has-been-ablaze-for-5-days-with-the-flames-reaching-bibi-1.9483139

 

Three reasons Yair Lapid will lead Israel's center-left

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-three-reasons-yair-lapid-will-lead-israel-s-center-left-1.9488209

 

Welcome to the worst job in Israeli politics, Merav Michaeli

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-welcome-to-the-worst-job-in-israeli-politics-merav-michaeli-1.9480611

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Host Simon Spungin is joined by Amos Harel and Noa Landau to discuss Israel’s ongoing battle against the Coronavirus, which is being hampered by – among other things – ultra-Orthodox reluctance to abide by the lockdown regulations and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to confront the same Haredi leaders who could keep him out of prison. Also on the agenda: Why won’t the government declassify protocols of the meetings at which the pandemic was discussed? Is Israel heading for an early showdown with the Biden administration over Iran? And who decides who’s antisemitic?

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