Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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—Burdens of Proof—

Defense Minister Benny Gantz says we can trust him that he wouldn't outlaw Palestinian human rights organizations without a really good reason.

—A Great Deal of New Green—

A 100 point action plan to slow climate change? Is that maybe too many points?

—Breathing Easy—

When a COVID patient needs a new lung, should the vaxxed have priority over the unvaxxed?

—"Whose Promised Land? A Journey Into a Divided Israel"—

The new New York Times Bureau Chief in Jerusalem takes a ten-day tour of Israel, and finds that it's filled with bitter, disaffected malcontents. Did he maybe miss something?

All that and drummer-singer-songwriter Noa Segal!