Israel’s past and future prime minister joins the podcast to discuss how he weighs consequential decisions, and three crucial choices he made in his career.
The Israeli political analyst joins us to talk about the upcoming election, and the tribal identities that play into it.
A new interview, published in English here for the first time, reveals the political tradition at work in the Israeli leader’s thinking.
Daniel Gordis argued in this 2019 conversation that Israeli and American Jews are fundamentally divided. With a new government now in place, has he been proven correct?
After harshly criticizing the Jewish state for decades, Europe seems to be tilting towards Israel and away from the Palestinians. Why?
Using human shields has proved to be an effective tactic.
Its twin coronavirus and budget crises are problems caused by—and only fixable by—political leaders, not bureaucratic maneuvering.
The Budgets Department sees everything through the lens of fiscal restraint, but growing a country requires a different understanding, as well as a broader sense of responsibility.
Kosovars and Palestinians in fact have little in common.
How does Israel keep functioning despite constant political turmoil? Meet the opaque group of unelected bureaucrats that the country’s politicians rely on to save it from themselves.
Elections have been avoided, but the crisis continues.
The demonstrations have vuvuzelas and dancing aliens, but Netanyahu offers security and economic growth.
Normalization is here, and those refusing to join in will be left behind.