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Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines as the midterm elections approach this evening. Plus, they're joined by Amjad Iraqi, editor at 972 Magazine, to give us the state of play of what happened with the Israeli elections. First, Emma and Sam run through updates on Donald Trump's buildup to another presidential run, midterm early voter suppression attempts and the efforts to fight back, and early talk of potential Zelensky-Russia negotiations, before diving deeper into Tucker's recent expert coverage on why John Fetterman must die. Amjad Iraqi then joins as he gets right into assessing the recent election of perhaps both the furthest right and most stable government in Israeli history, before he steps back a few years to discuss the developments in Israeli politics that led us here, walking through the last decade of affiliation being defined around one's support of Netanyahu, despite rampant conservative beliefs even among the anti-Bibi coalition. After tackling the fermentation and growth of far-right Israeli politics – across the spectrum of Zionists –during the Bibi years, they parse through the fracturing of the Joint List alliance of the four Arab-majority parties and the role liberal Zionists played in the issue, as well as assessing the state of the labor and left parties in Israel. Jumping further back, they tackle the lasting reactionary impulses in the wake of the Second Intifada and the bolstered Islamophobia of the aughts and how it set the stage for Bibi's right to rise, and wrap up by exploring the central role of the Israeli judiciary in the current political moment. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma discuss the Democratic funding of Don Bolduc, Matt Walsh appears on Joe Rogan to show off his expertise (it is neither in queer psychology nor counting), and JR Majewski challenges Tim Ryan and Nancy Pelosi. 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All eyes are on Arab voters, as the Israeli election campaign begins in earnest. In the final hours before last week's deadline for finalizing party slates, the Joint List disintegrated, leaving three different parties to compete for the votes of Palestinian citizens of Israel. But the Joint List breakdown could also demoralize those voters so badly that their already-tepid participation rate falls even lower.  Professor Amal Jamal of Tel Aviv University joins Election Overdose to discuss what Arab voters want and what their parties are offering, from ideology to political integration to immediate social interests. This week we also track Prime Minister Lapid's United Nations speech, and why efforts to disqualify parties from running mostly fail (but not always). And what do the new polls tell us?  Subscribe to Election Overdose for the right dose of parties, people, politicians and polls in Israel's fifth and best election campaign yet. Follow Dahlia (@dahliasc) and Anshel (@AnshelPfeffer) on twitter and read more of their articles and columns on Haaretz.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All eyes are on Arab voters, as the Israeli election campaign begins in earnest. In the final hours before last week's deadline for finalizing party slates, the Joint List disintegrated, leaving three different parties to compete for the votes of Palestinian citizens of Israel. But the Joint List breakdown could also demoralize those voters so badly that their already-tepid participation rate falls even lower.  Professor Amal Jamal of Tel Aviv University joins Election Overdose to discuss what Arab voters want and what their parties are offering, from ideology to political integration to immediate social interests. This week we also track Prime Minister Lapid's United Nations speech, and why efforts to disqualify parties from running mostly fail (but not always). And what do the new polls tell us?  Subscribe to Election Overdose for the right dose of parties, people, politicians and polls in Israel's fifth and best election campaign yet. Follow Dahlia (@dahliasc) and Anshel (@AnshelPfeffer) on twitter and read more of their articles and columns on Haaretz.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. Ahead of the November 1 elections, political parties' candidate lists were filed on Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday night ended with what Keller-Lynn calls potentially the most pivotal moment of the elections. What happened? Also earlier last week, we finally found out where the so-called rebel MKs would land for these elections. What did Likud offer former Yamina MKs Amichai Chikli and Idit Silman? Israeli authorities were set Sunday to reopen two checkpoints between Israel and the northern West Bank that were closed last week after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at troops along the security barrier, killing Maj. Bar Falah, 30, the deputy commander of the elite Nahal reconnaissance unit. We learn whether these closures are a deterrence. Military chief Aviv Kohavi is scheduled to travel to France and Poland this week to meet with his counterparts from the two European nations and discuss the Iranian threat and Hezbollah. What should we expect from this? A senior Israel Defense Forces officer told reporters on Thursday that the military has identified that Hezbollah and other Iran-backed militias in Syria are beginning to withdraw from the region following a series of airstrikes attributed to Israel in recent weeks. But we've heard this before: Israeli defense officials have made such claims previously, most recently in 2020. What's the scoop? A large sinkhole opened on the main highway in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, causing traffic chaos in the city. There were no injuries and it has since been repaired. But Israelis being Israelis began publishing memes. Let's hear some of them. Discussed articles include: Arab-led Joint List splits into 2 factions, shuffling political deck at last minute Netanyahu adds former rebel MKs who downed Bennett government to his Likud slate Israel to reopen northern West Bank checkpoints, days after deadly gun battle IDF chief Kohavi heads to France and Poland to discuss Iranian threat, Hezbollah Senior officer: Iranian-backed forces withdrawing from Syria due to IDF strikes Ayalon reopens after sinkhole sealed, HaShalom exit to remain closed until Tuesday Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Members of the Hadash and Ta'al factions in the Joint List register their party for the upcoming elections at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Israeli parties submit their final lists of candidates to the Central Election Commission, the latest episode of Election Overdose goes deep into the emerging battlefield. Why has Benjamin Netanyahu added new names to Likud's list? Who are the potential voters of the far-right Religious Zionism party? And what does the drama surrounding the  Joint List tell us about Arab-Israeli voters? We'll also be asking which list in Israeli political history represented the largest number of parties running under the same roof. Each week, hosts Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin discuss all the news, polls, history and party trivia you need to know for Israel's upcoming election. Subscribe to the show on your podcast app, follow Dahlia (@dahliasc) and Anshel (@AnshelPfeffer) on twitter and read more of their articles and columns on Haaretz.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On September 15th, Israeli parties must submit their final lists of candidates and be inscribed in the book of parties for the upcoming election. One week from now, parties of the left and right that have been flirting with merging or splitting must make a final decision. Will the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism split into two factions and what would that mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's chances to return to the prime minister's office?  Why do Arab voters want the three parties of the Joint List to remain glued together, and can Israel's left-wing parties Labor and Meretz work it out this time? This week's Election Overdose breaks down the final party dilemmas and the consequences of each scenario. We also survey the dazzling new posters of Benny Gantz around town and ask what exactly was Netanyahu doing in a 700,000-shekel bulletproof glass, air-conditioned Bibi-mobile this week on a tour named "Bibiba"?  Each week, hosts Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin discuss all the news, polls, history and party trivia you need to know for Israel's upcoming election. Subscribe to the show on your podcast app, follow Dahlia (@dahliasc) and Anshel (@AnshelPfeffer) on twitter and read more of their articles and columns on Haaretz.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On September 15th, Israeli parties must submit their final lists of candidates and be inscribed in the book of parties for the upcoming election. One week from now, parties of the left and right that have been flirting with merging or splitting must make a final decision. Will the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism split into two factions and what would that mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's chances to return to the prime minister's office?  Why do Arab voters want the three parties of the Joint List to remain glued together, and can Israel's left-wing parties Labor and Meretz work it out this time? This week's Election Overdose breaks down the final party dilemmas and the consequences of each scenario. We also survey the dazzling new posters of Benny Gantz around town and ask what exactly was Netanyahu doing in a 700,000-shekel bulletproof glass, air-conditioned Bibi-mobile this week on a tour named "Bibiba"?  Each week, hosts Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin discuss all the news, polls, history and party trivia you need to know for Israel's upcoming election. Subscribe to the show on your podcast app, follow Dahlia (@dahliasc) and Anshel (@AnshelPfeffer) on twitter and read more of their articles and columns on Haaretz.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Keller-Lynn reported on a recent survey, which found that Israel's right-wing Jewish voter base has grown from 46 percent before the April 2019 election to 62% now, ahead of November's vote. What are some other interesting stats? After former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu engineered the merger of the Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties, the anti-LGBTQ party, Noam, is likely left out in the cold. Sharon explains why all may not be lost for the one-man party. Leading up to the November 1 elections, the race is on to capture the Arab vote. And surprisingly, parties from a wide base of ideologies are vying for the expected 39% of Arab Israelis who may vote. What's happening here? Sharon recently visited the Ramat Migron hilltop in the West Bank, which was demolished for a third time this morning. He dives into who lives there -- and why. Discussed articles include: Jewish Israeli voters have moved significantly rightward in recent years, data shows New Meretz chief deems Joint List a ‘legitimate partner' for a ruling party Facing dire polls, ex-Yisrael Beytenu MK Avidar looks to ally with Islamist Ra'am Poll predicts all-time-low Arab turnout in election, potentially boosting Netanyahu Security forces dismantle illegal West Bank outpost Ramat Migron Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Demolition of Ramat Migron, August 30, 2022. (Courtesy Ramat Migron residents)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Hi everyone, welcome to the Daily Briefing. Today is Thursday June 23. I'm Amanda Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and Palestinian affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. Keller-Lynn gives us a picture of the mood at the Knesset. Where do things stand now with the bills to dissolve the coalition? We talk about the sliding-doors possibility of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a coalition in the current Knesset without going to elections. Who's in and who's out? Boxerman speaks about how voter turnout among Arab Israelis is expected to be low and how this may affect future coalitions. Also, what do you know about a re-unified Joint List with Ra'am? We address the “trouble-making rebel” MKs. What are we hearing about their political futures? And finally, Borschel-Dan speaks about what is to date, one of the oldest known mosques in the world, which was excavated in the Negev Bedouin city of Rahat. Discussed articles include: Knesset passes initial vote to disperse, setting Israel on path to elections Yamina rebel seeks to slow Knesset's end, to allow more time to form alternate gov't In improbable gambit, Shaked willing to join Netanyahu-led gov't in current Knesset One of the oldest known mosques in the world uncovered in Negev Bedouin city Rahat Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Illustrative image: Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then Israeli minister of justice Ayelet Shaked (L) during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Some 1,500 Jews attended the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, protected by a police force of 2,500 in Jerusalem's Old City. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said last night that police had "free rein" to quell problems. What did he mean by that? Last night, Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas said the Arab party was going to "freeze" its membership in the coalition for the next two weeks. Goren discusses the possible permutations of this. We have a new real estate section at The Times of Israel. Ben David gives us the scoop. And finally, Tel Aviv has installed the award-winning Lumiweave system at Atidim Park. What is this all about? Discussed articles include: With Jerusalem on edge, relatively low turnout at Western Wall Passover prayer event Bennett says Israeli forces have ‘free rein' to maintain security Ra'am freezes its coalition and Knesset membership amid Temple Mount tensions ‘Like a diet during Ramadan': Joint List mocks Ra'am for freeze amid Knesset recess Real Estate Israel: Your open door to the property market Tel Aviv pilots shade-giving, solar-powered fabric that lights up at night Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts IMAGE: Israeli police is deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. We hear first from diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman who is on a journalists' trip in Turkey. What is the goal of this government-organized trip? Israelis awoke to two disturbing reports of terrorist attacks. A policeman was lightly wounded after being stabbed by a Palestinian man in the southern city of Ashkelon this morning. And also this morning, we learned of a deflected attack earlier in the week, in which a Palestinian security officer attempted a shooting in the West Bank settlement of Vered Yericho. What has been the response from the Palestinian Authority. We turn now to politics and drill down into a series of controversial remarks made by Joint List head Ayman Odeh that have made waves here in Israel. Let's hear some context. Finally, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett interviewed on the three major Israeli television networks last night. What did he say, and what did he not say? Discussed articles include: Palestinian stabs policeman at Ashkelon construction site, is shot and killed Report: Palestinian officer attempted shooting attack in West Bank settlement Odeh's comments imperil prospective cooperation between coalition and Joint List Conceding coalition management errors, PM vows more focus on politics moving forward Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out yesterday's Daily Briefing episode: https://omny.fm/shows/the-daily-briefing/was-israeli-media-inappropriate-in-coverage-of-tlv Image: Joint List head MK Ayman Odeh gestures as he speaks during a conference in Jerusalem, March 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Today's guests are senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and political reporter Tal Schneider, with Raoul Wootliff hosting. On today's show, we look at the physical fight that took place yesterday between Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir and Joint List chair Ayman Odeh, and ask what it says about Israeli politics today. And, following 26th-anniversary memorials for slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin this week, we assess the ongoing battle over the lessons to be learned from the 1995 assassination of Israel's premier: how former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still trying to challenge the stain of being part of the climate of hostility toward Rabin; Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's bitter speech over the "heirs" of Rabin's murderers; and the Rabin family celebrating Netanyahu's fall. Discussed articles include: Far-right and Arab MKs scuffle during visit to hunger-striking terror suspect Law for one and one for brawl: What the press is saying about Knesset tussles Lapid: Rabin assassin's ‘ideological heirs' are serving in Knesset today Shaked slams coalition partners after Rabin memorial: ‘Stop the wild incitement' At memorials, Rabin family hails gov't that toppled Netanyahu: ‘The people won' Netanyahu to skip official ceremony marking 26 years since Rabin assassination Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts.   PHOTO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial service marking 23 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on October 21, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Today's panel comprises our political correspondent Tal Schneider and our military correspondent Judah Ari Gross, along with host Raoul Wootliff. In a blow to the coalition, the Knesset knocks down the extension of the family unification law preventing Palestinian spouses of Israelis from gaining citizenship rights. What does this mean for the coalition? What is opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's game? And, what now? Amid a continued rise in COVID cases and findings showing that the vaccines are less effective against the Delta variant, Israel is considering the benefits of a third shot, all while it signs a deal to trade vaccines with South Korea. We try to work out what the government's plan is. As the death toll in the Florida building collapse hits 28, officials say the chances of finding more survivors is "close to zero." We hear what aid the IDF team there has provided and why it is planning to stay another week. And finally, we'll talk about the developing role of female soldiers in the IDF. Discussed articles include: In blow to coalition, Knesset knocks down extension of family unification law Coalition casts Netanyahu bloc as Joint List's ‘useful idiot' after Knesset loss Government reaches agreement on six-month extension on family unification law After Palestinians reject deal, Israel to send 700,000 vaccines to South Korea As Florida toll hits 28, official says chances of more survivors ‘close to zero' Rescue efforts resume in Florida after demolition of remaining part of condo Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. PHOTO: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) and ministers during a Knesset discussion on the Palestinian family reunification law in Jerusalem, July 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has informed the country's president that a coalition of eight parties from across the political divide have agreed to form a government and bring an end to Netanyahu's 12-year grip on power. The role of prime minister would rotate between Lapid and Naftali Bennett – a far-right politician and multi-millionaire. Can the coalition government secure parliamentary approval? And what would this new government mean for Israel? Guests: Yossi Beilin Former Israeli Minister of Justice and a Participant in the Oslo Peace Accords Mairav Zonszein Journalist and Senior Israel-Palestine Analyst at the International Crisis Group Sami Abu Shehadeh Leader of the Balad Party in the Joint List

Amjad Iraqi joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the Israeli elections, focusing in particular on the Palestinian citizens of Israel. Iraqi explains the current political deadlock, the history of Palestinian participation in the Knesset, the rise and demise of the Joint List and the curious case of an Islamist party embracing Netanyahu.Support the show (https://al-shabaka.org/donate)

The 24th Knesset began its work after the MK's swore oath, on April 6. Prior, President Reuven Rivlin on Monday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the first crack at forming a government but noted that he was doing so reluctantly, both because no party leader appeared to have enough support to succeed at cobbling together a ruling coalition and because he had “moral and ethical” reservations given that Netanyahu is on trial for corruption. Netanyahu will now have 28 days to try to muster a coalition that can win majority support in the Knesset, but, given that he only has the backing of 52 out of 120 lawmakers, it will be a challenge. Netanyahu was endorsed by his Likud party, with 30 seats, Shas, with 9; United Torah Judaism, 7; and Religious Zionism, 6. Lapid was recommended as prime minister by 45 lawmakers (Yesh Atid 17, Blue and White 8, Yisrael Beytenu 7, Labor 7, Meretz 6), and Naftali Bennett by the seven members of his own Yamina party. The three parties that made no recommendation account for the final 16 Knesset seats (New Hope 6, Joint List 6, and Ra'am 4). Along with my friend Jeff Becker we will discuss what to expect in the upcoming days.

Some of the biggest stories out of the March 2021 Knesset election have included the breakup of the Joint List, low voter turnout among Arab citizens of Israel, and the emergence of the United Arab List as a potential kingmaker in Israeli politics.  In this program, activist Maisam Jaljuli, co-chair of the board of directors of Sikkuy and a member of the secretariat of Standing Together,  examines the future of Arab participation in Israeli politics.Support the show (http://support.israelpolicyforum.org/donate)

Emma hosts Edo Konrad, Editor-in-Chief of +972 Magazine, to discuss the rise and success of the Irsraeli right and last week’s election results. Edo begins by explaining the political failure of centrist left candidate Benny Gantz and his decision to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right wing coalition in last year's election. Then, Edo dives into Palestinian politics in Israel, explaining the consolidation of the four Palestinian political parties, the disintegration of the Joint List, and Mansour Abbas decision to join Netanyahu’s coalition. Finally, in order to ensure his own political survival, Edo talks about Netanyahu’s dangerous decision to bring Jewish extremism into the fold of his party and the potential long term implications of that political move.   And in the Fun Half: Nomiki tunes in, exploitation in the video game industry, Chuck Schumer wants you to write letters to Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt instead of doing his job, Emma’s done wasting time on Glenn Greenwald, Marjorie Taylor Greene is outraged that liberals are trying to keep Americans safe, Marco Rubio’s wake up call comes in the form of a mariachi band, plus your calls and IMs!   Brooklinen has a variety of sheets, colors, patterns, and materials to fit your needs and tastes. It’s 2021 – do something nice for yourself to start the New Year. To help you do that, Brooklinen has a special offer: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code MAJORITY to get $25 off when you spend $100 or more, PLUS free shipping. Harry’s owns a German factory that’s been honing razor blades for 100 years – they source their steel from Sweden and own the entire manufacturing process, allowing them to keep prices low. New U.S. customers can redeem a Harry’s trial set at Harrys.com/MAJORITYREPORT. You’ll get: A 5-blaze razor -featuring their new, sharper blades, a weighted handle, foaming shave gel with aloe, and a travel cover to protect your blade when you’re on the go. Stamps.com: Anything you can do at the Post Office, you can do at Stamps.com. You personally print official U.S. postage 24/7 for ANY letter, ANY package, ANY class of mail, for ANYWHERE. Right now listeners get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage AND a digital scale without any long-term commitment. Just go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in MAJORITYREPORT.

New voter suppression laws are passed in Georgia and the Derek Chauvin trial gets underway. How can we organize to put an end to white supremacy?Mitchell Plitnick, political analyst, writer, president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and co-author the new book “Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics,” tells us about about the various parties jockeying for power in Israel after last week’s elections, how these coalitions are being negotiated, what role can the Joint List can play in these, and how the right wing parties are permanently entrenching themselves in Israel’s politics. We also talk about China and Iran signing a security and economic cooperation agreement, and how this could allow Iran some breathing room amid international sanctions.John Ross, author, economist, and senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute at Renmin University of China, talks to us about President Biden suggesting that “democratic countries” should put together a global infrastructure investment plan to rival China’s Belt and Road initiative, what these projects actually entail, how they compare with western efforts, and how this fits into ever growing tensions with China. Ra Shad Frazier Gaines, founder and chair of both the Black Caucus of the Young Democrats of America and Black Progressives, and Dr. Sharon Anderson, attorney, business consultant, former law school professor/lecturer at Howard Law, and CEO and founder of KCG Consulting Services, both join us in a conversation about the new voter suppression laws in Georgia, how this constitutes a human rights violation, the role of black churches and HBCUs in building movements, and the difficulties in building coalitions with white progressives. We also talk about the Derek Chauvin trial and the uphill battle of achieving justice considering the long history of white supremacy in the U.S. In our Miss the Press segment, hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber talk about the gun control debate popping up again on Sunday shows, the predictable debate between Democrats and Republicans, and Dana Bash’s interview with Antony Blinken on how and when the US intends to punish its enemies.The Misfits also talk about a recent mass shooting in Baltimore, COVID vaccines and intellectual property, and Pete Buttigieg’s mileage tax.

Miko Peled, human rights activist and author of the books "The General’s Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine" and "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five", joins us to talk about the election results in Israel, Netanyahu using a two-pronged strategy to gain Arab support and divide the popular Joint List, and his influence on the U.S./Israel relationship and on U.S. domestic politics. We also talk about how Israel is able to shape the narrative within their country about the occupation and in international media covering other issues, like COVID distribution in the country.Kim Keenan, adjunct professor at George Washington University and former General Counsel of the NAACP, tells us about the Supreme Court considering reinstating the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of helping carry out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, what this means for President Biden’s public stance on the death penalty, whether we will see a change in the Biden administration or a continuity from the Trump era in cases like these, and whether the proposed moratorium in death sentences will lead to an end to the practice.Sean Michael Love, founder and editor-in-chief of Black House News, talks to us about the mass killing that left 10 dead in Boulder, Colorado, and how this fits within the epidemic of gun violence of the country. We also talk about the fight for DC to become the 51st state, the recommended police reforms in the District from the results of an independent commission study, how effective these could be, and the news about police gangs in LA and Pittsburgh.Michael Sampson, co-host of RedSpin Sports, joins in our Foul Play segment, talk to us about Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson facing 16 lawsuits alleging sexual assault, the disparities at the NCAA mens and women’s basketball tournament, and Airbnb being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to Beijing’s Winter Olympics over human rights violations.The Misfits also talk about the New York Times’ great concern over the threat to “center” politics and Tom Friedman’s take on China.

Israel is about to hold its fourth parliamentary election in the past two years. The last time Israelis went to the polls, in March 2020, the Joint List — a coalition of four Arab Palestinian political parties — won an unprecedented 15 seats in the Knesset. But since then, the Joint List has fractured. Why? And what does this mean for the future of Palestinian politics?Producer Max Freedman speaks with Anan Maalouf, former chief of staff and policy advisor to Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List and leader of its largest party, Hadash-al Jabhah.CREDITSUnsettled is produced by Emily Bell, Asaf Calderon, Max Freedman, and Ilana Levinson. Original music by Nat Rosenzweig. Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions. Special thanks to Amjad Iraqi.Photo: Makbula Nassar; election night in Nazareth, March 2015.BIOAnan A. Maalouf is an Urban Planner and a Ph.D. student of Urban and Public Policy at Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment (The New School). He earned his M.Sc. of Urban and Regional Planning from the Technion IIT (2018), his thesis focused on the relationship between urban forms and technological alterations. Before moving to New York, Maalouf served as Nazareth Mayor’s Assistant (2012-2013), and as MP Ayman Odeh Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor (2015-2018). Anan works currently at The Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) and is a teaching assistant at The New School and at Barnard College.RESOURCES“The Only Left That Is Left” (Joshua Leifer, Jewish Currents, 3/5/2020)“The Beginning of Breakdown” (Joshua Leifer, Jewish Currents, 3/31/2020)Arabs in Israel Split over Homosexuality (Dima Abumaria, The Media Line, 7/24/2020)How Israel’s Netanyahu helped break apart the Joint List (Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 2/9/2021)As Arab consensus splinters, wangling for community’s vote sparks hard questions (Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel, 2/12/2021)Israel’s Islamists Side with Netanyahu (Joshua Leifer, Jewish Currents, 2/16/2021)

Israel is about to hold its fourth parliamentary election in the past two years. The last time Israelis went to the polls, in March 2020, the Joint List — a coalition of four Arab Palestinian political parties — won an unprecedented 15 seats in the Knesset. But since then, the Joint List has fractured. Why? And what does this mean for the future of Palestinian politics?Producer Max Freedman speaks with Anan Maalouf, former chief of staff and policy advisor to Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List and leader of its largest party, Hadash-al Jabhah.CREDITSUnsettled is produced by Emily Bell, Asaf Calderon, Max Freedman, and Ilana Levinson. Original music by Nat Rosenzweig. Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions. Special thanks to Amjad Iraqi.Photo: Makbula Nassar; election night in Nazareth, March 2015.BIOAnan A. Maalouf is an Urban Planner and a Ph.D. student of Urban and Public Policy at Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment (The New School). He earned his M.Sc. of Urban and Regional Planning from the Technion IIT (2018), his thesis focused on the relationship between urban forms and technological alterations. Before moving to New York, Maalouf served as Nazareth Mayor’s Assistant (2012-2013), and as MP Ayman Odeh Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor (2015-2018). Anan works currently at The Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) and is a teaching assistant at The New School and at Barnard College.RESOURCES“The Only Left That Is Left” (Joshua Leifer, Jewish Currents, 3/5/2020)“The Beginning of Breakdown” (Joshua Leifer, Jewish Currents, 3/31/2020)Arabs in Israel Split over Homosexuality (Dima Abumaria, The Media Line, 7/24/2020)How Israel’s Netanyahu helped break apart the Joint List (Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 2/9/2021)As Arab consensus splinters, wangling for community’s vote sparks hard questions (Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel, 2/12/2021)Israel’s Islamists Side with Netanyahu (Joshua Leifer, Jewish Currents, 2/16/2021)

39 parties registered for the upcoming legislative elections in Israel. 2 interesting stories lay on the edges - The split in the Arab parties, between Mansour Abas and RAAM party from the Joint List &  what happened between Yamina & the Ultra right Jewish parties, with a last-minute merger between Betzalel Smotrich's “religious Zionism Alliance & Kahana's successor Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otazma Yehudit who earlier that week merged with NOAM, the Anti-LGBTQ religious party, leaving Hagit Moshe & the Jewish Home out of the game.   Along with my friend Jeff Becker, we will dive into what happened behind the scenes. You can listen to the Podcast on - Spotify - https://tinyurl.com/BalaganSpotify Apple Podcasts – https://tinyurl.com/BalaganApple Google Podcasts – https://tinyurl.com/BalaganGoogle Amazon Music - https://tinyurl.com/BalaganAmazon

Israel is heading into its fourth election in less than two years, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing rather uncharted territory. Like previous rounds, these elections are in many ways a referendum on Netanyahu. But there are bigger factors that could determine if the fourth contest will be different from the last.+972 Magazine Editor-in-Chief Edo Konrad and Editor Amjad Iraqi sat down to talk about how the elections are pitting different strands of the Israeli right against each other for control of the government, and the reasons behind the disintegration of the Palestinian-led Joint List.Visit +972 Magazine and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Support +972 Magazine: 972mag.com/donateThe music in this episode is by Ketsa and Crowander.Support the show (https://972mag.com/donate)

In this episode, Richard Pater speaks to MK Aida Touma-Suleiman from the Hadash faction within the Joint List. She describes what it means to be communist in 2021 and how the Joint List operates a shared agenda among competing ideologies. They discuss the party’s prospects of running without the United Arab List and why her party voted against the Abraham Accords in the Knesset.  

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Israeli parliament dissolved this week and we are now headed to our fourth round of elections in two years, I'm happy that my guest today is a professional politician: Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament Heba Yazbak (Joint List).Yazbak belongs to the National Democratic Assembly, known as the “Balad” party, a Palestinian nationalist party that supports the creation of a Palestinian state in the territories Israel occupied in 1967 and opposes Israel's definition as a Jewish state.It's members have been targeted by the Jewish right wing and they see constant attempts to block them from running for office. Yazbak herself was almost disqualified for past statements on social media where she was accused of supporting terrorists, but the Supreme Court eventually let her run.We talk about those efforts, about the upcoming elections of course, and the situation that the Joint List is in these days, and a whole lot more.Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/otherwiseoccupied)

Israeli political journalist Tal Schneider examines the possibility of another Israeli election and the implications it would carry for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Benny Gantz, Gideon Saar, and the Joint List.Support the show (http://support.israelpolicyforum.org/donate)

Number of coronavirus cases in Israel reaches 76. Blow to Blue and White as Gesher leader nixes minority government with Joint List support. President Rivlin receives official results of March 2 vote.

Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back a frequent guest, Dan Diker, Director of the Political Warfare Program at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). They Diker's new book on "Israelophobia and the West" published by the JCPA that has caught a wave of attention in Washington and Jerusalem. Alan Dershowitz who participated in a roundtable discussion before an audience of 250 at the JCPA remarked that he considered "Israelophobia and the Wes"t as the bible on combating the new antisemitism of Israel as the Jewish state. Then there was the return of violence against Jews, that occurred in Pittsburgh, Poway, Jersey City and Monsey, New York in the US. Violence against Jews not seen since the Holocaust that took the lives of Six Million European Jews. Beyond the Matrix 11MAR2020 - PODCAST

A month after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his Middle East plan, Israelis went to the polls for a third time in a year. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to declare victory, not much has shifted the deadlock from the previous two rounds, and no party is able to form a government yet.For Diana Buttu, Palestinian human rights lawyer, analyst, and former advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the contents of the “Trump-Netanyahu plan,” as she calls it, are cause for alarm. The arrogance that characterizes the deal, which deliberately excludes Palestinians from the conversation, reflects an Israeli “fantasy” that “somehow Palestinians are going to agree to their own subjugation,” says Buttu. That exclusion is compounded by the Palestinian Authority's failure to effectively respond to the plan, she explains.The Trump plan has also “showed Netanyahu's true face,” says Buttu. “It says to Palestinians who are living in the occupied territories, ‘We don't want you.' But the plan is also saying to Palestinians who are citizens of Israel, ‘You also don't belong in the State of Israel, and so we have the right to get rid of you.'For Buttu, this was one of the reasons Palestinians in Israel voted in even greater numbers this time around. That fact that Netanyahu's rival, Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party, supports the Trump deal and echoes many of Likud's policies shows “just how far to the right Israeli society is.”Despite — or perhaps because of — mounting racist attacks, the Palestinian-led Joint List won a record 15 seats, making it the third-largest party once again. But now, its members must decide how to use this political capital.Visit +972 Magazine and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Support +972 Magazine: 972mag.com/donateThe music in this episode is by Ketsa and Unheard Music Concepts.Support the show (https://972mag.com/donate)

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. --What the Hell Just Happened?-- What, if anything, can we learn from this week’s elections about the hearts and minds, hopes and dreams, of Israeli voters? --What the Hell Happens Next?-- Has the time come for Israel’s center-left to accept that Benjamin Netanyahu is going to continue as Israel’s Prime Minister, even as he’s tried for bribery, fraud and corruption? --Still More About the Elections-- For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra segment, we talk still more about the elections, and the important things that happened at the edges of the very biggest stories, things like the great successes of the Joint List and of Shas, and other crucial marginalia. All this and the crazy-brilliant singing of our 19-year-old, Ethiopian-Israeli representative to the 2020 Eurovision Contest, Eden Alene!

Israel had the highest turnout since 1999. A divided Right made gains, as did the non-Zionist left Joint List. With Netanyahu as PM, the Palestinian struggle is sure to intensify.

March 3 is Super Tuesday. "Fourteen states, plus American Samoa and Democrats Abroad, hold their contests today, awarding 1,357 delegates, or 34 percent of the total available," the Washington Post reported Tuesday. "Polls start closing at 7 p.m., with Vermont and Virginia. California's polls are the last to close, at 11 p.m. ET." With The Hill reporting Tuesday: "Late-breaking polls showing former Vice President Joe Biden making big gains following his decisive victory in South Carolina," what are we to make of this political landscape?"With 92 percent of the votes counted in Israel's third and unprecedented election in one year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud is currently the country's largest party," Haaretz reported Tuesday. "However, neither the premier nor his chief rival Benny Gantz are projected a clear Knesset majority. Netanyahu is currently three seats shy of a 61-seat majority in the Knesset. The Joint List, an Arab-majority alliance of factions, maintained its position as the Israeli parliament's third-largest party, according to the latest count, whereas Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu and left-wing alliance Labor-Gesher-Meretz lost ground." A Tuesday Reuters headline reads: "US sending $108 million in aid to Syria, supports additional border crossing: State Department." The article says, "The United States will send $108 million in humanitarian aid to the people of Syria, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Tuesday. The United States also strongly supports the recommendation to open an additional border crossing between Syria and Turkey to deliver aid and medicine made by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Ortagus said." This while Reuters reported the same day: "Turkey, Russia face off in Syria as fighting escalates, plane shot down." What are we to make of this?The US Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut interest rates by a half percentage point in an emergency response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The major stock indexes were down before the announcement. After an initial bump, the indexes went down again. The surprise move comes after G7 leaders held a conference call to talk about the outbreak, but their statement did not indicate any immediate action would be forthcoming. The cut brings the interest rate down to between 1% and 1.25%. GUESTS: Nicole Roussell — Sputnik producer and news analyst. Avis Jones DeWever — Founder of the Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women. Miko Peled — Israeli-American activist and author of "The General's Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine." Mark Sleboda — International affairs and security analyst. Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of "Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression." He also writes at jackrasmus.com.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Nicole Roussell, a Sputnik News analyst and producer.Today is Super Tuesday, and voters in 14 states and American Samoa or going to the polls to choose a Democratic candidate for president. Fully one third of all the delegates necessary to win the nomination will be chosen today. There’s been a lot of movement in the race in the past day or two. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race and they and Beto O’Rourke all endorsed Joe Biden.The coronavirus continues to spread across the United States, and six more people died from it yesterday in Washington State. People have now tested positive for coronavirus in 18 states, and the Centers for Disease Control estimates that as many as 70 percent of Americans eventually will become infected. Hospitals already are preparing for a pandemic, and schools, theaters, and other gathering places are making contingency plans to close. KJ Noh, a peace activist and scholar on the geopolitics of Asia who is a frequent contributor to Counterpunch and Dissident Voice, joins the show. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to remain on as the country’s leader, as his Likud Party took 59 seats of the 61 necessary to govern. Netanyahu will now seek to form a coalition with a smaller party to create a governing bloc. The Labour Party, long the dominant party in Israeli politics, won only seven seats. But the Joint List, the party of Arab Israelis, won a record 15. Brian and John speak with David Sheen, he is an independent writer and filmmaker and you can check out more of his work at www.davidsheen.com.A federal judge has ordered Hillary Clinton to sit for a sworn deposition for the first time in connection with her use of a private email account during her tenure as Secretary of State. The order is in response to a five-and-a-half year old Freedom of Information Act suit brought by Judicial Watch seeking emails related to the attack in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton had earlier submitted written responses, but the judge ruled that they were “incomplete, unhelpful, and cursory.” Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books--The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup, and America's Undeclared War, joins the show. The Trump Administration has ordered four Chinese state-owned media outlets to slash the number of staff that they have working in the United States. This move comes after China expelled three Wall Street Journal reporters last month after the US announced Chinese journalists would need to register under the Foreign Missions Act. Sixty Chinese journalists will have to leave the country. And this morning, Beijing vowed to retaliate. John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China, and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations, joins Brian and John. The Democratic Party establishment is going all-out to deny Bernie Sanders a victory on Super Tuesday. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race to endorse Joe Biden, and a string of other high-profile establishment endorsements quickly followed. Walter Smolarek, a Sputnik News analyst and producer, joins the show.Tuesday’s regular segment is called Women & Society with Dr. Hannah Dickinson. This weekly segment is about the major issues, challenges, and struggles facing women in all aspects of society. Hannah Dickinson, an associate professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and an organizer with the Geneva Women’s Assembly; and Nathalie Hrizi, an educator, a political activist, and the editor of Breaking the Chains, a women’s magazine, which you can find at patreon.com/BreakChainsMag, join the show.

Netanyahu bloc still 2 seats short of 61-seat majority. Likud seeking Opposition MKs willing to join the coalition. Joint List hails historic turnout for Arab sector.

With Israelis set to vote for a third time in less than a year, Haaretz Weekly discusses the rise in support for a predominantly Arab party among left-wing Jewish voters, who are disillusioned with the traditional “Zionist” parties. Host Simon Spungin is joined by Judy Maltz and Bradley Burston.

FMEP non-resident fellow Peter Beinart discuss a range of issues impacting Palestinian citizens of Israel with the highest ranking woman on the Joint List, MK Aida Touma Sliman.

Laws of Government Part 5: Djerba in Jerusalem Member of Parliament Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List cited Rabbi Khalfon Moshe HaKohen of Djerba in the Finance Committee of the Knesset, piquing the interest of the Maggid of Melbourne. What … Read the rest The post Laws of Government: Djerba in Jerusalem first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Laws of Government: Djerba in Jerusalem at Elmad Online Learning.

Hosts Evan Gottesman and Margaux Nijkerk talk to Aida Touma-Sliman, a member of Knesset for the Joint List. Tune in for a discussion on MK Touma-Sliman's advocacy for women's rights and Arab citizens of Israel, West Bank annexation and threats to a two-state solution, Israel's unprecedented third election, and how a leftist member of Knesset can find common ground with right-wing politicians.Support the show (http://support.israelpolicyforum.org/donate)

Blue and White says without Yisrael Beiteinu endorsement, minority coalition unlikely scenario. Joint List protests remarks by Prime Minister Netanyahu as racist incitement. Argentina, Uruguay national teams to play friendly match in Tel Aviv on Monday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Netanayahu's pre-indictment hearing begins. Blue and White Party cancels coalition talks with Likud, saying latter is not serious about unity government. Joint List to boycott Knesset swearing-in ceremony, in protest over violence in Arab sector (Photo: A lawyer for prime minister outside Justice Ministry. Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we're joined for a special live show by Joseph Cedar, creator and executive producer of HBO's "Our Boys." Cedar shared his firsthand account of how he translated the tragedies of summer 2014 into television, his analysis of the social and political climate that led to those attacks, and the critical reception the show has received from some prominent Israelis. Then Adam Rasgon, Palestinian Affairs and Arab World Correspondent for The Times of Israel, explains how the Joint List, Israel’s Arab-majority party, was formed, what its success in last week’s election means for Israeli politics, and what impact its decision to endorse Blue and White Leader Benny Gantz could have on the outcome of the current coalition negotiations.

A week after Israeli elections, hosts Evan Gottesman, Eli Kowaz, and Margaux Nijkerk discuss the Joint List's historic recommendation of Benny Gantz as prime minister, Avigdor Liberman's ever-enigmatic behavior, and why Gantz prefers to let Benjamin Netanyahu have the first shot at forming a government.Support the show (http://support.israelpolicyforum.org/donate)

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books--“The Frozen Republic,” “The Velvet Coup,” and “America's Undeclared War.”President Trump acknowledged on Sunday that he raised corruption allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden during a phone call with Ukraine’s leader, a stunning admission as Democrats in the House are ramping up pressure to impeach the president for misuse of his authority, among other reasons. But Republicans are countering that the real crime here was committed by Joe Biden during the previous administration, when he attempted to shield a Ukrainian company that had his son on its board of directors from a corruption probe. The stakes are growing in President Trump’s policy of pressuring Iran to the point that the country acceeds to his demands to abandon its nuclear program or collapses entirely. And British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said over the weekend that he would support the US in the event of an armed conflict with Iran. The Iranians, for their part, tried to lessen the situational pressure by releasing a British oil tanker they had held since July. Mohammad Marandi, an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of Tehran, joins the show. The Joint List, the group of Arab parties represented in Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, issued a statement saying that its members would vote for Blue & White leader Benny Gantz to form the next Israeli government. Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Joint List, wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s New York Times saying that the election last week should signal the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s career. Brian and John speak with Miko Peled, the author of “The General’s Son - A Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” and of "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.” In a speech to 50,000 Indian-Americans at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called President Donald Trump, who introduced him, “a true friend,” and “the best friend India has ever had.” This was after Trump compared the US-Mexico border, to the border between India and Pakistan, where the two nuclear powers have fought five wars since 1947. Sputnik News analyst and producer of this show Walter Smolarek joins the show. Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Bill Ayers, an activist, educator and the author of the book “Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto,” joins Brian and John. In this segment, The Week Ahead, the hosts take a look at the most newsworthy stories of the coming week and what it means for the country and the world, including President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky about Vice President Biden, Iran releasing an oil tanker, and day 8 of the workers strike at General Motors. Sputnik News analysts and producers of this show Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show.

What does Israel’s second election in 2019 mean for Netanyahu, the Jewish population and the Arabs and Palestinians? Deputy foreign editor, Jack Moore, takes a look at the results of the vote and speaks to people in the region about the ramifications for the state and those living inside it. Can Israel’s titan, Benjamin Netanyahu, hold on to power and what does Benny Gantz offer as an alternative? With Natanyahu facing corruption charges is it possible he is looking for immunity more than power? And what hope does the Joint List offer Arab Israelis or the Palestinians in the occupied territories?   Jack speaks to Miriam Berger, freelance journalist in Jerusalem, Hugh Lovatt, Middle East and North Africa policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and Tareq Baconi, Ramallah-based Israel/Palestine analyst for The Crisis Group to get an insight into the prospects for the country.

After Israel's second election in just a few months we're joined by former president of the New Israel Fund and former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Naomi Chazan to process and analyse all the election results. Will Benjamin Netanyahu stay on as prime minister? Does Benny Gantz have a path to the coalition of 61 seats he needs to take the top job? The Joint Arab List will be the third largest party, so if Likud and Blue + White go into a 'unity' government together, will the Joint List's leader, Ayman Odeh, be the country's first Arab opposition leader? So many questions and we do our best to answer as many of them as possible. This was recorded live as part of a livestreamed Q&A with Naomi Chazan on Thursday 19 September. You can watch the video back on YouTube.

After a decade of mesmerising world leaders, subduing his rivals and eking out dramatic election victories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future is suddenly in doubt.With near-final results from Israel's election on Tuesday, he has been left well short of the parliamentary majority he had sought — not only to continue in power but also to fend off a looming corruption indictment.With over 90% of the votes counted late Wednesday, challenger Benny Gantz's centrist Blue and White party captured 33 seats in the 120-seat parliament, to 32 seats for Netanyahu's conservative Likud.That leaves neither party poised to control a majority coalition with their smaller allies, leaving maverick politician Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beitenu party, as the key power broker. Lieberman has called for a broad unity government with the two major parties."Judging by the present situation assessment, Netanyahu is no longer capable of winning an election in Israel. This story is over," said Yossi Verter, political commentator for the Haaretz daily.Such forecasts might be seen by some as premature. But it appears that Netanyahu's political instincts, once deemed impeccable, led to some questionable decisions that came back to hurt him in the latest campaign.Netanyahu, who turns 70 next month, has traditionally relied on a stable majority of ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious and hard-line nationalist parties. That alliance fell apart following elections in April when Lieberman, a longtime ally turned rival, refused to join a new coalition with religious partners.Lieberman, a hawk like Netanyahu on security issues but also fiercely secular, said ultra-Orthodox parties had gained too much influence. Just short of a parliamentary majority, Netanyahu was forced to take the unprecedented step of holding a second election in a year.Looming over the campaign were Netanyahu's legal woes. Israel's attorney general has recommended indicting him on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges in a series of corruption scandals, pending a hearing scheduled in early October.Netanyahu had hoped to capture a narrow coalition of hard-line parties that would grant him immunity from prosecution.He embarked on a campaign of stunts and promises aimed at shoring up his base. Borrowing tactics from the political playbook of his friend, President Donald Trump, he lashed out at the media, police, judiciary and election commission, alleging a vast conspiracy against him. He vowed to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank and threatened to unleash a war on Gaza militants.He saved special vitriol for Israel's Arab minority, implying that they were a hostile fifth column out to destroy the nation. He tried, and failed, to pass legislation that would install monitoring cameras in voting booths as he made unfounded claims of fraud in Arab districts. An automated post on his Facebook page claimed Arabs "want to annihilate us all."Arab leaders accused Netanyahu of racism and trying to intimidate voters to stay home on election day.The strategy appeared to backfire on many counts. The latest election returns showed a drop of support for Netanyahu's Likud party compared to April's vote. The results indicated that former Likud voters had migrated to other Jewish parties, including to Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu, which nearly doubled its representation."He took the polarization one step too far, and I think he's going to pay the price for it," said Aron Shaviv, a campaign strategist who managed Netanyahu's re-election campaign in 2015.Netanyahu's attacks on Arabs were credited with driving a surge in turnout in Arab towns. The Joint List, an alliance of Arab factions, gained at least two seats and is now poised to be a major player in the next parliament, according to the near-final results."Incitement has a price," said Ayman Odeh, leader of the list.Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem think tank,...

A weeks and a bit before elections, Don Futterman, Noah Efron and Haaretz uber-reporter Judy Maltz, in an act of political empathy and imagination, ask for each of the parties to the Left of the Likud, why might someone vote for them. Looking for the extra segment? --Why Vote for the Joint List?-- Has the Joint List just violated Israel’s longest standing taboo, the one that says Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Israelis can never be true political allies? --Why Vote for the Democratic Union?-- Is the “Democratic Union” Israel’s only party with the guts to say, with Chicken Little, that the sky is falling? --Why Vote for Labor-Gesher?-- Labor-Gesher says, “Imagine a world where the party that founded the country was not arrogantly Ashkenazi-centric, and where a Labor Party actually cared about workers.” Will that get them votes? --Why Vote for Blue-&-White?-- Blue-&-White says, “We deserve a government that is parve, lackluster, colorless, ho-hum, devoid of both bells and whistles.” Why will more than a million Israelis vote for them? --What’s Killing Israel’s Lone Soldiers?-- For our most extremely generous Patreon supporters, we discuss Judy Maltz’s remarkable reporting of the alienation and spiritual ennui of “lone soldiers,” kids who go into the army as if it’s a cool, gap-year program. And, introducing, the future of Israeli singer-songwriting, Soundflower (aka, Lior Doron)! Music Soundflower, AKA Lior Doron (Look for her on Soundcloud) Hopeless The Hit I’m in Control

Gil Hoffman speaks to veteran Israeli journalist Nachum Barnea about his 50 years in journalism and his historic interview last week with Joint List leader Ayman Odeh. Odeh became the first leader of an Arab party to agree to join a governing coalition. Find out why and what are the chance of it happening. Photo Credit: Hebrew Wikipedia / Anan Maalouf

Israel Policy Pod's Evan Gottesman hosts a briefing with Arik Rudnitzky, a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute, on the latest developments in Israeli Arab politics — including Joint List leader Ayman Odeh's announcement that he would conditionally sit in a government led by Benny Gantz.Support the show (http://support.israelpolicyforum.org/donate)

It is no secret that for decades, the Zionist left discriminated against Mizrahim, or Jews with roots in Arab and Muslim countries, treating them as second-class citizens and pushing them to the economic, political, and cultural margins of Israeli society.  Mizrahim took matters into their own hands, forming political movements and parties of their own. Their resentment against the left pushed many of them into the arms of the right-wing Likud party. And yet, says +972 writer and veteran Mizrahi activist Orly Noy, more than 70 years after Israel's founding, Mizrahim are still fighting for crumbs from the Ashkenazi elite, whether on the left or the right.Mizrahim now have an opportunity to move beyond the politics that have kept them marginalized, Noy says, by standing alongside Palestinian citizens of Israel. How to make a donation: https://972mag.com/donateVisit +972 Magazine and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.The music in this episode is by Ketsa.Support the show (https://972mag.com/donate)

What's new in Israeli politics this week? Hosts Evan Gottesman and Eli Kowaz debate changes on the left, including upcoming Meretz and Labor primaries, as well as the restoration of the Joint List; plus, a discussion of Avigdor Liberman's growing momentum.Support the show (http://support.israelpolicyforum.org/donate)

Russian national security adviser says Syria will be focus of meeting with American, Israeli counterparts in Jerusalem next week. US officials deny American drone shot down by Iran was in Iranian airspace. Arab Israeli parties decide to run reboot single Joint List for September elections (Photo: An MQ-4C drone. Wikipedia) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Being an Arab living in Israel brings about many dilemmas, internal conflicts and possibly a very serious identity crisis. While some Israeli Arabs prosper, man other Arabs are living in Gaza in debilitating poverty, and suffering under the brutal, murderous dictatorship of Hamas. Most most Israeli Arabs support the Joint List of Arab parties, a minority actually support right-wing, Zionist parties like the Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu’s party. Some Israeli Arabs work in industrial areas in the occupied territories, whereas others support the BDS movement that does everything within its power to shut down the very same industrial areas, rendering thousands of Palestinians jobless. Anyway, you get the point. Being an Arab Israeli is complicated. And now imagine what it means to be an Arab Israeli fighting BDS around the world, a supporter of Zionism, and a son of an ex-South Lebanon Army general who fled to Israel in the year 2000. Jonathan Elkoury was one of our first guests, in episode 21 titled 2001: A Lebanese Odyssey with Jonathan Elkhoury. If you wanna hear Jonathan’s story, you gotta check it out. Now, two years later he’s back to talk about his courageous journeys defending Israel’s right to exist, his political and personal struggles here in Israel, and yes, also the nation state bill. We’re very honored to be joined today by Jonathan Elkoury.

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This episode is specially dedicated to those who find lists and repetition relaxing. Instead of a book, we're reading the Joint List of Eastbound Transatlantic Passenger Sailings for December through April 1925. Bon voyage! PS Apologies for mangling ship and city names, and for pronouncing Cobh as "cob" and not "cove" through half of the recording. All Boring Books readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading, catch us on Twitter @boringbookspod or on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/boringbookspod, where you can also kindly support this podcast.  Music: "Cosmic Tingles" by Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org), licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0

Noah Efron, Ha’aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Don Futterman discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.   Looking for extra segments, in-depth prep material, and other patron-only perks? Support the show on Patreon and gain access to these and more. In Praise of Progressive Populism Dov Khenin, the sole Jewish lawmaker representing the Joint List, delivers remarks criticizing the Israeli Left's purism and calling for a left-wing populism like the movements that formed around Bernie Sanders in the United States and Jeremy Corbyn in the United Kingdom. Are there signs of an Israeli progressive populism developing? Is this the path the Israeli Left should take right now? "Selfie in Auschwitz" The latest video to sweep viral through Israel is by a duet who call themselves Reggie & Sig, and is called "The Trip to Poland." Sample lyrics: To take a selfie in Auschwitz is disrespectful/ it's disrespectful/ it's disrespectful/ Selfie in Auschwitz!" What are its creators trying to say? Decaffeinated to Death? Some of Tel Aviv's most storied coffeehouses are shuttering their doors. Does the demise of once beloved, one-time coffeehouse meeting places of intellectuals and artists signal the end of the intellectual culture and cultural intellect that once thrived in these caffeinated colossuses of creativity? demise of once beloved, one-time coffeehouse meeting places of intellectuals and artists, signals the end of the intellectual culture and cultural intellect that once thrived in these caffeinated colossuses of creativity? Music: Talisman, in honor of being selected as the breakout act of the year by Galgalatz: Sim ha-Kol ba-Tzad (with EZ)  Kmo She'ani Le'an she'ha-ruach tikach (with DJ Only and Omri Sabach) Barbarim

Become naiv! ► http://bit.ly/1A3Gt6E With Noga Tarnopolsky, Israeli independent journalist from Jerusalem, via Google-Hangout Why was there an early election in Israel? What happened? What were the election campaigns by the different parties about? What did they promise? What were the issues? Who won? Will Netanyahu form a new government? If so, with whom? What is the Zionist Camp? What is the Joint List? What role did Palestine play in the election? Did every party support a two-state solution? Follow Noga on Twitter: @NTarnopolsky Follow us on Twitter: @JungNaiv @TiloJung @aahsh On Facebook: facebook.com/JungundNaiv Please support our work: Tilo Jung IBAN: DE36700222000072410386 BIC: FDDODEMMXXX Verwendungszweck: Jung & Naiv