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How to talk to your mother-in-law about Harris-Trump and other tricky questions from Haaretz subscribers
Season 1 Episode 342
The presidential campaigns of both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are focusing substantial energy on Jewish voters who are closely watching Israel and Gaza, as well as rising antisemitism in the Unit…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
'A lot can happen in Gaza between the first and second polio vaccine dose'
Season 1 Episode 341
In the relentless swirl of war and politics over the past year, the inhabitants of Gaza have often been treated more as pawns than as human beings by political and military leaders, activists, media …
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Hostage's father: 'It's a living nightmare. And if Netanyahu doesn't get this done, there will be more bodies'
Season 1 Episode 340
If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "ever had a moral compass, he lost it long ago," said Jonathan Dekel-Chen, father of Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen on the Haaretz Podcast. The six host…
Published on 1 year ago
'Netanyahu is using the U.S. elections to feed chaos and manipulate the Israeli public'
Season 1 Episode 339
Democrats or Republicans who believe that a Kamala Harris presidency will shift her party's Israel policy to a place favorable to its pro-Palestinian progressive wing found little evidence to back th…
Published on 1 year ago
'The gov't is hoping Israelis are too worried about their safety to think about democracy'
Season 1 Episode 338
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been enjoying a "dramatic but quite consistent recovery" in the polls in past months, after the failures of October 7 sent his popularity plummeting to unprecede…
Published on 1 year ago
'Amazing mental preparation': How Israeli athletes made history at the Paris Olympics
Season 1 Episode 337
Renewed US efforts to reach a hostage deal represent "a last ditch attempt" by the Biden White House for a diplomatic win that could stave off a major Middle East conflagration ahead of the Democrati…
Published on 1 year ago
What is really going on in Iran while Israel braces for retaliation?
Season 1 Episode 336
Over the course of two days last week, two major assassinations shook the Middle East. The first was of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, for which the Israeli military took credit, in Beirut. T…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
'War never saved children. Most Druze say they don't want their tragedy to cause more killing'
Season 1 Episode 335
It was a scene of "complete chaos" in the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights following the devastating Hezbollah strike that killed 12 Druze children playing soccer on Saturday, Haaretz corres…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Was there anything authentic about the speech? Well, it was authentically Netanyahu
Season 1 Episode 334
It's a time of goodbyes: As Joe Biden says goodbye to the U.S. presidency, Netanyahu said goodbye to Israel while the Gaza war is raging, while hostages are both suffering and dying, so that he could…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Israelis supporting Trump? 'Plain idiocy. He couldn't care less about the Middle East'
Season 1 Episode 333
President Joe Biden's stunning decision to step aside and forgo a second term, throwing his support behind the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris is unlikely to dramatically change U.S. policy…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago