About this episode
Allison, Don and Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance, and end with an anecdote each about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Is Bibi too strong to make peace? Would a weaker Netanyahu would be more willing “to make some very difficult compromises, including taking on the settler movement,” as President Obama claimed in an interview last week? When war and peace are held hostage to machismo To what extent are Israel’s notions of peace, security and war 'male' in character? Are women relegated to the margins in times of war? Would we even be in this mess if women wielded greater influence? The 'one-and-a-half state' solution Could a Jewish state and a Palestinian state both exist within the same territorial borders? Can fancy thinking solve our problems, or does the old received wisdom have the best chance of succeeding? Playlist: All songs by Nechi Nech Cafe Ve-Sigaria Ayiddisha Rasta Man HaSimcha Bur Ve-Am HaAretz