About this episode
Allison, Don and Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. The Triumphs of Benjamin Netanyahu A recent essay asserted that PM Netanyahu's foreign policy has been much more successful than most Israelis realize, and that Bibi has guided Israel with a sure hand in tumultuous times. Could the Israeli Left be wrong about Bibi? Barack Obama's Zionist Idea A vision worth adopting? We discuss whether exiting US President Barak Obama is, as one journalist recently suggested, "the most impressive exponent of liberal Zionism today." The 'G' Word Haaretz polled Knesset members, asking whether or not each of the 120 lawmakers believes in God. The results differed from a similar survey taken in 1996, but not how you might expect. All songs by Michelle Rosen: Give it to the Beat In the Sun My Boy Love We Shall Find