The Promised Podcast

Noah Efron, 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.

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Bribes, Fraud and Breach of Trust

Israel's police have recommended indictments against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying "a sufficient evidentiary foundation has been established" for suspicions of soliciting and accepting bribes, fraud, and breach of trust. Netanyahu's party is standing by its man, while coalition partners are cautiously maintaining support. Opposition leaders are calling for him to resign. Should he? Regardless of personal opinion, what response befits the situation?

The Lie

Yaakov Perry, former head of the Shin Bet secret service, has resigned from his post as a Member of Knesset for the centrist Yesh Atid party, after it was learned that he lied about his military record. Should such a lie disqualify someone from serving in politics today? What is so distressing about learning that he lied about this issue specifically?

Tile and Error

Studio Ceramics, a premier boutique purveyor of high quality wall and floor tiles, is the first company ever sued under a new Israeli law banning "discrimination according to place of residence" after telling a journalist who lives in a settlements that it "does not deliver to the territories."
Should Studio Ceramics ought to be forced to deliver their tiles and toilets to the territories, even if doing so is (a) more dangerous, (b) more expensive, and (c) a contravention of their political beliefs?

Music: Ariel Horowitz

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