Circumventing Courts, Discarding Disengagement, and Regional Rivalries: Israel’s Coalescing Crises

JL;DR SUMMARY Tel Aviv journalist Neri Zilber hosts a discussion with Michael Koplow and Shira Efron regarding Israel's deepening crises, such as the government's controversial judicial overhaul plans, concerns in Washington and the American Jewish community, Israeli-Palestinian relations amidst holiday tensions, and recent Middle East security developments like the surprising Iran-Saudi Arabia deal. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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