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Q&A: Ilan Berman on Iran, the Knesset and the Haredi Draft

JL;DR SUMMARY The interview with Ilan Berman explores the ongoing tensions within Israeli politics regarding the Haredi draft and its impact on both domestic and international fronts. 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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IdfNetanyahuIsraeli PoliticsKnessetGaza ConflictMilitary ServiceReligious PartiesIran Nuclear FacilitiesHaredi Draft

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"The news from Israel this morning was of yet another narrowly averted crisis: the threatened collapse of the governing coalition over attempts by the Knesset to put teeth in a bill that would compel Haredi participation in the IDF."
Tel Aviv, Northern District, Israel
"Because if you go to Tel Aviv, you see lots of secular Tel Avivis who do not pray, and who dont keep Shabbat, and theyre still patriotic Zionists."
Tzfat, Northern District, Israel
"if you go up to Tzfat [Safed], thats a Haredi city, where something like 70 percent of the population is on some form of government assistance."
United States
"I put these questions to Ilan Berman, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and a frequent contributor to Moment."
Iran
"Israel might move to attack Irans nuclear facilities, with or without U.S. approval."

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