Tag: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

In this episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron discuss several significant topics.
In this discussion, the hosts focus on three main topics: the significance of Rosh Hashanah as a time for reflecting on past deeds, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meeting secretly, and the lessons Israel can learn from the situation in Afghanistan.
In this discussion, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron explore several topics, including assessing their deeds over the past year in the spirit of Rosh Hashanah, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meeting secretly, reflections on Afghanistan and its relevance to Israel, and questioning the cancellation of this year's High Holidays due to COVID, with a reference to an essay critiquing American rabbis for being overly cautious.
In "The Pipe Dreams? Edition," Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and critic Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss the need for Israel's left-wing parties to unite before the next election, the potential for a different type of solidarity and politics for peace highlighted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas republishing a memoir by an Iraqi-Israeli author, the accusations of environmental activists against the government for serving corporate interests akin to Trumpism, and the lack of discussion by Israeli leaders on America's anti-Semitism crisis.
In this edition, Noah, Don, and Miriam Herschlag from Times of Israel discuss various significant topics, including Israel reducing electricity to Gaza, the attention given to victims of terrorist attacks versus other issues, and the ongoing controversy surrounding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.
Allison, Don, Eilon, and Noah engage in a discussion covering three main points: the concern over trivializing the Holocaust by applying it to current politics, questioning the understanding of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by amateur commentators, and critiquing the transformation of Israeli schools into office-like environments.