Untangling Israeli Politics - with Amit Segal

You may recognize journalist Amit Segal (x.com/AmitSegal) from Dan Senor’s “Call Me Back” podcast, or his contributions to The Free Press. Israelis know him as Channel 12’s Chief Political Correspondent, co-host of our local version of “Meet the Press”, and author of the newly-translated bestseller: “A Call at 4 AM: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions that Shaped Israeli Politics” (simonandschuster.com/books/A-Call-at-4-AM/Amit…). He also publishes the wildly succesful and very useful daily newsletter “It’s Noon in Israel”. (amitsegal.net/newsletter)
We discuss the madness of the Israeli political system, why Israeli media has no choice but to try and be objective, where Americans should get their news, the ultra-orthodox question, and what it was like to be stuck on a broken plane filled with Knesset members and holocaust survivors.
This episode NOT sponsored by Chaya Leah’s brother’s laundromat Super Clean in Jerusalem.
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