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Today’s panel comprises Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, along with host Amanda Borschel-Dan.
With Horovitz and Rettig Gur having both recently written about would-be-kingmaker Naftali Bennett, we open today’s show with a look at the Yamina party chair who wants to replace Netanyahu — but won’t commit to not backing him. What’s his play at this stage? Has he limited his (and the anti-Netanyahu camp’s) options by giving into the prime minister’s “left-shaming”?
Following a Channel 12 report claiming that the vast majority of Israelis being approved to enter the country during a general border closure are ultra-Orthodox, several parties accuse the prime minister of allowing entry “only for his voters” during the airport’s general closure. What’s the policy and why is Israel the only democracy in the world to keep out its own citizens?
The Knesset gave final approval last week to controversial legislation allowing the Health Ministry to give local authorities and the Education Ministry personal details of residents who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Is this a step too far in the battle between fighting COVID-19 and maintaining personal liberties?
And finally, with Sacha Baron Cohen once again in the Golden Globe spotlight, we look at his recent roles and the impact they have had.