Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn and senior correspondent Anshel Pfeffer for a post-Rosh Hashanah, mid-lockdown episode. On the agenda: How did Israel became the first country to impose a second coronavirus lockdown? Is Naftali Bennett the leader to extricate the country from the pandemic quagmire? Will competence – for the first time in Israeli history – be the key issue in the next election? And what kind of 'October surprise' is the most unpredictable president in American history planning  for the Middle East?

Host Simon Spungin is joined by Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn and senior correspondent Anshel Pfeffer for a post-Rosh Hashanah, mid-lockdown episode. On the agenda: How did Israel became the first country to impose a second coronavirus lockdown? Is Naftali Bennett the leader to extricate the country from the pandemic quagmire? Will competence &ndash; for the first time in Israeli history &ndash; be the key issue in the next election? And what kind of 'October surprise' is the most unpredictable president in American history planning &nbsp;for the Middle East?

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

Your audio guide to Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.

Haaretz Podcast

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.