Host Simon Spungin is joined by Anshel Pfeffer for a presidential episode of Haaretz Weekend, in which we discuss the legacy of outgoing president Reuven Rivlin, and his successor, Isaac Herzog, who was sworn in as Israel’s 11th president this week. We ask: Was Rivlin the best president Israel could have expected in such fraught times? Was it Herzog’s destiny to follow in his father’s footsteps and become Israel’s No. 1 citizen? And how will he respond if – and when – former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks him for a pardon?

Host Simon Spungin is joined by <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968252">Anshel Pfeffer</a> for a presidential episode of Haaretz Weekend, in which we discuss the legacy of <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/rivlin-s-seven-tough-dangerous-years-as-president-draw-to-a-close-1.9979626">outgoing president</a> Reuven Rivlin, and his <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-why-new-president-herzog-could-be-key-to-israel-s-political-stability-1.9978323">successor</a>, Isaac Herzog, who was sworn in as <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/isaac-herzog-to-be-sworn-in-as-israel-s-11th-president-1.9975906">Israel&rsquo;s 11th president</a> this week. We ask: Was Rivlin the best president <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-rivlin-was-the-best-president-israel-could-expect-in-such-fraught-times-1.9968963">Israel could have expected</a> in such fraught times? Was it <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-s-new-president-presented-with-digital-copy-of-father-s-signed-oath-1.9981659">Herzog&rsquo;s destiny</a> to follow in his father&rsquo;s footsteps and become Israel&rsquo;s No. 1 citizen? And how will he respond if &ndash; and when &ndash; former prime minister <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-would-a-likud-government-without-netanyahu-be-worse-than-the-current-one-1.9975891">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> asks him for a pardon?

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.

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