Host Simon Spungin is joined by Noa Landau and Michael Hauser-Tov to discuss a stormy few days in the Knesset – and landmark rulings from the High Court: the justices’ decision that the Nation-State Law does not violate Israel’s unwritten constitution; the embarrassing scenes in the Knesset, where ideology was trumped by spite over the Citizenship Law; the court’s ruling that surrogacy should be offered to all; and the departure of Benjamin Netanyahu from the prime minister’s residence on Balfour Street.

Host Simon Spungin is joined by <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4969059">Noa Landau</a> and <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.9797609">Michael Hauser-Tov</a> to discuss a stormy few days in the Knesset &ndash; and landmark rulings from the High Court: the justices&rsquo; decision that the <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-high-court-rules-nation-state-law-is-constitutional-denies-petitions-against-it-1.9982856">Nation-State Law does not violate Israel&rsquo;s unwritten constitution</a>; the embarrassing scenes in the Knesset, where <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-united-arab-list-lawmaker-says-party-won-t-vote-on-any-knesset-legislation-1.9990047">ideology was trumped by spite</a> over the <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-why-the-government-s-defeat-on-citizenship-law-is-a-good-thing-1.9974070">Citizenship Law</a>; the court&rsquo;s ruling that surrogacy should be offered to all; and the departure of Benjamin Netanyahu from the <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-netanyahu-family-vacates-prime-minister-s-residence-after-12-years-1.9989212">prime minister&rsquo;s</a> residence on <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-after-midnight-bibi-left-the-official-residence-outside-these-people-celebrated-1.9989659">Balfour Street</a>.

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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