Joining host Simon Spungin for Episode 50 is Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn, who looks back on a tempestuous week in Israeli politics, following the attorney general's decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, breach of trust and fraud.

We ask: Is the end for Netanyahu? Can he survive an internal challenge to his leadership of Likud? Who are the frontrunners to replace him? And could he possibly win the seemingly inevitable third election and be tasked with forming a government?

Also, we find a silver lining: the current caretaker government is so disorganized that legislation allowing for the sacred status quo in religious-secular relations to be broken could make its way through the Knesset.

Joining host <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968283">Simon Spungin</a> for Episode 50 is Haaretz editor-in-chief <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968096">Aluf Benn</a>, who looks back on a tempestuous week in Israeli politics, following the attorney general's decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-charged-bribery-fraud-corruption-israel-election-1.8137771">bribery, breach of trust and fraud</a>.
We ask: Is the end for Netanyahu? Can he survive an <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-is-gideon-sa-ar-s-challenge-a-full-scale-likud-rebellion-against-netanyahu-1.8167557">internal challenge</a> to his leadership of Likud? Who are the frontrunners to replace him? And could he possibly win the seemingly inevitable third election and be tasked with forming a government?
Also, we find a <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-despite-a-few-glitches-tel-aviv-hails-new-shabbat-bus-service-as-great-success-1.8166342">silver lining</a>: the current caretaker government is so disorganized that legislation allowing for the sacred status quo in religious-secular relations to be broken could make its way through the Knesset.

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.