Host Simon Spungin talks to Ravit Hecht, Allison Kaplan Sommerand Chaim Levinson about the Central Election Committee's decision to bar left-wing and Arab candidates, while granting a certificate of kashrut to far-right candidates.

Plus: Will wild and wacky Moshe Feiglin become the kingmaker in the next Knesset – assuming he's not too stoned to vote – and why are Israelis apparently oblivious to the Ilhan Omar controversy that's dominating the American news cycle?

 

 

Host&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968283" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simon Spungin</a>&nbsp;talks to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968973" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ravit Hecht</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4969038" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Allison Kaplan Sommer</a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chaim Levinson</a>&nbsp;about the Central Election Committee's decision to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium.MAGAZINE-knesset-candidate-netanyahu-is-an-arch-murderer-zionism-encourages-anti-semitism-1.6935511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bar left-wing and Arab candidates</a>, while granting a certificate of kashrut to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-jewish-groups-condemn-decision-not-to-ban-far-right-party-from-israeli-election-1.6999774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far-right candidates</a>.
Plus: Will wild and wacky&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/right-winger-s-success-in-polls-endangers-gantz-and-netanyahu-alike-1.7002072" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Moshe Feiglin</a>&nbsp;become the kingmaker in the next Knesset &ndash; assuming he's not too stoned to vote &ndash; and why are Israelis apparently oblivious to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-in-israel-nobody-knows-or-cares-about-the-ilhan-omar-anti-semitism-controversy-1.7001907" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ilhan Omar</a>&nbsp;controversy that's dominating the American news cycle?
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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.