Host Simon Spungin is practicing responsible social distancing again, but is joined by telephone by Yossi Melman, Anshel Pfeffer and Judy Maltz. On the agenda today: Israel’s arguably Orwellian response to the coronavirus crisis – granting the Shin Bet access to the cellphones of citizens believed to have contracted the virus – and the Gordian knot of post-election coalition building, made even more complicated by the global health panic.

Host Simon Spungin is practicing responsible social distancing again, but is joined by telephone by Yossi Melman, Anshel Pfeffer and Judy Maltz. On the agenda today: Israel&rsquo;s arguably Orwellian response to the coronavirus crisis &ndash; granting the Shin Bet access to the cellphones of citizens believed to have contracted the virus &ndash; and the Gordian knot of post-election coalition building, made even more complicated by the global health panic.

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.