About this episode

The episode discusses the potential reshaping of Israeli politics following the events of October 7 with Dr. Einat Wilf.

A new Israeli election is coming -- and it may reshape everything. In this opening episode of our election series, I sit down with former MK and political thinker Dr. Einat Wilf, now leading the new Oz party, to ask a fundamental question: Has October 7 broken Israeli politics as we knew it? We dive into voter realignment, the possible collapse of old “tribes,” the Haredi draft crisis, and whether a new political vision can emerge, or whether the system is too entrenched to change. -- This episode is sponsored anonymously in memory of Jack Rose and his son, Paul Lawrence Rose, and dedicated to the themes of Jewish survival, renewal, and education. Jack Rose’s parents and siblings were gassed in Nazi death camps. After serving with the Allies, he rebuilt his life in the UK, becoming president of Blackburn College of Technology and a robotics pioneer and publishing over fifty books. Honored by the Queen and UNESCO, Jack eventually reconnected to Israel, traveling often to the Jewish homeland. His son, Paul, transformed that legacy into scholarship as a leading historian of German culture and antisemitism. Before his 2014 death, Paul was editing a definitive manuscript…

People in this episode

Host: Haviv Rettig Gur

Guest: Dr. Einat Wilf

Topics covered

• Israeli politics
• voter realignment
• Haredi draft crisis
• political vision
• election series

Keywords

• Israeli election
• political change
• voter realignment
• Haredi draft
• Oz party

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oz party

Places: Mexico City

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