Haviv Rettig Gur: Political footballs and politicians' fumbles

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent political developments in Israel, including a joint electoral run by former prime ministers and the implications for the upcoming elections.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with The Times of Israel's senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur . On Sunday, former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced a joint run for this year's Israeli elections.  Immediately, polling showed that the combined electoral slate, dubbed “Together,” would win a total of 26 seats if elections were held Monday, placing them ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud as the Knesset’s largest party, according to Channel 12. Later in the week, Opposition Leader Lapid told Bennett that he was willing to take third place, rather than second, on their joint electoral slate if it would help secure a broader merger with Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot. On this week's episode, in the spirit of the newly completed NFL draft, we play fantasy football and weigh the merits of the current parties and politicians vyying for the Knesset in this year's election. And so this week, we ask Haviv Rettig Gur what matters now. What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Borschel-Dan

Guest: Haviv Rettig Gur

Topics covered

• Israeli elections
• political analysis
• party mergers
• fantasy football
• Knesset
• current events

Keywords

• Israeli elections
• Naftali Bennett
• Yair Lapid
• Knesset
• political analysis
• Haviv Rettig Gur
• fantasy football
• Gadi Eisenkot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Times of Israel, Yashar

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