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Two Nice Jewish Boys

#154 - Liberman: Evading Indictments and Taking Down Governments (Simona Weinglass)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7804 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Aesop, the great greek storyteller, once said “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” Israel, just like any country with a government, has a history of political corruption. Ehud Olmert, Ariyeh Deri, Moshe Katzav, these are all names that are synonymous in most Israeli minds with the concept of political corruption. One party that has been especially dogged by corruption charges is Israel Beyteinu, the party founded and headed by Avigdor Liberman. Today we’re joined by the amazing journalist Simona Weinglass. Simona is an old friend of the podcast, she joined us around two years ago to discuss the fraudulent Binary Options industry we she helped to take down with her groundbreaking expose in the Times of Israel titled the Wolves of Tel Aviv. Today, Simona joins us to talk about corruption in Israel.

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0:00.0

I'm Aiton Weinstein.

0:01.0

And I'm Naor Menninger.

0:03.0

And you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

0:07.0

This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.

0:15.0

Asop, the great Greek storyteller, once said,

0:20.0

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

0:23.6

Israel, just like any country with a government, has a history of political corruption.

0:29.6

Ehud Olmert, Ariad Derry, Moshe Katzav, these are all names that are synonymous in most Israeli minds

0:36.6

with the concept of political corruption.

0:39.4

One party that has been especially dogged by corruption charges is Israel Batainu,

0:44.9

the party founded and headed by Avigdoli Wilman.

0:48.1

Today we're joined by the amazing journalist Simona Weinglass.

0:51.5

Simona is an old friend of the podcast.

0:56.2

She joined us around two years ago to discuss the fraudulent binary options industry, which she had a huge part in taking down

1:02.1

with her groundbreaking expose in the Times of Israel. It was titled The Wolves of Tel Aviv,

1:07.7

so check out that episode. And today, you're joining us to talk about corruption in general.

1:13.5

Now, you wrote, first of all, thank you so much for joining us.

1:16.2

Thank you.

1:16.6

I'm very glad to be here.

1:17.9

For joining me.

1:18.7

Usually, Na'Or is here, so I sound like schizophrenic.

1:22.1

But today, obviously, guys, as you can see, if you're watching us, but for our listeners,

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