This is Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.

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Also in collaboration with Arutscheva, Israel National News.com. If you'd like to

support the podcast, visit to njb.com slash donate. These are highly turbulent times in Israel.

Not only are we facing the corona crisis with a health system that's more or less stuck in the 80s, we are also in the midst of a political earthquake that's shattering the entire Israeli political landscape as we know it.

Here's a small recap of what's happened here in just the past few days. The Supreme Court ordered Yuli Adelstein, the head

of the Knesset, to hold an election for his successor. He refused and resigned, thus causing

a constitutional rift if Israel had a constitution. Gantz, the head of the blue and white party,

decided to cross his political partner, Yehiel Lapid,

and against all odds, joined Beebe for a right-wing Orthodox government.

And if nothing crazy happens, which at this point is just like saying if nothing normal happens,

it looks like Bennett, Israel's defense minister, will be left out of the upcoming coalition.

And that's just the appetizer.

To discuss all this sweet, sweet craziness, we decided to talk to Vivian Berkovich.

Vivian served as Canada's ambassador to Israel between 2014 and 2016.

She's a rehabilitated lawyer.

She's currently an independent business consultant and a columnist

for several outlets, including the Jerusalem Post, the National Post, the Canadian Daily, and

Commentary Magazine? Yeah, National Post is a Canadian Daily. Ah, the National Post, which is the Canadian

Daily. Yes.

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