#347 - Deciphering Ben Gvir and Smotrich: A Deep Dive into Religious Zionism (Yair Ettinger)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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As the war in Gaza rages on, the influence of the Religious Zionist party, led by figures like Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, looms large over the direction of the Israeli government. With key ministerial positions in hand, they wield considerable power in shaping policies not only concerning the ongoing war but also regarding broader societal issues such as military service, national identity and economic affairs. Today, we’re going to take a close look at this pivotal shift in Israeli society with our distinguished guest, Yair Ettinger, an Israeli journalist and the author of the illuminating new book, "Frayed: The Disputes Unraveling Religious Zionists", Ettinger's work provides invaluable insights into the challenges facing the Religious Zionist movement, which has become increasingly influential within Israeli politics and society. Amidst the turmoil of war and political maneuvering, many questions arise about the future direction of Religious Zionism and its impact on the broader Israeli landscape. Ettinger is an award-winning journalist, with decades of experience. Frayed has won the 2021 Hillel Kook Award and is a finalist of the Jewish Book Council. He was a journalist for Haaretz newspaper for 20 years and today, he’s one of Kan’s commentators on Religious affairs and writes for various outlets such as Ynet. We are super thrilled to be joined by Yair Ettinger on this episode of the Two Nice Jewish Boys podcast.

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0:00.0	This is Aiton Weinstein.
0:01.7	And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.
0:28.6	As the war in Gaza rages on, the influence of the religious Zionist party, led by figures like Bitzal al-Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvier looms large over the direction of the Israeli government.
0:35.6	With key ministerial positions in hand, they wield considerable power in shaping policies,
0:41.6	not only concerning the ongoing war, but also regarding broader societal issues such as military
0:47.5	service, national identity, and economic affairs.
0:51.9	Today, we're going to take a close look at this pivotal shift in Israeli society with our
0:57.3	distinguished guest, Yeir Ettinger, an Israeli journalist and the author of the illuminating
1:03.6	book, New Book, Freid, The Disputes Unraveling Religious Zionists.
1:09.7	Ettinger's work provides invaluable insights into the challenges facing the religious Zionist
1:14.9	movement, which has become increasingly influential within Israeli politics and society.
1:21.2	Amidst the turmoil of war and political maneuvering, many questions arise about the future
1:26.3	direction of religious Zionism and its impact on the broader
1:29.4	Israeli landscape. Ettinger is an award-winning journalist with decades of experience. Freid has won the
1:37.2	2021 Hillel Cook Award and is a finalist of the Jewish Book Council. Ettinger was a journalist for Ha'Aritz newspaper for 20 years,
1:46.0	and today he's one of Khan's commentators on religious affairs
1:49.0	and writes for various outlets such as WineNet.
1:52.0	We are super, super, super thrilled to be joined by Ja'Ir Ettinger
1:56.0	on this episode of the Two Nice Jewish Boys Podcast.
1:59.0	Thank you so much for doing this.
2:00.0	Hi, Haytan and Naor. I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you so much for coming. So I have to
2:05.4	start by asking you, let's start from the basics. Do you think the Tionud Datit, the Smotrich and
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