Arms Deals, UN Decisions and Israel’s Press Under Threat - with Alex Edelman live from NYC

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Unholy Media

News, Yonit Levi, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Jews, Religion & Spirituality, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Israel Podcast, Middle East, Jonathan Freedland, Documentary

4.7 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

After Donald Trump warmly welcomed Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, Yonit and Jonathan explore what enhanced US military sales to the kingdom mean for Israel’s security - and how the changing relationship between Washington and Riyadh is reshaping Israeli politics. They examine the UN Security Council’s adoption of Trump’s Gaza plan, the fragile ceasefire on the ground and the growing threats facing journalists in Israel. And we dip back into our recent live event at the Streicker Center in New York City, with some sharp - and much-needed - humour from Alex Edelman.

Transcript

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0:00.0	President Trump, chummy with MBS, Israel's concerns about the qualitative military edge,
0:05.9	and we need some laughs.
0:07.3	A conversation with a comic genius Alex Edelman is coming up.
0:11.1	It's unholy.
0:11.8	I'm Yanny Levy in Tel Aviv.
0:13.7	And I'm Jonathan Friedland in London. It's unholy.
0:29.6	Two Jews on the news.
0:31.7	We're both now back, aren't we, in our respective normal places, having been globe-trotting and criss-crossing the US. We're both now back in our respective normal places, having been globe trotting and crisscrossing the US.
0:39.8	We're both now back in our usual positions.
0:43.5	Yes, it feels so regular.
0:45.4	I wish the news was sort of regular for a moment, but it isn't.
0:48.0	But we should say that we have been globe trotting because both of us were promoting
0:52.2	our respective books.
0:53.5	We should say that Jonathan's fabulous book,
0:56.5	The Trader's Circle, is now also in your feed on Holy Listeners. You can listen to the opening
1:01.9	sections of that wonderful book narrated by the author himself, which I always find a lovely
1:09.6	experience. So you could get that.
1:11.5	That has dropped this week.
1:13.2	And also to any of our listeners, there could be a few thinking that we are very self-involved
1:19.4	with our own books.
1:20.2	We should say that coming up in the next few weeks' conversations with other authors
1:24.8	about their books as well.
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