Bibi's secret visit, Israeli election timetable - and a veteran mensch

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

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Yonit and Jonathan discuss a week brimming with unresolved questions. Did Benjamin Netanyahu really travel to the UAE during the war with Iran? Why would he leak it now, and what led the UAE to issue such a quick denial? After a trip to China, where is Donald Trump heading on Iran? And inside Israel, as the political drama intensified with United Torah Judaism threatening to break ranks with the coalition over the draft bill's failure, could elections be held in September? And what role could be played by a possible plea bargain for Netanyahu? Finally, there’s a crowded field for our mensch award this week – who will come out in front: a 100 year old international treasure or a newborn baby?

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0:00.0	Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates, or did he?
0:05.0	Donald Trump makes a visit to China, and there is talk again of early Israeli elections.
0:10.2	It's unholy. I'm Jonathan Friedland in London.
0:13.0	And I'm Unite Levine. Jews on the news.
0:27.7	I liked your intro, Jonathan.
0:29.0	It does signal that we have a lot to talk about in our episode today.
0:33.0	Yes.
0:33.5	Oh, my word.
0:34.7	So much going on.
0:35.6	But, I mean, before we get to the business in hand, some more immediate business for your many followers in Israel,
0:42.4	because your book, Yonit, has been published in Hebrew in Israel.
0:46.7	Yes, it has been.
0:47.7	If I could make a fan phone noise, I would do that.
0:50.1	I don't want to inflict that on anyone listening or watching.
0:53.8	Long-time viewers on YouTube and elsewhere
0:55.9	will have seen the book strategically placed over your shoulder
0:59.4	and there has been a change because there it is the Hebrew edition.
1:03.7	So tell us all about it.
1:04.7	Yeah, first of all, I mean, I think you felt this
1:07.0	when your book was translated into Hebrew, the escape artist
1:10.3	and the weight of it of the
1:11.8	story, you know, in Hebrew. And to me, this is my first book. It was written in English and to have it
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