Episode 34 - AIPAC, Weed, and Two-state Solution with MK Tamar Zandberg

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Meretz, one of Israel’s left-wing, social-democratic parties, was formed in 1992, winning 12 parliamentary seats in that year’s election. Over the years the party has sat on both sides of the aisle, even joining the ultra-orthodox Shas party in Yitzhak Rabin’s 1992 Labor-led coalition. Today, Meretz is part of the opposition and holds 5 seats, one of which is held by Tamar Zandberg. MK Zandberg was elected to the Tel Aviv city council in 2008 as a member of Meretz. She was a key figure in the 2011 social protests, during which she led, along with other council members, Meretz’s withdrawal from the city council coalition. Zandberg was elected to the Knesset in 2013, and today she is one of the most well-spoken and thought-provoking Kenneset Members. She joins 2NJB to talk about the future of Israel’s left.

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:07.9	Hi, I'm Aiton Weinstein, and I'm the Orm Mininger.
0:11.2	M.K. Tamal Zanberg entered politics in 2008, when she was elected to the Tel Aviv City Council as a member of the Merritt Party.
0:18.7	During her time as a council member, she served on several committees,
0:23.2	working diligently to promote women's rights, public transportation on Shabbat, affordable housing,
0:28.7	civil and same-sex marriage, and many other causes. Zanberg played a central role in the social
0:34.5	protest movement of 2011 and led the withdrawal of merits from the council
0:39.3	coalition following the too violent suppression of those protests. In 2013, Zanzberg rose to the
0:47.1	national stage, joining the Knesset as a member of Meritz, where she continues to vehemently promote
0:52.5	the causes she believes in. She joins us today to
0:55.5	talk about these and more. This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal,
1:00.5	www.g Jewishjournal.com. Also in cooperation with Secret Tel Aviv, Israel's largest online social
1:07.7	network community in English. Just look for the group on Facebook or visit them at
1:11.9	Secret Tel Aviv.com. Subscribe to two nice Jewish boys on iTunes. And if you like the podcast, don't forget to
1:18.5	rate us. Hi, Tamal. How are you? Hi. Great. How are you? So first of all, what is vehemently?
1:26.7	Veimently? I was too shy to to ask so thank you yeah soon I have to admit
1:30.8	now that I have no idea I hope it works in context but I'm not sure you made that up I
1:35.5	might have we're proud that you know yeah you know Elias of Ben Yehuda exactly
1:41.6	he invented like the whole, like, modern Hebrew.
1:44.7	Yeah.
1:45.1	So why not?
1:46.1	Why not?
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