Right before we begin this week, we wanted to share some news we're excited about.

Our very first unholy live event is coming to London, June 8th.

That's right around the corner.

More details and a link to book your tickets in our show notes.

Even by Israeli standards this week stands out.

Netanyahu's top advisors arrested in the Qatar Gate affair,

the Prime Minister himself, questioned while scrambling to appoint a new shin bed director

in spite of the court blocking him.

Israel, expanding its war in Gaza, while 59 hostages are still being held there.

And we search for some answers in our Jewish past with

lawyer, writer, and scholar Anthony Julius, because obviously the present is a very big question

mark. It's unholy. I'm Unholy. I'm Unholy. Two Jews on the news.

Jonathan is away, and I needed someone to help me make sense of everything,

or at least sit with me on a metaphorical couch together and be bewildered.

So I asked my dear friend Mati Friedman to talk to me today.

Hi, Mati.

Hi, Unite.

Best-selling author and writer for the free press

in Jerusalem. There's a huge gap between us. We should tell our listeners because you're a Jerusalemite,

and I'm a Tila Vivian, and that comes with a lot of differences, but we'll try and bridge over them

because there's so much to say this week. But beyond everything, I mean, we should also say, I think, mentioned

that you were originally from Canada, which means you come with a 25% tariff this morning,

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