Hello, I'm Yonit Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv.

And I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London.

And we are unholy to choose on the news from Kesheap podcasts.

Hello, Yonit.

How are you doing this week?

Hello, Jonathan.

Well, it's, you know, it's an eventful week here in Israel.

Big political achievement for the Bennett government.

I'm going pretty heavy on the small talk, as you noticed.

You know, almost five months after being sworn in, they managed to get a budget passed

last night with a razor-thin majority.

You and I used to say this coalition is so diverse, they can't agree on lunch.

Well, they agreed on an economic blueprint.

So this is a pretty big deal.

This is why people want us as guests at their cocktail parties, you're,

because you and I, this is our idea of opening, ice-breaking chit-chat to talk about the Israel budget.

But you're on home ground.

I'm a lot of fun and parties, Mr. Fruylin.

I'll have you know.

Both of us are your go-to guests, because this is what we will bring to the festivities.

No, I'm, I, but you're on home ground here because I'm interested in this because, as we've

always said, people gave this, I mean, Netanyahu gave it, you know, five minutes, and yet here

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