Massive change in the Middle East, Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria crumbles in a matter of days.

In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stand as a defendant in his corruption trial in the middle of a war.

And both are mentioned Chutzp Awards today are quite sporty.

It's unholy. I'm Yonit Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv.

And I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London. Jews on the news. We have two big guests for you this week, a sage luminary of the world of

American foreign policy and an award-winning filmmaker. So we're going to bring you all of those.

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