Politica – Israeli Politics Explained

A new TJI podcast breaks down Israeli politics for a Jewish Diaspora audience, ahead of the next Israeli election. Each episode will provides clear explanations, political context and informed discussion to help listeners understand one of the world’s loudest political systems.

Episode 14: SPECIAL: Election Update - Should You Believe Israel's Polls

With less than 10 days until Israel’s election, Sharon and Yuval explain why Israeli polling is so hard to read and why the biggest party doesn’t automatically form the government.

Episode 14: SPECIAL: Election Update - Deadlock Déjà Vu

Two weeks out, Netanyahu’s coalition and the opposition are more or less tied, and neither has a path to 61 seats without the Arab parties. Sharon and Yuval explain vote-sharing agreements and ask whether Israel could be heading back to the polls on 28 October.

Episode 13: To Bibi or not to Bibi ... that is the election

For more than three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has been the face of Israel to Jews and governments around the world. Sharon and Yuval look at how he built and kept power: his corruption trial, the political culture known as "Bibism," his record after 7 October, and his strained relationship with the diaspora. Will Israel crown him King Bibi?

Episode 12: Will the Arabs save the Jews? Israel's election sheikhmaker

Ahead of Israel's election, neither of Israel's political blocs can reach a majority without the Arab vote.

Sharon and Yuval discuss how Mansour Abbas, Ra'am, and the coalition math is shaping Israel's election, from the October 7th story of Osama Abu Asha to the organised crime crisis driving Arab voters' priorities.