PODCAST: What just happened? A post-election debrief

Post-election Israel looks a lot like pre-election Israel, but a lot of progressives now have some painful questions to ask themselves. Lisa Goldman joins the podcast to talk about what comes next.

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A week after Netanyahu easily won another election, things don’t look all that different in Israel-Palestine. But one thing has changed: all those who told themselves Israel was seeking a two-state solution this entire time now have some difficult and painful questions to ask themselves.

Our guest this week, +972 Magazine co-founder and contributing editor Lisa Goldman, doesn’t think most people have the courage to look that reality in the eyes.

“They’re going to come up against a pretty thick wall pretty soon. How can we be a democracy if half the people living now permanently under Israeli control can’t vote. That’s going to be pretty difficult to explain to the outside world.”

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