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Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis

Israel from the Inside is for people who want to understand Israel with nuance, who believe that Israel is neither hopelessly flawed and illegitimate, nor beyond critique. If thoughtful analysis of Israel and its people interests you, welcome!

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A ONE WAY FLIGHT is the name that Channel 11 gave to its video profile of a prominent Israeli couple who are leaving, for good.

They're hardly alone. The question is how many there are. That's an issue we'll examine through multiple angles in the coming weeks.

Today, the Likud is holding its primaries. Here's a taste of the campaign ...

There are some very serious lawmakers in the Likud. Given the videos below, we can understand the rumors about their breaking away to form a new party. But they know it's potential political suicide.

A new "Partition Plan"? Is Israel knowingly giving away the Galilee?

If you read part of the press this weekend, you'd have to assume "yes." But are there other reasons for that headline, when no one else is covering the story?

On the battlefield, their job is to take care of everyone else. But who takes of them, during and after?

Listen now | We meet Elad Ariely and Yotam Cohen, two combat medics, who are part of "Always Beside You", a national organization to support those who spend their days saving the lives of others.

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Former hostage Rom Braslavski just warned his former captors that Israel is going to kill them all

Turns out, that's official government policy. Today we look at a longstanding tradition in Jewish life and in Israeli history

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These elections are without doubt critical. Are they also Israel’s last chance?

Thoughts on the Israeli press, a political parlor meeting and an evening in the desert that reminded us all why we live here.

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These young Israelis believe that what we need is not unity, but serious disagreement over profound ideas — and a new covenant of service.

We meet two Israelis who believe that what Zionism needs now is a flow of serious thinking of the sort that launched it over a century ago. They're determined to make it happen.

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It's under 90 days to go ... and election season is in the air

The Likud posted a video attacking Eisenkot that everyone described as an "own goal." And Bennett is trying to restore his sheen.

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Even in darkish times, Israelis aren't too busy to take swipes at the rabbinate or remind families what we're all about.

And yesterday, we accidentally omitted the transcript of the video presentation, so we're including that here for our paid subscribers, with an apology and with thanks.

After all we've been through, how many of us are prepared to say, "I was wrong"?

How were we wrong about anti-Semitism, the Entebbe rescue, the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza and even Judicial Reform? Are we willing to entertain the idea that we erred?

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