The "From Sex Industry to Ex-Industry?" Edition

Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Looking to support the show? Learn how on Patreon. Nabi Saleh, 1:15 a.m. Al Jazeera published a video of IDF soldiers searching a West Bank Palestinian home. What, if anything, can we learn from it about the nature of the occupation and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? Paper Trail (or in the Gloam with Yisrael Ha-Yom) There was a shocking disclosure that Prime Minister Netanyahu conversed lots with the owner and editor of Israel's biggest newspaper, the free daily Yisrael Ha-Yom, before elections and many other important news events. Could this possibly be kosher? From Sex Industry to Ex-Industry? The courts and the Knesset have recently moved to squelch the sex industry: is this blessed feminism or cursed puritanism? Music: Daphna Recter Ha-Shir Al Ha-aretz Elohimim Yom Tov Thank You, with Tal Ne'eman