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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Israel’s new leader has a Canadian connection—and plenty of challenges
Description: This week, Israel got its first new prime minister in over a decade: Naftali Bennett, an Orthodox right-wing politician, formed an unlikely governing coalition with centrist and left-wing parties, as well as the United Arab List.
Bennett, who spent some formative years living in Montreal as a young child, has staunch positions on controversial domestic issues. He supports settlements in the West Bank, rejects the prospect of a nuclear deal with Iran and opposes a two-state solution with Palestine.
Keeping an eye on all this movement, from his home in Jerusalem, is Canadian professor Irwin...