This has been one of these weeks which seem peculiar to Israel, moving from the down-to-earth bargaining of politics to somber and then joyous ceremonies of national commemoration and celebration. As the country marked its Memorial and Independence days, there was a short respite in the efforts to cobble together a Knesset coalition able to support a functioning government. On its seventy-third birthday, how independent is the State of Israel and how self-sustaining is its political system?
Guests Dr. Einat Wilf, Author and former Israeli Member of Parliament, and Mr. Dan Diker, Senior Fellow, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Analysts Amir Oren. Host Jonathan Hessen.
