The countdown to Israel's monumental election
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The countdown to Israel's monumental election

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202627 min
  • Politics

Journalist and former correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the nation's elections. Polling suggests neither Netanyahu's Likud party, nor the challenging bloc lead by Gadi Eisenkot will win enough seats to form a majority. Guest: Irris Makler, journalist and former Jerusalem correspondent, France24

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Welcome to Late Night Live, coming to you from Gadiel land on the shores of Sydney Harbour. I'm David Ma. In her 70 years on the throne, Elizabeth met every American president of her reign, Bar One. Lyndon Johnson was not to be charmed. A new book by the distinguished Washington correspondent, Susan Page, looks at the diplomatic impact of these meetings

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of monarch and presidents from the early 50s into the 21st century, which Susan Page argues helped shape the post-war world. But first, for years it seemed Israel held elections every year, sometimes twice a year. So it's all the more remarkable that the election to be held next Tuesday will be the

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first opportunity the country has had to give its verdict on the slaughter of the 7th of October 2023 and the misery and death that have followed since in the Middle East. Back in Jerusalem, waiting by the phone, is Iris Macla, to whom we turn off on Late Night Live to discuss Israel.

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