TOI talks: The devil in the Pew and strumming a tune for an intifadaversary

On this week’s episode: A major study finds almost half of Israeli Jews support transferring or expelling Arabs; the Bibi-Obama telenovela fails to shock anyone; marking six months of a terror whatever-you-call-it, and six strings of self defense

The panel this week looks at the first major Pew study of Israeli public opinion, and findings that show that many Jews want to expel Arabs, though they’d rather their kids marry them than marry someone from another political persuasion.

The tussle between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama took another twist with a snub of the White Houseand Jeffrey Goldberg’s tell-a-lot. The panel asks whether the kerfuffle is anything new.

This week Israel marked six months since the beginning of a terror wave, what some are calling an intifada. Panel members reflect on how the slog through half a year of violence has affected them.

Plus, after selfie sticks and umbrellas, a guitar joins the unlikely list of objects Israelis have used to thwart terror attacks

Also on this week’s podcast…

An interview with Pew researcher Alan Cooperman

Knesset correspondent Marissa Newman talks with the man behind Pew’s groundbreaking Israel study on what the high number of Jews wanting to expel Arabs means, and what he might have done differently had he known.

Reporter’s notebook

Ahead of the Jerusalem Marathon, Times of Israel reporter Melanie Lidman joins Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on a morning jog to discuss running the marathon, running the city, and maybe even running for higher office.