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🎙 Filmed at M10 Studios, Tel Aviv https://m10.co.il/video-podcast-studio-tel-aviv Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, even at the cost of all-out war? Judicial reform, even at the cost of tearing the country apart? Eylon Levy presses Simcha Rothman on his party’s vision and how he plans to deliver it.Religious Zionism's Simcha Rothman joins the Electioncast ahead of the Israeli election. He chooses to discuss judicial reform, settlement and sovereignty, and deregulation and free markets. Eylon adds foreign relations.Rothman proposes limiting the courts’ powers to strike down laws. Eylon presses him on safeguards for minority rights. Rothman calls for sovereignty in Judea and Samaria without voting rights for Palestinians who remain. They clash over settlement farms and incentives for Jews to move to the Galilee. Israel Electioncast explores the first election since the October 7 massacre, for English-speaking Israelis and international viewers who want to understand what Israelis are really arguing about before the critical 27 October elections.Explore the series: https://www.eylonalevy.com/electioncast

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Support the podcast and join a subscriber-only Q&A webinar:👉 Subscribe on Patreon for $10/month: https://patreon.com/eylonpodcast Should Gazans have to cut up UNRWA cards to enter a new “Gaza of peace”, and should draft-dodgers be stopped from coming back into the country?Einat Wilf of the Reservists-Economic Party joins Eylon Levy ahead of the Israeli election. Their three agreed topics: universal service, the economy and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Eylon adds foreign policy.Wilf defends military or national service for everyone and benefit cuts for refusers. Eylon questions the justification for conscription to non-essential work and warns of a fierce backlash. He presses her on Yaron Zelekha’s economic plans: do the sums add up?Her own proposals include annexing an uninhabited part of Gaza and parts of Judea and Samaria, requiring entrants to her Gaza of peace to renounce refugee status and the right of return, and growing food on rooftops to prepare for extreme scenarios. Eylon pushes back: could her annexation plans drive allies towards sanctions? Israel Electioncast helps English-speaking Israelis and international viewers understand what Israelis are really arguing about before the critical 27 October elections. https://patreon.com/eylonpodcast The Reservists Party Policy Plans: https://www.themiluimnikim.org.il/platform/ The Economics Party Policy Plans: https://www.hakalkalit.org/ Explore the series: https://www.eylonalevy.com/electioncast

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Can a Palestinian state coexist with an indefinite Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley—and who checks judges powerful enough to overturn Basic Laws?

The Democrats' Gilad Kariv joins Eylon Levy ahead of the Israeli election. He chooses democracy and the legal system, religion and state, and diplomacy and security; Eylon separates diplomacy as the fourth topic.

After October 7, Kariv wants Israeli troops in the Jordan Valley for decades, replacing his earlier openness to foreign forces. Eylon challenges him on an indefinite presence: who would accept it alongside a demilitarised Palestinian state?

Kariv also defends a judiciary powerful enough to strike down Basic Laws, arguing it must protect democracy when the Knesset abuses its authority. Eylon challenges whether judges have put themselves above the law—and who gave them that power.

They also debate civil marriage, Shabbat buses and whether renewed talks can repair relations with America's left.

Israel Electioncast helps English-speaking Israelis and international viewers understand what Israelis are really arguing about before the critical 27 October elections.

Democrats Party's Policy Plans: https://democrats.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/plan-8-26-he.pdf

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