Podcasts · Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Lebanon ceasefire, Senate Showdown, Orban out

16 Apr 2026 · 42 min · Episode 281

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As Israel marks one week out of 40 days of missiles from Iran, Yonit and Jonathan take apart the week's impossible contradictions: Netanyahu delivering a triumphalist Yom HaShoah speech while 400 kilograms of enriched uranium remain intact in Iran; a fragile Lebanon ceasefire that almost no one trusts; 40 Democratic senators voting against arms transfers; and Italy's far-right prime minister — until now Israel's last ally in Europe — quietly moving toward the exit.

They also clock a historic election in Hungary, what Orban's fall means for the Israeli opposition, and whether Gadi Eisenkot is the figure who finally changes the picture.

CHAPTERS: [00:00] Intro

[02:30] Two kinds of sirens — explaining Yom HaShoah to kids during active war

[05:00] Yom HaShoah: the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and why Israel chose this date

[06:00] The war breakfast menu — 40 days and no off switch

[08:44] Iran ceasefire: fragile, murky, and far from over

[14:42] Netanyahu's Holocaust Day speech — and what it got wrong

[20:47] Israeli elections: Eisenkot, Bennett, and the Orban lesson from Hungary

[27:00] Democrats break with Israel: Slotkin, 40 Senate votes, and who lost America

[33:45] Italy's Meloni shifts — even the far-right is moving

[40:41] Chutzpah Award: JD Vance tells the Pope to be careful about theology

[43:30] Mensch Award: Parents Circle joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony

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