# Lebanon ceasefire, Senate Showdown, Orban out

An episode of [Unholy: Two Jews on the News](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1548441108), 16 Apr 2026, 42 min.

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Watch us on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1GIuMFYYX1E Get more Unholy content: https://unholy-podcast.lovable.app/ 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 🌐 Our website: https://unholy-podcast.com 💛 Become a friend of the pod: Patreon: https://bit.ly/UnholyPatreon 📺 FOLLOW UNHOLY YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGlvtS7As7WHh7YtmU5SMUQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unholypodcast/ X: https://x.com/unholypod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/unholypod.bsky.social 🎧 LISTEN TO UNHOLY Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/unholy-two-jews-on-the-news/id1548441108 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2m2UnLfiAyOehtF1bsv98W 🎙️ THE HOSTS Yonit Levi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yonitleviofficial/ X: https://x.com/LeviYonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonit-levi/ Jonathan Freedland Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanfreedland/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanfreedland.bsky.social 📩 Contact: unholy@unholy-media.com 🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/unholypod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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