July 18, 2008
In the video clip below, HaAretz columnist Ari Shavit and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg discuss Israel at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The talk was moderated by The Atlantic's editor, James Bennet.
If you like what you see and hear, you should check out part II and part III. As a teaser, here's my favorite question asked by James Bennet in the third part:
Let me ask you about the [Olmert] corruption inquiry itself, because I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. After all these years and all this talk about Israelis trying to influence the American government through the American Jewish community, we have apparently an American Jew paying money directly for some sort of influence to Olmert. Is this progress?
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Why is it your life in Israel is a drama as you said in your post?