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Alternative dialogist Baruch Widen joins Yishai. Together, they present audio clips recently broadcast on Al Jezeera that discuss how the two-state solution hasn’t worked and how Arab movements that span the political and social spectrum are looking for alternatives. Don’t miss this fascinating segment!

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Alternative peace activist Baruch Widen joins Yishai. For the segment, they discuss how Widen’s son recently made Aliyah to Israel and Widen describes the shopping experience to help his son prepare for school.  They move on to talk about the relationship between Israel and Turkey and end the segment by discussing the need for the Israeli government needs to act to end the threat from Iran.

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Friend and colleague Baruch Widen joins Yishai. They talk about Yishai’s recent experience with being assaulted by Arab youths that threw rocks towards Yishai and his family.  Because of the assault, Yishai missed a conference that took place in Hebron where alternatives to the two-state solution were discussed.  Widen talks about the environment of the conference and some of the ideas that were discussed.  They move on to talk about how Israeli sovereignty needs to be extended across Judea and Samaria and at 20:30 Yishai presents a piece of the speech that American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave in Jerusalem this week.  They wrap up by providing commentary to Clinton’s time in Israel.

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Alternative peace activist Baruch Widen joins Yishai and together they discuss the The Plesner Committee and how the induction of ultra-orthodox Jews into the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces affects all Israelis. Yishai and Widen specifically talk about reactions from both sides of the issue and how an army that is more diverse could be good for both religious and secular Jews. They talk about how Israeli Arabs, which are also currently not required to service, should also be required to serve. At 22:01, Yishai shifts gears and presents a piece from NPR about Christian sites in Israel that are currently in the hands of the Palestinian Authority. To conclude, they talk about the biased nature of the NPR piece and discuss truth behind the information presented.

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Alternative peace activist Baruch Widen joins Managing Editor of Jewish Press Online,Yishai Fleisher,. Together, they talk about the results of the Presidential election in Egypt and how these results will affect the relationship between Israel and Egypt. Yishai ends the segment by talking about difficulties he personally has faced living among Arabs and how they often make the choice to hate rather than love both Jews and each other.

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Managing Editor of Jewish Press Online,Yishai Fleisher is joined by friend and colleague Baruch Widen. Together, they discuss a recent trip to a Jerusalem bar for Yishai’s birthday and a related trip to a non-Kosher restaurant and encounter with an employee there. The two move on to talk about dialog between religious dialog in Israel and the segment wraps up with Yishai and Widen talking about the current situation in Syria.

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Managing Editor of Jewish Press Online, Yishai Fleisher, is joined by friend and colleague Baruch Widen. Together, they discuss a recent trip by Widen to the top of the Temple Mount and how difficult it currently is for non-Muslims to visit the holy site due to the situation created by the Israeli government. Change coming to the status of the Temple Mount is discussed, as is the introduction of Yishai’s new project to only speak good speech about the Land of Israel for 40 days. The segment wraps up with a discussion of how speaking positive about the Land of Israel helps rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.

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