JTA's Israel election podcast
You've been Waiting for 61 with us. Help us see it through.
Every weekday, Ruth Eglash, JTA’s Senior Israel Correspondent, and Ami Eden, CEO of JTA’s parent company 70 Faces Media, untangle Israel's election: the parties, the alliances and the math of building a 61-seat majority. The show is free for every listener. Listener gifts are what keep it that way.
61 of 120 Knesset seats makes a governing majority. Your gift keeps JTA's reporting going through election day and the coalition talks that follow.
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Israel votes Oct. 27. The story doesn't end there.
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Ruth Eglash and Ami Eden explain the personalities, power struggles and math behind every twist of the campaign, every weekday.
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