The president has tasked the former general – and Binyamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival – with building a <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/11/08/gadi-eisenkot-has-a-chance-to-form-a-new-government-in-israel?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new government</a>. With just six weeks and barely a third of the Knesset seats on his side, will he succeed? Russia has a <a href="https://www.economist.com/interactive/graphic-detail/2026/10/30/stalled-on-the-front-lines-russia-hits-ukraine-harder?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stalled front line</a> with Ukraine but is bombarding harder from the air. And why the sale of the world’s oldest <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/10/22/britains-elite-may-soon-become-harder-to-spot?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">biographical reference annual</a> matters.Guests and host:<ul><li>Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent</li><li>Sondre Solstad, data journalist</li><li>Catherine Nixey, Britain correspondent</li><li>Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul>Topics covered: <ul><li>Israel, Gadi Eisenkot, Binyamin Netanyahu</li><li>Ukraine, Russia, Vladimir Putin</li><li>Who’s Who, Britain, publishing</li></ul>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to The Economist</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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