Analytical newsletter and podcast on Israel, Middle East, and Diaspora Jewry. Founded by @VivianBercovici, Former 🇨🇦 Ambassador to 🇮🇱

Tel Aviv, Israel
Joined March 2022
Have you heard of Moti Babchik... The architect of the Netanyahu bloc? Well, no time like the present... Especially on the eve of Israeli elections! 🗳️ We are so grateful to leadership at Israel's @N12News for sharing this remarkable interview with us and authorizing our subtitles. 🔗 @VivianBercovici's latest dispatch, including the full interview w English subtitles ⬇️ stateoftelaviv.com/p/moti-ba…
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Israeli elections 🗳️ are TOMORROW! And the @HatziburCharedi has quickly grabbed the attention of ultra-Orthodox and secular Israelis alike. ICYMI- @VivianBercovici and @ZivaGlanz in conversation ⬇️ stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e45-…
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Only in 🇮🇱! Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, Israeli service providers have replaced their network names with a simple message: “GO VOTE”. A creative reminder that every vote matters.
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🗳️ T-2 days until Israeli Elections! 🗳️ What sets the new Hareidi Public Party @HatziburCharedi apart from the legacy Hareidi parties? Why, for the first time, are some secular Israelis voting for a Hareidi party? @VivianBercovici had Hareidi Public candidate @ZivaGlanz on STLV podcast to talk about the key issues in Israeli society today, and some that may surprise you... Such as the needs and lack of unity of English-speaking voters in Israel. Listen now ⬇️ STLV 🔗 stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e45-… YT ▶️ youtu.be/uEdTN-D2x7A?si=sv_b…
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You are so full of crap @MarkJCarney Turkey. A real economic powerhouse. Super sophisticated economy. What’s the per capita GDP? You crap on the US and grovel to Turkey. Genius.
Our new Strategic Partnership with Türkiye will unlock better access to a market of more than 85 million people. That means major new opportunities for our workers and businesses.
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All the “leftist anarchists” are gathering in @stateoftlv to show support for election of a new govt in 🇮🇱 on Tuesday….that will support a State Commission of Inquiry. @OctoberCouncil makes it happen. 🔥 We will never forget. Never.
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.@matigill of the @BYachadEnglish: One of the party's top priorities is term limitation for future prime ministers of Israel. STLV 🔗 stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e44-… YT ▶️ youtu.be/fXLdNYDmaXw?si=Hroh…
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My latest: Four days to E-Day in Israel and how will things shake out? Who knows. National Post nationalpost.com/opinion/viv… via @nationalpost
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In their first hour of their government, B'Yachad party @Bennett2026_ will establish a state commission of inquiry. 🔥 Podcast with @matigill of the B'Yachad party led by @naftalibennett ⬇️ STLV 🔗 stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e44-… YT ▶️ youtu.be/fXLdNYDmaXw?si=toyd…
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A resident of the Gaza Envelope stands on Road 232, holding a sign, roughly translating to: You are travelling the same road of the Massacre and Abandonment. @VivianBercovici's latest dispatch, only on STLV ⬇️ stateoftelaviv.com/p/the-roa…
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40 years ago today, Amal and Hezbollah jihadists abducted Israeli airman Ron Arad. 40 years of unanswered questions. 40 years of longing. 40 years of a family waiting. Time has not erased his memory, nor weakened our commitment. Ron Arad has not been forgotten. We will never stop fighting to bring him home. 🇮🇱
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Today, Eden Yerushalmi should be celebrating her 27th birthday. Instead, she was stolen to Hamas hell on October 7, 2023, where she turned 24. Where she was eventually murdered in a tunnel in Rafah with five other hostages. To this day, photos of Eden can be found plastered around her hometown of Tel Aviv with the last thing she said to Israeli police, begging for them to save her, "Find me, okay?" Never forget Eden Yerushalmi 🪽
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🗳️13 days until Israeli Elections! Current Speaker of the Knesset @AmirOhana is just one example of the lack of accountability being exemplified in the current Israeli government. From our latest 🔥 podcast w @yaakovkatz and @VivianBercovici on the surprisingly sleepy 🇮🇱 election run-up. stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e43-… 🔔Follow and subscribe for more!
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🗳️Israeli Elections in two weeks, and the politicians are avoiding the real issues. But @VivianBercovici and @yaakovkatz get into it all: government negligence. Ultra-orthodox draft evasion, violence and theocratic tendencies. Listen now ⬇️ STLV 🔗 stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e43-… YT ▶️ youtu.be/po1ayoPhrdw?si=S4Zb…
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It did not begin on October 7. The 1929 Hebron Massacre. Muslims slaughtered their Jewish neighbors, fired up by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He said the Jews were going to “take over" Al Aqsa Mosque. October 7 was called the Al Aqsa Flood. @yardenas on the historical arc of The Big Lie in our latest podcast ⬇️ STLV 🔗 stateoftelaviv.com/p/s4-e42-… YT ▶️ youtu.be/QqKaNpR5RjY?si=5l6D…
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"October 7 never fades. It looms over the month-long holiday period in the Jewish calendar. Saturday October 7, 2023, was Simchat Torah; a celebration as we begin a new year. On Simchat Torah 2026, a particular darkness shrouded every home. And so it has been every year since October 7, 2023. October 7, 2026 is the first “annniversary” on which all hostages are home. Too many were returned in body bags. That anyone survived that Hell is a miracle. This year, for the first time, we can begin to come to terms with the scope of the savagery inflicted on 10/7. We can begin to process how changed we are as a nation, and people. And we can begin to understand this massacre in the arc of Jewish history. The paramount value of bringing every single hostage home allows us to think, differently." 🔗Thoughts on survival, guilt, hatred and hope by @VivianBercovici ⬇️ stateoftelaviv.com/p/october…
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🚨Difficult footage from October 7, 2023. The world cannot forget what happened on Black Saturday. Romi Gonen was kidnapped while trying to escape from the Nova Music Festival. Three years later, she is still haunted by the traumas of that day and her captivity. Romi hosts a podcast produced by V1 called "Romi Gonen's New Life." It is available in Hebrew only, but occasionally they translate some clips to English. This is one that we believed needs to be seen and heard by all. Romi was very brave to share this, and her story must be heard. Don't let the world forget October 7.
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You are not being truthful @MarkJCarney It’s remarkable how you can speak so detachedly about the manner in which you have thrown Canadian Jews to the wolves. You say that all your brilliant new legislation will give your government the tools it needs to properly manage rampant, unchecked Jew hatred. But you know that is not true. There are plenty of laws on the books that your government seems to prefer not to enforce. It’s only when 🇨🇦 was seen and remarked upon as a disgrace internationally….as one of the most robust Jew hating western countries in the world…..that you turned to your bureaucrats and pretended that porous legislation was the problem. It’s not. You and your views and policies are the problem. Your contempt for the state of Israel is a problem. Your adulation for and fawning over Qatar. The PA…..those are problems. Your clear signals that there’s nothing wrong in how 🇨🇦 handles its “Jewish question.” Your fixation on pretending that Jews are harassed, perhaps, at synagogues but seeming to think that going to and from synagogue was the beginning and end of the issue. Your twisted compulsion to constantly slip in “Islamophobia” whenever Jew hatred comes up. Your refusal to comprehend or articulate that the anti Zionism so prevalent in your caucus and emboldened throughout Canada….your refusal to say it: Antizionism….is antisemitism. Period. And saying so does not mean that the Govt of 🇮🇱 is immune from criticism. Don’t worry, Mark. We all know how much you get off on pillorying 🇮🇱. You can still do that. And you fooled no one with your shameful theatrics at Holy Blossom. Whoever is advising you on comms sucks. YOU APPOINTED OMAR ALGHABRA TO A COMMITTEE MEANT TO MONITOR AND ADDRESS JEW HATRED!!!! How stupid do you think we are?!? Oh. And of course…..your court Jew. There’s always one prepared to sell out his people. Wondering if they’ve managed to hold a second meeting yet, that crew. I mean…they sure don’t seem to feel any urgency. Stop the BS, Mark. Much better to own the views you espouse. We all remember your Calgary shout out well….you know…..that time when you pretended you couldn’t hear well? When you jocularly agreed with the “G” accusation? “Thank you, Diana…..I’m well aware.” Wink wink. You may have your issues with Israel and Jews, Mark. But we’re pretty smart. And resourceful. Just ask the plumber. You know. On Fly Dubai. Oh. And before I go…..we’d all love an update on how the election planning by Abbas and the PA is going. Remember? You recognized the State of Palestine in a hurry…..cuz you and Abu Mazen sorted out all the issues in the conflict in a one hour call. Well….???
"This is a sombre anniversary of an unspeakable tragedy. The govt has been taking actions at home to protect the Jewish community, protect all Canadians but particularly the Jewish community," says PM Carney, marking 3 years since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks in Israel. #cdnpoli
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