Election day is here

Welcome to Ark News Daily with Deborah Pardes. Every morning, we’ll give you the latest headlines from Israel and the United States’ war with Iran and explain its impact on the Middle East and the Jewish world.  In this episode: - Israel votes today in a pivotal election shaped by questions of leadership, national identity and the state’s obligations to its citizens - Netflix’s “The Diplomat” offers subtle tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Aner Shapira ____ This episode is sponsored by HaYarkon 70. Make HaYarkon 70 Residences your home in Tel Aviv. Reserve your stay at HaYarkon70.com and use the coupon code ‘ark10’ to receive 10% off. ____ Sign up to Ark+ to get access to exclusive episodes and ad-free listening to Ark News Daily and every show in the Ark Media Network: Sign up at arkmedia.org/subscribe ____ More Ark Media: Listen to: Call Me Back Listen to: Ark News Daily Listen to: For Heaven Sake Listen to: Chosen People Problems  Sign up for our weekly newsletter  Follow us on social: Facebook I Instagram I X I TikTok Continue the conversation on THE FOLD, our private moderated community for Ark Media listeners. The Fold is where you can dig into all of the issues Jews around the world are facing. There you can ask questions, hear other takes, keep talking about it with people who care as much as you do. Learn more and join us at arkmedia.org/subscribe  Credits: Deborah Pardes, Jon Reed, Noa Amiel, Ava Weiner, and Yuval Semo