# Bennett-Lapid 2.0 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-policy-pod-1059263/bennett-lapid-2-0 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-policy-pod-1059263/bennett-lapid-2-0.md Podcast: [Israel Policy Pod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-policy-pod-1059263) Published: 2026-04-28T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/115663/episodes/19090460-bennett-lapid-2-0.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/115663/episodes/19090460-bennett-lapid-2-0.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/israel-policy-pod-1059263/episodes/bennett-lapid-2-0 Duration seconds: 3563 ## Resource On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Distinguished RAND Israel Policy Chair Shira Efron. The trio discuss the merger between former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, the motivations behind the dramatic alliance, whether it changes the chances of the opposition toppling Netanyahu in this year's election, the continuing non-war and non-deal between the U.S. and Iran, Israe... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/israel-policy-pod-1059263/episodes/bennett-lapid-2-0/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-policy-pod-1059263/bennett-lapid-2-0.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.