(Recorded March 21, 2015) This Week: (1) A political news roundup; (2) the Israeli elections; (2) the GOP’s budget battle; and (3) the killing of Boris Nemstov.

This Week’s Links:

Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.

Israeli Elections

• Lessons To Be Learned From Netanyahu’s Victory | Ottomans and Zionists
• Transformation of U.S.-Israel Alliance Coming — NYMag
• Bibi Walks Back — The Atlantic
• When Bibi Won, AIPAC Lost — Atlantic Mobile
• Conservative Rabbis Break Ranks, Rip Bibi On Arab Comments | The Jewish Week
• Bibi Will Make History — The New York Times
• Netanyahu Dodges the Cross — The Atlantic
• Netanyahu’s Vision for Post-Democratic Israel — NYMag
• Deep Wounds and Lingering Questions After Israel’s Bitter Race
• Netanyahu Closes Hard Right and Racist
• Does the Outcome of the Election Even Matter for Israeli Foreign Policy? | Ottomans and Zionists

Budget Battle

• House Republicans Propose Budget With Deep Cuts
• Chasm Grows Within G.O.P. Over Spending
• G.O.P. Is Divided as Budget Bills Start Piling Up
• Marco Rubio and Mike Lee’s tax plan is dividing conservatives. Here’s why.

Nemstov

• BBC News – Who killed Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov?
• Vladimir Putin’s friend Ksenia Sobchak flees Russia because of support for Boris Nemtsov | Daily Mail Online
• A Kremlin Conspiracy Gone Wrong? by Amy Knight | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books

Image Credits: Al Gore; Red Tail Hawk; John Kasich; US Congress; Benjamin Nentanyahu; and Boris Nemtsov

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