Eretz Nehederet

Trump and Hegseth on Eretz Nehederet’s Purim show promote 'Epic Fury, Revenge of Trump!'

For the first time in memory, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appeared on the Israeli sketch comedy to promote Operation Epic Fury as a movie.

US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Eretz Nehederet, March 4, 2026
On Eretz Nehederet, Trump gives Iran “the final deadline” – and extends it

Eretz Nehederet mocks Iran crisis: From Purim rain to ballistic missiles

Israeli television sketch comedy Eretz Nehederet portrays US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amidst tensions with Iran.

'War Trump' vs 'Peace Trump': the Eretz Nehederet skit that captured Israel’s Trump anxiety

Eretz Nehederet parodies Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, February 4, 2026.

Iran’s supreme leader tells Eretz Nehederet he’s bored of bingeing TV in his bunker


Israeli satire show pokes fun at Western liberal support for Hamas terrorists

Israeli television show Eretz Nehederet, meaning ‘wonderful country’, has poked fun at Western liberal support for the Hamas terrorist organization in a new clip. 

 Clip from "Eretz Nehederet" skit about Columbia University.

My Word: Law and disorder

The morning after the law passed, turned into “the mourning after” for the anti-reform and anti-government camp.

 A MAN wearing a T-shirt with the slogan ‘We are all brothers’ blows a shofar near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, calling for unity with the anti-reform demonstrators.

Israel's Smotrich joins in on mirth surrounding his English in the US

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich delivered his first ever speech in English in the US this week and had trouble pronouncing some words.

 BEZALEL SMOTRICH – facing global and Israeli outrage, he is trying to whitewash his tracks by making ludicrous claims that he meant something entirely different than what he said, according to the writer.

Grim ‘Unknowns,’ Seinfeld spotlight and dueling Britney documentaries

A new KAN crime drama, two documentaries about Britney Spears and Seinfeld are some of the new TV highlights.

 The gritty crime drama 'Unknowns.'

Haredim outraged after satirical show pokes fun at Rabbi Kanievsky

The show largely focused on the government's failure to get parts of the ultra-Orthodox community to follow coronavirus regulations.

Rabbi Haim Kanievsky takes part in a Rabbi Conference for the foundation for Ultra Orthodox Jews, partners in the Torah, on January 23, 2016

Comedy show 'Eretz Nehederet' releases vaccine clip

The clip lampoons the health establishment's handling of the coronavirus crisis with its trademark black humor.

Health care workers take test samples to check for coronavirus, Lod, July 5, 2020

'Eretz Nehederet' finds black comedy in the coronavirus outbreak

Everything in between the opening and closing poked fun at all the usual targets — politics, celebrities and Fauda — but kept coming back to the virus.

Eretz Nehederet host Eyal Kitzis

Israeli TV spoofs elections 2030, Quentin Tarantino and his pregnant wife

The show opened in a dystopian wasteland in the year 2030 that was once Tel Aviv, with current Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu still sitting in his prime minister’s chair.

Eretz Nehederet spoofs absurd political reality

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef slams satire TV show for depiction of his father

‘As a Jew, as a rabbi, as a son, and as a human I am appalled and ashamed’

The ghost of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Arye Deri appear on Eretz Nehederet Wednesday night

Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee and the limits of humor

Israeli politicians regularly denounce satirical TV shows – but should we be drawing red lines in comedy?

Actress Roseanne Barr reacts as she arrives at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 7, 2018.