For my money, David Horovitz is one of the brightest people in all of Israel — and when you’re one of the brightest people in Israel, you’re really … not so dim.

Can I say that? Well, I just did.

Horovitz is an Anglo-Israeli, as was another of my favorite Israelis, Yehuda Avner, the politico and diplomat. (His book The Prime Ministers is like candy, for anyone interested in Israeli politics, or politics generally, come to that.) Born in London, Horovitz immigrated to Israel when he was in his early 20s. He is the founding editor of the Times of Israel. Before that, he was editor of the Jerusalem Post.

I have long said — and Bill Buckley long said — there is something in the British water. Why are they so articulate? Does it come with the water or the marmite? In any event, it comes.

In a new Q&A podcast, I throw at David almost everything I’ve got: Why did you immigrate to Israel? Do you and other Israelis look askance at Jews who do not make that move? Is Israel really under an existential threat? What about Obama’s deal? Can Israel take care of Iran, militarily? What is the nature of the new anti-Semitism in Europe? Same as the old? Are the Palestinians willing to coexist? Have you become more conservative over time? What do you wish Americans could know?

I sat through this podcast while it was being recorded, obviously, but I intend to listen to it again. Even if you have little interest in Israel, you will want to hear Horovitz, I think. He is a rare bird. Illuminating, fascinating, and, on some critical questions, moving.

By the way, he’s not to be confused with another rare bird: our own David Horowitz, with a “w.” That’s another podcast . . . The “v” one, again, is here. (For a series I wrote on “w,” go here, here, and here.)