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  • The Lebanon Trap - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

    The Lebanon Trap - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

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    Is President Trump saving Israel from a war it can’t win, or forcing it into a deal that leaves Hezbollah intact and Israeli soldiers and citizens vulnerable?

    President Trump announced a ceasefire in Lebanon. Hezbollah agreed to stop firing rockets into Israel. Israel agreed to not strike Beirut. Yet the fighting in southern Lebanon continues, IDF soldiers are being killed and injured by Hezbollah rockets and drones, and the strategic problem remains unsolved.

    Dan is joined by Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal to discuss Trump’s explosive phone call and pressures on Netanyahu, the link between Lebanon and the Iran negotiations, and whether this moment represents an off-ramp from an unwinnable conflict or a pause that leaves Israel’s hands tied and facing the same dangerous dilemma in southern Lebanon.

    In this episode:

    04:48 - Trump's expletive-laced confrontation with Netanyahu over Lebanon

    06:42 - What the new Lebanon "ceasefire" actually means

    10:09 - Why Hezbollah's drone campaign is hurting Netanyahu politically

    13:21 - Is the “Lebanon Trap” also possibly an off-ramp for Israel?

    21:09 - What is really driving Netanyahu's decision-making?

    23:30 - How Lebanon became part of the Iran negotiations

    26:39 - Does Hezbollah's fate ultimately depend on Iran?

    28:36 - Is Hezbollah weaker today, or stronger by adapting for the next war?

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • ISRAEL VOTES: How Israel’s Elections Work - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

    ISRAEL VOTES: How Israel’s Elections Work - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

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    In a few months elections will be held in Israel, the first since Oct. 7th, and arguably one of the most consequential in Israel’s history. But how do the elections actually work in Israel?

    As part of our Israel Votes series, Dan is joined by Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal for a practical guide to the mechanics behind Israeli democracy: the Knesset, coalition-building, electoral thresholds, and the structural realities that will shape the next election long before a single vote is counted.

    In this episode:

    03:33 - Why Israel Chose a Parliamentary System

    07:06 - The Knesset, the Government, and the Courts

    12:36 - How Votes Become Knesset Seats

    14:57 - How Israel Actually Chooses a Prime Minister

    18:45 - Coalition Negotiations and the Fight Over Ministries

    22:09 - What Caused Israel's Five-Election Deadlock?

    24:54 - What Election Night Looks Like in Israel

    27:45 - Does Israel End Election Night With a Governing Majority?

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  • Bonus Episode: Is Zionism for Everyone? – with Alana Newhouse

    Bonus Episode: Is Zionism for Everyone? – with Alana Newhouse

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    Why has the world become so fixated on Zionism, and what does that obsession actually reveal about the West?

    Alana Newhouse joins Dan Senor to unpack her widely debated essay Zionism for Everyone. They explore how rapid technological change and cultural disorientation are colliding with an ancient idea of peoplehood and why that tension is showing up in the global conversation about Israel.

    Newhouse argues that the fixation on Zionism is not really about Israel at its core, but about something missing in modern societies: identity, purpose, and self-determination. She lays out a provocative framework for what makes societies resilient, why some nations are struggling, and whether the model behind Zionism can be applied far beyond Israel.

    Read Alana’s essay in The Free Press, Zionism for Everyone here.

    In this episode:

    - The collision between rapid technological change and ancient identity debates

    - Why Zionism has become a global fixation right now

    - What “ethnos” really means and why it’s being misunderstood

    - Zionism as a model: identity, vision, and hard work

    - What went wrong in the West and the limits of globalization

    - Is anti-Zionism driven by envy or a loss of self-determination?

    - The four traits of resilient societies

    - Can this model be applied beyond Israel, and by whom?

    - The erosion of peoplehood in the modern West

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  • Sneak Peek: Dan on what diaspora Jews want from Israel’s leader - and what Israelis want

    Sneak Peek: Dan on what diaspora Jews want from Israel’s leader - and what Israelis want

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    This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call me Back. Dan addresses a listener's question about Gadi Eisenkot's political appeal and whether the qualities Israelis look for in a prime minister are the same ones valued by Diaspora Jews.

    You can access the full episode here, where Dan takes on listener questions about:

    - What should Trump do next on Iran?

    - Will Rachel Goldberg-Polin return for another holiday episode?

    - Is there still hope for Arab and Haredi integration in Israel?

    - Why the Haredi draft exemption is reaching a breaking point

    - Could Arab or Haredi parties decide Israel’s next government?

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • The History of Black-Jewish Relations, and how it unraveled - with Coleman Hughes

    The History of Black-Jewish Relations, and how it unraveled - with Coleman Hughes

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    Can the Black-Jewish alliance be repaired, or is it irreparable?

    Coleman Hughes, host of The Coleman Hughes Show at The Free Press and author of The End of Race Politics, joins Dan to trace the history of one of America’s most important political coalitions, and how it began to unravel. He looks at the forces behind that shift, from old neighborhood tensions and the Nation of Islam to campus politics and a worldview that treats America and the West as uniquely guilty. And - if the old alliance cannot simply be recreated, what would a healthier path forward actually require?

    Coleman's essay on Sapir: https://sapirjournal.org/friends-and-foes/2024/black-radicalism/

    Coleman's Book: https://www.amazon.com/End-Race-Politics-Arguments-Colorblind/dp/0593332458

    Coleman's podcast: https://www.thefp.com/listen/conversations-with-coleman

    In this episode:

    - How Black and Jewish Americans became allies

    - The tensions inside the civil rights alliance

    - James Baldwin’s theory of Black antisemitism

    - Why Baldwin’s explanation falls short

    - Nation of Islam, Farrakhan, and hip-hop

    - Jewish success and the resentment problem

    - October 7th and the campus view of Israel

    - BLM, allyship, and whether repair is possible

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • What we know about the emerging Iran deal - with Nadav Eyal and Mark Dubowitz

    What we know about the emerging Iran deal - with Nadav Eyal and Mark Dubowitz

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    If Trump signs an interim deal with Iran, what leverage is left to dismantle Iran's nuclear program?

    As reports swirl around a possible U.S.-Iran agreement, Dan sits down with Nadav Eyal and Mark Dubowitz to sort through what’s actually on the table — and what could unravel next. The conversation centers around the core dilemmas facing Washington, Jerusalem, and the Gulf: whether this moment represents strategic containment of Iran or the beginning of a slow retreat from the leverage created by the war.

    They debate the risks of a “Hormuz for Hormuz” deal, the future of Iran’s nuclear stockpile, the limits of economic pressure, and whether the military gains can survive a prolonged diplomatic pause. Hovering over the entire conversation is a deeper question: after months of escalation, what would victory look like now?

    In this episode:

    - What’s Actually in the Emerging U.S.-Iran Deal

    - The “Hormuz for Hormuz” Tradeoff

    - Iran’s Uranium Stockpile

    - Could Trump Sustain Military and Economic Pressure?

    - The Gulf States’ Interests

    - Hezbollah, Lebanon, and the Axis of Resistance

    - What Israelis Think of The Deal

    - Will This Be Remembered as a Turning Point — or the Moment the West Blinked?

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • Mossad, Ahmadinejad, and the plan to topple Iran’s regime - with Ronen Bergman

    Mossad, Ahmadinejad, and the plan to topple Iran’s regime - with Ronen Bergman

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    Did the U.S. and Israel plan to replace Iran’s regime with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?!

    A new New York Times investigation has revealed an astonishing alleged U.S.-Israeli plan behind the war with Iran: not just strikes on nuclear sites and missile capabilities, but a broader attempt at regime change, together with none other than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

    Ronen Bergman joins Dan to explain how the plan was built, why Ahmadinejad became part of it, why it collapsed before it could fully begin, and what it means that the story is coming out while the war is still unresolved.

    In this episode:

    04:36 - Ronen’s first reaction to the Ahmadinejad story

    05:54 - How Israel’s goal shifted from strikes to regime change

    07:21 - Why the 12-day war left the core Iran problem unresolved

    08:21 - What the Mossad plan was supposed to do in the first 100 hours

    12:36 - Why Ahmadinejad was considered as an internal alternative

    22:42 - The strike that was meant to free Ahmadinejad

    28:24 - The plan for Kurdish forces to enter Iran, and why it never moved forward

    30:48 - Who benefits from this story going public

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • What Actually Happened in Beijing? - with Carice Witte

    What Actually Happened in Beijing? - with Carice Witte

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    Was the Trump-Xi summit a win, a loss or neutral?

    Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping ended with no major breakthrough, no dramatic concession, and no public rupture. But according to Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL Group, that may be the real story. China projected confidence, framed itself as America’s peer, and tried to turn the summit into proof of U.S. decline. Yet on Taiwan, Iran, and regional leverage, Beijing got far less than it wanted.

    Carice joins Dan to unpack what really happened in Beijing, why China wants Iran weak but intact, how Israel’s military successes have changed Beijing’s view of Jerusalem, and what Israel should do differently as China watches the war from the other side of the world.

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    In this episode:

    - Why Beijing wanted the summit to look like a win

    - What Xi’s “Thucydides Trap” message signaled

    - The Taiwan concession Trump did not give

    - Why China wants Iran weak but still useful

    - Keeping Hormuz open and Iran non-nuclear

    - China’s support for Iran and the limits of plausible deniability

    - How October 7th changed China’s view of Israel

    - What Israel should do differently on China

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • Sneak Peek: Nadav Eyal on Israel’s Early Elections

    Sneak Peek: Nadav Eyal on Israel’s Early Elections

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    This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back, where Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal to discuss the ultra-Orthodox revolt cracking Netanyahu’s coalition, Israel’s path to early elections, and Gadi Eisenkot’s rising political momentum.

    You can access the full episode here, where Nadav takes on listener questions about:

    - Gadi Eisenkot’s political limits

    - Netanyahu fatigue in the Diaspora

    - Why Israeli elections matter to American Jews

    - Nicholas Kristof’s column and the missing evidence

    - Has “blood libel” lost its meaning?

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • The Making of the Kristof Column — with Matti Friedman

    The Making of the Kristof Column — with Matti Friedman

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    Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual violence

    How do unverified claims become a New York Times column?

    On Monday, the New York Times published an opinion column by Nicholas Kristof titled "The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians" — an explicit attempt to draw a moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel by alleging that both equally engage in systematic sexual violence. The piece, based on interviews with 14 unnamed Palestinians, cited a Geneva-based NGO calling Israeli sexual abuse a "standard operating procedure" and described, among other things, trained dogs used to sexually assault prisoners. Kristof quoted former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appearing to validate the charges - but Olmert subsequently issued a statement clarifying that he did not, in fact, confirm the column's most serious claims, including that Israeli authorities directed the rape of children or that systematic sexual torture is state policy.

    The morning after Kristof's column appeared, an Israeli civil commission released a 300-page report - built on more than 10,000 photographs, thousands of hours of video, and over 400 testimonies - concluding that Hamas's sexual violence on October 7th was systematic, widespread, and deliberate. The New York Times, which had been told the report was coming months in advance, published it nearly 24 hours after running Kristof's op-ed.

    Reporters who spent the day going through Kristof's column claim by claim found it largely unverifiable - no dates, no locations, no names - recycled from dubious sources and in many cases almost certainly false. The deeper question this episode asks is not simply whether the column is fair, but how something like it gets published in the paper of record at all: what is the pipeline, from NGO to press release to Pulitzer Prize winner's byline, that turns unverified claims into fact? And why does that pipeline flow so reliably in one direction?

    To answer that, Dan is joined by Matti Friedman, a former AP reporter and editor in Jerusalem, and author of the 2014 Atlantic essay "What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel" - who has spent years documenting the specific mechanisms by which NGOs hostile to Israel have shaped, and in some cases dictated, Western coverage of this conflict.

    In this episode:

    02:12 - What Kristof’s column alleged

    09:39 - Which claims are documented, unverifiable, or implausible

    14:21 - How NGO claims become mainstream coverage

    17:21 - Euro-Med, activist sourcing, and the New York Times

    23:47 - Matti Friedman’s warning about Western media

    27:21 - The October 7th sexual violence report and the timing problem

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  • Australia's Royal Commission on Antisemitism - with Alon Cassuto & Lisa Mittelman

    Australia's Royal Commission on Antisemitism - with Alon Cassuto & Lisa Mittelman

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    Five months after the Bondi Beach attack, Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism is hearing testimony about what Jewish life has become since October 7th.

    Dan is joined by Alon Cassuto, CEO of the Zionist Federation of Australia, and Lisa Mittelman, Director of Public Affairs, to discuss what the hearings have revealed, why the government resisted the commission before finally giving in, and whether this process can lead to real change.

    They also examine how anti-Zionism is being used to exclude Jews from progressive spaces, what real solidarity requires from non-Jewish Australians, and why young Australian Jews are asking whether they can still build their futures in Australia.

    In this episode:

    04:21 - Why Australia’s Royal Commission matters

    04:39 - What the testimonies revealed about Jewish life after October 7th

    07:27 - Antisemitism from neo-Nazis to progressive spaces

    12:33 - Why Australia finally agreed to a Royal Commission

    14:42 - Where anti-Israel rhetoric crosses into antisemitism

    20:27 - What non-Jewish Australians are still failing to confront

    23:48 - How Australian Jews are experiencing the commission

    32:02 - Can young Australian Jews still see a future in Australia?

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    Credits: Ilan Benatar, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo

  • Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on the outcome of the Iran War and Israel’s next era

    Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on the outcome of the Iran War and Israel’s next era

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    This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call me Back, where Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Amit Segal to discuss whether Israel’s war with Iran can be considered a success while the regime and parts of the nuclear threat remain intact, and whether Israel today has a leader, political movement, or civic vision capable of defining the country’s next chapter.

    In the full episode, Amit also takes on listener questions about:

    Netanyahu’s responsibility for October 7 How long does he plan to stay in power? Trump’s Gaza “Riviera” plan in hindsight Amit’s thoughts on his father’s controversial essay about Diaspora Jews Whether the country could be headed back into another cycle of repeat elections

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    Read Amit’s father’s piece here.

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  • Epic Fury has ended, now what? - with Ed Husain and Nadav Eyal

    Epic Fury has ended, now what? - with Ed Husain and Nadav Eyal

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    The Iran war is coming to an end. What leverage do Israel and the U.S. have for what comes next?

    Dan Senor is joined by Ed Husain and Nadav Eyal to unpack the fragile aftermath of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. As Washington signals that the operation is over, Iran is still testing the Strait of Hormuz, its nuclear program remains unresolved, and the regime’s internal fractures may now matter as much as its military capabilities. They discuss what Iran thinks it has won, what the U.S. and Israel actually achieved, and whether the next front is no longer the battlefield, but inside Iran itself.

    Read Ed’s article, Iran is Not a Monolith: The Case for Exploiting the Country’s Internal Fractures.

    In this episode:

    02:42 - What “the operation is over” actually means

    06:09 - Iran’s strategy at the Strait of Hormuz

    08:42 - Why Tehran may believe it won the war

    13:21 - What remains of Iran’s nuclear program

    20:15 - Why economic pressure may not be enough

    20:54 - The IRGC’s grip on the regime

    29:24 - Can Iran’s internal fractures bring down the regime?

    34:18 - Israel’s return to a shadow-war strategy

    34:51 - The regional alliance needed after the war

    38:42 - What the U.S. must do to avoid a nuclear Iran and a closed strait

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  • My diaspora Jewish world is crumbling - with Jesse Brown

    My diaspora Jewish world is crumbling - with Jesse Brown

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    What is happening to Jewish Canadians, and what it tells us about the country Canada thought it was?

    In today’s episode, Dan is joined by Jesse Brown, founder, editor, and publisher of Canadaland, to discuss how Jewish life in Canada has changed since October 7. Drawing on months of reporting for his six-part investigative series What Is Happening Here, Jesse explains why antisemitism in Canada feels more targeted, more tolerated, and more systemic than many outsiders understand. They discuss attacks on Jewish schools and synagogues, the role of progressive institutions and campus culture, the collapse of old assumptions about diaspora belonging, and whether Canadian Jewish life can ever go back to what it was.

    Listen to Jesse’s six-part investigative podcast series here.

    See Jesse at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan on May 21. More info here.

    In this episode:

    - Jesse Brown’s life as a Canadian Jew before October 7

    - Why Jesse says his diaspora Jewish world is crumbling

    - What Jewish life in Canada feels like now

    - How Jewish schools, synagogues, and neighborhoods became targets

    - Why antisemitism in Canada feels more systemic

    - Canada’s postnational identity and the politics of settler colonialism

    - The role of Islamist extremism and what Canada refuses to name

    - Why anti-Zionist activism in Canada has become more explicit

    - Zionism, anti-Zionism, and why Jesse says the labels matter less than the harm

    - The fractures inside Canada’s Jewish community

    - Why Jesse still wants to fight for diaspora Jewish life

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  • Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on the Judea-Israel divide

    Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on the Judea-Israel divide

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  • Ark News Daily: Bennett-Lapid leak | Bondi Attack investigation | Gaza flotilla

    Ark News Daily: Bennett-Lapid leak | Bondi Attack investigation | Gaza flotilla

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    In this episode:

    A leaked report reveals Naftali Bennett privately disparaged his alliance with Yair Lapid as a “strategic mistake,” raising doubts about whether their new joint party can successfully unify the opposition against Netanyahu. An Australian investigation into a deadly Sydney terror attack found authorities failed to act on prior warnings, highlighting a broader pattern of under-resourced prevention and potential Iran-linked threats across Western countries. Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound activist flotilla has sparked a global narrative battle, underscoring the widening gap between accusations against Israel and its efforts to counter them through public diplomacy.
  • ISRAEL VOTES: A Political Shakeup in Israel? - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal

    ISRAEL VOTES: A Political Shakeup in Israel? - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal

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    Bennett and Lapid unite, but does it change anything?

    On Sunday, without any prior warning, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced they’re joining forces, launching a new unified party called “Beyachad” — “together.” The move comes months ahead of Israel’s October elections, and it immediately raises more questions than answers.

    What are they really trying to accomplish? Does this strengthen the anti-Netanyahu bloc — or unintentionally weaken it? And what does it mean for Gadi Eisenkot, who leads the other centrist party and is being pressured by Bennett to join him and Lapid?

    This is already shaping up to be one of the most dramatic election cycles in Israel’s history — and one the Jewish diaspora will be watching more closely than ever.

    In this episode:

    6:30 – Bennett and Lapid's history

    21:50 – Bennett's theory of the race

    26:35 – The role of the war in the elections

    31:00 – Structural strengths and weaknesses of both blocks

    34:00 – Gadi Eisenkot's next move

    42:25 – Avigdor Lieberman's strategy

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  • Israel’s Northern Exposure - with Matt Levitt

    Israel’s Northern Exposure - with Matt Levitt

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    Is Israel heading toward another war with Hezbollah, or is it already in one?

    Dan is joined by counterterrorism expert Matt Levitt to unpack the fragile reality between Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah. While Hezbollah was significantly degraded, the threat never disappeared. Even as diplomatic efforts try to stabilize the situation, Israel is now actively working to prevent the group from rebuilding.

    They discuss life in Israel’s north, Hezbollah’s status in Lebanon, the limits of the Lebanese Armed Forces, and the risks of escalation. The conversation also explores new U.S.-backed diplomacy, and whether there’s a real path to long-term stability, or just a managed conflict.

    In this episode:

    4:20 – What the 2024 ceasefire was supposed to accomplish

    5:55 – How much of Hezbollah’s capabilities were actually degraded

    6:55 – Why life in northern Israel still hasn’t returned to normal

    11:20 – Inside the IDF’s ongoing campaign in southern Lebanon

    17:10 – Why the Lebanese Armed Forces haven’t fully disarmed Hezbollah

    21:50 – Hezbollah’s role inside Lebanese politics and society today

    25:10 – The threat of Hezbollah’s Unit 121 and internal intimidation

    27:10 – New U.S.-led diplomacy and whether it can change the equation

    36:10 – Whether Israel may need a long-term presence in southern Lebanon

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  • Sneak Peek: Nadav and Amit on Mossad’s promise to Trump

    Sneak Peek: Nadav and Amit on Mossad’s promise to Trump

    · Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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    This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back, where Dan is joined by insiders Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal to unpack what was actually conveyed to the Trump administration, and how expectations around regime change in Iran took shape.

    They examine the gap between what Israeli intelligence assessed, what was operationally approved, and why some of the most consequential elements of the plan were never fully carried out. The conversation then turns to the debate over Iran’s remaining enriched uranium and the feasibility of rebuilding a nuclear program.

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  • How will the Iran War shape American Politics? - with Ross Douthat

    How will the Iran War shape American Politics? - with Ross Douthat

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    Will the Iran War reshape American politics? How could it affect the future of U.S -Israel relations?

    Dan is joined by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat to examine how the Iran War is influencing both parties. They unpack why support for the war tracks with support for President Trump, why protests have been surprisingly muted, and how the war is accelerating existing political trends.

    Listen to Ross’ podcast Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

    In this episode:

    - Where American public opinion on the Iran War stands today

    - Why there’s been little protest compared to past wars

    - How the war is accelerating political trends, not transforming them

    - The growing divide on Israel within the Democratic coalition

    - The emerging fracture on the right over intervention and Israel

    - The generational divide among younger conservatives

    - Whether the far left and far right could align politically

    - What “just war” theory is and why it matters now

    - What this all means for the future of the Republican Party

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