Two existential threats: faith in the country if the hostages don't return, and Israel's long not-so-secret war with Iran

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Two existential threats: faith in the country if the hostages don't return, and Israel's long not-so-secret war with Iran

A conversation with Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar on their new book which discusses how Israel uses sabotage, cyberwarfare, assassination—and secret diplomacy—to prevent a nuclear Iran.

Nov 23, 2023

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We begin with an interview aired on Israeli TV with a father who had, at the time of filming, hoped that his daughters and wife would come home today. It didn’t happen. It’s Thanksgiving in America, but here, hearts are even more broken than they were yesterday. At this moment, given delay after delay, Israelis no longer know what to believe.

As Yoni, t…

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