115: Wartime Diaries - Sahar Vardi
Israel Story
Israel Story
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🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today we’ll hear from Sahar Vardi, a Jewish-Israeli peace activist who lost a dear friend, Khalil Abu Yahia, in Gaza.
The end song is Tamaly Maak (“I Am With You”) by Tzachi Halevy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. You're listening to this podcast, so I know you care about the war in Israel right now. |
| 0:30.0 | And you've been reading the headlines, Massacre and Gaza, genocide perpetrated by Hamas, no by Israel. |
| 0:38.0 | But if you've been listening to this podcast long enough, you know one thing. This stuff seems complicated and honestly |
| 0:46.1 | you shouldn't just pick aside or decide your opinion without really learning, |
| 0:50.3 | without really knowing what you're talking about. |
| 0:54.0 | And that's where this podcast comes in. |
| 0:57.0 | Check out unpacking Israeli history. |
| 1:00.0 | They have episodes with topics ranging from what is Hamas anyway to whether Israel should ransom |
| 1:06.5 | captured soldiers and the history of Israel and its disengagement from Gaza in 2005. Unpacking Israeli history cuts through the noise |
| 1:16.9 | and helps you understand Israel's present through understanding Israel's |
| 1:20.5 | history. So educate yourself. Learn the history behind the headlines. |
| 1:27.0 | Find unpacking Israeli history wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:42.0 | The people came in to Israel on October 7th. What they saw in front of them was an enemy that is not |
| 1:47.6 | individuals that are not humans. You know, it's horrific horrific and then our response as a society is saying we're not going to see them as human |
| 1:58.0 | Like we've tried this so many times and it's failed every single time and we know it's going to fail this time and nobody has a plan |
| 2:07.2 | And yet that's where we're at |
| 2:10.0 | Hey listeners, it's Mishi |
| 2:13.0 | One of the people who influenced me most in life was my grandmother, my Safta, Xena. |
| 2:20.0 | She lived across the street from us and reached the ripe old age of 99, so in a very real way she was always there and shaped the person I am today. |
| 2:30.0 | My grandparents met in the early 30s in England at a formal intercollegiate debate. |
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