Hey, Israel story listeners, it's Mishii.

This week we marked Yomazikaron, which is to many the most solemn and holy day in the

Israeli national calendar.

On that day, we recorded a conversation between some of our producers.

Now, this conversation was raw, political, definitely not a story and not strictly speaking

on brand for us.

I said it was just a very intimate and candid example of the kind of conversations our

team has in the office.

We released a lightly edited version of that conversation on our Apple subscribers'

feed.

This is actually a good time to remind all of you that for just $4.99 a month, you too

can get access to additional Israel story content.

Anyway, we shared this conversation there because it's exactly the kind of not neatly packaged

behind the scenes content for which we created that separate feed.

But given the reactions we've received in the couple of days since we released it, we

decided to share it with all of you, too.

I have to say, not an easy decision for me.

And definitely not a trivial one.

But nevertheless, one I hope will be met with interest, generosity of spirit, and compassion.

We'll be right back.