I want to take a moment to talk about daily life in Israel right now. One day can seem relatively calm.

The next sirens, rockets, everything changes. So the question isn't just what's happening at this

moment. It's whether Israel is ready for what comes next. Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem have

built that readiness into the foundation of their work and their

facilities. When a crisis hits, entire departments move underground in minutes into fortified

maternity wards, ICUs, and cancer units. Doctors and nurses continue treating patients in real

time even under fire. But here's the reality.

It's not enough.

More advanced underground operating rooms are urgently needed,

so that even in the most extreme conditions,

Hadassah's life-changing care continues.

Hadassah is working right now to expand these emergency zones,

because in Israel, preparedness isn't theoretical.

It's essential. If you want to help make sure Israel is ready, go to hadassah.org and support this important work. That's h-a-d-a-s-s-S-A-H.org because you never know what tomorrow will bring. You are listening to an art media podcast.

The relationship between China and Iran is not one of alliance.

The reason China is so interested in keeping this regime is not only because it pulls U.S.

attention and U.S. hardware away from the Indo-Pacific to the region, but because being the only

fully anti-U.S. state in the Middle East, it is a very valuable tool for China to leverage

as much as it can. So the same kind of regime that's anti-U.S.

That's weakened is good for China, May 17th here in New York City. It is 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 17th in Israel.

Late last week, President Trump wrapped up a two-day summit with Xi Jinping in China. The summit ended up very close to where it

began. No big announcements, no hostilities, just a continuation, it seems, of the status quo. And maybe

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