Day 441 - Is it time for Israel to stage a proxy war?

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's extended Friday episode.

As Israel continues to contend with a war on seven fronts -- primarily through Iran-backed militia proxies -- Berman floats a hypothesis that Israel should turn to its natural allies in the region as well.

We hear about how history has shown that Israeli proxies don't always have the same goals as the Jewish state. We learn about the case of the South Lebanon Army and how things entirely fell apart. And Berman explains how the Kurds -- and potentially the Druze -- could be a long-term strategic answer for Israel's isolated position in the region.

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Discussed articles include:

After Yemen strikes, Netanyahu says Israel hitting Houthis on behalf of ‘entire world’

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IMAGE: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, during his visit to Lebanese General Antoine Lahat (right) leader of the South Lebanese Army on January 26, 1989 in Marjayoun, Lebonon. (AP Photo/Max Nash)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily briefing.
0:07.5	Today is Friday, December 20th, day 441 of the war.
0:13.1	Amanda Borchelle Dan here with our diplomatic reporter, Laser Baraman, for another one of our Friday, somewhat informal conversations, but we're not calling it a schmooze.
0:22.5	Laser, thank you for joining me today.
0:24.5	Good to be here in this informal conversation.
0:27.5	So there are a lot of suggestions last week from our listeners, and among them was Friday Focus.
0:33.6	That I think is the leading contender, but listeners, if you have any more ideas for this
0:38.5	conversation's name, feel free to write in. So let's jump to our topic today. Laser, last week,
0:45.2	or earlier this week, actually, you mentioned something to me that just completely caught me by surprise,
0:50.9	and you mentioned the idea of Israel fighting war through its proxies. So we are going
0:58.5	to discuss all of that and more when we're back.
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1:48.5	That's sara-c-he-he-ke-lorem.com. And we're back, Laser.
2:10.8	Everyone knows that Iran, obviously, fights wars through its proxies.
2:15.1	We have, of course, Khazbalah, which until somewhat recently was the stellar proxy among the crown of proxies. We have, of course, Chazbalah, which until somewhat recently was
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