Hostage Deal? Iran Attack? And Tisha B’Av - with Haviv Rettig Gur & Nadav Eyal

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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Society, October 7, Hamas, War, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Israel, News Commentary, News, Politics, Elections, Palestine, Dan Senor, Government

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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*** Share episode on X: https://tinyurl.com/2awmrwwr *** Against the backdrop of a possible Iran/Hezbollah attack, as well as international criticism of an IDF operation in Gaza City, there have been new developments in the hostage negotiations. This past Thursday, a multi-party statement was issued by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, declaring that the framework of a hostage deal was nearly complete, and urging Israel and Hamas to finalize the deal without further delay. Soon after, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office issued a statement that Israel would send its team to the now scheduled August 15th negotiations. Hamas had indicated its intention to participate as well. Now, suddenly, Hamas is reversing its decision. Although, at least according to some sources, this reversal may be last minute posturing by Hamas. Either way, the sudden acceleration of the process does make this dynamic seem different from previous rounds. To discuss all of these issues, we are joined by Call me Back regulars: -Nadav Eyal is a columnist for Yediot. Eyal has been covering Middle-Eastern and international politics for the last two decades for Israeli radio, print and television news. -Haviv Rettig Gur has been a regular presence on this podcast since October 8. He is a senior political analyst for the Times of Israel, and has been an important interpreter for Western audiences of how to understand this conflict in broader historical terms. To register for Call me Back Live featuring Amir Tibon at the Streicker Center: https://streicker.nyc/events/tibon-senor To visit our website: https://arkmedia.org/

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0:00.0	A good argument by Netanyahu would be and he will make that argument if I would have agreed to a deal a month and a half ago
0:07.0	When you pressured me to do so after we got our achievements
0:10.3	We wouldn't have killed these people who are really very much important.
0:14.4	Muhammad death is strategically important.
0:16.7	Ismailaniya is not strategically important, but Muhammad death, the chief of Staff
0:19.8	Aphamas, he's important and it's a historic win for Israel and it's one of the things that we need to
0:25.6	achieve.
0:26.6	Also, Netanyahu would make this argument that if I would have agreed, caved into the pressure
0:31.0	coming from the United States, not from the defense apparatus. I wouldn't even
0:34.6	gone into Rafah! Because the US didn't want me to go into Rafah! It's 9.9.5.
0:45.0	9.5.
0:47.0	It's 9.45 p.m. on Sunday, August 11th here in New York City.
0:52.0	It's 4.45 a.m. on Monday, August 12th in Israel, as Israelis
0:58.0	start a new day. A day that will end with the commencement of Tishaba Av, which is Hebrew for the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, a day of mourning and fasting in Judaism for reasons we will discuss at the end of this
1:14.4	episode a day this year during which Israelis are anticipating a military
1:19.6	attack from Iran or Hezbollah or both an attack that we are being told is imminent
1:26.2	perhaps even on or around Tishabav. Before we get into today's conversation I
1:32.4	have one housekeeping note. A reminder to our
1:35.1	listeners that Call Me Back will be hosting its first major large audience taping at
1:41.7	the striker center on September 24th. This recording of an
1:45.8	episode in front of a live audience will feature a mere Tibun on the official
1:49.6	launch date of his new book, The Gates of Gaza, a story of betrayal, survival, and hope in Israel's
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