Hostages Come Home

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week, Israel and Hamas begin the first phase of a peace deal. Twenty Israeli hostages come home in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Gaza opens for a flood of international aid. President Trump travels to Saudi Arabia to continue negotiations. Haviv Rettig Gur, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Robert Nicholson join us to discuss this significant world event. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: -Join the conversation at our Substack. -Find us on YouTube. -Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Haviv Rettig Gur is a veteran Israeli journalist who serves as senior analyst for The Times of Israel. He has covered Israel's politics, foreign policy, education system and relationship with the Jewish diaspora since 2005. Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He codirects the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative, which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity, and Israel. He writes for leading op-ed pages in the US, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and is a former contributing editor to The New Republic. Robert Nicholson is Editor-at-Large of Providence, co-founder and board member of Save Armenia, founder of The Philos Project, and co-founder of Passages Israel. Robert also serves on the advisory board of In Defense of Christians and The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation. His written work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, New York Post, Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Newsweek, First Things, The Hill, and others. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor-at-large and columnist) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more. “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today Producer: Clarissa Moll Associate Producer: Alexa Burke Editing and Mix: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Rick Szuecs Music: Dan Phelps Executive Producers: Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We failed you. You were dragged out of your living rooms. Those of you who weren't burned alive
0:07.1	or murdered in unspeakable ways were taken as prisoners. And that's a time in Jewish history
0:15.0	that we thought had been over.
0:20.2	From Christianity today, you're listening to The Bulletin, a podcast about the people, events, and issues that are shaping our world.
0:27.5	I'm Clarissa Mall, producer and moderator of the Bulletin.
0:31.2	This week, Israel and Hamas begin the first phase of a peace deal.
0:35.5	Twenty Israeli hostages come home in exchange for Palestinian
0:39.0	prisoners, and Gaza opens for a flood of international aid. Haviv Gour, Yossi Klein-Halevi, and
0:46.2	Robert Nicholson join us to discuss the significant world event. Welcome to the show.
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1:32.4	Hello, listeners, welcome to our Tuesday show, where we let you know what's catching our eye
1:37.1	as the week begins. We have got a special show for you today. For the last two years, our senior
1:42.8	contributor, Mike Cosperur has followed the Israel
1:45.3	Hamas War as his newsbeat here at the Bulletin. His spin-off limited release series, The Promised Land,
1:51.6	covered the first months of the war, and he's brought helpful commentary and insightful guests
1:56.4	to the show over the last 24 months. Today, Mike sits down with three former bulletin guests,
2:03.0	Haviv Gour of the Free Press, author and journalist Yossi Klein-Halevi, and Robert Nicholson,
2:09.2	founder of the Philos Project and editor at large of Providence magazine, to talk about the
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