I actually think that Hamas is going to lose on this front. I think they're not going to be successful in radicalizing Israeli Arabs.

Obviously if they are, then this is an entirely different ballgame.

Welcome to post-Corona, where we try to understand COVID-19's lasting impact on the

economy, culture, and geopolitics. I'm Dan Seinore. Inor. When I was in Israel a few weeks ago, a number of the Israelis I interviewed marveled at how quickly things had gone back to normal in

Israel post-Corona. One of those guests, Yonatanagiev, the novelist you may recall,

told me that we'll know we're back to normal when Israelis have to

resume dealing with their pre-pandemic problems. Well over these past ten days one

conflict lit right back up in a tragic way. Israel's off again, on again, war with Hamas.

So that's what we're going to discuss in this episode.

Now I know this is not the kind of topic we typically cover on this

podcast, but it's an issue I care a lot about and so I want to use this

conversation to try to shed some light on what is a very heated issue.

There's a ton of noise over here in the West

about what just happened between Gaza and Israel, plenty of hot takes with very

little discussion about the history and context. There's nobody better to help us unpack which just happened

including the bigger picture than Dr. Daniel Gordis

who I've known for over 20 years

Danny Gordis moved to Israel in 1998

and raised three children in Israel.

He's one of the most thoughtful observers

of Israeli life and Israeli history. He's Senior Vice President and the Corrette Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College,

which is a liberal arts college in Israel, that he co-founded.

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