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Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Israel at War Week II: Listeners’ Questions

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

Unholy Media

News, Yonit Levi, Israel, Israel Podcast, Jonathan Freedland, Middle East, Jewish, Religion & Spirituality, Jews, Society & Culture

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden becomes the first US president to visit Israel at a time of war, the world’s media blame Israel for a deadly Gaza hospital blast that, most experts now agree, was most likely caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket - and Yonit and Jonathan hear the moving, probing comments and questions sent in by you, Unholy’s listeners. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram: Unholy podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Joe Biden became the first American president to visit Israel at a time of war as the world waits and international pressure mounts over Israel's next move.

0:12.8

It's unholy. I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London.

0:17.1

I'm Aeneat Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv.

0:32.9

Unholy, two Jews on the news from Keshe podcasts.

0:47.9

Wherever, Israelis so happy to see a plain land in Ben-Gurion Airport like they were this week with visits short yet important visits by the President of the United States.

0:58.5

You mentioned this, the first American president to come here in time of war, and really just a very clear signal on where the United States stands not only in its support of Israel but also I think signaling to the region

1:06.5

in the words of Joe Biden, right? Any country or anyone trying to use this opportunity to strike

1:14.5

Israel again, don't. And I think that Israelis really, this really resonated with them.

1:20.6

Plus, obviously, an aid package, an unprecedented aid package to Israel, all extremely important

1:26.6

in this very tough time.

1:29.3

Yeah, I mean, not the main thing, but from where I was watching it, I just thought it was

1:34.6

a remarkably effective use of presidential leadership. And, you know, apart from the fact that

1:41.2

he does have this sort of faltering manner because of his age

1:45.0

and everything, I think he just gets these things very right. And what struck me was, first of all,

1:51.0

two things. The experience he has with mourning and grief he deployed in Israel, his hour and a half

1:59.9

or more, maybe more,

2:01.6

with survivors of the October 7th attacks,

2:05.6

with families of hostages.

2:07.6

He spoke about it on his way home to reporters on Air Force One saying

2:12.6

that people who've been through traumatic experiences

2:16.6

do find it helpful to be with someone else

2:19.6

who has had suffered, even not in a similar way, but just who holds them and who has gone

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