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The Gist

Israel's War Clock Is Ticking

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

As Israeli Defense Forces explore and document what was found in and under Al-Shifa hospital, verification is hard, and doubt is free and easy to sew. Plus, Robert Pape wonders, "What makes a terrorist ... international vs. domestic?" Pape is a professor and the Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Also on the show, American decadence versus Israeli seriousness. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Friday, November 17th, 2023 from Peach Fish Productions. It's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.

0:40.0

Israelis are living in reality. It's not an especially happy reality right now, but at least it's real.

0:47.0

I mean, every society has stories they tell themselves, but in Israel I detected much more of a shared existence than I see here.

0:55.7

There is no widespread conspiracy theorizing about how October 7th was an inside job,

1:02.0

how October 7th was a false flag.

1:05.0

People have questions.

1:06.5

There aren't great answers right now,

1:08.3

but there's no cottage industry equivalent to QAnon

1:11.8

or just the pure reality denialism in the public realm that you often see in the United States.

1:17.0

In a word, I would say that Israel lacks the decadence of the United States. Decidence isn't a choice, it's a condition, and the

1:26.0

comor abidities are abundance, safety, and lack of material friction or hardship.

1:32.0

When war is a regular part of your life,

1:33.7

Decidence isn't really an option you can reach for. But I met young soldiers,

1:37.9

22, 26, newly minted lawyers are currently studying economics, politics, and philosophy, but they're also

1:45.0

fighting in Gaza.

1:46.8

And in the US it's usually one or the other.

1:49.2

You either study or you fight.

1:51.3

Two different classes of people, and therefore they can opt for two different

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