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Here's John Bachelor.

I welcome the author Jonathan Schanser. His new book is Gaza Conflict 2021, Hamas, Israel

and 11 days of war. Jonathan is at the foundation for the defense of democracies where he's vice president

for research in this book contains a deal of research and the chronology of the conflict

between Hamas and the state of Israel. of the late 80s to early 90s. We begin however in a date that is near at hand. May 10th

2021 Jerusalem Day it is a celebration at the Western Wall dancing and graduation and joy for Israel, but it's

involved certainly in maintaining the continuity that Israel has been obliged to maintain against its adversaries

since the independence in the 1940s.

But this is 2021 and suddenly rockets fly.

Jonathan, a very good evening to you.

That day, Hamas opens fire with its new round, its new arsenal of rockets.

Why that day, well that particular day with the

celebration going on in Jerusalem. Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. Yeah, that was an important day for Hamas, an important day in the Palestinian-Israeli

conflict. It's a day in which the Israelis celebrate what they describe as the reunification

of Jerusalem.

It hearkens back to the day that the Israelis liberate the city during the 1967, six day war.

And they continue to celebrate their eternal capital as they describe it.

And they often celebrate in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. And it's a moment of dancing and singing and celebration. But of

course, this is something that is roundly jeered by Hamas. Hamas, of course, is an organization that is dedicated to the destruction of the state of Israel, but also is infused with Islamist and religious ideology and so they oppose Israel's very presence in Jerusalem.

And so this is always a contentious day in the city of Jerusalem but I think in this case it was even

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