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Goodfellows to see what you're missing. Thanks. There's Iron Dome being fired up all around us right now.

It's illuminating the sky here.

The bangs of the iron dome intercepting the rockets that are being fired from Gaza just a couple of miles away.

It's Tuesday, November 7, 2023, and welcome back to Goodfellows, a Hoover Institution production

examining social, economic, political, and geopolitical concerns.

I'm Bill Whalen. I'm a Hoover Distinguished Policy Fellow. I'll be your moderator today.

Normally joined by three of my colleagues, we call the Good Fellows, but we are one Goodfellow

shy today. John Cochran will not be joining us, but we are still graced by the presence of Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster. And joining us live from London, a few days in advance of

remembrance day, which might explain the papill on his left lapel. The historian, Neil Ferguson.

Neil, we can't get three fellows on this show. Do you want to become the attendance officer here at Goodfellows? Well, I don't know. There's a lot of slacking going on, but I've

got on my three-piece suit and I'm prepared to give a Churchillian speech to rally the fellows.

Well done. So gentlemen, we're going to do a two-part show today. Later on, we'll be joined live

from Munich by Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. He is returning to Good Fellows. He's going to discuss

the war in Ukraine, the counteroffensive, and the debate and watched in overfunding for

the Lensky government. But first, joining us live from Jerusalem for an update on the conflict

in Israel. My very personal perspective is our Hoover colleague, Russ Roberts.

Russ Roberts is the Hoover Institution's John and Jean Donalt Research Fellow and the founder of Econ Talk, the award-winning podcast. Since March of 2021, he served as the president of Sholem College, Israel's first liberal arts college. Russ, welcome to Goodfellows, and I'd like to begin by asking you this question. I was watching a journalist reporting live from Israel the other day. And she said that when the sirens go off and the missiles are coming,

that you have about 15 seconds to scramble. So questions, sir, how do you live on a day-to-day basis

knowing that at any moment you have to scramble for your survival? It depends where you live.

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