Lighting Up Gaza

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss Israel's aggressive moves against Hamas in Gaza as the "cease-fire" that ended 18 days ago really came to an actual end with the Jewish state showing its determination to bring this war to its purposeful conclusion—the destruction of Hamas—in concert with the Trump administration taking on the Houthis in Yemen. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome for the best.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some drink champagne, some die of thirst, the way of knowing which way it's going, oh for the best, expect the worst.
0:22.4	Oh, for the best.
0:24.6	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.
0:27.3	Today is Tuesday, March 18th, 2025.
0:29.9	I'm John Podhor.
0:30.6	It's the editor of Commentary Magazine.
0:32.8	With me, as always, executive editor, Abe Greenwald.
0:35.1	Hi, Abe.
0:35.7	Hi, John.
0:36.5	Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth
0:37.5	Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Social Commentary columnist Christine. Rosen. Hi, Christine.
0:42.9	Hi, John. And joining us today, commentary contributing editor and all around Puba at the
0:48.2	Foundation for Defense of Democracy's host of its morning meeting and taking time this morning
0:53.6	before he sends out his morning
0:56.3	meeting to the world on YouTube and also to join us to explain what's been going on in the last
1:02.2	12 hours, our friend Jonathan Shanzer. Hi, John. Hey, John. So explain to us what's been going on for the last 12
1:07.9	hours. Well, we have now actually a joint U.S. and Israeli attack on the
1:13.8	Iranian axis. I think that's probably the easiest way to sum it up. You've got the Israelis
1:18.6	striking Hamas. It's long overdue. I think the Israelis have actually shown remarkable restraint
1:24.8	before going back and hitting Hamas because of the phase one of the ceasefire ended several weeks ago.
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