Micah Goodman: How Israel and the US may prevent World War III
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with author and public intellectual Micah Goodman.
In the sixth day of the United States and Israel's joint war against the Iranian Islamic Republic, Goodman takes stock and allows himself to wonder: What if we actually won this war against the evil regime?
We discuss the trickle effect on the Iranian people, the Mideast region and the world at large.
At this historic juncture, Goodman is hopeful that not only will World War III be averted, but peace may come to the region as Israel's existential threats are neutralized.
And so this week, we ask Micah Goodman, what matters now.
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IMAGE: Dr. Micah Goodman/ A billboard showing a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's What Matters Now. I'm your host, Deputy Editor, Amanda Borschelle Dan, here with public intellectual and author Mika Goodman. |
| 0:13.6 | Mika, thank you so much for joining me in our Jerusalem office. |
| 0:16.2 | Hey, Amanda. I'm very happy to be here. |
| 0:17.6 | It's such a pleasure always to speak with you. And Mika, you and I have this bad habit of speaking every time something really important is happening in the world. |
| 0:26.5 | I like this habit. |
| 0:27.2 | This is a way we could keep track of what's going on. |
| 0:31.1 | Today, of course, we're going to talk about what's happening in this region and war with Iran |
| 0:36.6 | broke out on Saturday morning when the U.S. |
| 0:39.7 | launched an attack on Iran joined by the Israeli Air Force. So Mika is going to talk about |
| 0:46.2 | what kind of juncture we are in terms of the historical perspective. And we're also going |
| 0:51.2 | to discuss what it is to be Israeli in this moment. All of this and more |
| 0:56.6 | when we're back. |
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