Hey, I'm Noam Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense,

historically fascinating and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.

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the Marcus Family Foundation, and Michael Stainberg.

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Okay yala let's do this. We the people of Israel are the people of Israel.

We, the people of Israel are prepared and anxious

to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any preconditions.

There are people in Israel elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace within the Arabs in Israel or the

Turkish people. I think they're home.

Remember 2012, according to Wikipedia, this was the year that the terms hot take and

escape room were coined. Pretty interesting. People were weirdly into the Mayan calendar, also interesting, and most importantly, then President

of Israel, Shimode Perez, released his first and only single.

Yeah, my friend, share peace.

Speak up and change door.

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