There have been reports that you have considered letting Hamas's leadership go into exile in the context of a full-on hostage deal,

assuming obviously that it includes removing the threat of Hamas from Gaza.

What should we make of those reports?

Dan, this war could be over tomorrow.

If Hamas lays down its arms and surrender returns the hostages, the war is over.

It's up to them. The idea of exile is there. We can always discuss it,

but I think the most important thing is surrender.

If they lay down their arms, if they surrender, the war is over. It's 7 o'clock a.m. on Sunday, May 12th in New York City. It's 2 o'clock p.m. in Israel. At 8 o'clock p.m. tonight in Israel, a siren will sound across

Israel to mark the commencement of Israel's Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaran in Hebrew, which is

Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. This is the day that Israelis, as a nation, honor the fallen from Israel's military

and those casualties from its wars and victims of terror attacks.

Before we move on to today's episode, I would like to read briefly our description of

Yomazika Run from our most recent book, The Genius of Israel, because the way Israelis honor their fallen is really like nowhere else in the world.

And this passage refers to the siren that will sound tomorrow on May 13th in the morning. At exactly 11 o'clock AM Israel's

national air-rate siren system would fill the air with a loud plaintiff note,

a blaring high-pitched sound that could be heard everywhere,

as if it were coming out of the air itself.

For two minutes the world would stop, as in a sci-fi movie cars would stop on the highways

their drivers standing like centuries next to them in restaurants and hotels

schools and offices stadiums and, everyone would stand in silence.

Diners, waders, and kitchen staff would all stand.

Students and teachers and school would stand.

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