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 surrounding Israeli history and yes

you're hearing back on this feed so you know what that means we're back

that's right next week starts season four of unpacking Israeli history and dear

listeners you're going to love it. As in past seasons we'll be exploring

exciting intense and complicated topics.

Like you've heard of Hamas, but what is their ideology and why does it matter?

Who was Anwar Sadat and how did his historic trip to Jerusalem change the future of the Middle East?

And we're opening the season with one of the most difficult stories I've ever had to tell

on this podcast.

The heart-wrenching story of the Malo Massacre. on this

podcast, the heart-wrenching story of the Malo Massacre of 1974.

And for the first time we've produced a three-part miniseries which we're calling

Israel as 75.

As we look back at Israel's founding 75 years ago,

we'll be sharing the incredible and one of our favorite words,

complicated story of how Israel came to be.

Like we always do, we're hoping for both celebration and exploration.

I'm trying to be modest, but I really think this might be the best season yet.

We have Svee Smith doing fact-checking, we have Rob Parra editing, we have Adi

Alba's as our brilliant writer, and Riffy Stern, my teammate, our producer for this podcast.

So I can say it about them.

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