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 hear my voice, which means we're back.

That's right.

Next week starts season six of unpacking Israeli history.

buckle your seat belts.

The last few months, I barely have words for them.

Israel will never be the same.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will never be the same. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will never be the same. The Jewish story

will never be the same. The Jewish people will never be the same. I will never be the same. Here's what I find fascinating and perplexing. History

happened in the past, right? So the telling of the history shouldn't really change. It should be pretty solid.

But that's not the way history works. The present becomes crystallized when we look

into our past and the past becomes crystallized when we look at the present.

Israel has always been a hot topic.

Since this show started almost four years ago, we've received

thousands of comments and emails from people who have stumbled upon the show because

they were curious. They read the news, they studied a bit about Israel, but felt like it was time to learn the deeper story.

But I'll be honest with you, maybe you're not surprised by this.

The numbers have tripled, the downloads, the listens, the

emails, the quench to learn about Israel has been insatiable. Which we're

grateful for, of course, don't get me wrong.

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