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Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

"Silver Linings" in Israel's crisis? with Yaakov Katz

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

Ark Media

Society, October 7, Hamas, War, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Israel, News Commentary, News, Politics, Elections, Palestine, Dan Senor, Government

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Yaakov Katz – Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post and a former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett – returns to our podcast. Earlier, Yaakov Katz served as The Jerusalem Post’s military reporter and defense analyst. He is the author of "Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power" and co-author of two books: "Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower" and "Israel vs. Iran - The Shadow War" "Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power" – shorturl.at/adioS "Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower" - shorturl.at/fhIJ3

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I went to a bunch of these protests to watch and see who are the people who are coming.

0:04.0

These are mostly, almost exclusively secular Israelis.

0:08.0

These are the people who come from Tel Aviv, Herzegelia, Ramatta Sharon, Hodas Sharon, these are people who are middle to upper class.

0:15.0

And these are the people who we were told for years now.

0:18.0

These are these Tel Avivians who are disconnecting from Israel,

0:22.0

or becoming post-Zionists,

0:23.6

are more interested in high-tech and traveling overseas

0:26.2

and getting a second passport from a European embassy

0:29.2

than about fighting for Israel.

0:31.0

Well here we have them fighting for Israel. They're reclaiming

0:34.4

our symbol, the Israeli flag, they're out on the streets, they're not post-Zionists.

0:38.9

These are people who either never left Zionism or have refound their Zionism. And I think that this movement,

0:46.4

whether you agree with them as protesters or you don't, there's something inspiring of

0:51.5

watching so many people fight for their country.

0:54.4

And I wonder how will we channel this power that we now have in this country?

0:59.3

Will it just be wasted on a couple of new politicians?

1:02.1

Or can we change the narrative can we tell a new story

1:05.9

of what a raison d'etra is to be here in Israel what is our purpose as a country why

1:11.2

do we exist? There is a

1:14.0

there is a

1:15.0

a

1:18.0

a a a

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