The hostage deal: a new phase in the war - with Amos Harel

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🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Amos Harel has been the military correspondent and defense analyst for Israel's Haaretz newspaper for 25 years. He is among the most well-sourced and thoughtful journalists and analysts covering Israeli security affairs inside Israel. Prior to his current position, Amos spent four years as night editor for the Haaretz Hebrew print edition, and from 1999-2005 he was the anchor on a weekly Army Radio program about defense issues. Along with frequent "Call Me Back" guest and Fauda co-creator Avi Issacharoff, Amos co-wrote a book about the Second Intifada, called "The Seventh War: How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians", which was published in 2004 and translated into several languages, including Arabic. Amos and Avi also co-wrote "34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah and the War in Lebanon", about the war of 2006, which was published in 2008. How to find Amos's book:"34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon" -- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/34-days-amos-harel/1101905140?ean=9780230611542

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0:00.0	The whole efforts of the country was shattered and I think that it will take a lot of time for us to recover and my personal hope is that we'll see all of those terrorists who are involved in this slaughter in this massacre,
0:13.8	pay the ultimate price.
0:15.0	I really do hope that the idea would kill them all.
0:17.4	But would that mean that we actually won the war?
0:19.9	I think that this is problematic.
0:21.4	And we need to survive somehow in this region, and we need to survive somehow in this region and we need to be stronger and tougher and there are a lot of conclusions from that regarding the idea of our strategic behavior in the region at large our relationship to the United States, all of that.
0:35.1	But I don't think that a decisive victory is in the cards.
0:38.3	It's much more complicated than that.
0:40.1	We can try to improve our situation, but that's not the end of the story.
0:44.3	I'm not talking in terms of victory.
0:46.4	I'm sad to say this, but this is the reality. It is Thursday, November 23rd at 10 a.m. in New York City. Happy Thanksgiving. It is 5 p.m. in Israel as Israelis brace for the implementation of the return of the first group of
1:17.8	hostages from Gaza.
1:20.8	According to latest reports, the implementation of the ceasefire and the release of the
1:27.2	first hostages has been delayed until tomorrow Friday November 24, with the ceasefire to be implemented at 9 a.m. and the first group of 13
1:39.9	hostages to be released at 4 p.m both of those are Israel Times to discuss the
1:47.6	implementation of the hostage deal and the implications for the future of this war, which does seem to be entering a new phase
1:56.8	as a result of the hostage deal.
1:59.8	We will be joined by Amos Harrell. Amos is one of the busiest people in journalism in Israel.
2:07.8	He is one of the top, if not the top, national security reporter, and we are very much looking forward to this
2:15.5	conversation just a little bit of background on Amos he's been a military
2:19.6	correspondent and defense analyst for Haaritz one of Israel's leading national newspapers for the last 12 years prior to his current position.
2:28.0	Amos spent four years as the Knight editor for the Haritz Hebrew print edition and from 1999 to 2005 he was
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