The View From Tel Aviv
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🗓️ 12 October 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
As Israel sends thousands of troops to the border with Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to form an emergency war cabinet with members of the country’s political opposition. It comes as Israel continues to pound the Palestinian territory with airstrikes, intensifying fears that the assault will create a humanitarian crisis.
Meanwhile, Israel is on edge over the fate of over a hundred hostages taken by Hamas – as well as the prospect of an unprecedented ground invasion of Gaza. We caught up with Itamar Karbi, a PhD student living in Tel Aviv, to hear more about how the conflict has upended everyday life.
Show Notes:
- LA Times (Opinion): I’m an Israeli student and peace activist. Here’s what being in Tel Aviv has been like since Hamas attacked – https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-10/israel-hamas-war-peace
- Vote Save America: Ohio – https://votesaveamerica.com/state/ohio/
- What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, October 12th. |
| 0:02.8 | I'm Priyanka Aribindi. |
| 0:04.1 | And I'm Wandaida Talver, and this is What A Day. |
| 0:06.7 | On today's show, House Majority Leader Steve Scalice won his party's nomination to become |
| 0:11.1 | House Speaker. |
| 0:12.1 | Plus, early voting is underway in Ohio for a special election on reproductive rights. |
| 0:17.3 | But first, let's begin with an update on the tragic human toll from the intensifying war |
| 0:22.5 | between Hamas and Israel. |
| 0:24.6 | As of our recording time at 9.30 p.m. Eastern, the BBC reports that 1,200 people have been |
| 0:29.8 | killed in Israel, including 22 Americans, and 1,100 people have been killed in Gaza. |
| 0:36.1 | In the wake of the violence, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed an emergency |
| 0:40.4 | unity government yesterday with his chief political rival, former Defense Minister Benny |
| 0:45.0 | Gantz. |
| 0:46.0 | This power sharing agreement adds two opposition lawmakers, both of whom are former Army chiefs |
| 0:51.6 | to Netanyahu's cabinet. |
| 0:53.2 | And according to the agreement's terms, they will make decisions regarding the war and |
| 0:56.7 | security in Israel as this conflict continues. |
| 1:00.3 | Following the formation of this government, Netanyahu gave a televised address with Gantz |
| 1:04.1 | on Wednesday night, presenting a unified front and pledging to crush Hamas. |
| 1:09.0 | So this war cabinet formed as troops in Israel continue to gather in the South, and it's |
| 1:14.4 | looking more and more likely that a ground invasion of Gaza is expected to happen any day |
| 1:18.6 | now, right? |
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