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Hey, it's Dan. There's been some developing news from Israel, so I didn't want us to do a full

episode on it quite yet. Instead, we're trying out a new format here by sending a meet

and a dove a voice memo. Here we go. A meet and a dove. It's a little

after midnight for me in New York on Tuesday, August 5th, which means a little after 7 a.m.

For you in Israel on Tuesday, August 5th. Over the course of this night, here I saw news that Netanyahu and the

government had ordered the IDF to effectively take over Gaza, occupy Gaza in its entirety.

And I just had two quick questions for you. One, is this just a negotiating tactic, an effort

to pressure Hamas, diplomatically, politically,

to take a deal, a ceasefire deal? And two, what if Hamas calls Israel's bluff? What are the

practical implications if Israel actually has to go through with it? Can it go through with it? Does

it have the capacity to go through with it? Please share your thoughts with me. I'm eager to hear your quick take on both topics. Thanks.

So here's the thing. Everyone then is convinced that Netanyahu's cheating, but the question is,

who is the Tao cheating? Is he tried to talk the right wing out of living his government, saying, promising,

I'm going to attack Gaza soon, to occupy it, everything is going to change?

Or the other way around, and according to which he actually says to Hamas,

listen, I'm coming after you, so you better do a midterm deal, releasing

10 live hostages so I don't have to occupy Gaza.

And I would like to offer a third option that Netanyahu decided after a long, very long

term period of time that it is no longer possible for Israel to actually muddle

through, that it has to take the decision to either occupy all Gaza, conquer Gaza city,

defeat Hamas, or releasing all the hostages and leaving Hamas in power.

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