What Next: Who—and Why—Israelis Are Protesting

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Will the deaths of six hostages mark a turning point in how Israelis view the war in Gaza—and how Netanyahu’s government is conducting it? Guest: Yair Rosenberg, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Deep Shtetl Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey what next listeners, it's Mary Harris. This fall, you're going to be
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0:32.2	All right, back to the news.
0:35.6	The news actually leaked on social media before it was public.
0:45.0	Yeier Rosenberg is a writer for the Atlantic.
0:50.0	He covers Israeli politics and the Netanyahu government.
0:55.0	And rumors began circulating on Israeli websites and Twitter and elsewhere that bodies had been recovered in Gaza, that they were hostages.
1:05.0	On Sunday, Israeli officials confirmed that the bodies of six hostages had been recovered in Gaza.
1:12.0	One was Israeli-American. had been
1:15.0	killed,
1:19.0	killed shortly before they were found.
1:21.0	All had reportedly been killed shortly before they were found. All of this stuff is not supposed to be public,
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