Welcome to the dispatch podcast.

This is Adam sitting in for Jamie.

It's been a while since we talked about Israel

and a lot has happened.

So we thought we'll do a quick recap.

We have Nadavaial, senior political reporter for Yoda

Tijuana, David French, special guest of advisory opinion, and not wilt, former Israeli parliamentarian and author of

the War of Return. So we want to make sure that we go through a variety of topics from the

current rising tensions in the region and the possibility of a regional war and the

mood in Israel and get to also talk about the, I don't know what to call it, you'll give it a word, but the state of relationship

between the United States and Israel. But let's start with how are things looking

right now for Israel vis a v Iran. Israel, as I'm sure all our

listeners are aware, has completed a set of assassinations in recent weeks which has culminated with the killing of

Hamas's political leader Ismailanilla on Iranian soil.

And we are now basically in baited breath waiting for the Iranian response.

What's the situation on that, Nadav?

So Israel is racing for an Iranian response that should come in the next 24 to 72 hours.

This is the last assessment by both Western Intelligence Services, I think the US Intelligence but also the Israelis.

This kind of a response is going to be probably coordinated between Hezbollah and Iran.

And I should remind the people who are listening that Israel assassinated

number two in his body, the chief of staff of his baller.

In July, it also assassinated Ismail Haniya,

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