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JL;DR SUMMARY Matti Friedman joins Yonit and Jonathan to discuss the tension within Israeli society following assassinations in Iran and Hezbollah's leadership, as well as internal unrest reminiscent of a "January 6th" moment. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Israeli SocietyHamasHezbollahIranMatti FriedmanPolitical LeadershipAssassinationsInternal DivisionsJanuary 6th Comparison

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Brussels, Belgium
"This event even before it had the assassinations that led you and I to be in touch and say, OK, obviously, I'm coming back because this is a hugely serious moment."
Beirut, Lebanon
"Grave fears this weekend of a lethal response against Israel from Iran following two assassinations, one in Beirut and one in the Iranian capital, plus a clash of Israeli versus Israeli at a military base that some are calling Israel's January the 6th."
Tehran, Fars, Iran
"Grave fears this weekend of a lethal response against Israel from Iran following two assassinations, one in Beirut and one in the Iranian capital, plus a clash of Israeli versus Israeli at a military base that some are calling Israel's January the 6th."
Tehran, Iran
"But after that, as I said, seven hours after an attack in Tehran, right after the swearing in of the new president, and this was a targeted killing of number one in Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, essentially the leader of the political wing."
London, United Kingdom
"I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"And I'm Unite Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"He was the assistant of arch-terrorist Ahmed Yassin. He's also the person who connected Hamas more than anything to Iran. This is not a good guy. And when you talk about the negotiations, again, the person, the one person who made the decisions was indeed Yechis Anwar."
Majdal Shams, Central District, Israel
"this was official retaliation for, um, what happened earlier in the week, which is that, uh, 12 kids were killed, uh, in a soccer field in, uh, Majdal Shams."
Washington DC, United States
"We thought we'd be in touch and say, OK, I'm coming back, as this is a hugely serious moment. I don't think the foreign press or observers overseas have really processed it, because it's been overshadowed by the more dramatic events in Tehran and in Beirut."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Arab diplomats quoted in Washington Post were saying, or one Arab diplomat or official quoted in the Washington Post said, towards the end, he was one of the ones who saw the value of a deal and wanted to reach it."
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