Daily Podcasts Video Research

Bombs Rain Down—and a Divided Israel Unites Behind the War

JL;DR SUMMARY In the face of increasing tensions and ongoing missile exchanges with Iran, Israel finds itself in a unique moment of unity amidst crisis. 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'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

JerusalemIranNational UnityMilitary ConflictCrisis ResponseAerial DefenseMissile BarragesPublic ResilienceSafe Rooms

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"On an ordinary night in Jerusalem, its possible to look up from my quiet rooftop at the stars."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Hours before dawn this morning the sky came alive with orange streaks from the northeastthe latest Iranian missile barrage headed toward population centers around Tel Aviv and Haifa."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"Hours before dawn this morning the sky came alive with orange streaks from the northeastthe latest Iranian missile barrage headed toward population centers around Tel Aviv and Haifa."
Iran
"the sky hisses and roars with Israeli jets flying to and from targets in Iran; it hums with the sound of what may be Iranian suicide drones."
This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 54450
Cairo Source ID 51
Retrieved 2025-06-15 18:00:25 UTC
Curated 2025-06-15 19:00:19 UTC