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JL;DR SUMMARY Discussed are U.S. trade and investment pacts with Gulf states led by President Trump, raising concerns about Israel's role, and the ambivalent feelings among Israelis about a hostage release due to U.S. intervention. 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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Tel AvivTrump AdministrationIsraeli PoliticsGulf StatesHostage ReleaseUs Israel RelationsCommunity DynamicsCultural EventsTrade DealsMilitary

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"And welcome to the Promise Podcast, brought to you on TLV1, the voice of the city that this weekend in 37 community centers spread around the city is putting on a gala, quote unquote, Shabbat in pajamas event."
Jaffo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A silent disco and also a Bedouin tent at the Beit Charner Community Center in Jaffo."
Jerusalem, Israel
"With us today from TLV1's venerable satellite studio in Jerusalem is a woman who is the Einstein of easy and affable sociability."
United Arab Emirates
"Linda is also a lecturer in journalism at NYU Tel Aviv and at the Hebrew University and not too long ago at NYU Abu Dhabi."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Today is day 587, which are 83 weeks and 5 days of the captivity of now 58 hostages living and dead in Gaza."
Modine, Central District, Israel
"My heart is in the east, my body is in Modine, but my pajamas, my pajamas are in Tel Aviv."
London, United Kingdom
"Depending on how you look at it, the story that ended this past Monday evening in the Chalon Pajam Military Cemetery started in London on June 3rd, 1982."
Lebanon
"It was around this time that soldiers came to the door of the Feldman family and told Zvi that he needed immediately to report for reserve duty under a Tzav Shmona, an emergency enlistment order."
Tenafly, New Jersey, United States
"First, that Adan is an American soldier. He was born in Tel Aviv, but grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"She is an instructor at the Rudiman Program for American Jewish Studies at Haifa University."
Central District, Israel
"Ahead of his trip, the American president said he hoped that Donald Trump would be able to invest in the American economy."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Sarah Hirshhorn is senior researcher at the Comper Center for the Interdisciplinarity, Disciplinary Study of Antisemitism and Racism."
Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Tel Aviv day, and I'm starting to think I may have to leave the promised land of Jerusalem to come to the city of sin of Tel Aviv and take part in this with my best jammies."
Qatar
"And now in his second term as U.S. President, Donald Trump this week made his first international diplomatic visit, except for a quick junket to Pope Francis's funeral, again to Saudi Arabia, and after that to Qatar and the UAE."
Binyamina, Haifa District, Israel
"About 10 minutes later, he got bored and decided that he needed to try it on with his, with his Amazonian combat soldier who was sitting next to us. First, he criticizes her for holding her gun, which she has lodged between her legs on this packed train, is pointing it at him."
Ramat HaKovesh, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"On Friday, Susan and I went to the wedding of Kami and Guy at Kibbutz Ramatakovish in a beautiful spot called the Pekan Garden."

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