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JL;DR SUMMARY Jonathan and Yonit discuss the escalating tensions and potential ceasefire negotiations in Gaza amidst rumors of IDF misconduct, along with the worrying rise in antisemitism following attacks on synagogues in Montreal and Melbourne. 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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Places mentioned

Israel
"And we'll have an interview with a foremost historian about Israel, Syria and the world beyond."
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."
Yemen
"to those who were awakened by sirens due to a ballistic missile from Yemen at 2.40am."
Lebanon
"Obviously, the first months, there were rockets from Hamas and Hezbollah all through the year, you had everyone knew someone who was fighting in Gaza or fighting in Lebanon, there were attacks from Iran."
Iran
"there were rockets from Hamas and Hezbollah all through the year, you had everyone knew someone who was fighting in Gaza or fighting in Lebanon, there were attacks from Iran."
Southern District, Israel
"In recent weeks, I mean, besides the fact that Israelis are walking with a heavy heart, because of the hostages, at least in central Israel."
Jerusalem, Israel
"in Aleppo, one in Damascus, one for the Alawites, which produced the Assad family, of course, one for the Druze, and then a Christian, a Christian dominated state in what is what is now essentially Lebanon, created for the French allies."
Syria
"And there were, of course, contradictory because it is the Middle East."
Saudi Arabia
"I would add to that, look, there's another sort of part of this puzzle. And that is the Saudi normalization, because there have been reports also that there's a bigger deal in play for Netanyahu, right, saying, agreeing to the end of the war, bringing back the hostages and receiving something like a Saudi normalization."
New York, United States
"By the way, I have a, I should tell you, I have a close friend in New York who, after visiting Israel, kept her alerts of the Israeli home front."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Some grim news out of Canada this week. A synagogue in a suburb of Montreal was targeted in what police suspect was an arson attack."
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"It comes after a really devastating attack in Melbourne where the Adas Yisrael Synagogue was attacked as well in a really devastating fire that has been branded."
Ireland
"There is this strain, and it doesn't involve most Irish people. But James Joyce wrote about it. If you read Ulysses, you know, James Joyce was, in fact, a supporter of Jewish self-determination."
Mount Hermon, Haifa District, Israel
"He's got that photograph of him now visiting Mount Hermon as if the all-conquering hero."
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