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What We've Learned

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JL;DR SUMMARY Ruthie Blum joins the Commentary Magazine Podcast to discuss the lingering impacts and unanswered questions following the attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. 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 Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel

"And joining us today from Tel Aviv, one of the most prolific commentators in the English-language Israeli press, former editor of the Jerusalem Post, current columnist for the Jewish News Syndicate, host, co-host of the Israel and Diplomatic Podcast, former communications official for the Netanyahu government, and my sister, Ruthie Bloom."

Jerusalem, Israel

"there are still 101 hostages in Gaza. We only... We only started the war in Lebanon, actually, very recently. So, you know, we're not used to that. Usually wars are much shorter. And so at the year anniversary, you know, you can mark it as or even 9-11, because the battlefield wasn't in New York City. You could mark that a year later. But here the battlefield is still in Israel as well as all around."

Israel

"You could mark that a year later. But here the battlefield is still in Israel as well as all around. And there are rocket attacks, even today, rocket attacks."

Saudi Arabia

"And over my granddaughter's nursery school, intercepted from Yemen."

New York City, New York, United States

"You could mark that a year later. But here the battlefield is still in Israel as well as all around. And there are rocket attacks, even today, rocket attacks. And early this morning, there were two drones intercepted. By the way, over my granddaughter's nursery school, intercepted from Yemen. So, you know, it feels weird to be marking it as an anniversary. I mean, I think that's an interesting point because I obviously was not alive at the time, but I don't imagine that December 7th, 1942 was the occasion for mass commemoration of this terrible crime done to the United States."

Columbia University, New York, United States

"Well, I know seven. I know, but right now, actively four, let's say. Well, terrorist attacks from Palestinians, in the Palestinian Authority, two very serious ones in the last few days, for example. Okay. Anyway, so let's not haggle over numbers. Anyway. So, yeah, Matt, what do you make of that? Like, it is, there's something weird. And yet, nonetheless, you know, I'm going to go later this morning to Columbia University at 11 a.m. because Shai Davidai, the professor who has been spearheading the pro-Israel voice on that horrendously botched campus, has called for people to show up at the Columbia gates because apparently the administration has allowed in, has allowed people, it's been closed off pretty much, has allowed people to bring people in today to the campus to express themselves."

Lebanon

"even early this morning, there were two drones intercepted. By the way, over my granddaughter's nursery school, intercepted from Yemen."

Yemen

"even early this morning, there were two drones intercepted. By the way, over my granddaughter's nursery school, intercepted from Yemen."

United States

"We have... We have Americans fighting in the Pacific and on the ground in Northern Africa."

Pennsylvania, United States

"And it was probably just another day, kind of. This is maybe a journalistic trope to kind of always pick out the day and make a thing of the day, turning everything into a birthday or an anniversary, because it's a time when you can, you know, commission pieces ahead of time."

Michigan, United States

"And then the administration's tilt toward Israel and with an upcoming primary in Michigan in which Joe Biden was running effectively unopposed there was nonetheless going to be a drive to have people vote uncommitted rather than for Biden in the democratic primary as an expression of this discomfort and then the Biden administration responded with supplications and and and pleadings and private meetings and efforts to calm the potentially roiling storm of this community."

Washington DC, United States

"Imagine that that had not been in the first place I'm just wondering whether the inconstancy of the Biden administration which has been the narrative in the United States pretty much since December right would that have happened in the same way with the same effect how much of this is naked political calculation mistaken in my view because I think they overestimate wildly overestimate the political strength power force or whatever of this position in the American electorate and even in the electorates of Michigan and other places nonetheless did the presidential election play a role in this I think it's played a role but I also think this situation is a little bit more complex than just one election campaign."

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