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Decision Time In The North - with Matti Friedman — Call Me Back - with Dan Senor from overcast.fm
This past weekend we saw a major and brazen escalation against Israel by Hezbollah. This war front is not new, but it will now come into much sharper focus. And with the slaughter of Druze children, we have received a number of questions about Israel’s Druze community in Israel’s North, as well as questions about the options for Israeli decision-makers now. To help us unpack all of this, we are joined by Matti Friedman, who is one of the most thoughtful writers when it comes to all matters related to Israel, the broader Middle East, and also trends in the world of journalism. He is a columnist for The Free Press: https://www.thefp.com/ Matti’s most recent book is called “Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai.” Before that he published “Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel,” and before that “Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War.” Matti’s army service included tours in Lebanon. His work as a reporter has taken him from Israel to Lebanon, and other hotspots across the…
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@Pawpower @quanin Yes agreed with the others in this thread who aren't James. When you've lived in the south, as I did for a *huge* chunk of my life, iced coffee becomes permissible along with coke ETC. because real iced coffee contains way more caffeine than your average coke, and because when we complain it's hot we mean absolutely creating extra circles of hell hot.

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Get in Babkans and other fedizens, we're doing Monday.

I haven't quite gotten my shortcuts thing set up correctly to track my podcast listening, but I'll work on that more this weekend. Other than that, it's just a normal work day, except yay no meetings which is a definite plus.

Everyone have a good day.