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Eight Israeli thinkers discuss the Iranian threat and its implications for Israel.
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from 1840. This is 18 Questions 40 Israeli thinkers and I'm your host Suri Frutter. 18 Questions 40 Israeli Thinkers is a podcast that interviews Israel's leading voices to explore those critical questions people are having today on Zionism, the Israel Hamas War, democracy, morality, Judaism, peace, Israel's future, and so much more. Every week, we introduce you to fresh perspectives and challenging ideas about Israel from across the political spectrum that you won't find anywhere spectrum that you won't find anywhere else. So, if you're the kind of person who wants to learn, understand, and dive deeper into Israel, then join us on our journey as we pose 18 pressing questions to the 40 Israeli journalists, scholars, and religious thinkers you need to hear from today. Right now, 18 questions, 40 Israeli thinkers should be at our 38th Israeli Thinker. And we had that interview scheduled this week, or rather this past week, but because of the missile fire coming from Iran that has put Israelis coming from Iran that has put Israelis into high alert into bomb shelters into a lot more of a precautionary state. We had to postpone that interview. And I didn't want to leave you guys with nothing. So, I thought, how better than to meet the moment of where Israel is right now since its strike on Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites and military leadership to bring you some of the voices from past guests and what they said about Israel and Iran at that time. And I want to begin with a
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- 0:00from 1840. This is 18 Questions 40 Israeli thinkers and I'm your host Suri Frutter. 18…
- 3:08it diverted attention of Israel from the main arena of conflict which is Iran to a…
- 6:09the box. Right. Exactly. I just I think that what we've learned is that there first…
- 9:18we should have gone straight to Iran because um we keep finding ourselves in this loop…
- 12:24countries with the Saudis or it won't happen at all. There is no solution to be…
- 15:29which will be able to defeat us in a war of attrition. And we got a…
- 18:37be a different world if Iran has a nuclear program. So uh right now it doesn't…
- 22:14the Iranians are past the peak of the damage or before and I think the and…
- 25:21Sinoir alone can't couldn't have destroyed Gaza and couldn't have carried out October 7. Why they…
- 28:22week is BB about to fall. When is he about to fall? How does he fall?…
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