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The Battle for Gaza City Begins - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

To support American Friends of Israeli Navy SEALS: AFINS.us/warriorcare Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On Monday night, the IDF began its highly anticipated incursion into Gaza City, which has been largely untouched by Israel until recent days. The IDF announced that 40% of Gaza City’s roughly one million people have already evacuated. Meanwhile, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum declared a “state of emergency” amid fears that Israel’s invasion of Gaza City jeopardizes the remaining 48 hostages. On today’s episode, we are joined by Ark Media Contributors Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal to discuss this major development. What does the IDF’s incursion into Gaza City mean for the future of the war, the fate of the hostages, and Israel’s global standing? CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

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44 min
3D AGO

Days of Awe - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin

To support the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology: ats.org/callmeback Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: The High Holidays are approaching. Rosh HaShana begins a week from today, on Monday, September 22, and Yom Kippur follows soon after. To do some Jewish learning in preparation for these holidays, Dan welcomed back Rachel Goldberg-Polin, who helped Call me Back listeners navigate Pesach and Sukkot this past year. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

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52 min
SEP 10

Doha, We Have a Problem - with Nadav Eyal, Amit Segal, Ronen Bergman

Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On Tuesday, the Israeli Airforce carried out strikes on a building in Doha, Qatar, where Hamas’s top leaders were believed to be gathered to discuss the recent American Gaza ceasefire proposal. As of now, it seems unlikely that Israel managed to eliminate its targets. Qatar called the attack a “violation of all laws and norms.” Other Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, and Turkey strongly condemned the attack as well. President Trump gave somewhat contradictory statements on the topic, expressing disapproval at Israel’s decision while calling it an opportunity for peace. Joining us to discuss how the strike and its possible results impacts Israel’s position in the Gaza war and the region, we were joined by Ark Media Contributors Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal and Call me Back Veteran Ronen Bergman. 00:00 Introduction 03:41 What do we know so far about the Doha attack? 10:11 How Israel can measure success 13:43 What was Israel’s goal? 18:58 Did the US know about the attack in advance? 24:41 This attack sends a message 25:59 How the assassination attempt failed 27:39 What is Israel’s strategy? 28:56 The implications for Israel’s relationship with the Gulf 34:13 When will we know if Hamas leaders were killed? CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Sep 10

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43 min
SEP 8

Reclaiming the Jewish Story - with Sarah Hurwitz

Support Birthright Israel: https://birthrightisrael.foundation/callmeback To register for Wednesday’s (09/10) Streicker Center event featuring Sarah Hurwitz, Dara Horn, Abigail Pogrebin, and Dan Senor: streicker.nyc/events/hurwitz To order As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us: sarahhurwitz.net/books/as-a-jew Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On today’s episode we are joined by Sarah Hurwitz, author of the new book As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us. It is an urgent exploration of how antisemitism has shaped Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim their tradition. Sarah was a senior speechwriter in the White House under President Obama, including as Chief Speechwriter for Michelle Obama from 2010-2017. (00:00) Introduction (05:30) How American Jews identify with Judaism (08:35) Sarah’s Jewish journey (11:36) Why “cultural Judaism” isn’t enough (13:00) What prompted Sarah to write As a Jew (18:00) The phenomenon of antizionist Jews (25:12) Blaming Jews for antisemitism (29:00) Normalizing Israeli history (33:08) How Jewish kids will experience Israel (38:47) Antisemitism on the Right (40:35) Using Jewish wisdom in modern American life CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Sep 8

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47 min
SEP 10

Voice Memo: Israel Strikes Qatar

On Tuesday, September 9, Israel struck a building in Doha – the capital city of Qatar – where senior Hamas leaders were believed to be gathered to discuss the recent American ceasefire proposal. We will cover this major development at length in our Thursday episode with Amit and Nadav. Until then, Dan sent a voice memo to Ark Media contributors Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal, asking: what now? How has Israel’s strike on Qatar changed the landscape for the war in Gaza? To learn more about our premium subscription, Inside Call me Back, please go to inside.arkmedia.org CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Sep 10

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5 min
SEP 4

Accounting for the Failure of October 7 - with Yaakov Katz

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: October 7, 2023 was Israel’s biggest security failure since the country’s founding. Over the past twenty-three months, we’ve discovered a lot about how Hamas terrorists managed to penetrate deep into Israel’s borders. But there’s still much the public does not yet know or understand. On today’s episode we are joined by Israeli journalist Yaakov Katz to discuss how a nation known worldwide for its security capabilities failed so monumentally on October 7. Yaakov is the former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post and founder of the Middle East American Dialogue, a conference that brings together American and Middle Eastern leaders. While Israel Slept by Yaakov Katz & Amir Bohbot: https://a.co/d/6xUDPa6 TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets: https://www.torn-film.com/ CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Sep 4

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43 min
SEP 11

Doha

In striking Hamas leaders in Qatar, Israel is invoking a decades-old principle: enemies of the Jewish people have no sovereign immunity. In this episode, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi examine how the 1961 Eichmann Trial, which established the doctrine of universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people, continues to shape modern Israeli thinking and military operations. As day 704 of the war in Gaza unfolds, they grapple with hard questions: is Israel a nation that excels at precise military strikes but struggles with long-term strategic solutions? What does this action mean for hostage negotiations? And how do democracies fight evil without losing their moral standing? Watch the video version of our podcast on our Youtube channel. Past episodes of this show, and other podcasts from Ark Media can be found at arkmedia.org. For more ideas from the Shalom Hartman Institute, visit shalomhartman.org, or JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST. Sponsor an upcoming episode of For Heaven’s Sake. Click here to learn more.

Sep 11

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30 min
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Where are the Jewish People Headed? - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

Nadav’s Op-ed in Hebrew: ynet.co.il/yedioth/article/yokra14492636 Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On Thursday, Ark Media Contributor Nadav Eyal published an op-ed on Ynet titled “An Existential Crossroads: between exile and state,” in which he argued that both Diaspora Jews and Jews in Israel are at a crossroads. On today’s episode, we discuss Nadav’s provocative piece with Nadav himself and Ark Media’s other contributor, Amit Segal, who, as usual, comes at the issues from a different perspective. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Sep 2

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38 min
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Sparta Nation

In a headline-grabbing speech, Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israelis to embrace life as a “super-Sparta,” cut off from a hostile world— which begs the question: who do Israelis want to be after October 7? In this episode, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi unpack the implications of embracing an isolationist strategy: was this merely a pep talk, or the burial of Start-Up Nation for Sparta Nation? What does Sparta really symbolize, and why are even right-wing voters feeling uneasy? With new polls showing 78% of Israelis prefer diplomacy over permanent siege, could a new Israeli identity movement be rising in response? Watch the video version of our podcast on our Youtube channel. Past episodes of this show, and other podcasts from Ark Media can be found at arkmedia.org. For more ideas from the Shalom Hartman Institute, visit shalomhartman.org, or JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST. Sponsor an upcoming episode of For Heaven’s Sake. Click here to learn more.

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41 min
AUG 28

How the U.N. Weaponizes the Famine Narrative in Gaza - with Rich Goldberg

Subscribe to Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org Gift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: inside.arkmedia.org/gifts Subscribe to Amit Segal’s newsletter ‘It’s Noon in Israel’: arkmedia.org/amitsegal/ Watch Call me Back on YouTube: youtube.com/@CallMeBackPodcast Check out Ark Media’s other podcasts: For Heaven's Sake: lnk.to/rfGlrA‘What’s Your Number?’: lnk.to/rbGlvMFor sponsorship inquiries, please contact: callmeback@arkmedia.org To contact us, sign up for updates, and access transcripts, visit: arkmedia.org/ Ark Media on Instagram: instagram.com/arkmediaorg Dan on X: x.com/dansenor Dan on Instagram: instagram.com/dansenor To order Dan Senor & Saul Singer’s book, The Genius of Israel: tinyurl.com/bdeyjsdn Today’s Episode: On Friday, August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – a global hunger monitor backed by the U.N. – declared for the first time that famine had struck North Gaza. Israel quickly denied the charge, accusing the IPC of “biased and self-interested sources originating from Hamas.” It’s hard to identify the truth about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but one thing is clear: the U.N. has worked to weaponize the famine narrative as part of its campaign against Israel and against the Israel/US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which supplanted much of the U.N.’s role in Gaza. To discuss this disturbing part of the equation, we are joined by Rich Goldberg. Rich is a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He served in both Trump administrations, including on the White House National Security Council staff. He also spent a decade on Capitol Hill, as an aide to a U.S. House Member and U.S. Senator, where Rich worked on congressional oversight of U.N. Programs in the Middle East. CREDITS: ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor MARIANGELES BURGOS - Additional Editing MAYA RACKOFF - Operations Director GABE SILVERSTEIN - Research YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

Aug 28

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37 min

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The Battle for Gaza City Begins - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

Days of Awe - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Doha, We Have a Problem - with Nadav Eyal, Amit Segal, Ronen Bergman

Reclaiming the Jewish Story - with Sarah Hurwitz

Voice Memo: Israel Strikes Qatar

Accounting for the Failure of October 7 - with Yaakov Katz

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Where are the Jewish People Headed? - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal

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How the U.N. Weaponizes the Famine Narrative in Gaza - with Rich Goldberg

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