The Impact of the Iran War on Israel and the Jewish People

For Heaven's Sake

What is the hidden cost of Israeli resilience? 

In this episode, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi move beyond strategic analysis to examine how the war is reshaping daily life in Israel, why the polls haven't budged despite a popular and militarily successful war, and what the Lebanon ground operation reveals about Israel's most stubborn patterns. They also confront the growing divide in American Jewry over Israel's place in Jewish identity — a rift that goes far deeper than policy disagreement. 

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2026-03-18 47 min

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