ISRAEL UPDATE

The IDF's plan is finally taking shape. Michael Doran and Gadi Taub discuss the operation and the options. New light is shed on the atrocities by forensic medicine, while more stories of bravery come to light. We spoke with Menachem Kelmanson who saved more than 100 souls in Kibbutz Beeri on October 7, before losing his own brother. Also in this episode: a new front in with Yemen, and footage the BBC cut out of its interview with Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.

As attacks on Gaza intensify, some are attempting to leverage the tragedy of the hostages domestically against Benjamin Netanyahu. Will they end up helping Hamas's plan to sow discord in Israeli society? Has the IDF called Hezbollah's bluff on a second front, or is this to early to know? Plus, the story of one brave policeman, Avi Amar, how leaped from one scene of horror to another on October 7, saving lives, until he lost his own. We spoke with his son. Gadi Taub and Mike Doran discuss all this and more.

Is the spirit of 1948 reemerging in Israel? Or will it be restrained by American pressure? Will the slow clock of military prudence outrun the diplomatic clock of international patience? Gadi Taub and Mike Doran discuss the latest, plus a look at the European reaction to the war with Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to Germany. And here's the essay we discussed at the opening, "The Spirit of 1948". https://www.makorrishon.co.il/opinion/685715/

Gadi Taub and Mike Doran explain why this war is a turning point in history, and not just for Israelis, who took a brake from Jewish history and have now returned to it, but for the region, and beyond that, to the global political balance.

Gadi Taub and Mike Doran unpack President Biden's trip to Jerusalem. There was much lofty rhetoric but then there is also hard political currency. The real story behind the media narrative. We also spoke to Caroline Glick on the show. Check out her show for further insights on Biden's visit to Israel: https://youtu.be/Niq4WPSxSOU

Gadi Taub and Michael Doran discuss the current state of Israel's Gaza war - the coming ground incursion, Iran's involvement, America's role, and an Israeli press that sows internaldiscord.