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News editor Ben Sales joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
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As the US closes in on a deal with Iran based on talks that didn’t include Israel, Sales discusses the war that began with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump standing shoulder to shoulder — and now appears to be ending with Israel watching from the sidelines — and what that could mean for Israel.
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While Israelis are currently living without the day-to-day threat of missile fire by Iran, northern residents are enduring intensifying waves of attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon during what is supposed to be a ceasefire, notes Sales, who examines the unprecedented period and its psychological effect on the country and its residents.
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For further reading:
Israel began the Iran war as a partner of the US — and is ending it on the sidelines
Ceasefire nation: Caught between war and peace, can Israelis move forward?
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