How Did October 7th Happen?
How Did October 7th Happen? Israeli Ambassador to the United States Where are the Israelis? Are they looking to end Hamas or are they looking for this war to be over?
So, over the weekend I had the opportunity to speak with Ambassador Michael Leiter, who is the Israeli Ambassador to the United States. He was in town and he’s doing some touring and Connection to Connection, and there we sat in the studio having a conversation for well over fifty minutes. A little bit about Bourbon, a little bit about Israel, a lot about Israel specifically the war with Gaza, specifically what he sees from the US media. And so, I’m going bring you parts of that interview. I’ll have the whole thing up on the YouTube channel at Tony Katz and I’ll have it up as a special piece of podcasts share that over there. I asked the questions including who dropped the ball on October 7th? You know, is this war winnable? Meaning what does it mean to win? And we had an interesting bit of back and forth twice regarding does Hamas remain or not remain? What does it mean disarmed versus dismantled? And it was a very interesting look. But I appreciate very much Ambassador Leiter’s candor. It was it was very, very present. Not only a bit of the historical references and making sure you understand connection pieces to just the current situation and the very honest, sober look at what it is Israelis are dealing with what Americans are seeing in their universities and from their politicos and others. So, the conversation it didn’t start here, but I’ll share it with you here. Where are the Israelis? I mean, are they looking to end Hamas or are they looking for this war to be over? Are the people of Israel with you on this idea? Because certainly I have never discussed the destruction of Hamas as in somehow there’s a man left standing, but one could argue, how could you ensure you got every last man? Are the Israelis with you on this? Are the Israelis with you on this? Do they want this fight to continue until Hamas is gone? Or is it get the hostages back and we’ll worry about the rest later. Which certainly was a conversation piece a year plus ago, certainly seems to have changed since the release of the videos that you’re referencing, showing these hostages being starved and horrific conditions, one very possibly digging his own grave. I mean that’s what it looked like to anybody who had a mind.
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