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Last weekend we saw a massive and brazen escalation by Hezbollah against Israel. This war front is not new, but it will now come into even clearer focus.

And in connection with the murder of the Druze children, we have received numerous questions about the Druze community in northern Israel, but also questions about the options now available to Israeli decision-makers.

To help us decipher all of this, we have Matti Friedman, one of the most thoughtful writers when it comes to all things related to Israel, the Middle East and also trends in the world of journalism, a columnist for The Free Press: https://www.thefp.com/

Matti's most recent book is "Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai." He previously published "Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel," and before that "Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War." Matti also served in Lebanon during his military service. His work as a reporter has taken him from Israel to Lebanon and other hot spots in the Middle East and around the world. He is a former Associated Press correspondent and an essayist for the New York Times opinion section.

Published works by Matti Friedman relevant to this episode:

– “The Wisdom of Hamas” — The Free Press — https://www.thefp.com/p/matti-friedman-the-wisdom-of-hamas
– “What if the real war in Israel hadn’t even started yet?” — The Free Press — https://www.thefp.com/p/matti-friedman-israel-hezbollah-war
-/“There is no ‘Israeli-Palestinian conflict’/” – The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/israeli-palestinian-conflict-matti-friedman.html
-/“An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Most Important Story” – Tablet Magazine – https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/israel-insider-guide
-/“What the media gets wrong about Israel/” – The Atlantic – https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/
– “Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story from a Forgotten War” — https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pumpkinflowers-matti-friedman/1122279367?ean9781616206918

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