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S2 E46. Sundays with Ya’akov: Bibi Goes to D.C., Hostages and Drones
Tension has spiked again in Israel. The sustained war of attrition in the north is intense and wildly destructive. People are dying and a large swath of…
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Vivian Bercovici
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38:06
S2 E45. Sundays With Ya’akov: Two Assassination Attempts; Faint Hope for Hostages
Israel steels for the possible return of hostages, including young female soldiers
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Vivian Bercovici
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38:15
Summer Update: What to Expect in the Coming Months
Some of the Same, Some Change | For now, I’m busy acclimatizing to the kibbutz environment and living a whisker away from the area that was ravaged on…
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E44. Sundays with Ya’akov: Guarded Optimism For a Hostage Deal
Israel is riveted by the possibility – which has been much talked about in the last few days – of a return to the hostage negotiating table to finally…
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Vivian Bercovici
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33:46
S2 E43. Hamas Hostage Romi Gonen: How Her Family Copes
For the four siblings and parents of 23-year-old Hamas hostage, Romi Gonen, life has been totally upended since October 7, 2023. . Her mother, Meirav…
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Vivian Bercovici
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48:37

June 2024

S2 E42. Sundays with Ya’akov: What is Too Old and When is it Too Much?
President Biden’s age and what it means for the Middle East
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Vivian Bercovici
40:41
Flat Tires. And... The Israeli Supreme Court Says that Ultra-Orthodox Men Must Serve in the IDF
Israeli Attorney General instructs Minister of Defence to draft 3,000 ultra-orthodox young men immediately.
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Vivian Bercovici
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S2 E41. Sundays With Ya’akov: Bibi’s Video Blip. Hizballah Heats Up. Hostages.
Girding for a long, hot, intense summer.
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Vivian Bercovici
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35:23
S2 E40. Weekdays with Ya’akov: Ultra-Orthodox Draft Evasion Fuels Rage and Riots in Jerusalem
Hostages Languish and Israel is BANNED by President Macron From Eurosatory - largest Defense and Security Expo in the World
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Vivian Bercovici
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The truth behind Israel's June 8 hostage rescue
Israel says Palestinian fatalities included numerous Hamas terrorists who, unbeknownst to the hostages' rescuers, were using the apartment as a base
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Vivian Bercovici
S2 E39. The Heat Soars and Isolation of Israel Intensifies: We Take the Temperature with Lt. Col. (Res.) Jonathan Conricus
The IDF took a heavy blow on the weekend with 10 soldiers killed and another who passed from severe injuries suffered earlier. With our regular…
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Vivian Bercovici
38:57
Dispatch from Chamonix, Sderot, Geneva, Toronto: About Everything
Today is Sunday but, alas, it shall be a Sunday without Ya’akov Katz. I am in Europe for a week…..holed up in a perfect little village in the French…
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Vivian Bercovici
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