Jonathan Conricus – The Israeli hostages, UN, UNRWA and UNIFIL, IDF soldiers, will Israel survive? Ep. 62.

Jonathan Conricus is a senior fellow at FDD focused on the Middle East. He served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for 24 years as a combat commander in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He also served as a military diplomat, foreign relations expert, and international spokesperson. He recently retired as lieutenant colonel. Jonathan was the first Israeli officer to be seconded to the United Nations (UN), during which he provided military and strategic analysis for UN peacekeeping forces. He has directed social media and public diplomacy efforts and has extensive on- and off-camera experience from his years as a spokesperson. ►  ⁠BLI ⁠⁠⁠⁠STØTTEMEDLEM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Fremover vil de som er støttemedlemmer få tilgang til episodene først. Da støtter du podcasten med det samme som prisen av en kaffe hver måned. Setter stor pris på om du blir støttemedlem. Tusen takk. ► VIPPS Om du ønsker å støtte arbeidet med denne podcasten, kan du bidra med et stort eller lite beløp, etter eget ønske. All støtte settes pris på, og du bidrar til arbeidet med å lage flere episoder. Bruk Vippsnummer: #823278 ► SPONSOR Denne episoden er sponset av Kristent Ressursenter. Les mer om dem her: ⁠https://kressurs.no ► Du kan altså støtte podden ved å donere et beløp til: ➡ Vipps (lenke for mobil) eller bruk Vippsnummer: #823278 ➡ Eller bli MEDLEM og få tilgang til de nyeste episodene først. ► Omtale/rating: Legg gjerne igjen en omtale/rating på ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠.  Det hjelper podcasten med å bli synlig for flere. ► Facebook-gruppe: Bli med i Facebook-gruppen her ► Linker: ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠ | Google | ⁠⁠Nettside⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | Podimo | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Apple Chapters: 00:00 The Israeli hostages and their families. Is enough being done? 09:00 What’s it like for the IDF soldiers on the ground, and how can they differentiate civilians from H*mas? 18:40 Israel offered Hamas a deal. 20:11 Hamas is evil. Similar to ISIS 22:09 Which is more important to Hamas: Destroying Israel, or killing the jewish people? 30:07 Hamas would win in a free election, even after October 7th 35:00 When a civilian starts behaving as a threat, they are regarded as an enemy combatant. 39:04 The death toll numbers. Editors and journalists are lazy. 49:40 The UN and UNRWA and UNIFIL 59:40 Will Israel survive?