A Hostage Deal with Haviv Rettig Gur & Nadav Eyal
*** Share episode on X: https://tinyurl.com/vehsrjpx ***\n\nBefore today\u2019s conversation, one housekeeping note. We are announcing our second "Call Me Back Live" Event. I will be talking to creators of Fauda -- Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz. They are scripting OCTOBER 7th, a feature film on the heroic true story of Noam Tibon, who rescued his son Amir Tibon, a Haaretz journalist, and his young family, from Hamas terrorists who had invaded their home at Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Issacharoff is also is a war correspondent who has been embedded with the IDF in Gaza. The event is July 22 at 6pm in NYC at the Comedy Cellar. Part of the proceeds will be donated to Leket, Israel\u2019s leading food rescue organization, which has played a critical role working with farmers and kibbutizm in the Gaza envelope since 10/07.\n\n\nTo RSVP, please go to comedycellar.com, click the "lineups" button on the top left and select "July 22".\n\n\nNow onto today\u2019s conversation. How close is Israel to reaching a hostage deal with Hamas and \u2013 with that \u2013 a temporary ceasefire that could possibly become a permanent ceasefire? And why does this negotiations process have direct implications for Israel\u2019s Northern border, between Hezbollah and Israel? Could a Gaza ceasefire result in a de-escalation on Israel\u2019s Northern border? \n\n\nTo help us understand what\u2019s going on here, we have two guests today:\n\n-Nadav Eyal is a columnist for Yediot. Eyal has been covering Middle-Eastern and international politics for the last two decades for Israeli radio, print and television news. \n\n-Haviv Rettig-Gur has been a regular presence on this podcast since October 8. He is a senior political analyst for the Times of Israel, and has been an important interpreter for Western audiences of how to understand this conflict in broader historical terms. \n\n\n\nSpeech by Nadav Eyal discussed on this episode: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9IUmVwtRZV/?igsh=MW95bXpyZ2hhdm4xNA==