What's the Iran strategy? - with Nadav Eyal and Matt Levitt
*** Share episode on X: https://tinyurl.com/56nzhy97 ***\n\nHOUSEKEEPING NOTE: \nI\u2019m pleased to announce a major live recording of Call Me Back in New York City on September 24th. The event will be held at the Streicker Center, co-sponsored by UJA Federation of NY, and my guest will be Amir Tibon on the official launch date of his book The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands.\n\nIn his new book, Amir tells the gripping story of the Tibon family\u2019s ordeal at Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7 and the heroic rescue by Amir\u2019s father, retired General Noam Tibon. Woven throughout the book is Amir\u2019s own expertise as a longtime journalist in Israel and in Washington, the history of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, and the conflict between Israel and Gaza.\n\nThe story has previously been featured on 60 Minutes and it is also being developed in a feature film by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz.\n\nWe are excited to bring this program \u2013 with our partners at The Streicker Center and UJA Federation of NY \u2013 to the Call Me Back audience. To register, please go to streicker.nyc/events/tibon-senor\n\nTODAY\u2019S EPISODE:\nTensions have been high in Israel over the past week, as Israelis brace for a response from Iran and Hezbollah, following last week\u2019s assassinations of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and Fuad Shukr in Lebanon. \n\nThis attack was anticipated to have already taken place, and may happen at any moment. \n\nTo help us understand the extent to which Israel and the U.S. have prepared for this new phase, we are joined by Nadav Eyal and Matt Levitt. \n\nNadav Eyal is a columnist for Yediot. He has been covering Middle-Eastern and international politics for the last two decades for Israeli radio, print and television news.\n\nDr. Matthew Levitt is the director of the Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served as deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. During his tenure at Treasury, he played a central role in efforts to protect the U.S. financial system from abuse and to deny terrorists, weapons proliferators, and other rogue actors the ability to finance threats to U.S. national security. He later served as a counterterrorism advisor to the special envoy for Middle East regional security. Previously, Matt was a counterterrorism intelligence analyst at the FBI, where he provided tactical and strategic analytical support for counterterrorism operations, focusing on fundraising and logistical support networks for Middle Eastern terrorist groups. He is the author of several books and monographs, including Hamas: Politics, Charity and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad (Yale University Press, 2006), and Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God (Georgetown University Press, 2013). He is the host of the podcast series, Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule. \n\nMatt Levitt\u2019s Books: \n\nHezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon\u2019s Party of God - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hezbollah-matthew-levitt/1114960198?ean=9781626162013\n\nNegotiating Under Fire: Preserving Peace Talks in the Face of Terror Attacks - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/negotiating-under-fire-matthew-levitt/1100301395?ean=9780742551626