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 itinerant guest, Lt. Col. (Res.) Jonathan Conricus, we discuss the circumstances in Gaza that caused the deaths of eight IDF soldiers in a single incident. As a former infantryman who was in active service in the area where the tragedy occurred, Conricus infuses the telling with immediacy and deep knowledge. We then touch on increased humanitarian aid to Gaza before moving on to France, briefly. In an unprecedented and very hostile move, President Emmanuel Macron declared recently that all Israeli defence companies will be banned from participating in the biennial Eurosatory Exhibition – the largest such international event for the land, air-land defense and security industry. Ironically, as Conricus tells us, the theme for this year’s Exhibition is counter-terrorism. Israel is banned but China is participating. Mull that. This is a huge blow to Israel. We then pop up to the northern front, where fires burn out of control, residents are coming up to nine months since they were evacuated and there is no resolution in sight. It’s a lot of difficult information to process but…..as always….State of Tel Aviv tells it like it is. No sugar coating. We really do live in interesting times.