Episode 1672 • • 1:45:33 - 1:49:55
1672: Sand Battery
Israel-Hezbollah Tensions, Ultra-Orthodox Military Draft
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli officials to discuss the rising threat of war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Simultaneously, the Israel Supreme Court ruled that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men, ending a decades-old exemption. The hosts discuss the internal social friction this causes within Israeli society.