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I've been liking this podcast, and Haviv gave some phenomenal insight. Yet I was quite disappointed that the Russia-Iran-Hamas connection continues to be ignored here. Particularly when connecting the dots to any future American POTUS this podcast also ignores that Trump and the Republicans have acted on behalf of Putin to alienate Ukraine and cut off their support funding. Yet they are stalwarts for Israel?

It's because they serve at the whims of demagogues.

Israel is better off knowing a predictable Harris POTUS vs a mentally unstable psychopath. Jews and Israel should be reminded of why Trump's was impeached the 1st time. It was a quid pro quo attempt at Zelensky.

Do you think that all those military secrets stored in a bathroom at MAL didn't make it into the hands of the Russians, Chinese, and Iranians? Trump is purely transactional and frankly there is no deep moral commitment to anything let alone Israel. As the Republicans move more to isolationism, I don't see any strong national security policy coming forward. Only one that starts pointing its weapons internally towards its own political enemies.

It will be not be if but when Trump threatens to hold up some critical Israeli military need in return for ... Fill in the blank.

Thus Israel is better with predictable policy from a Harris administration even if it is not giving it's full support and too timid to act. The pendulum swing and mental instability of Trump would be a nightmare for the entire world, let alone Israel.

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Another Dem trying desparately to find a way to avoid the cold, hard fact that the Democrat Party, starting with Obama, is virulently anti-Israel (dare I say anti-semitic?). Harris will sell out Israel as soon as she wins the presidency and becomes Obama's pet just as Biden is.

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