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A podcast episode punctuated with sirens and explosions on +972 with Meron Rapoport

Meron lives in Tel Aviv and, like most Israelis, has spent much of the past two weeks running to shelters. Yet this is just about the only thing he shares with the majority of his compatriots — not least because he is among the mere 4 percent of Israeli Jews who oppose this war that is setting the entire region ablaze.

But things don’t always go according to plan. When the dust settles, Meron says — reminding me that he’s often labeled an optimist — Israelis will realize, sooner or later, that they cannot escape the Palestinian question, and that a regime of apartheid and occupation will never have peace and quiet.