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For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and discuss the events of the day and their lives, sharpening their their comedy knives on each other. This kibitzing (an inspiration for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd), has always been a private affair... until now. Join us for a weekly peek into the happenings at the Comedy Cellar's comedian table, where the funniest people in the world debate and discuss. Subscribe now and don't miss a second of it. We would love to hear your comments. Email them to podcast@comedycellar.com
While Israel Slept – How Complacency Led to Catastrophe - Yaakov Katz ( No, there was no conspiracy)
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1 hour 8 minutes
2 weeks ago
While Israel Slept – How Complacency Led to Catastrophe - Yaakov Katz ( No, there was no conspiracy)
Former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz joins Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman to dissect the failures behind October 7, the moral and strategic crises of modern Israel, and the political culture that allowed catastrophe to take root. Based on his new book While Israel Slept, Katz lays out how a nation of elite intelligence, defense technology, and Iron Dome confidence was blindsided by its own assumptions.
Buy Yaakov Katz’s book — While Israel Slept — on Amazon: http://bit.ly/4o3b7XE
He addresses:
Whether Israeli journalism should expose government failures during wartime
The growing rift between American and Israeli public opinion
Why Israel misread Hamas for decades
Netanyahu’s political survival and the myth that Israel “built up” Hamas
How AI is used in IDF targeting and whether it saves or costs civilian lives
The accusations of an Israeli “stand-down” on October 7
The uncomfortable moral math of urban warfare in Gaza
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:10 – Journalism in wartime Israel: Patriotism vs Accountability
04:40 – Why Israelis didn’t see Gaza’s destruction
08:10 – Media bias and trauma after October 7
13:00 – AI targeting, 972 Magazine, and how truth gets distorted
21:10 – “While Israel Slept” – The Premise and Title’s Origin
22:30 – Israel’s strategic blindness: Containment and Complacency
26:50 – The myth that Israel “wanted” Hamas
30:00 – Netanyahu, Qatar, and paying for quiet
34:00 – The failure of imagination on October 6
35:10 – Hezbollah and the deterrence paradox
38:20 – Can Israel learn from this? Preemption vs Occupation
40:50 – The Right, the Left, and the Gray Zone
44:00 – Morality, civilian deaths, and propaganda math
50:00 – The antisemitism question and media narratives
56:00 – Netanyahu’s communications failure
57:20 – Conspiracy theories: the “stand-down” myth
01:00:00 – Friendly fire and the Hannibal Directive
01:03:20 – Why Israel must investigate itself
01:06:10 – Closing thoughts and the future of Israeli democracy
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
For 30 years, New York's legendary Comedy Cellar has served as the launching pad for greatest stand up comedians in the world. Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, Dane Cook, Robert Kelly and Greg Giraldo are just a few of the comedians who began as Cellar regulars. But classic stage performances have never been the only show going on at the Cellar. The biggest comedians in the world come to sit at the table upstairs, where comedians come to argue and discuss the events of the day and their lives, sharpening their their comedy knives on each other. This kibitzing (an inspiration for Comedy Central's Tough Crowd), has always been a private affair... until now. Join us for a weekly peek into the happenings at the Comedy Cellar's comedian table, where the funniest people in the world debate and discuss. Subscribe now and don't miss a second of it. We would love to hear your comments. Email them to podcast@comedycellar.com
