Today’s mailing is a double-barreled exploration of Israel.

1) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SoMCvLMIYNs&pp=ygUJRGFuIERhdmlk

This first video is a link to a Times of Israel interview with Professor Dan David of Tel Aviv University, whose real deal views this old guy has adored for years. If, after watching, you find yourself wanting to learn more, please look at the website of a think-tank he created, Shoresh [https://www.shoresh.institute/index.html].

2) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Quiz6UdCM2U

This second video is an interesting analysis by an experienced journalist of journalism’s role in the baffling global phenomenon that has resulted in tiny Israel being cast as the wellspring of all the world’s troubles.

Today’s mailing is heavy enough for four days, so see you next on Friday.