Every day, a tiny county—slightly smaller than the State of New Jersey—makes international headlines. The State of Israel. On this episode of State of Independence Joe Watkins interviews one of the show’s producers, Jeff Coleman, who went to see for himself to do a deep dive on some of the security concerns and political realities that shape that region’s only true democracies. They try to clear up some of what we understand—and get wrong. (original airdate 9-30-22)
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