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Hostages, Haredi Protests, and a Fraying Consensus — Tel Aviv Diary, Oct 31, 2025

Marc opens with show housekeeping: moving to a steadier cadence—guest episodes every Tuesday and solo weekly wrap-ups every Friday—and a reminder that while the podcast remains free for now, paid subscribers help sustain the broader Tel Aviv Diary project (and get full Monday/Wednesday editions). He then dives into the day’s grim headline: two more hostage bodies returned, intelligence estimates on how many additional bodies Hamas could return immediately, and why the group is stalling—from leverage in ceasefire politics to plain, deliberate cruelty.

From there, Marc widens the lens: what the…

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