Ep. 22: 6 Months of War: Has Israel Done Enough to Bring the Hostages Home?

Today marks 6 months since Oct. 7th and over 100 hostages still remain in Hamas captivity. The body of slain hostage Elad Katzir has also just been recovered by the IDF. The Quad (Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Emily Schrader, Vivian Bercovici and Ashira Solomon) discuss the most crucial questions as anti-government protests mount on the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Has the Israeli government done enough to bring its citizens home? What are the war's objectives and are we accomplishing them? Is this a story of Israeli victory or one of colossal failure?Also, Fleur interviews the Director of BICOM: Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre Richard Pater about recent efforts in the Knesset to ban Al-Jazeera in Israel. Is this a violation of free speech? Will this actually help the nature of reporting from Israel? And, of course, Scumbags and Heroes of the Week!