# A View From Israel: A Conversation with Ambassador Michael Oren

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Podcast: [Talk Cocktail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-cocktail-15520)
Published: 2026-03-07T16:57:48+00:00
Episode link: https://jeffschechtman.substack.com/p/a-view-from-israel-a-conversation
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## Resource

For decades the conflict between Israel and Iran lived in the shadows—proxies, sabotage, and covert strikes. Not anymore. According to my guest, Michael Oren —historian and former Israeli ambassador to the United States—what began with Hamas’s October 7 attack has spiraled into a widening regional war stretching from Gaza to Tehran. Oren shares his view of how a long-building confrontation suddenly burst into the open, drew in the United States, and what it may mean for the future of the Middle East and the world. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe

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