'Rise and Kill First' author Ronen Bergman

Iranian media is reporting that the country’s consulate in Syria has been destroyed in an airstrike, killing a senior commander in the revolutionary guard’s Quds force. The Iranian ambassador to Syria is claiming that Israel was behind the attack that killed at least five people. It comes as thousands of protestors gathered in cities across Israel in the largest demonstrations since October 7th. New York Magazine staff writer Ronen Bergman, author of "Rise and Kill First," joins the show from Tel Aviv. 

Also on today's show: Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha; CNN correspondent Scott McLean; author Jonathan Haidt (“The Anxious Generation”) 

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