On the 15th anniversary of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from its self-declared “security zone” in southern Lebanon, what imprint did the occupation and withdrawal leave on the world we inhabit today? Did Israel’s years in Lebanon help create some of the greatest problems we now face, including Hamas, Hezbollah and ISIS? Was the withdrawal a heroic turning point in Israeli political history, in which civil protest caused Israel’s politicians to instruct the IDF to stand down. Don, Allison, and Noah discuss.

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