{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/1353fdb5-6664-49dc-9858-fc781473a75f/66b33b28129e9b2ef683a280?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"149: Wartime Diaries - Maryam Younnes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b7633a1695626d85e9503c/1723020626089-f98c571f-68d2-4920-9445-0ae010d5e7fb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Despite all the experts and pundits out there, few know Hezbollah as well as the members of a small, and often forgotten, community living in Israel.</p><p>This community has found itself in an impossible position: Their adoptive country (Israel) is at war with their sworn enemy (Hezbollah), but is also - as a by-product - bombing their hometowns and villages in Southern Lebanon, where many of their friends and family members still reside.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to the Middle East. As always, it’s complicated.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In today's episode, we hear from Maryam Younnes, whose father was an SLA commander who relocated to Israel back in May 2000.</p><p><br></p><p>The end song is <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqRltHrkUQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Shir Matzav</em></a> (\"A Song of the Situation\") by <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Karni\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mika Karni</a>. </p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Israel Story"}