Podcast appearances and mentions of Benny Morris

Donald Rumsfeld "We Can't Account for $2.3 Trillion "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6la5p7Sg9gDr. Graeme MacQueen on Investigating 911https://x.com/ic911justice/status/1912517359341871232 Benny Morris on the 911 Black Pillhttps://x.com/RichardGage_911/status/1914071254816215193Architect Richard Gage on the Official 911 Narrativehttps://x.com/redpilldispensr/status/1912106262612811910Something Hitting the Pentagon - 1https://x.com/XPHOENIXDRAGON/status/1911949838448578890Something Hitting the Pentagon - 2https://x.com/chromostereo/status/1912281038107075069

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‘If you wish to colonize a land in which people are already living, you must find a garrison for the land, or find a benefactor who will provide a garrison on your behalf.…Zionism is a colonizing venture and, therefore, it stands or falls on the question of armed forces.' - Vladimir 'Ze'ev' Jabotinsky   Ziontology Book: https://www.deepstateconsciousness.com/writing/ziontology   Notes: One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, by Tom Segev: http://tinyurl.com/527xn4sf   Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001, by Benny Morris: https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Victims-Zionist-Arab-Conflict-1881-2001/dp/0679744754   The Peel Commission: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/text-of-the-peel-commission-report   Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation, by Weldon C. Matthews: https://books.google.im/books/about/Confronting_an_Empire_Constructing_a_Nat.html?id=YPufgx2Mvk8C&redir_esc=y   The Banality of Brutality: British Armed Forces and the Repression of the Arab Revolt in Palestine, Matthew Hughes: https://web.archive.org/web/20160221163210/http://v-scheiner.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/7251/4/The%20banality%20of%20brutality.pdf   The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi: https://amzn.eu/d/anHQB3R   Rain and Tears by Neutrin05   / neutrin05   Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported  — CC BY-SA 3.0  Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2PKvY28 Music promoted by Audio Library    • Rain and Tears – Neutrin05 (No Copyri...   matt2131@hotmail.com

Destiny (Steven Bonnell) and Einat Wilf debate Israel-Palestine. Steven Bonnell II, known as Destiny, is a live-streamer and political commentator. He debated Mouin Rabbani and Norman Finkelstein with Benny Morris on the Lex Fridman podcast. Einat Wilf is a former member of the Knesset and Lieutenant in the IDF. Wilf then went to Harvard University, receiving a BA in government and fine arts, before earning an MBA from INSEAD in France, and subsequently a PhD in political science at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. For the Sake of Argument podcast: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jakenewfield Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4k9DDGJz02ibpUpervM5EY Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546 Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 08:00 - Palestinianism vs Zionism 18:50 - Why did the Arabs Reject the Jews? 44:32 - The West Bank 56:20 - The Blockade

Book- 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War This audio excerpt serves as an introduction to this fine book. Purchase the book on amazon or at your favorite book seller.   1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris (Author) Benny Morris demolishes misconceptions and provides a comprehensive history of the Israeli-Arab war of 1948   This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab side—where the archives are still closed—is illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials.   Morris stresses the jihadi character of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. Throughout, he examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in the creation of the refugee problem, which was a by-product of the disintegration of Palestinian Arab society. The book thoroughly investigates the role of the Great Powers—Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union—in shaping the conflict and its tentative termination in 1949. Morris looks both at high politics and general staff decision-making processes and at the nitty-gritty of combat in the successive battles that resulted in the emergence of the State of Israel and the humiliation of the Arab world, a humiliation that underlies the continued Arab antagonism toward Israel.

The world collectively holds its breath as it awaits a massive attack on Israel is anticipated by the Islamic Republic of Iran. This comes after the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital city of Tehran. The international consensus is that the conflict between the two countries is going to get much much worse.Piers Morgan brings together veritable experts on the region; speaking first to former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett. Naftali puts the blame for the violence squarely on the shoulders of Iran, and says Israel's efforts indirectly defend the West from harm. Then, Piers moderates a blazing row between political scientist Norman Finkelstein and Israeli historian Benny Morris. The two trade barbed words over what the assassination of Haniyeh and what it could lead to. The most frightening contention; that Israel may resort to nuclear weaponry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Lofton reviews the explosive moment where Norman Finkelstein goes nuclear on Benny Morris over his take on Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons.

Subscribe to 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to catch the latest episode every Monday.  —If you want to understand Israel, then you need to know Benny Morris.Prof. Benny Morris is a leading Israeli historian who revolutionized the field of Israeli history by digging into the government's declassified archives in the ‘80s, ushering in the era of “New Historians” who challenged traditional views of Israel's history. After peace talks failed and the Second Intifada began in the early 2000s, his views drastically shifted regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict—specifically its prospects for resolution. Praised and criticized across the political divide, Benny Morris' work lies at the bedrock of Israeli history today. Now, he sits down with us to answer 18 questions on Israel, including what should happen with Gaza after the war, Palestinian-Israeli peace prospects, whether the IDF is the world's most moral army, and so much more. This interview was held on June 10.Here are some of our 18 questions:As an Israeli, and as a Jew, how are you feeling at this moment in Israeli history?What has been Israel's greatest success and greatest mistake in its war against Hamas?How do you think Hamas views the outcome and aftermath of October 7—was it a success, in their eyes?What do you look for in deciding which Knesset party to vote for?Which is more important for Israel: Judaism or democracy?Is opposing Zionism inherently antisemitic?Is the IDF the world's most moral army?What do you think is the most legitimate criticism leveled against Israel today?Do you think peace between Israelis and Palestinians will happen within your lifetime?What should happen with Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict after the war?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Book Review: Righteous Victims - A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, published by Yair Halberstadt on June 25, 2024 on LessWrong. I originally entered this to the ACX Book Review competition. Since it has not been selected as a finalist I'm now free to post it here. In truth it's a followup to my review of Morris's history of Israel's War of Independence. In the wake of the October 7th attack on Israel and Israel's response, everyone seemed to agree that one side of the conflict was the epitome of evil, the reincarnation of the Nazis, with warfare in their blood and a pure unfiltered hatred of the enemy in their minds. The other side was a force for good, who just wanted peace and was doing the best they could in a difficult situation. The only problem is no one could agree which side was which. This is unfair. While the loudest voices may paint the world in black and white, as soon as you ignore them, you begin to encounter a whole range of more nuanced views - yet still find yourself no less confused. Now for the most part my view is that unless you're willing to put in the effort to deeply understand conflicts in far off lands, you're best off not having an opinion on them, and definitely not one fed to you by the twitter or tiktok feed. Expressing loud, confident opinions on unfamiliar conflicts often does more harm than good. Alas this conflict is not in a far away land. I live 20km from the border with Gaza. Most of my friends were called up to do reserve duty in the IDF. My children almost certainly will have to do the same once they grow up. Far too much of my income goes towards military spending rather than my bank account. I can't take the easy way out, so I have to do things the hard way. So I bought a copy of Benny Morris's Righteous Victims at exorbitant cost[1], and plowed through it. And I thought I'd share with you what I learned, so that if you do decide to opine on the Israel Palestine conflict, your opinion will hopefully be more educated. Righteous Victims is a history of the Arab Zionist conflict from 1881 till 2001, written by one of the most respected historians of this conflict. Bias Morris is a liberal Zionist, but one whose aim in studying history was to strip back the comforting lies he'd been taught as a child, and find out the actual truth. None of his (serious) critics accuse him of lying, and his mastery of the primary sources is undisputed. Instead there are two main accusations leveled against him. The first he readily admits himself in the introduction. Almost all sources about this conflict come from British or Israeli archives. Arab literacy was far lower, Arab historiography of this conflict is a relatively new and small field, and Arab documents have for the most part not been made publicly available even when they exist. Meanwhile a wealth of Zionist material has been released to the public, and we have plenty of contemporary documents to rely on. While he tries to decipher the Arab perspective from the Zionist one, and relies on Arab documents when they are available, this is naturally going to be both a blindspot and a source of systematic bias. The second is in choosing which events to highlight and which to ignore. This is an impossible task - over 120 years the amount of relevant information is going to outweigh by many orders of magnitude the amount of space you have in your book, and by carefully selecting which facts to tell you can paint any story you like without ever actually lying. In practice you deal with this by covering the most important[2] events in plenty of detail, picking representative examples of other events, and giving aggregate statistics[3] to place the representative sample in context. However hard one tries here, it's always possible to accuse the author of favoring facts which paint one side or...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Book Review: Righteous Victims - A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, published by Yair Halberstadt on June 25, 2024 on LessWrong. I originally entered this to the ACX Book Review competition. Since it has not been selected as a finalist I'm now free to post it here. In truth it's a followup to my review of Morris's history of Israel's War of Independence. In the wake of the October 7th attack on Israel and Israel's response, everyone seemed to agree that one side of the conflict was the epitome of evil, the reincarnation of the Nazis, with warfare in their blood and a pure unfiltered hatred of the enemy in their minds. The other side was a force for good, who just wanted peace and was doing the best they could in a difficult situation. The only problem is no one could agree which side was which. This is unfair. While the loudest voices may paint the world in black and white, as soon as you ignore them, you begin to encounter a whole range of more nuanced views - yet still find yourself no less confused. Now for the most part my view is that unless you're willing to put in the effort to deeply understand conflicts in far off lands, you're best off not having an opinion on them, and definitely not one fed to you by the twitter or tiktok feed. Expressing loud, confident opinions on unfamiliar conflicts often does more harm than good. Alas this conflict is not in a far away land. I live 20km from the border with Gaza. Most of my friends were called up to do reserve duty in the IDF. My children almost certainly will have to do the same once they grow up. Far too much of my income goes towards military spending rather than my bank account. I can't take the easy way out, so I have to do things the hard way. So I bought a copy of Benny Morris's Righteous Victims at exorbitant cost[1], and plowed through it. And I thought I'd share with you what I learned, so that if you do decide to opine on the Israel Palestine conflict, your opinion will hopefully be more educated. Righteous Victims is a history of the Arab Zionist conflict from 1881 till 2001, written by one of the most respected historians of this conflict. Bias Morris is a liberal Zionist, but one whose aim in studying history was to strip back the comforting lies he'd been taught as a child, and find out the actual truth. None of his (serious) critics accuse him of lying, and his mastery of the primary sources is undisputed. Instead there are two main accusations leveled against him. The first he readily admits himself in the introduction. Almost all sources about this conflict come from British or Israeli archives. Arab literacy was far lower, Arab historiography of this conflict is a relatively new and small field, and Arab documents have for the most part not been made publicly available even when they exist. Meanwhile a wealth of Zionist material has been released to the public, and we have plenty of contemporary documents to rely on. While he tries to decipher the Arab perspective from the Zionist one, and relies on Arab documents when they are available, this is naturally going to be both a blindspot and a source of systematic bias. The second is in choosing which events to highlight and which to ignore. This is an impossible task - over 120 years the amount of relevant information is going to outweigh by many orders of magnitude the amount of space you have in your book, and by carefully selecting which facts to tell you can paint any story you like without ever actually lying. In practice you deal with this by covering the most important[2] events in plenty of detail, picking representative examples of other events, and giving aggregate statistics[3] to place the representative sample in context. However hard one tries here, it's always possible to accuse the author of favoring facts which paint one side or...

If you want to understand Israel, then you need to know Benny Morris.Prof. Benny Morris is a leading Israeli historian who revolutionized the field of Israeli history by digging into the government's declassified archives in the ‘80s, ushering in the era of “New Historians” who challenged traditional views of Israel's history. After peace talks failed and the Second Intifada began in the early 2000s, his views drastically shifted regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict—specifically its prospects for resolution. Praised and criticized across the political divide, Benny Morris' work lies at the bedrock of Israeli history today. Now, he sits down with us to answer 18 questions on Israel, including what should happen with Gaza after the war, Palestinian-Israeli peace prospects, whether the IDF is the world's most moral army, and so much more. This interview was held on June 10.Here are some of our 18 questions:As an Israeli, and as a Jew, how are you feeling at this moment in Israeli history?What has been Israel's greatest success and greatest mistake in its war against Hamas?How do you think Hamas views the outcome and aftermath of October 7—was it a success, in their eyes?What do you look for in deciding which Knesset party to vote for?Which is more important for Israel: Judaism or democracy?Is opposing Zionism inherently antisemitic?Is the IDF the world's most moral army?What do you think is the most legitimate criticism leveled against Israel today?Do you think peace between Israelis and Palestinians will happen within your lifetime?What should happen with Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict after the war?

Originally Recorded April 2nd, 2024 About Professor Dror Ze'evi: https://cris.bgu.ac.il/en/persons/dror-zeevi-5 Check out Professor Ze'evi's book, co-authored with Benny Morris, titled The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924: https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Year-Genocide-Destruction-Christian-Minorities/dp/067491645X This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit musicallyspeaking.substack.com

The brothers take on some of the most popular and entirely mendacious Zionist talking points and debunk them. Watch the episode on our YouTube channel Links mentioned in the episode Relevant links   A.L. Tibawi, Anglo-Arab Relations and the Question of Palestine, 1914-21 (1971) George Antonius, The Arab Awakening (1938) Edward Said, The Question of Palestine (1992) Edward Said, “The Morning After” (1993) Avi Shlaim, Three Worlds (2024)  Abdel Razzaq Takriti on Palestinian revolution  Rashid Khalidi, Hundred Years War on Palestine (2020) Shira Robinson, Citizen Strangers (2013)  Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2007) Benny Morris, "Survival of the Fittest: An Interview with Benny Morris" (2004)  Ella Shohat, On the Arab-Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements (2017)  Vladimir Jabotinsky, “The Iron Wall”  (1923) Amnesty International, "Israel's apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity" (2022) B'Tselem, "A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid" (2021) Original suppressed ESCWA report on apartheid. Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid (2017) Orit Bashkin, Impossible Exodus (2017) Saree Makdisi, Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial (2024) Ussama Makdisi, Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World (2021) UN OCHA Map of West Bank and other OPT. Date of recording: May 28, 2024. Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet Music by Hadiiiiii *Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet  to access all the bonus content, including the latest bonus episode, the second Q&A*              

Israeli historian and author Benny Morris gives a lecture at the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute entitled "A New Look at the 1948 War."

The TPPI Podcast, Episode 4: The Nazi Roots of October 7: A Conversation with Prof. Matthias Küntzel and Gabriel Noah Brahm Gabriel Noah Brahm, director of the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute's Israel Initiative, speaks with German political scientist Prof. Matthias Küntzel about the Nazi roots of the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, and about the dangers posed today by Iran. This conversation follows TPPI's webinar of February 7, 2024, “Historians on Ideology and Politics in the 1948 War” with Küntzel, Jeffrey Herf, and Benny Morris, available here: https://youtu.be/2-xT2ePXjfU. The video version of this podcast is available here: https://youtu.be/gQezPnV0kvw  For more information about TPPI's Israel Initiative, visit our website here: https://www.telosinstitute.net/israel-initiative/ 

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In this episode, Barbara talks to Carlin Romano, a renowned critic and champion of intellectual discourse. Romano, a former critic-at-large for the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Philadelphia Inquirer and current critic-at-large for Moment Magazine, offers his sharp insights on the decline of critical thinking in book reviews and the state of literary criticism in America. He laments the shift towards praise and publicity, arguing for the importance of tough critique. But Romano's intellectual journey extends far beyond literature. He passionately defends his provocative thesis: America, with its diverse perspectives, free expression, and abundance of philosophical resources, boasts the most philosophical culture in history. He even explores the power of provocative statements in igniting philosophical debates. The conversation takes a fascinating turn as Romano discusses his controversial departure from the National Book Critics Circle. He clarifies his stance on the organization's anti-racism statement, dispelling misconceptions about his opposition to certain aspects. Romano also raises concerns about the lack of diverse thought and the growing influence of left-leaning politics within the NBCC. Beyond the world of criticism, Romano reflects on the changing landscape of college campuses, grappling with the challenges of fostering free speech and civil discourse in an increasingly polarized environment. The episode concludes with a glimpse into Romano's personal reading life, a fitting end to a conversation that celebrates intellectual curiosity and the power of ideas. Books: America the Philosophical, Carlin Romano https://tinyurl.com/mr2w8yxj Night, Elie Wiesel https://tinyurl.com/bddva2t4 Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/series-profiles/the-tarzan-series/ Conceived with Malice https://tinyurl.com/32k3fevr Palestine 1936, Oren Kessler https://tinyurl.com/ye5hj262 Clancy Martin, How Not to Kill Yourself https://tinyurl.com/2et69a7t 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Benny Morris https://tinyurl.com/mrxp5hfh Wit, Margaret Edson https://tinyurl.com/4j4kja8r Forest Dark, Nicole Kraus https://tinyurl.com/5cykp9cm Metaphysical Animals https://tinyurl.com/mwzycsbr Magazine: Moment Magazine https://momentmag.com/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:55 Early Days and Education 04:23 Career in Journalism and Literary Criticism 06:15 The Decline of Book Sections and Literary Criticism 09:30 The State of Literary Criticism in America 16:36 Teaching Journalism and the Failure to Communicate 28:03 The Role of Provocative Statements 33:17 Free Speech and the National Book Critics Circle 33:45 Controversy and Misunderstandings: Carlin Romano's Departure from the NBCC 38:39 The Changing Landscape of American Literary Criticism 41:33 Challenges of Fostering Free Speech and Civil Discourse on College Campuses 01:03:51 Reading for Pleasure: Carlin Romano's Current Book List

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comColeman Hughes was still an undergrad at Columbia in 2018 when the Quillette contributor landed a high-profile appearance on Sam Harris' podcast. Since then, his own podcast Conversations with Coleman — along with his writing on race, tribal politics, and free expression — have made him one of the country's most important commentators. He's also a very talented musician and rapper and, as of this year, an author, with a new book called The End of Race Politics. He recently appeared on The View to promote that book, and the result was a viral clip that demonstrated the barbed agenda of co-host Sunny Hostin and the calm, rational demeanor of Hughes. His is the kind of grace in the face of unreason that could actually save the planet. Also discussed:* So how are things at Columbia University these days?* Did you know if you read the word “SHAME” 1000 times in a row, it changes minds?* What does “Zionism” mean?* Suddenly discovering the virtues of unbridled free speech on campus the moment you want to denounce Israel* Neo-racism and its cultural moment* “Lynching is the natural state” of humanity, but we create necessary edifices to control our baser instincts* If the DEI bureacratics didn't show up to work, would anyone notice?* What is a “conservative,” anyway?* How Coleman maintains his super-power* Fighting words: “John Wick sucks”* The Cat Rapper, the C-A-T Rapper, people there is a CAT RAPPERPlus why Benny Morris is such a good ambassador for Israeli history, meditation app recs, and can Coleman finally solve Nancy and Sarah's Knives Out: Glass Onion debate?Send us your letters! To smokeempodcast@gmail.com, and let us know if you do/do not want your name read on-airFree speech isn't “free.” It takes a fight. Consider becoming a paid subscriber.

On this edition of Parallax Views, the University of Maryland's Prof. Shay Hazkani, a former Israeli journalist turned historian, joins the show to discuss the major themes of his book Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War and documentary The Soldier's Opinion in light of the Gaza War, settler violence in the West Bank, and the October 7th Hamas attack. Prof. Hazkani provides a fresh, illuminating perspective on the 1948 Arab-Israeli War that contributes a great deal to discussion of Israel/Palestine. Specifically, he takes the approach of looking at how non-elites, especially soldiers, viewed/perceived the war compared to elites on both the Israeli and Arab sides of the conflict. We'll delve deep into this as well as Prof. Hazkani's battles with the Israeli Supreme Court over the fight to declassify documents in Israel's archives; how Prof. Hazkani's work overlaps with that of the Israeli New Historians like Benny Morris, Avi Shlaim, and Ilan Pappe (as well as how it differs from those works); propaganda and the mythologies of war (and how said propaganda and myths are generated); some of the myths that Prof. Hazkoni specifically busts in the book; the damage books like Joan Peters' From Time Immemorial have caused to properly understanding Israel/Palestine; the Arab Liberation Army; how then-recent American Jewish immigrants perceived events unfolding at the time compared to Jews who had immigrated prior; and much, much more. And yes, we will discuss all of this within the context of the current Gaza War and violence in the West Bank. Prof. Hazkoni will delve into his fears about what is transpiring currently, especially with regards to messianic right-wing elements in Israeli society like the Religious Zionists, as well as how the parallels between 1948 and today. All that and more on this must-listen edition of Parallax Views!

Nathan Robinson is Chief Editor of the Current Affairs magazine, which he founded in 2015. Nathan got his JD from Yale and PhD from Harvard, and has authored over a dozen books including Trump: Anatomy of a Monstrosity. In this episode, Nathan explains the differing viewpoints of Norman Finkelstein and Benny Morris. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jakenewfieldSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4k9DDGJz02ibpUpervM5EYApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jake-newfield/support

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast  In a conversation sprawling over two hours, friend of the pod and preeminent Gaza historian Norman Finkelstein returns to Bad Faith to unpack his recent debate with Twitch streamer Destiny (Steven Bonnell) and historian Benny Morris on Lex Fridman Podcast, the latest on the sexual assault allegations against Hamas, Norm's mother's experience testifying against Nazi Adolf Eichmann, and, finally, Marianne Williamson's recent comments on this show pertaining to criticisms Norm's made of her in the past. Even two and a half hours of recording isn't enough time when Norm and Brie hop on a mic together -- and Brie regrets not closing her Apple Watch rings before she started recording -- but, as always, it was a rich and stimulating conversation. You won't want to miss this one. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram.   Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands)    

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Benny Morris is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Middle East Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He is among the most respected and influential historians on Israel and Palestine. Benny is perhaps best known for his work on the 1947-1948 civil war in Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and for his book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1948 (Cambridge, 1989). In this episode, Robinson and Benny discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict from a historical perspective, touching on the origin of the refugee crisis, the origin and justification of Israel, the legitimacy of Israeli military tactics, whether genocide is occurring in Palestine, whether Israel is an apartheid state, and more. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem: https://a.co/d/9pN2W7v OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 3:45 Muscular Judaism and the New Jew 8:53 The Nakba and the Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Crisis 16:18 How Many Palestinians Were Driven from Palestine? 22:32 Was Palestine Occupied Before the Establishment of Israel? 26:24 Did Zionists Invade Occupied Palestine 33:27 Was the Founding of Israel Justified? 39:49 Does Israel Have the Right to Exist? 43:56 Is Egypt Responsible for the Crisis in Gaza? 48:42 On Norman Finkelstein, Concentration Camps, and Hamas Rockets 51:48 Israel, Palestine, and Propaganda 54:09 On the Legitimacy of Palestinian and Arab Historians  58:08 Does Israel Warn Palestinians Before Bombings? 1:00:59 Is Israel Committing Genocide Against Palestinians? 1:03:18 Is Israel an Apartheid State?  Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

Norman Finkelstein and Benny Morris are historians. Mouin Rabbani is a Middle East analyst. Steven Bonnell (aka Destiny) is a political livestreamer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free - Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off - Policygenius: https://policygenius.com/lex - Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/israel-palestine-debate-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Mouin's X: https://x.com/MouinRabbani Mouin's Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLkT5TSHWFSYKY_6vrNn_vZAmfunA_s9g - Benny's Books: https://amzn.to/3Vf7NNU - Norman's X: https://x.com/normfinkelstein Norman's Website: https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/ Norman's Books: https://amzn.to/3IqouxU Knowing Too Much (excerpt): https://jumpshare.com/v/8EUbbP40Do44ITDfJUoR - Destiny's YouTube: https://youtube.com/destiny Destiny's X: https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal Destiny's Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/ Destiny's Website: https://destiny.gg - Norman and Mouin provided additional links to supplement the discussion. See them here: https://sites.google.com/view/israel-palestine-debate/home PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (12:11) - 1948 (1:10:43) - Partition (2:15:16) - October 7 (3:09:27) - Gaza (3:36:02) - Peace (4:40:47) - Hope for the future

PART 2 of 2 For more than 30 years of ‘on again-off again' peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, many Israelis, and certainly most interested observers in the West, looked to the 1967 Six-Day War as the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If only we could reverse the results of that defensive war in which Israel conquered the West Bank and Gaza, the problem would be solved, so the narrative goes. And this served as the basis for all peace talks and agreements that have taken place since. But, to anyone willing to listen, the story that Palestinian leaders were telling had nothing to do with 1967, and everything to do with 1948. And the story they tell goes something like this: ‘In the 1940s Jews escaped the Nazis, fled Europe, colonized Palestine, and unprovoked - ethnically cleansed the Arabs. A textbook case of settler colonialism.' They have managed to propagate this false narrative throughout much of Western society, where millions are mindlessly chanting those six words - ‘from the river to the sea.' So while we never thought we'd need to re-litigate this topic, we invited to the podcast (for a special two-part discussion) one of the quintessential historians of 1948 - Benny Morris. Professor Morris has dedicated his entire career to studying and writing about the war of 1948, the circumstances that led to it and its aftermath - i.e The Palestinian Refugee Problem. Morris's first book was “The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949”. His other books include: “1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War”, and “Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001”. He completed his undergraduate studies in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of Cambridge. Links to all of Benny Morris's books can be found here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Benny%20morris His recent published essays can be found here: https://quillette.com/author/benny-morris/?gad_source=1

PART 1 of 2 For more than 30 years of ‘on again-off again' peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, many Israelis, and certainly most interested observers in the West, looked to the 1967 Six-Day War as the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If only we could reverse the results of that defensive war in which Israel conquered the West Bank and Gaza, the problem would be solved, so the narrative goes. And this served as the basis for all peace talks and agreements that have taken place since. But, to anyone willing to listen, the story that Palestinian leaders were telling had nothing to do with 1967, and everything to do with 1948. And the story they tell goes something like this: ‘In the 1940s Jews escaped the Nazis, fled Europe, colonized Palestine, and unprovoked - ethnically cleansed the Arabs. A textbook case of settler colonialism.' They have managed to propagate this false narrative throughout much of Western society, where millions are mindlessly chanting those six words - ‘from the river to the sea.' So while we never thought we'd need to re-litigate this topic, we invited to the podcast (for a special two-part discussion) one of the quintessential historians of 1948 - Benny Morris. Professor Morris has dedicated his entire career to studying and writing about the war of 1948, the circumstances that led to it and its aftermath - i.e The Palestinian Refugee Problem. Morris's first book was “The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949”. His other books include: “1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War”, and “Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001”. He completed his undergraduate studies in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of Cambridge. Links to all of Benny Morris's books can be found here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Benny%20morris His recent published essays can be found here: https://quillette.com/author/benny-morris/?gad_source=1

PART 1 of 2 For more than 30 years of ‘on again-off again' peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, many Israelis, and certainly most interested observers in the West, looked to the 1967 Six-Day War as the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If only we could reverse the results of that defensive war […]

Just over a hundred years ago, this situation ultimately and perhaps inevitably turned to violence. The situation we are witnessing right now, whilst representing a dramatic escalation, is merely the continuation of a cycle of violence that began in the 1920s.   Buy me a Coffee page: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DSConsciousness   Christian Aid Gaza Appeal: https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/emergencies/middle-east-crisis-appeal   To support the show and for access to the forum: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB   Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren Music provided by Verde Música Studio Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2l-97PH5R8   Notes One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, by Tom Segev: http://tinyurl.com/527xn4sf   Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001, by Benny Morris: https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Victims-Zionist-Arab-Conflict-1881-2001/dp/0679744754   In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The 1918–1921 Pogroms in Ukraine and the Onset of the Holocaust, by Jeffrey Veidlinger: http://tinyurl.com/4b5e64x6   The Palin Commission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palin_Commission   The Haycroft Commission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haycraft_Commission

On this edition of Parallax Views, we dive into Israel/Palestine history, including such troubling topics as the Nakba (the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948) and the Tantura Massacre (as well as it's suppression in Israel and Israeli academia), with noted historian Ilan Pappe. Alongside figures like Benny Morris and Avi Shlaim, Pappe was one of the Israeli "New Historians" who shed light on aspects of Zionist and Israeli history (specifically the founding of Israel) that challenged conventional/traditional narratives. Joining me as a guest co-host on this edition of the program is "Karl Barx" (or Bassam) of the West Bank Robbery podcast. The conversation begins with Prof. Pappe offering his thoughts on the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza which has claimed 20,000+ lives. We then delve into Prof. Pappe's journey away from political Zionism and taking a critical approach intellectually to the history of Israel and its policies. In this we regard, we end up discussing the impact of Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the first Intifada, and Prof. Pappe's service in the IDF. During the course of our conversation, we also cover: - Propaganda, dehumanization of Palestinians, and the ways in which propaganda lays upon layers of history - What has changed in Israeli narratives before the October 7th Hamas attack and now? - The argument that once Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party are gone the Israeli center or Israeli left will be able to change the Israel/Palestine situation in a radical way - Laying out the two camps within elite Israeli politics; the Israeli messianic far-right (the state of Judea) vs. secular Zionists (the state of Israel); how do Palestinians see the internal political dynamic between the two camps? - Prof. Pappe's archival work as a historian; the documents he went through showing evidence of the ethnic cleansing/expulsion of of Palestinians in 1948; declassification laws in Israel; the "Village Files" and their importance to Prof. Pappe's scholarship; suppression and reclassification of historical documents; the importance of copying and preserving documents; the importance of juxtaposing different archives - Plan Dalet or Plan D as the blueprint for the destruction of Palestinian villages and the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948; Direct Orders documentation and the specific importance of Order #40 of 1948 in relation to Israeli settlements and what is happening in Gaza today; the names of Israeli operations in the 20th century and why the specific names are important in regards to what they tells us about Israeli policy towards Palestinians - Yitzhak Rabin, The Jordanian Option, and the mass arrest of Palestinian activists in the 1970s; the origins of Israeli policies seeking to attack secular, left-wing Palestinian activists and promoting Islamic, right-wing factions at the expense of those left-wing elements as a divide-and-conquer strategy - The Tantura Massacre, micro-history, the suppression of the Tantura massacre in Israeli society and Israeli academia, and how both Prof. Pappe and one of his students, Theodore Katz, suffered major academic setback due to said student investigating the massacre; a brief rundown of the Katz Affair and the ways in which Katz and Pappe were both later vindicated in regard to the Tantura case - The myths about Israel with a particular focus on Nakba denial and Joan Peters' historically inaccurate From Time Immemorial; what Prof. Pappe considers the most noxious myths about Israel - Noam Chomsky and the question of political Zionism vs. cultural Zionism; the One Democratic State Campaign and protections for Jewish identity in a one-state Israel; where Prof. Pappe potentially disagree or takes issue with the political vs. cultural Zionism distinction - And more!

Why has the Israeli–Palestinian conflict been so intractable for so long? Fareed talks with Palestinian scholar Ahmad Khalidi, Israeli historian Benny Morris, former US diplomat Edward Djerejian and more about the attempts, missed chances, and future prospects of establishing a lasting peace in the region.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dag jabber om covid, generasjonskløft, Gaza og takknemlighetAPOKALYKKE! dagsoras.com---------May December (FILM)Spirit Possession- "Of the Sign..." (MUSIKK)Peter J. Hotez- "The Deadly Rise of Anti-science: A Scientist's Warning" (BOK)Benny Morris- "1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War" (BOK)Rashid Khalidi- "Hundred Years' War on Palestine" (BOK)Ilan Pappe- "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" (BOK)Idith Zertal- "Lords of the Land: The War for Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007" (BOK)Shlomo Ben-Ami- "Scars of War, Wounds of Peace" (BOK)

Summary of the Show:The podcast episode, hosted by Roifield Brown in London, delves into the historical complexities of the Six-Day War of 1967, its aftermath, and its impact on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The episode features two main guests: Benny Morris, an acclaimed Israeli historian, and Mitchell Newmark, an associate professor in the history department at the College of Arts and Letters in Sacramento, with a history PhD from UCLA.Key Points Addressed:Origins of the Six-Day War: The discussion begins with an exploration of the pre-war tensions in the Middle East, including the roles of Israel, Egypt, Syria, and the Palestinian guerrilla movements.Impact of the War: The podcast examines how the war reshaped the geopolitical landscape, including the expansion of Israeli territory and the subsequent control over millions of Palestinians.Israeli Settlements and Occupation: The conversation moves to the establishment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, discussing the legal and political controversies surrounding these actions.Palestinian Identity and Nationalism: The episode also addresses the evolution of Palestinian identity and nationalism, particularly in the wake of the war.Jordan's Role and Transformation: The impact of the war on Jordan and King Hussein's leadership, especially in relation to the Palestinian population, is also discussed.Long-term Consequences: The guests discuss the long-term consequences of the war, including its role in shaping future conflicts and peace efforts in the region.Three Notable Quotes:Benny Morris on the Six-Day War's Outcomes:"It shows that Israel has emerged as a dominant military power in the Middle East... but it also subordinates the Palestinians to Israeli rule... this triggers a reawakening of Palestinian nationalism."Mitchell Newmark on Israeli Settlements:"Israel controls most of the borders with Jordan... but it transforms from a security issue about the West Bank into a greater Religious Jewish issue."Roifield Brown on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:"I fervently believe that the Palestinian people do deserve a viable state somewhere which they can call home... and I fervently do believe that when there is a viable peace for the Palestinian people, the Israeli state will then also have peace." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The result of the purchase of land in Palestine by the Jewish National Fund has been that land became extra territorial. It ceases to be land from which the Arab can gain any advantage either now or at any time in the future. Not only can he never hope to lease or cultivate it, but, by the stringent provisions of the lease of the Jewish National Fund, he is deprived forever from employment on the land.' - Hope Simpson Report   Buy me a Coffee page: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DSConsciousness   Christian Aid Gaza Appeal: https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/emergencies/middle-east-crisis-appeal   To support the show and for access to the forum: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB   Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren Music provided by Verde Música Studio Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2l-97PH5R8   Notes Alienation of a Home-land: How Palestine Became Israel, by Stephen P. Halbrook https://mises.org/library/alienation-home-land-how-palestine-became-israel   The Other Israel, published by the Matzpen chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://files.libcom.org/files/TheOtherIsrael.pdf   Benny Morris's Untenable Denial of the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Jeremy R. Hammond: https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/product/benny-morris-untenable-denial-ethnic-cleansing-palestine/   Ottoman Land Registration Law as a Contributing Factor in the Israeli-Arab Conflict, by Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen: https://web.archive.org/web/20080916054748/http://www.beki.org/landlaw.html   For an explanation of labour Zionism from the Zionist perspective: http://www.mideastweb.org/labor_zionism.htm   The Shaw Commission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Commission   The Hope Simpson Enquiry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Simpson_Enquiry   The Sursock Purchases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sursock_Purchases   The Ottoman Land Code of 1858 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Land_Code_of_1858

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Book Review: 1948 by Benny Morris, published by Yair Halberstadt on December 4, 2023 on LessWrong. Content warning: war, Israel/Palestine conflict Potential bias warning: I am a Jewish Israeli My copy of 1948 arrived in late September, but I was in the middle of another book. Then October the 7th happened, and with the horrors of that day fresh in my mind, and my country in a brutal war, I wasn't in a mental state where I could read about all the cruelties of another war between Israelis and Palestinians. But ultimately I couldn't abandon it. If Hamas was willing to justify genocide of Israelis based on the 1948 Palestine war and it's aftermath, and Israel the permanent occupation of the Palestinians, and I was willing to pay taxes to and thus implicitly support Israel in that conflict, I felt like I had a duty to at the very least get my facts straight about what happened. So here is a review of that book, and some of my concluding thoughts at the end. Bias No book about the Israel Palestinian conflict can be completely free of bias. You always have to pick which events to highlight, which sources to trust. But with that caveat, 1948 is a pretty good pick. Benny Morris is a liberal Israeli Zionist, albeit one with ever changing, and often maverick, views. However he is not interested in telling a narrative. His aim is to get the facts straight about what happened, and damn the political consequences. Critics of his book rarely claim he's lying or deliberately manipulating the reader. Instead they focus on his inability to read Arabic, and his preference for official documents over interviews with participants. Since Israeli, American, and British documents from the period are generally declassified, but Arab ones are not, and the Israelis were far more literate than the Palestinians, this creates a natural blind spot around the Arab/Palestinian narrative. With that in mind, we can be sure that when Benny Morris says something happened it almost certainly did, but there may be events, perspectives and details he's simply not privy to. Given the brevity of the book, I don't think that makes too much difference - see below. Brevity I've previously read Martin Gilbert's history of Israel,[1] which dedicates a fair few chapters to the 1948 war. In it he paints a richly detailed picture of the war, and you come out feeling like you've got a pretty good understanding of the various different battles and events. 1948 is the opposite. Although spending its 400+ pages entirely focused on this war, it discusses everything very briefly, with a sparsity of detail. Most individual battles get a clause or a sentence, some get a paragraph, and only very occasionally do we get an account from an individual soldier. Massacres and expulsions are similarly given a sentence or two at most - this happened, here are some various different casualty estimates, moving on. What does get a bit more detail and texture is the politics - the mindset of the various decision makers, and how that influenced the progression of the war. This highlights how Morris is not trying to tell a narrative. He's not trying to get you to understand what it would feel like to be involved in that war. He's trying to give you a survey of almost all battles and events in that war, and if he spends 2 pages giving accounts of the battle of Nirim, he won't be able to tell you anything about the battle of Beit Hanoun. What he does focus on though, is the decision making and background for the events that occurred, since that is critical for putting the war in perspective. Nonetheless the book is fairly readable, and the brevity mitigates most of our worries about bias - we know we're discussing pretty much every major event, at least briefly, and since nothing is strongly highlighted, we know that's not adversely select...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Book Review: 1948 by Benny Morris, published by Yair Halberstadt on December 4, 2023 on LessWrong. Content warning: war, Israel/Palestine conflict Potential bias warning: I am a Jewish Israeli My copy of 1948 arrived in late September, but I was in the middle of another book. Then October the 7th happened, and with the horrors of that day fresh in my mind, and my country in a brutal war, I wasn't in a mental state where I could read about all the cruelties of another war between Israelis and Palestinians. But ultimately I couldn't abandon it. If Hamas was willing to justify genocide of Israelis based on the 1948 Palestine war and it's aftermath, and Israel the permanent occupation of the Palestinians, and I was willing to pay taxes to and thus implicitly support Israel in that conflict, I felt like I had a duty to at the very least get my facts straight about what happened. So here is a review of that book, and some of my concluding thoughts at the end. Bias No book about the Israel Palestinian conflict can be completely free of bias. You always have to pick which events to highlight, which sources to trust. But with that caveat, 1948 is a pretty good pick. Benny Morris is a liberal Israeli Zionist, albeit one with ever changing, and often maverick, views. However he is not interested in telling a narrative. His aim is to get the facts straight about what happened, and damn the political consequences. Critics of his book rarely claim he's lying or deliberately manipulating the reader. Instead they focus on his inability to read Arabic, and his preference for official documents over interviews with participants. Since Israeli, American, and British documents from the period are generally declassified, but Arab ones are not, and the Israelis were far more literate than the Palestinians, this creates a natural blind spot around the Arab/Palestinian narrative. With that in mind, we can be sure that when Benny Morris says something happened it almost certainly did, but there may be events, perspectives and details he's simply not privy to. Given the brevity of the book, I don't think that makes too much difference - see below. Brevity I've previously read Martin Gilbert's history of Israel,[1] which dedicates a fair few chapters to the 1948 war. In it he paints a richly detailed picture of the war, and you come out feeling like you've got a pretty good understanding of the various different battles and events. 1948 is the opposite. Although spending its 400+ pages entirely focused on this war, it discusses everything very briefly, with a sparsity of detail. Most individual battles get a clause or a sentence, some get a paragraph, and only very occasionally do we get an account from an individual soldier. Massacres and expulsions are similarly given a sentence or two at most - this happened, here are some various different casualty estimates, moving on. What does get a bit more detail and texture is the politics - the mindset of the various decision makers, and how that influenced the progression of the war. This highlights how Morris is not trying to tell a narrative. He's not trying to get you to understand what it would feel like to be involved in that war. He's trying to give you a survey of almost all battles and events in that war, and if he spends 2 pages giving accounts of the battle of Nirim, he won't be able to tell you anything about the battle of Beit Hanoun. What he does focus on though, is the decision making and background for the events that occurred, since that is critical for putting the war in perspective. Nonetheless the book is fairly readable, and the brevity mitigates most of our worries about bias - we know we're discussing pretty much every major event, at least briefly, and since nothing is strongly highlighted, we know that's not adversely select...

It has occurred to me that there is great interest in the background to the current conflict.  Here is a discussion of the Palestinian Refugees of 1948. This is an extremely important topic surrounded by false narratives and inflammatory rhetoric.  I have put off preparing a podcast for some time, but not because it is sensitive.  I deal with quite a few sensitive topics.  It goes with the territory.  But in this case, a reason for my hesitation is that I have a written briefing document that is the basis of this podcast.  It is very thorough and is fully available to anyone through Deep Blue.  (See the separate podcast on how to access Deep Blue).  It has the same title as this podcast.  But I have thought for some time that transferring that written document to a podcast would be a good thing.  My hesitation is that I will be reading and improvising from a printed text into the spoken word.  I am worried about jumps and stops and stumbles along the way.  I hope those who listen to this will find it useful. It will certainly introduce some information that is new to most of you. And if you also want to download the document from Deep Blue that is good given that it has additional information in it.   https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/110670Note that there are previous podcasts on The Palestine War of 1948, and The Palestinians After 1948. Some People in order of being mentioned:  Menachem Begin, Simha Flappan, Benny Morris, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim, Tom Segev, Joseph Weitz, Herbert Hoover, David Ben-Gurion, Abba Eban, Samuel Katz, Meir Pa-el, Mordechai Ra'anan, Yigael Allon, Yitzhak Rabin, Gold Meir, Abu Iyad, Aharon Cizling, Moshe Sharrett, Nahum Goldman, Walid Khalidi. Some terms, places, organizations  in order of being mentioned: The Partition Plan of 1947 (181), Haganah, Irgun, Stern Gang, Plan D/Plan Dalet, Peel Commission of 1937, Deir Yassin, Haifa/Jaffa, Absentee property and the Present Absentees law, “transfer.” 

SummaryIn this thought-provoking episode of Mid Atlantic, we dive deep into the historical roots and contemporary implications of the Israel and Palestine conflict, with a special focus on the events of 1948. Renowned Israeli historian Professor Benny Morris provides a critical examination of the conflict's history, the Palestinian refugee problem, and the recent shocking events of October 7th. As tensions escalate in the Middle East, Morris's insights offer a poignant reflection on the past's impact on the present.The episode opens with a deviation from the usual format, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of the Israel and Palestine conflict, particularly in light of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas. Professor Benny Morris, a critical voice in Israeli historiography, joins the conversation to shed light on the pivotal year of 1948, which he argues is essential for understanding the current situation.Morris recounts the harrowing events of October 7th, expressing personal shock but no direct involvement. He predicts significant repercussions for Israel's security apparatus and political landscape, including the potential downfall of Prime Minister Netanyahu's government.The discussion then pivots to 1948, a year marked by the creation of the State of Israel and the onset of the Palestinian refugee crisis. Morris challenges traditional narratives, presenting a nuanced view based on his extensive research. He describes the mixed causes of Palestinian displacement, including fear, Israeli military actions, and a lack of systematic expulsion.Morris also touches on the broader Arab-Israeli conflict, the UN's partition plan, and the subsequent Arab rejection and war. He provides specific examples of flight and expulsion from Arab towns, offering a complex picture of the events that shaped the region.Professor Morris reflects on his personal journey as a historian and a Zionist, discussing how his research into Israeli government papers and the darker aspects of the Zionist movement affected his views. The dialogue touches on the differences between Hamas and Fatah's stances towards Israel and the complex road towards a two-state solution that Professor Morris advocates for, despite the resistance from various factions within the region.**Quotes from the Podcast:**1. "The most shocking, in fact, thing that had happened to the Jewish people since the Holocaust, basically." - Reflecting on the impact of the events of October 7th.2. "1948, I think is the crucial year in the evolution of the Zionist-Arab conflict." - On the significance of the year 1948 in the conflict's history.3. "There was no predetermined plan. There was no systematic expulsion of the Palestinians, but on the other hand, most of them fled because of Israeli conquest and fear of Israeli conquest, Israeli atrocities in the '48 war." - Discussing the causes of the Palestinian refugee problem.4."The Arab leaders had been terribly humiliated by their defeat by this cluster of 650,000 Jews, and weren't going to be further humiliated by agreeing to peace with the 650,000 Jews."5."As a Zionist, I'm agreeable to a two-state solution. I think that's a solution which would give a modicum of justice to both peoples. The Jews would have a state, and the Palestinian Arabs would have a small state." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

L'Antisemitismo, malattia della civiltà, discusso e approfondito in studio insieme a Mirko "Parabellum" Campochiari. ⬇⬇⬇SE VUOI CONOSCERCI MEGLIO⬇⬇ Abbonati al canale da 0,99 al mese ➤➤➤ https://bit.ly/memberdufer Spettacoli e conferenze in tutta Italia ➤➤➤ https://www.dailycogito.com/eventi La CogitoLetter quotidiana ➤➤➤ http://eepurl.com/c-LKfz Il videocorso per parlare bene ➤➤➤ https://www.dailycogito.com/video-corso/ Il videocorso tra filosofia e psicologia ➤➤➤ https://psinel.com/psicostoici-sp/ Tutti i miei libri ➤➤➤ https://www.dailycogito.com/libri/ Canale Discord (chat per abbonati) ➤➤➤ https://discord.gg/pSVdzMB Il negozio (felpe, tazze, maglie e altro) ➤➤➤ https://www.dailycogito.org/ Per approfondire, le fonti 1) Benny Morris, "La nascita del problema dei rifugiati palestinesi": https://amzn.to/3QqLVLp 2) Peter Schafer, "Storia dell'antisemitismo": https://www.donzelli.it/libro/9788855222983 3) Enciclopedia dell'Olocausto: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/it/article/antisemitism 4) Horvilleur, "Riflessioni sulla questione antisemita": https://amzn.to/3SwZs6D 5) Voghera, "Antisemitismo a sinistra": https://amzn.to/3u8io1f 6) Yeoshua, "Antisemitismo e sionismo": https://amzn.to/466BeTL #rickdufer #parabellum #antisemitismo INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/rickdufer INSTAGRAM di Daily Cogito: https://instagram.com/dailycogito TELEGRAM: http://bit.ly/DuFerTelegram FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/duferfb LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/riccardo-dal-ferro/31/845/b14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chi sono io: https://www.dailycogito.com/rick-dufer/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- La musica della sigla è tratta da Epidemic Sound (Ace-High, "Splasher"): https://login.epidemicsound.com/ - la voce della sigla è di ELIO BIFFI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to influential Israeli historian Benny Morris about Hamas' acts of mass murder, the Israeli response, and the future of Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris walks us through the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from antiquity to October 7. And the excellent historian of Palestine, Zachary Foster, digs into the often misunderstood history of the rise of Hamas. Finally, both share their thoughts on Israel's military response, the future of the conflict, and the "missing moderate middle" on both sides. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com.  Host: Derek Thompson Guests; Benny Morris & Zachary Foster Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So I've gotten criticism lately that I've created an echo chamber of pro-Israel guests, Benny Morris and Andrew Gold being the two examples. So I went on Twitter and asked who I should get to deliver the Palestinian perspective. and many people suggested my guest today, who is Yousef Munayyer. Yousef is a Palestinian-American writer and political analyst based in Washington, D.C. He was the executive director of the US campaign for Palestinian rights, and previously he directed the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development. As you'll hear, this whole conversation was pretty contentious. It seemed like we disagreed about almost everything. However, Yousef was a very respectful conversation partner and those are the kinds of guests that I look for. Before you listen to this episode, I would encourage you to go back to my episode with the Israeli historian, Dr. Benny Morris, if you haven't already listened to it. It's called "The History and Ethics of the Israel-Palestine Conflict". I recommend that because at the beginning of this podcast, Yousef wanted to dive deep into the history of the conflict and our debate there won't make much sense to you if you aren't already familiar with the basics. I hope you enjoy this conversation. #Ad Ground News: You can use my link https://ground.news/coleman to get 30% off an unlimited access subscription before Nov 4, 2023. I'm excited to partner with Ground News at this time because it is one of the best ways to read news about politically charged issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict in a balanced way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So I've gotten criticism lately that I've created an echo chamber of pro-Israel guests, Benny Morris and Andrew Gold being the two examples. So I went on Twitter and asked who I should get to deliver the Palestinian perspective. and many people suggested my guest today, who is Yousef Munayyer. Yousef is a Palestinian-American writer and political analyst based in Washington, D.C. He was the executive director of the US campaign for Palestinian rights, and previously he directed the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development.As you'll hear, this whole conversation was pretty contentious. It seemed like we disagreed about almost everything. However, Yousef was a very respectful conversation partner and those are the kinds of guests that I look for. Before you listen to this episode, I would encourage you to go back to my episode with the Israeli historian, Dr. Benny Morris, if you haven't already listened to it. It's called "The History and Ethics of the Israel-Palestine Conflict". I recommend that because at the beginning of this podcast, Yousef wanted to dive deep into the history of the conflict and our debate there won't make much sense to you if you aren't already familiar with the basics. I hope you enjoy this conversation.#AdGround News: You can use my link https://ground.news/coleman to get 30% off an unlimited access subscription before Nov 4, 2023. I'm excited to partner with Ground News at this time because it is one of the best ways to read news about politically charged issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict in a balanced way.

So I've gotten criticism lately that I've created an echo chamber of pro-Israel guests, Benny Morris and Andrew Gold being the two examples. So I went on Twitter and asked who I should get to deliver the Palestinian perspective. and many people suggested my guest today, who is Yousef Munayyer. Yousef is a Palestinian-American writer and political analyst based in Washington, D.C. He was the executive director of the US campaign for Palestinian rights, and previously he directed the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development.As you'll hear, this whole conversation was pretty contentious. It seemed like we disagreed about almost everything. However, Yousef was a very respectful conversation partner and those are the kinds of guests that I look for. Before you listen to this episode, I would encourage you to go back to my episode with the Israeli historian, Dr. Benny Morris, if you haven't already listened to it. It's called "The History and Ethics of the Israel-Palestine Conflict". I recommend that because at the beginning of this podcast, Yousef wanted to dive deep into the history of the conflict and our debate there won't make much sense to you if you aren't already familiar with the basics. I hope you enjoy this conversation.#AdGround News: You can use my link https://ground.news/coleman to get 30% off an unlimited access subscription before Nov 4, 2023. I'm excited to partner with Ground News at this time because it is one of the best ways to read news about politically charged issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict in a balanced way.

In light of the complex and tragic situation unfolding in Gaza and Israel, this episode looks at the past 100 years of the history of the region of Palestine. As well as an explanation from Dan, we hear from experts who have been on the podcast before to explain the background to the conflict we're seeing today. Historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore explores why Jerusalem is so important to both the Israelis and the Palestinians. Yara Hawari, a senior policy analyst for Al-Shabaka, describes the Palestinian perspective of the Mandate of Palestine after the First World War and Benny Morris, a former professor of History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, provides insight into the Israeli mindset during the first crucial months of the State of Israel established in 1948. Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more.Get 50% off your first 3 months with code DANSNOW. Download the app or sign up here.If you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can email us at ds.hh@historyhit.com, we'd love to hear from you!You can take part in our listener survey here.

Politik Siyonizm'in modern dönemdeki kurucusu Theodor Herzl'in yakın arkadaşlarından Israel Zangwill, 1905 yazında İsviçre'nin Basel kentinde toplanan Yedinci Siyonist Kongre'den sonra, ana akım Siyonizm'den ayrılarak kendi grubunu (“Bölgesel Siyonizm”) oluşturdu. Bölgesel Siyonizm taraftarları, Filistin'i öncelemeksizin, Afrika veya Asya'da herhangi bir yerin Yahudilere “yurt” olabileceğini savunuyor, Filistin'e odaklanılmasını Yahudilerin menfaatine uygun bulmuyordu. Bu düşüncenin arka planında ise, bizzat hareketin kurucusu Zangwill'in yaşadığı şahsî bir tecrübe yatıyordu: Zangwill, 1897'deki Birinci Siyonist Kongre'den itibaren, Yahudilerin dünyanın çeşitli ülkelerinden toplanıp Filistin'e göç etmesi gerektiği fikrinin ana savunucularından biri olarak öne çıkmıştı. Yaptığı konuşmalarda ve yazdığı makalelerde kullandığı bir slogan da kısa zaman içinde şöhrete kavuşmuştu: “Topraksız bir halk için, halksız bir toprak.” Bu ifade, İngiltere'de Siyonizm'in ilk destekçilerinden Lord Shaftesbury'nin 1853 tarihli bir mektubundan iktibas edilmişti. Topraksız halk Yahudiler, halksız toprak da Filistin'di. Ancak Zangwill, Filistin'i ziyaret ettikten ve bölgenin “tıka-basa Araplarla dolu olduğunu” gördükten sonra fikrini değiştirmiş, ana akım Siyonizm'den de kopmuştu. Israel Zangwill'in kendi yolunu çizdiği Yedinci Siyonist Kongre, Theodor Herzl'in Yahudiler için yurt olarak Uganda'yı teklif etmesiyle patlak veren tartışmaların gölgesinde toplanmıştı. Herzl kongrenin hazırlıkları devam ederken ölünce, Siyonist delegeler onun yokluğunda ilk iş olarak Uganda Planı'nı rafa kaldırarak yeniden gözünü Filistin'e dikmişti. Herzl'in Uganda ısrarının arkasında da kendi tecrübesi vardı: 1898'de kısa süreliğine Filistin'i ve Kudüs'ü ziyaret eden Herzl, gördüğü manzara karşısında hayal kırıklığına uğramış, Kudüs'teki “dinî fanatizm”den ürkmüş ve kendisinin de mensubu bulunduğu seküler Avrupalı Yahudi grupların bölgede barınmakta zorlanacağını görmüştü. Theodor Herzl'in bile bizzat yaşadığı bu fikrî dönüşüme rağmen, dünyanın dört bir tarafından Filistin'e hücum eden Yahudi göçmenler eliyle kurulan İsrail, “Topraksız bir halk için, halksız bir toprak” mottosunu resmî tarih söyleminin temeline yerleştirdi. Yahudi nesiller anaokulundan itibaren, “Biz geldiğimizde Filistin toprakları bomboştu, buraya yerleştik. Sonra Araplar bize saldırdı ve bizi kovmaya çalıştı. Biz de kendimizi savunduk, devletimizi kurduk” yalanlarıyla büyütüldü. Ta ki, bir grup İsrailli Yahudi tarihçi ve akademisyen (bilahare kazandıkları isimle “Yeni Tarihçiler”), kendi devletlerinin resmî tarih tezleriyle kıyasıya hesaplaşıncaya kadar... 1980'lerin başından itibaren, devlet arşivlerinde sürdürdükleri yoğun çalışmaların ardından, aralarında Avi Shlaim, Benny Morris, Ilan Pappe, Simha Flapan, Joel Migdal, Shlomo Sand, Baruch Kimmerling, Tom Segev gibi önemli isimlerin bulunduğu bu tarihçiler çok çarpıcı bazı neticelere ulaştılar. Buna göre: Filistin toprakları, İsrail'in kuruluş sürecinde buraya akın eden Siyonist mültecilerin iddia ettiği gibi tümüyle “boş” değildi, aksine tarihî şehirler ve kasabalar kalabalık yerli Arap nüfusu barındırıyordu, Filistinliler, iddia edildiği gibi “gönüllü biçimde” vatanlarını terk etmemişti. İsrail'in bugün kurulduğu topraklarda, Siyonist çeteler eliyle çok sayıda katliam uygulanmış, yerel nüfus cebren tehcir edilmiş, yüzlerce yıldır buralarda yaşayan ahali komşu ülkelere sığınmak durumunda kalmıştı,

Israel's preeminent historian, Benny Morris, discusses the latest Israeli controversies. He hasn't budged much...

Israel's preeminent historian, Benny Morris, discusses the latest Israeli controversies. He hasn't budged much...

On May 19 we commemorate the genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, a chapter of the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish state in the early 20th century against its Christian inhabitants that resulted in the deaths of more than 2.5 million Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians. Dror Ze'evi, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the co-author of the book “The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924,” joins Thanos Davelis on this anniversary to look into how Turkey's Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian communities disappeared as a result of a staggered campaign of genocide. Read Dror Ze'evi and Benny Morris' essay in the Wall Street Journal on their book: When Turkey Destroyed Its ChristiansYou can purchase the book here: The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:US Navy commander: No real change in Russian military's conduct toward Western warships in east MedGreek politicians court TikTok generation

The topic of today's episode is the Israel-Palestine conflict. I've avoided discussing Israel on this podcast for two reasons. First, because I didn't know enough to feel qualified to weigh in on it. Second, because it may literally be the most radioactive topic on planet Earth. A tiny mistake or misplace word can cause a level of backlash that I just don't want to deal with. However, two things have changed over the past few months. I discuss these two factors in detail in the first few minutes of the episode.I want the first half of this podcast to serve as an introduction to basic historical facts behind the conflict. If you're well versed on this topic, then you may want to skip the beginning. However, on the other hand, there is still quite a bit of interesting material there. The rest of this podcast is about the ethics and the current politics of the conflict. Who is in the right, and who is in the wrong? Is Israel an apartheid state that's oppressing a minority out of pure bigotry? Is it a colonialist, expansionist state motivated by religious belief? Or is it an embattled and legitimate nation-state surrounded by enemies that want only to survive? These are the questions that people struggle with and I brought in Dr. Benny Morris to help me answer them. Dr.Benny Morris has a unique vantage point on this issue. On the one hand, he is an Israeli Jew, and in recent years, he has become a major defender of Israel against global condemnation. On the other hand, he's probably done more than almost anyone you could name, to discover and publicize Israel's historical war crimes. He refused to serve in the Occupy West Bank Operation and was arrested as a result. His academic work on Israel is cited favorably by people like Noam Chomsky, who is all the way on the other side of the issue. Dr. Benny was at one point shunned by the Israeli academic community for being in essence "a traitor" to his people. He's one of the few people who can really claim to have battle scars from both sides of this debate.Therefore, I thought he'd be a good person to help me weave through the complexities of the topic. I have a lot of admiration for Benny Morris, and I hope you find him as illuminating as I did.#Sponsor ButcherBox: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/COLEMAN and use code COLEMAN to get a 100% grass-fed chuck roast and a whole chicken FREE in your first box plus $20 off.

The topic of today's episode is the Israel-Palestine conflict. I've avoided discussing Israel on this podcast for two reasons. First, because I didn't know enough to feel qualified to weigh in on it. Second, because it may literally be the most radioactive topic on planet Earth. A tiny mistake or misplace word can cause a level of backlash that I just don't want to deal with. However, two things have changed over the past few months. I discuss these two factors in detail in the first few minutes of the episode. I want the first half of this podcast to serve as an introduction to basic historical facts behind the conflict. If you're well versed on this topic, then you may want to skip the beginning. However, on the other hand, there is still quite a bit of interesting material there. The rest of this podcast is about the ethics and the current politics of the conflict. Who is in the right, and who is in the wrong? Is Israel an apartheid state that's oppressing a minority out of pure bigotry? Is it a colonialist, expansionist state motivated by religious belief? Or is it an embattled and legitimate nation-state surrounded by enemies that want only to survive? These are the questions that people struggle with and I brought in Dr. Benny Morris to help me answer them. Dr.Benny Morris has a unique vantage point on this issue. On the one hand, he is an Israeli Jew, and in recent years, he has become a major defender of Israel against global condemnation. On the other hand, he's probably done more than almost anyone you could name, to discover and publicize Israel's historical war crimes. He refused to serve in the Occupy West Bank Operation and was arrested as a result. His academic work on Israel is cited favorably by people like Noam Chomsky, who is all the way on the other side of the issue. Dr. Benny was at one point shunned by the Israeli academic community for being in essence "a traitor" to his people. He's one of the few people who can really claim to have battle scars from both sides of this debate. Therefore, I thought he'd be a good person to help me weave through the complexities of the topic. I have a lot of admiration for Benny Morris, and I hope you find him as illuminating as I did.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The topic of today's episode is the Israel-Palestine conflict. I've avoided discussing Israel on this podcast for two reasons. First, because I didn't know enough to feel qualified to weigh in on it. Second, because it may literally be the most radioactive topic on planet Earth. A tiny mistake or misplace word can cause a level of backlash that I just don't want to deal with. However, two things have changed over the past few months. I discuss these two factors in detail in the first few minutes of the episode.I want the first half of this podcast to serve as an introduction to basic historical facts behind the conflict. If you're well versed on this topic, then you may want to skip the beginning. However, on the other hand, there is still quite a bit of interesting material there. The rest of this podcast is about the ethics and the current politics of the conflict. Who is in the right, and who is in the wrong? Is Israel an apartheid state that's oppressing a minority out of pure bigotry? Is it a colonialist, expansionist state motivated by religious belief? Or is it an embattled and legitimate nation-state surrounded by enemies that want only to survive? These are the questions that people struggle with and I brought in Dr. Benny Morris to help me answer them. Dr.Benny Morris has a unique vantage point on this issue. On the one hand, he is an Israeli Jew, and in recent years, he has become a major defender of Israel against global condemnation. On the other hand, he's probably done more than almost anyone you could name, to discover and publicize Israel's historical war crimes. He refused to serve in the Occupy West Bank Operation and was arrested as a result. His academic work on Israel is cited favorably by people like Noam Chomsky, who is all the way on the other side of the issue. Dr. Benny was at one point shunned by the Israeli academic community for being in essence "a traitor" to his people. He's one of the few people who can really claim to have battle scars from both sides of this debate.Therefore, I thought he'd be a good person to help me weave through the complexities of the topic. I have a lot of admiration for Benny Morris, and I hope you find him as illuminating as I did.#Sponsor ButcherBox: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/COLEMAN and use code COLEMAN to get a 100% grass-fed chuck roast and a whole chicken FREE in your first box plus $20 off.

Although Israelis view the events of 1948 as liberation, to Palestinians, this was “Nakba”, or “disaster”. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the events of those first few years were tantamount to “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, a fact that neither Israel nor the international community have been able to properly deal with. How to resettle hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their descendants? Was the original partition of Palestine equitable and just, and if not, what would a logical compensation package look like? Was Israel interested in a genuine peace process, or do the Oslo Accords, Camp David, Taba, and events surrounding the First and Second Intifada suggest that Israel, according to Norman Finkelstein, is frightened of a Palestinian “peace offensive”? In this video, Norman Finkelstein, scholar of Palestine and the Holocaust, author of “Beyond Chutzpah”, “The Holocaust Industry”, “Gaza”, and “I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It”, convenes a panel with Alex Sheremet and several Palestinian refugees. These are scholar Mouin Rabbani, activist Sana Kassem, B'Tselem researcher Musa Abu Hashhash, and activist Arwa Hashhash. They discuss their families' experience fleeing Israel's war of independence, the destruction of Palestinian homes, the apartheid system of law, arrest, detention, harassment, and subsequent wars. Norman Finkelstein, who is himself the son of Holocaust survivors, often tells the story of his parents' shock at Israel's mistreatment of Palestinian refugees. He credits them with his moral understanding of the world and his interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Norman Finkelstein's website: https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/ Mouin Rabbani's work at Jadaliyya: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Author/4114 Sana Kassem's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SanaKassem If you found this video useful, support us on our Patreon page and get patron-only content: https://www.patreon.com/automachination Subscribe to the ArtiFact podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3xw2M4D Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wLpqEV Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3dSQXxJ Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/2SVJIxB Podbean: https://bit.ly/3yzLuUo iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/3AK942L Read more from the automachination universe: https://automachination.com Read Alex's (archived) essays: https://alexsheremet.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/automachination Timestamps: 1:25 – introducing the panel and their recollections 10:41 – 1947-1948; the Israeli War of Independence; Palestine's Nakba Day; how the Israeli Declaration of Independence tapped international law to create Israel; Musa shares his refugee experience after fleeing the last Palestinian village in 1949; Sana relates her family's experience of fleeing war; Mouin describes his family's escape from the last Palestinian village in Haifa; Arwa's claim that the logic of oppression and occupation cannot last 36:04 – the 1967 War; Mouin describes Israel's use of napalm; Sana describes painting her light bulbs blue to avoid Israeli airstrikes; Musa describes his family's loss of property 47:40 – Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, Sabra and Shatila massacres; Israel's reputation begins to decline; Sana's experiences in Beirut during the war; legal racism against Palestinians in Lebanon; Palestinian inability to inherit property; Mouin describes post-1947 Israeli laws dispossessing Palestinian property; the role of Jordan in the Palestinian refugee crisis, Jordanian claims over the West Bank 01:03:51 – the First and Second Intifadas; Arwa recalls her father's arrests, inability to go to school, Second Intifada; Musa recounts Israeli harassment of him and his family, detention conditions; Musa shares his disappointment with the First Intifada; Mouin describes the closure of schools and universities as collective punishment against Palestinians; the use of identity cards to restrict movement; labor rights in Israel and Palestine; Musa on continued targeting and harassment of his family; Norman Finkelstein describes house demolitions for stone-throwing; debating hope in Palestine; Norman Finkelstein on Gaza's March of Return as the Third Intifada; lack of support from West Bank, Fatah 02:06:14 – the Oslo Accords; why the Letters of Mutual Recognition were a red flag for negotiations; Norman Finkelstein recalls his reactions to Oslo; Noam Chomsky's warning about the Oslo Accords; the Abraham Accords between Israel and the UAE; Morocco's normalization agreement, Trump's recognition of Morocco's claims over Western Sahara and the Sahrawi people; the role of Arab states in Palestine; Mouin clarifies Arab-Palestinian relations; Sana on the role of money in the PLO Tags: #NormanFinkelstein, #freepalestine, #gaza, #israelpalestine, #apartheid, #westbank

Said to be the inspiration for Ian Fleming's iconic James Bond character, Sidney Reilly (c. 1873–1925) is one of the most colorful and best–known spies of the 20th century.Join us with historian Benny Morris, author of the new Jewish Lives biography Sidney Reilly: Master Spy, as we sift through the reality and the myth of Reilly's life and uncover a fascinating portrait of one of the most intriguing figures from the golden age of spies. 

Author Benny Morris discusses his book The Thirty Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924. https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Year-Genocide-Destruction-Christian-Minorities/dp/0674251431/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+thirty+year+genocide&qid=1632592293&sr=8-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Benny Morris discusses his book The Thirty Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924. https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Year-Genocide-Destruction-Christian-Minorities/dp/0674251431/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+thirty+year+genocide&qid=1632592293&sr=8-1

The Palestinian Refugees of 1948This is an extremely important topic surrounded by false narratives and inflammatory rhetoric.  I have put off preparing a podcast for some time, but not because it is sensitive.  I deal with quite a few sensitive topics.  It goes with the territory.  But in this case, a reason for my hesitation is that I have a written briefing document that is the basis of this podcast.  It is very thorough and is fully available to anyone through Deep Blue.  (See the separate podcast on how to access Deep Blue).  It has the same title as this podcast.  But I have thought for some time that transferring that written document to a podcast would be a good thing.  My hesitation is that I will be reading and improvising from a printed text into the spoken word.  I am worried about jumps and stops and stumbles along the way.  I hope those who listen to this will find it useful. It will certainly introduce some information that is new to most of you. And if you also want to download the document from Deep Blue that is good given that it has additional information in it.  As of 1 September 2021 it has 13,000+ downloads worldwide. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/110670Note that there are previous podcasts on The Palestine War of 1948, and The Palestinians After 1948.  Some People in order of being mentioned:  Menachem Begin, Simha Flappan, Benny Morris, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim, Tom Segev, Joseph Weitz, Herbert Hoover, David Ben-Gurion, Abba Eban, Samuel Katz, Meir Pa-el, Mordechai Ra'anan, Yigael Allon, Yitzhak Rabin, Gold Meir, Abu Iyad, Aharon Cizling, Moshe Sharrett, Nahum Goldman, Walid Khalidi. Some terms, places, organizations  in order of being mentioned: The Partition Plan of 1947 (181), Haganah, Irgun, Stern Gang, Plan D/Plan Dalet, Peel Commission of 1937, Deir Yassin, Haifa/Jaffa, Absentee property and the Present Absentees law, “transfer.” 

The conflict between Israeli's and Palestinians is one that inflames strong emotions and opinions on all sides, but can a solution be found or is it an intractable one? In this episode of our series examing the Israel-Palestine struggle from different points of view, Dan is joined by historian Benny Morris for an Israeli perspective on the conflict that has wracked the region since the foundation of the Jewish state, the nature of Zionism, the demographics of the conflict and the many challenges to finding a solution to the conflict.You can also listen to previous episodes in our series looking at the Israel-Palestine conflict A Palestinian View with Yara Hawari and A Jewish Perspective with Daniel Finkelstein See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The conflict between Israeli's and Palestinians is one that inflames strong emotions and opinions on all sides, but can a solution be found or is it an intractable one? In this episode of our series examing the Israel-Palestine struggle from different points of view, Dan is joined by historian Benny Morris for an Israeli perspective on the conflict that has wracked the region since the foundation of the Jewish state, the nature of Zionism, the demographics of the conflict and the many challenges to finding a solution to the conflict.You can also listen to previous episodes in our series looking at the Israel-Palestine conflict A Palestinian View with Yara Hawari and A Jewish Perspective with Daniel Finkelstein See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Help AICE continue to maintain the Jewish Virtual Library as the best resource for journalists, scholars, students and the curious about Jewish history, politics and culture... For more than 70 years, we have heard about the Palestinian refugees. The reference is always to Palestinian Arab refugees and ignores the Jews who were displaced during the 1948 War. According to historian Nurit Cohen-Levinovsky, 97 Jewish villages were attacked and damaged, 11 of these were destroyed and 6 were conquered resulting in at least 60,000 Jews becoming refugees. Another historian, Benny Morris, estimated the number at 70,000.  Over the last eight years, two tactics have been employed to minimize or eliminate the Iranian threat — the Obama maximum appeasement approach and Trump’s maximum pressure campaign. Both share the same result — total failure. From his campaign statements, Joe Biden appears interested in some middle ground leaning toward Obama’s policy. That will also be unsuccessful if, like his predecessors, he refuses to employ military options. What have you got to say about all this uncivilized sodomite madness, the first class Caucasoid anus of man and dog fuckers plagues?  

Jonathan Kay speaks to famed Middle Eastern historian Benny Morris, whose latest book explores the ethnic cleansing of Turkey during the last decades of the Ottoman Empire

Jonathan Kay speaks to famed Middle Eastern historian Benny Morris, whose latest book explores the ethnic cleansing of Turkey during the last decades of the Ottoman Empire

An introduction to a podcast that explores Palestinian narrative, history, literature, and more from a religious Zionist perspective. Articles and Books quoted: Facing the Truths of History by Rabbi Dr. J.J. Schacter Revising or Devising Israel's History by Prof. Shlomo Slonim Righteous Victims by Benny Morris

Benny Morris, one of Israel's leading historians and public intellectuals, discusses the possibility of peace in the Middle East, and whether or not Donald Trump is good for Israel. 

Benny Morris, one of Israel's leading historians and public intellectuals, discusses the possibility of peace in the Middle East, and whether or not Donald Trump is good for Israel. 

Welcome to The Great Debate #12!Topic: Israel-Palestine Subtopic: Non-Jewish Zionism  This week we'll hear from Sherry Sufi an academic and non-Jewish Zionist★ MEET THE DEBATERS ★∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞Sherry Sufi is a West Australian writer, activist and columnist. He is well-known in the Jewish community for his ability to bust myths and misconceptions about Zionism and the State of Israel and has spoken at various Synagogues and at pro-Israel peace rallies in the past. His articles have been published in The Australian, The West Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Spectator Australia and the Australian Jewish Quarterly. Sherry has been a guest speaker at the Australian Jewish Studies Conference he has made appearances on Sky News Australia as a commentator on cultural and international affairs. His award-winning PhD thesis was on language and nationalism, a substantial part of which examined lexicographer Eliezer Ben-Yehuda's revival of the Hebrew language which forms the basis for the modern Israeli national identity. He won an award for outstanding research and a publishing deal. A concise edition of his thesis is now available as a book titled 'From Cavemen to Countrymen: The Linguistic Roots of Nationalism' which can be purchased off his website www.sherrysufi.com   He runs a series of webinars on topical issues via Facebook Livestream and has recently interviewed world-renowned academics such as Steven Pinker, Noam Chomsky and Benny Morris. Get in touch with Sherry:FB: https://www.facebook.com/SherrySufiPhD∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞Follow The Great Debate on Instagram: @thegreat.debateGet in touch with Adar:Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdarWeinrebInsta: https://www.instagram.com/adarweinreb...FB: https://www.facebook.com/AdarWeinrebEmail: adarweinreb@gmail.comBecome a Patron: https://bit.ly/2N2Neje

1 Margaret K. Nydell, “Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times,” p.155-572 Ian Black and Benny Morris, “Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services,” (NY, Grove Weidenfeld, 1991), p. 300, 303Ian J. Bickerton and Carla L. Klausner, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, (NY, Routledge, 2016) p. 199 3 Ian Black and Benny Morris, “Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services,” p. 434-35, 459Thomas L. Friedman, “From Beirut to Jerusalem”, (NY, First Anchor Books, 1990), p. 508-5104Rhiannon Smith, and Jason Pack. "Al-Qaida's Strategy in Libya: Keep It Local, Stupid."Perspectives on Terrorism 11, no. 6 (2017): 190-99. http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/ stable/26295967.5 Mikael Eriksson, “A Fratricidal Libya and its Second Civil War: Harvesting Decades of Qaddafi's ‘Divide and Rule'”, FOI, FOI-R—4177—SE, (December 2015):8-16 https:// www.asclibrary.nl/docs/40704471X.pdf , p. 30-33.Bickerton and Carla L. Klausner, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, p. 155Tatenda Gwaambuka. “New Evidence: The Real Reason Gaddafi Was Killed.” The African Exponent. Apr. 6, 2016, accessed Oct. 16, 2018, https://www.africanexponent.com/post/new- evidence-the-real-reason-gaddafi-was-killed-2706Faisal Islam. “Iraq nets handsome profit by dumping dollar for euro.” TheGuardian. Feb. 15, 2003, accessed Oct. 16, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/feb/16/ iraq.theeuroPatrick Wintour and Ewen MacAskill. “UK foreign secretary: US decision on Iraqi army led to rise of Isis.” TheGuardian. Jul. 7 2016, accessed Oct. 16, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/ world/2016/jul/07/uk-foreign-secretary-us-decision-iraqi-army-rise-isis-philip-hammondCasper Wuite. “The Interpreter”, Libyan Elections: Another Gaddafi. Lowy Institute. Aug. 30, 2018, accessed Oct. 16, 2018. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/libyan-elections- another-gaddafi1 Charles Tilly,. “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime.” Chapter. In Bringing the State Back In, edited by Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and Theda Skocpol, 169–91. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511628283.008.2 Michael Burt Loughlin. “French antimilitarism before World War I: Gustave Hervé and L'Affiche Rouge of 1905”, European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 19:2, (2012) 249-274, DOI: 10.1080/13507486.2012.6630793 Thomas Hobbes,, and C. B. Macpherson. Leviathan. (London: Penguin, 1988), p. 10-174 Robert Greene, 48 Laws of Power, (Lavin, TN: Vikings Penguin Book, 2000),p.145 Mikael Eriksson, “A Fratricidal Libya and its Second Civil War: Harvesting Decades of Qaddafi's ‘Divide and Rule'”, FOI, FOI-R—4177—SE, (December 2015):8-16 https:// www.asclibrary.nl/docs/40704471X.pdfTatenda Gwaambuka. “New Evidence: The Real Reason Gaddafi Was Killed.” The African Exponent. Apr. 6, 2016, accessed Dec. 17, 2019, https://www.africanexponent.com/post/new- evidence-the-real-reason-gaddafi-was-killed-2706Patrick Wintour and Ewen MacAskill. “UK foreign secretary: US decision on Iraqi army led to rise of Isis.” TheGuardian. Jul. 7 2016, accessed Dec. 17, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/ world/2016/jul/07/uk-foreign-secretary-us-decision-iraqi-army-rise-isis-philip-hammond

We live in a time of deep division and confusion. It is naturally breeding a brand conspiratorial politics on both sides of the political aisle, creating a situation ripe for antisemitism. And that is exactly what is happening. Attacks on Haredim in the New York area are skyrocketing, in the past two years there have been four major terror attacks against Jewish communities across the nation, and more political figures have condoned or tacitly supported antisemites or their ideas. And now in a time of coronavirus, conspiracy theories blaming the Jews for the pandemic are rampant.  How might one counter this reemerging threat, especially gearing up for what will most likely be the most vicious election cycle yet? What is President Trump’s role in this issue – symptom, cause, unrelated? In such a polarized time, how does Ungar-Sargon manage the opinion page of one of the leading Jewish news publications?  With Batya Ungar-Sargon, the Forward’s opinion editor, we discuss these issues and many more in a fascinating and fun conversation. Ungar-Sargon also holds a PhD in English from University of California, Berkeley.  *Please note this was recorded before the coronavirus began afflicting places outside of China, and before former VP Joe Biden secured decisive victories in the Democratic primaries. _________________________________________________ Favorite podcasts: “The Daily” + “Criminal” + “The Promised Podcast” Most insightful person to follow on social media: Jarvis Good Books that have most shaped Ungar-Sargon's thinking: "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" + "Origins of Totalitarianism" – both by Hannah Arendt "Middlemarch" – George Eliot Works of Benny Morris and Norman Rush

Varför är Israel-Palestina-konflikten så komplex och svårlöst? Dagens gäst, Isabell Schierenbeck från Göteborgs universitet gör ett kvalificerat försök att svara.Tips på vidare läsning/Skönlitteratur:David Grossman. På flykt från ett sorgebud.Tips på vidare läsning/Facklitteratur: Karin Aggestam, Anders Persson och Lisa Strömbom (2014) Mellan krig och fred i Israel/Palestina.Alan Dowty (2017) Israel/Palestine.John Ehrenberg and Yoav Peled (ed.) (2016) Israel and Palestine. Alternative Perspectives on Statehood.Baruch Kimmerling and Joel S. Migdal (2003) The Palestinian People: A History.Benny Morris (2009) One State, Two States. Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict.Sune Persson (2012) Palestina-konflikten.Avi Shavit (2015). My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel.Isabell Schierenbeck (2006). Det splittrade Israel? politiska och sociala skiljelinjer.Mark Tessler (2009) A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.Programledare: Fritte FritzsonProducent: Ida WahlströmKlippning: Gustav WulffSignaturmelodi: Vacaciones - av Svantana i arrangemang av Daniel AldermarkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alltduvelatveta/Instagram: @alltduvelatveta / @frittefritzsonTwitter: @frittefritzson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Discussion of an exhaustive analysis how the Turks exterminated the country's entire Christian population, an unpleasant topic that nonetheless deserves attention.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Professor Benny Morris and Professor Dror Ze'evi give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. Chaired by Dr Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College). Morris and Ze'evi will talk about the destruction of the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian communities of Asia Minor - some 4-5 million people - during the reigns of Abdulhamid II, the Young Turks and Ataturk, 1894-1924. Most were dispossessed and exiled and some 2 million were murdered in three massive bouts of violence. The mass murder, in each bout, was accompanied by mass rape and abduction of girls, women and children into Muslim households, and mass conversion. They will describe the process and its causes and results. Professor Benny Morris was born in Kibbutz Ein Hahoresh in 1948 and brought up in Israel and New York. After IDF service, he did a BA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD - both in modern European history - at Cambridge University. Thereafter, he worked as a journalist at The Jerusalem Post and subsequently, between 1997 and 2017, as a professor of history at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, Dartmouth College, LMU in Munich, and the University of Maryland and among his books are The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949 (1988); Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956 (1993); Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict 1882-1999 (1999); 1948, A History of the First Arab-Israeli War (2008); and, impending, jointly authored with Dror Ze'evi, The Thirty-Year Genocide, Turkey's Destruction of its Christian Minorities 1894-1924 (2019). He has published articles in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Guardian, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, Corriere della Sera, Die Welt, Haaretz, etc. Professor Dror Ze'evi received his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University in 1992, and after Post-doctoral studies at Princeton joined the faculty at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he teaches Middle Eastern Studies, with an emphasis on modern and early modern cultural history. His book, An Ottoman Century: The District of Jerusalem in the 1600s, (Ithaca, SUNY Press 1996) is a portrait of a Palestinian society in the early modern period, which was soon translated into Hebrew and Turkish. Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900 (University of California Press, 2006), is a study of the shifts in sexual outlook in the region, on the eve of modernity. A Turkish Translation was published subsequently. An edited volume (with Ehud Toledano), Society, Law and Culture in the Middle East: “Modernities” in the Making, was published in 2015 by De Gruyter, and his current research (with Benny Morris) has resulted in the volume The Thirty Years of Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of its Christian Minorities, (Harvard University Press, with an Italian translation by Rizzoli). Zeevi founded the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben Gurion University and served as its first chair until 1998 (and once again from 2002 to 2004). He was among the founders of the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy in 1997, and it's first chair, until 2002. In 2009 he was elected President of The Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel (MEISAI), and in 2015 appointed Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Studies. During his career he was invited to work and lecture at many universities and research centers abroad. Among others, he was senior visiting fellow at Brandeis University and Skidmore College in the U.S. and at Koc and Sabanci Universities in Turkey. From the mid 1990s to this day Zeevi participates in a series of "track-2" meetings with Palestinian delegations, and at the end of a recent round of talks hosted by Sweden, participated in writing One Land, Two States: Israel and Palestine as Parallel States (Mossberg and Levine eds. Berkeley, 2015). He is among the founders of the Forum for Regional Thinking, engaged in presenting deeper and more accurate portrayal of the Middle East to the Israeli public, and publishes regularly in Israeli journals and websites, including Haaretz, Yediot, Ynet, and Wallah.

On this two-part episode of Haaretz Weekly, host Simon Spungin talks to Danielle Ziri – Haaretz's New York correspondent – about the Women's March: amid allegations of anti-Semitic sympathies and the newly approved policy of opposing anti-BDS legislation, we ask what place Jewish women can and should have in this sisterly movement. In Part 2, Bradley Burston describes his visit to the West Bank, as part of an upcoming series of articles on Haaretz.com about the future of the two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians. After carefully avoiding the quicksand – literal and figurative – we ask: What can Israelis who oppose occupation do to hasten its end, who could they possibly vote for in the upcoming election and is the warning sounded by historian Benny Morris too little, too late? Follow Haaretz Weekly on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

"As palavras de Benny Morris são um soco no estômago" - Marcelão Treistman, Rafael Stern e Yair Mau conversam sobre a polêmica entrevista do historiador israelense. Link para o artigo: http://www.conexaoisrael.org/benny-morris-e-o-fim-de-todos-os-mitos/2017-07-21/marcelo

“Israel is now turning 70, and for 70 years we’ve brought in millions of Jewish refugees from all over the world. And now, for the first time in 2000 years that we have some kind of Jewish sovereignty and we have a political body that is able to protect others, we have non-Jews seeking asylum in the Jewish state. If Israel sends off my Eritrean and Sudanese friends to Africa...if I haven’t done everything in my power as a human being and as a Jew to stop it, I don’t know if I’ll be able to live with myself, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to live in the state of Israel.” — Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg Israel has a complicated history with refugees. Many Jewish refugees found shelter in Israel after the Holocaust; many Palestinians, on the other hand, became refugees after the 1948 war. But in this episode, we talk about Israel’s other refugees, those you may not have known about: African refugees who come mostly from Sudan and Eritrea escaping oppressive regimes and persecution. Mutasim Ali is a Sudanese refugee, one of 35,000 African refugees currently living in Israel -- but one of only 13 to have his refugee status recognized by the state. As of December 2017, all of the others are at risk of deportation. Israel has already started sending refugees to countries that offer them no status or security. In this episode, Unsettled producer Asaf Calderon speaks to Mutasim and advocate Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg about the unfolding crisis. Why did so many African refugees choose Israel? Why doesn't Israel want them? What does Israel's treatment of these refugees say about the state of the Zionist experiment? And what can Americans do to help? This episode of Unsettled is hosted by Asaf Calderon and edited by Ilana Levinson. Music by Nat Rosenzweig and Podington Bear. Mutasim Ali is a law student at the College of Law & Business, Ramat Gan and former executive director at African Refugees Development Center (ARDC), a community-based organization to protect, assist, and empower African refugees and asylum-seekers to advocate on their behalf. He is an advocate for change and democracy in Sudan. Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg is an American-Canadian-Israeli Jewish educator-activist. Elliot is a senior educator at The Kibbutz Movement and BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change and the central shaliach (emissary) for Habonim Dror Olami in North America. Currently based in Chicago, Elliot leads activities and teaches throughout North America. Elliot is an activist for Jewish pluralism and inclusion, refugee rights, LGBTQ rights and human rights, and his educator-activist approach focuses on the application of Judaism for social change. Elliot is co-chair of Right Now: Advocates for Asylum Seekers in Israel, a blogger for The Times of Israel, and has published in Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Week, and elsewhere. A native of Chicago, Elliot earned a B.A. from McGill University, and an M.A. in Jewish Education and Jewish Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Elliot worked in the field of Jewish education in North America before making aliyah to Israel in 2011, where he served as Director of International Communication for BINA and became a leading activist for refugee rights in Israel. REFERENCES RIGHT NOW: Advocates for Asylum Seekers in Israel "I am my father's son: Mutasim Ali at TEDxBGU" (2014) "We want freedom - demonstration and voices of refugees, Tel Aviv, Israel"(2014) Benny Morris, Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956 (Clarendon Press, 1997). Michael Bachner, "Netanyahu says Africans slated for deportation 'not refugees'" (Times of Israel, January 21, 2018).  Associated Press, "Rwanda, Uganda Deny Reaching a Deal with Israel to Accept Refugees"(Haaretz, January 5, 2018).  Xan Rice, "China and Russia 'sell jets to Sudan'" (The Times, November 17, 2004).  Ilan Lior, "Israel to Pay Rwanda $5,000 for Every Deported Asylum Seeker It Takes In"(Haaretz, November 20, 2017).

“Israel is now turning 70, and for 70 years we’ve brought in millions of Jewish refugees from all over the world. And now, for the first time in 2000 years that we have some kind of Jewish sovereignty and we have a political body that is able to protect others, we have non-Jews seeking asylum in the Jewish state. If Israel sends off my Eritrean and Sudanese friends to Africa...if I haven’t done everything in my power as a human being and as a Jew to stop it, I don’t know if I’ll be able to live with myself, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to live in the state of Israel.” — Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg Israel has a complicated history with refugees. Many Jewish refugees found shelter in Israel after the Holocaust; many Palestinians, on the other hand, became refugees after the 1948 war. But in this episode, we talk about Israel’s other refugees, those you may not have known about: African refugees who come mostly from Sudan and Eritrea escaping oppressive regimes and persecution. Mutasim Ali is a Sudanese refugee, one of 35,000 African refugees currently living in Israel -- but one of only 13 to have his refugee status recognized by the state. As of December 2017, all of the others are at risk of deportation. Israel has already started sending refugees to countries that offer them no status or security. In this episode, Unsettled producer Asaf Calderon speaks to Mutasim and advocate Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg about the unfolding crisis. Why did so many African refugees choose Israel? Why doesn't Israel want them? What does Israel's treatment of these refugees say about the state of the Zionist experiment? And what can Americans do to help? This episode of Unsettled is hosted by Asaf Calderon and edited by Ilana Levinson. Music by Nat Rosenzweig and Podington Bear. Mutasim Ali is a law student at the College of Law & Business, Ramat Gan and former executive director at African Refugees Development Center (ARDC), a community-based organization to protect, assist, and empower African refugees and asylum-seekers to advocate on their behalf. He is an advocate for change and democracy in Sudan. Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg is an American-Canadian-Israeli Jewish educator-activist. Elliot is a senior educator at The Kibbutz Movement and BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change and the central shaliach (emissary) for Habonim Dror Olami in North America. Currently based in Chicago, Elliot leads activities and teaches throughout North America. Elliot is an activist for Jewish pluralism and inclusion, refugee rights, LGBTQ rights and human rights, and his educator-activist approach focuses on the application of Judaism for social change. Elliot is co-chair of Right Now: Advocates for Asylum Seekers in Israel, a blogger for The Times of Israel, and has published in Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Week, and elsewhere. A native of Chicago, Elliot earned a B.A. from McGill University, and an M.A. in Jewish Education and Jewish Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Elliot worked in the field of Jewish education in North America before making aliyah to Israel in 2011, where he served as Director of International Communication for BINA and became a leading activist for refugee rights in Israel. REFERENCES RIGHT NOW: Advocates for Asylum Seekers in Israel "I am my father's son: Mutasim Ali at TEDxBGU" (2014) "We want freedom - demonstration and voices of refugees, Tel Aviv, Israel"(2014) Benny Morris, Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956 (Clarendon Press, 1997). Michael Bachner, "Netanyahu says Africans slated for deportation 'not refugees'" (Times of Israel, January 21, 2018).  Associated Press, "Rwanda, Uganda Deny Reaching a Deal with Israel to Accept Refugees"(Haaretz, January 5, 2018).  Xan Rice, "China and Russia 'sell jets to Sudan'" (The Times, November 17, 2004).  Ilan Lior, "Israel to Pay Rwanda $5,000 for Every Deported Asylum Seeker It Takes In"(Haaretz, November 20, 2017).

Title: The War of 1948: New Perspectives Date: March 14, 2016 Speaker: Dr. Benny Morris Affiliation: Professor of History, Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University Location: ISGAP Center, New York Description: Dr. Benny Morris explains the aims of the 1948 war from both the Jewish and Arab perspectives. He argues that documentation indicates that the Arab aims – traditionally seen as “throwing the Jews into the sea” – were, in fact, more complex. Conversely, he states, that the Jewish people simply wanted to survive and live as a free people in their national homeland.

Post-Zionist historians can boast multi-faceted achievements: they heavily affected academic teaching in campuses around the world, led to revisions in Israeli school textbooks, had a devastating impact on the parameters of peace negotiations in the Middle East and contributed to the delegitimization of Israel. The sharp retreat of Benny Morris, considered by many as the dean of the new historians, must be viewed as full-proof exposure of the fictitious structure and distorted facts of, what is indeed, an orchestrated anti-Zionist campaign.

Steve Hand is one of the best-selling authors of the book Building the Ultimate Network which provides cutting edge ideas from experts around the world about how to develop productive relationships for business success. Steve has been an entrepreneur all of his life and is the Executive Director of Business Network International.  BNI is the world's largest and most successful networking organizations and he is responsible for central North Carolina.  His members enjoy more than $15 million in profits each year from the efforts and Steve is focused on doubling that in the next few years.  Norm Blumenthal, an attorney for workers and consumers   Dr. Benny Morris also known as "Dr. Encourage" is a best-selling self-help author and the creator of the Valeo Method, a 21st century technology for positive and permanent life transformation. He is also the founder of the Valeo Method Coaching Academy and Certification Program. 

Chris Gondek speaks with Jonathan Zittrain about The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It, and with Benny Morris about the founding of Israel and the first Arab-Israeli War.

Chris Gondek speaks with Jonathan Zittrain about The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, and with Benny Morris about the founding of Israel and the first Arab-Israeli War.