Bret Stephens on the Legacy of 1967 and the U.S.-Israel Relationship (Rebroadcast)
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4.6 • 620 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This episode originally aired on July 13, 2016. We bring it to you today in commemoration of Yom Yerushalayim and the 50th anniversary of Israel’s remarkable victory in the Six-Day War.
In this podcast, Tikvah Executive Director Eric Cohen speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret Stephens about political life in Israel and America and the challenges of the Middle East and the Modern West. They discuss the legacy on the 1967 war, the work of Peter Beinart, and the dilemmas of Israeli decision-makers.
Courtesy of Pro Musica Hebraica, musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim, and performed by the ARC Ensemble.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tickla podcast on Great Jewish Essays and Ideas. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm your host, Eric Cohen. |
| 0:13.8 | A couple weeks ago, we were joined in person by Wall Street Journal Foreign Affairs |
| 0:18.1 | columnist Brett Stevens to discuss three of his most important |
| 0:21.6 | essays and columns dealing with the questions of Israel, America, the challenges of the Middle East, |
| 0:27.4 | and the crises facing the modern West. The first essay, which he published back in 2012 |
| 0:32.8 | in commentary, is called Born on the Fourth of June. It deals with the lessons and legacy of the |
| 0:38.6 | 1967 war and what it means for current political challenges. The second is a review we published |
| 0:46.1 | in Tablet criticizing and critiquing Peter Bynard's book on the Crisis of Zionism. In the final, |
| 0:53.5 | a recent column from 2015 called Israel alone, |
| 0:57.4 | deals with the new questions facing Israel, given America's changing understanding of its role in the |
| 1:03.0 | world and in the Middle East in particular. It was a lively discussion that we went from one |
| 1:08.3 | essay to the next, and I hope you'll find it of interest. |
| 1:13.4 | So let's turn to these three essays. |
| 1:16.2 | The first essay, which you published in commentary in July of 2012, is called Born on the Fourth of June. |
| 1:23.7 | So can you start just by setting the scene, What was happening in June 4th, 1967? |
| 1:30.5 | What was the world situation? |
| 1:32.2 | What was the internal debate in Israel? |
| 1:34.4 | What was the moment of decision that the Israelis were confronted? |
| 1:39.4 | Well, so how did I arrive on this ingenious topic of born on the 4th of June? |
| 1:46.7 | I was asked to give the annual commentary speech, and it just happened that it was on the 4th of June, |
| 1:51.3 | and I couldn't think of what to say. |
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