Former Israeli Lawmaker/Diplomat Colette Avital

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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From Iran to Lebanon, to Israel and the occupied West Bank, the Middle East is truly in flames. In Lebanon, Israel continues to pound Hezbollah in the south, despite a so-called ceasefire and ongoing talks with the Lebanese government. Meantime, Israeli settlers are ramping up their violence against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank, often with the security forces looking on, and even participating. Inside Israel, many Israelis support all this war, especially since October 7th. But not all, one key voice of resistance belongs to 86-year-old Colette Avital. She is a former Israeli diplomat, Knesset member and Holocaust survivor. She joins the show from Tel Aviv. Also on today's show: CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir; author Rebecca Solnit; House Representatives Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Teresa Leger (D-NM) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Israel is a divided society.
0:10.0	Fighting for the soul of Israel amid war against Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and even Syria,
0:16.0	former Knesset member and democracy activist Collette Avital joins me.
0:21.6	There is this new world being born.
0:23.6	This world in which we think differently about nature, about race, about gender,
0:28.6	in which we are much more adamant about equality in human rights.
0:34.6	The beginning comes after the end.
0:36.6	A new book by writer and activist Rebecca Solnit shows where to find the light in the world
0:42.7	today.
0:43.7	Then...
0:44.7	The issue of sexual assault and sexual violence has no partisan boundaries.
0:49.0	Accountability on Capitol Hill.
0:51.4	We hear from the bipartisan duo who pushed two congressmen to resign over sexual misconduct allegations.
0:58.0	The Welcome to the program, everyone.
1:16.8	I'm Christiana Manpur in London.
1:18.8	From Iran to Lebanon to Israel and the occupied West Bank,
1:22.9	the Middle East really seems to be in flames.
1:25.5	In Lebanon, Israel continues to pound Hezbollah in the south,
1:29.7	despite a so-called ceasefire and ongoing talks with the Lebanese government. Another prominent
1:35.8	journalist, Amal Khalil, was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike, according to authorities.
1:41.4	The fourth Lebanese media worker killed since Israel started its offensive
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