Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Past Solving?

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🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The decades-old dispute between Israelis and Palestinians seems to be at a new low these days. Two American-born writers – an Israeli author and a Muslim journalist – join editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and global editor Kathy Gilsinan to grapple with the bleak state of affairs. Yossi Klein Halevi is the author of the new book Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. Wajahat Ali recently traveled to the West Bank to write “A Muslim Among Israeli Settlers” for the June 2018 issue of The Atlantic. The four discuss how we got here and what paths forward remain. Links - “A Muslim Among Israeli Settlers” (Wajahat Ali, June 2018 Issue) - "Settlers in the 'Most Contentious Place on Earth'" (Wajahat Ali, May 10, 2018) - “The Real Dispute Driving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (Yossi Klein Halevi, May 14, 2018) - Yossi Klein Halevi joined Jeffrey Goldberg on The Atlantic Interview (May 1, 2018) - “Jerusalem’s Ramadan Is Different This Year” (Emma Green, May 18, 2018) - “The Coming Storm in Israel” (Neri Zilber, May 11, 2018) - “Iran vs. Israel: Is a Major War Ahead?” (Avi Issacharoff, May 11, 2018) - “Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza” (Emma Green, May 14, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems as distant a prospect as ever.
0:04.6	We're at the point where even civil dialogue about the issues at hand feels nearly out of reach.
0:09.4	So what happens when you send a Muslim writer to the West Bank to talk with Israeli settlers?
0:14.8	Is peace still possible?
0:17.4	Is even empathy within reach?
0:20.1	This is Radio Atlantic, but we have never
0:39.9	touched on one very important issue. the seemingly intractable split between Israelis and
0:45.9	Palestinians.
0:46.9	Did you just say seemingly intractable?
0:47.9	I did.
0:48.9	All right, go on.
0:50.9	The seemingly intractable split between Israelis and Dallas
0:54.0	this would be good for the beginning of the show
0:58.1	if I'm being honest with myself I haven't exactly been pushing for this topic
1:01.8	because it seems both so complicated and so
1:04.3	sensitive.
1:05.5	As I speak, the US has just moved its embassy to Jerusalem, an event preceded by massive protests
1:11.0	in which dozens were killed and thousands more injured.
1:14.4	President Trump's withdrawal of the US from the nuclear deal with Iran has made the
1:18.0	region's endlessly unstable dynamic even more ten U.S.
1:21.8	In sure, it's not getting any less complex which is why I'm thrilled
1:26.0	to say that I get to hand over this conversation to my esteemed co-host Jeffrey
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