Israel, Palestine, and America (Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

2:49 Ron’s initial reaction to the October 7 atrocities 8:38 How Israel’s far right undermined Israel’s national security 17:40 Support for the Gaza war in Israel 26:34 The trouble with “eradicating” Hamas 32:23 How American Jews are responding to recent events 43:06 Post-October-7 prospects for solving Israel-Palestine 53:09 The rhetorical abuse of the Holocaust 57:37 The origins and meaning of “From the river to the sea…” 1:10:06 Could the Gaza war cost Biden the election? 1:17:16 Competing visions of Zionism 1:23:43 How terrorism impacts the Palestinian cause

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ron Kampeas (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). Recorded November 07, 2023.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:33.7	Hi, Ron.
0:35.1	Hey, Bob.
0:36.3	How you doing?
0:37.3	I'm good. I'm good.
0:37.9	I'm good.
0:39.2	Good.
0:39.8	Let me introduce this.
0:40.7	I'm Robert Wright, publisher of the Non-Zero Newsletter.
0:43.3	This is the Non-Zero podcast.
0:46.8	And if you're watching on YouTube, it's the Non-Zero channel.
0:51.3	And if you are watching on YouTube, you might consider clicking the like button if you
0:55.1	like it. Or if you don't. And you are Ron Campius, a journalist of longstanding. For a while,
1:02.7	you worked for the Associated Press in various bureaus around the world, including London and
1:07.3	Jerusalem. Also while in Israel, you work for the Jerusalem Post for a while.
1:12.8	Now you are the Washington Bureau Chief of JTA, a very venerable media organization.
1:19.4	In fact, it's been around so long that the letters stand for.
1:24.1	Jewish telegraphic agency founded in 1917.
1:29.3	I just looked it up and realized that's the same year as the Balfour Declaration, which
1:35.5	declared Britain's intention to support the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
1:40.0	I assume that's a coincidence, right?
1:42.1	Yeah, it is a coincidence.
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