Jacobin Radio: Israel’s Gaza Starvation Campaign w/ Yoav Peled

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Suzi speaks to Yoav Peled of Tel Aviv University about the accelerating crisis in Israel and Gaza. Though there is a “humanitarian pause” in Israel’s war, the relentless and devastating destruction of Gaza grinds on with staggering human costs. Gazans are starving and the world is taking notice.

Netanyahu faces growing international condemnation and internal anger. Along with Israeli spokesmen and far right cabinet members, he denies there is starvation, or blames it on Hamas. Polls now show that most Israelis want the war to end and the hostages returned even if Hamas remains in power. Weekly public protests are growing, but haven’t yet matched the pre-war anti-Netanyahu demonstrations.

We explore the broader political implications of the war: the disarray of the opposition, the growing authoritarianism of the state, public awareness and public opinion, and the push to disqualify Arab parties from the slated October elections which Yoav thinks could come earlier.

Can Netanyahu stay in power? Peled says Bibi has worked hard to remove any potential threat or successor, so “there's no government, there's no Israel, there's only Bibi.”

Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman features conversations with leading thinkers and activists, with a focus on labor, the economy, and protest movements.

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0:00.0	This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. Today we return to the accelerating crisis in Israel and Gaza with political theorist Yoav Pellid, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Tel Aviv University.
0:23.6	As Gaza starves and the world watches, Israel's war grinds on with staggering human costs and no end in sight.
0:31.5	Netanyahu faces growing international condemnation and internal doubt about whether he cares about anything other than
0:38.4	his own political survival, staving off corruption charges and placating far-right coalition
0:43.9	partners. Israeli spokesmen and far-right cabinet members deny there as starvation or
0:50.2	blame it on Hamas. Polls now show that most Israelis want the war to end and the hostages
0:56.7	returned, even if Hamas remains in power. But weekly public protests haven't yet matched the
1:03.2	pre-war anti-Nathenao demonstrations. We'll explore how the war has reshaped Israeli politics
1:09.7	and look at the broader political implications,
1:12.6	the disarray of the opposition, the growing authoritarianism of the state, the targeted
1:17.5	exclusion of Arab parties, and what Pellid calls the religionization of Israeli society.
1:22.9	With elections projected for October, that Pellid thinks could come earlier, we ask what or who could be next.
1:30.6	Yoav Pellid tells us that Bibi has worked hard to remove any potential threat or successor.
1:37.1	So he says, there's no government, there's no Israel, there's only Bibi.
1:41.4	Stay tuned for Yoav's sobering assessment of the state of Israeli politics and war
1:46.4	when our program returns in just a moment.
2:00.1	This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. Today we return to the Israeli political landscape with Joav Pellid,
2:09.1	Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Yoav is going to help us unpack the
2:15.3	intersection between Benjamin Netanyahu's domestic survival strategy and his military offenses.
2:22.8	All politics are local, but Netanyahu has a very international way of expressing them.
2:28.1	We last spoke with Yoav as the one-year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack approached.
2:36.8	Since then, Israel's war on Gaza has intensified in destruction and disregard for Palestinian lives and has become systematized,
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