Micah Goodman: 'I don't want Gaza to become our Vietnam' (18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers)

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Religion & Spirituality, Judaism

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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While we await our next episode, we invite you catch up with 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers.

Micah Goodman doesn't think Palestinian-Israeli peace will happen within his lifetime. But he's still a hopeful person.

Named by the Jerusalem Post as one of the 50 most influential Jews, Micah is a public intellectual, writer, and author whose voice is central to the moral, political, and religious debates raging within Israel.

He is the author of several best-selling books — including The Wondering Jew, Catch 67, The Dream of the Kuzari, and The Last Words of Moses — and co-host of the popular Israeli podcast Mifleget Hamachshavot.

Now, he joins us to answer 18 questions on criticizing Israel, resettling Gaza, and Jewish democracy.

This interview was recorded on July 6.

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0:00.0	Do you think peace between Israelis and Palestinians will happen within your lifetime?
0:04.4	No. Why?
0:05.4	I don't know how long I'm going to live for, but a lifetime. I want to change my answer.
0:09.2	In the foreseeable future, no. Why? Because I think it's too much to ask for Palestinians.
0:15.6	I don't blame the Palestinians. It's too much to ask from there.
0:17.7	Asking the Palestinians to recognize the existence of a Jewish state in this land
0:24.3	is actually asking them two different things.
0:29.1	Hi, I'm Mika Goodman.
0:30.9	I write books.
0:31.8	I think a lot about Israeli contemporary issues.
0:34.8	And this is 18 questions.
0:36.4	40 Israeli thinkers from 1840.
0:42.0	From 1840, this is 18 questions, 40 Israeli thinkers, and I'm your host, Surly Frachter.
0:48.5	18 questions, 40 Israeli thinkers is a podcast that interviews Israel's leading voices to explore those critical questions
0:55.5	people are having today on Zionism, Israel's war, democracy, morality, Judaism, peace,
1:02.1	Israel's future, and so much more. Every week, we introduce you to fresh perspectives and
1:06.8	challenging ideas about Israel from across the political spectrum that you won't find
1:11.1	anywhere else. So if you're the kind of person who wants to learn, understand, and dive deeper
1:16.0	into Israel, then join us on our journey as we pose 18 pressing questions to the 40 Israeli
1:21.1	journalists, scholars, and religious thinkers you need to hear from today. My favorite
1:26.5	interviews are the ones where I have to tell the
1:28.6	guest early on, and it's probably edited it out, so you will never actually hear it, that they need to
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