S8 Ep716: 10. The Academy’s Narrative on Israel Guest: Peter Berkowitz. Peter Berkowitz argues that American universities teach a one-sided narrative hostile to Israel. He claims these institutions overlook historical facts regarding the conflict while ignoring the
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
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10. The Academy’s Narrative on IsraelGuest: Peter Berkowitz. Peter Berkowitz argues that American universities teach a one-sided narrative hostile to Israel. He claims these institutions overlook historical facts regarding the conflict while ignoring the extremist mission of groups like Hamas. (10)
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| 0:29.8 | Thank you. I'm John Batchler. |
| 0:47.2 | I welcome my colleague and friend Peter Berkowitz, the Hoover Institution, writing his column at Real Clear Clear Politics about a struggle to understand what's |
| 0:56.4 | happened with regard to the state of Israel. Israel founded on the basis of a refuge for people |
| 1:03.1 | who had been badly used by the powers of Europe for many centuries. Israel standing for itself |
| 1:10.8 | in a region that quite illogically condemned someone |
| 1:15.6 | bringing European business practices and promise to the land that is left untended for centuries. |
| 1:25.0 | I've been in Israel enough to know that without water, there is no place to live |
| 1:29.5 | there. You just keep moving. However, today it is an agricultural paradise. It's also the center |
| 1:37.1 | of startups around the world. It is extremely entrepreneur-like and lends a hand to any nation around it that wants to participate, including Saudi Arabia. |
| 1:48.0 | However, the American Academy, and perhaps European, but I'll speak to the American Academy, I observed from Peter Berkowitz's column, |
| 1:57.4 | conjoined with its allies in the editorial pages, have made a shift these last months that I've |
| 2:04.1 | puzzled about. And here it is. Israel, defending itself from attacks directed by Iran, has become |
| 2:13.5 | the villain in the peace. How this happened and why this happened is of great interest because it's about the academy, |
| 2:21.0 | educated men and women, people who have full information, can get more. |
| 2:25.9 | There's the problem, Peter. |
| 2:27.2 | There's what your challenge is. |
| 2:28.6 | I know there's not one reason, but where do we start? |
| 2:31.4 | Good evening to you. |
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