The Israel-Hamas War: History, Intelligence Failures, and Moral Equivalency in the West | Dr. Jonathan Schanzer

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on the Middle East. He joined Rep. Crenshaw to cover the new war between Israel and Hamas. Dr. Schanzer gives an overview of the recent history of Israel and Palestine/Hamas, how Hamas conducts terrorist operations within the Gaza Strip, and the power dynamics playing out in the West Bank. They also cover the intelligence failures that caused Israel to miss Saturday’s massive assault and what it looks like in practice to run a successful Israeli spy network in one of the most dangerous, closed-in territories on Earth. And they discuss the “what about-ism” and moral equivocation by people like Tucker Carlson who disparage American involvement in the war.

Dr. Schanzer is also the author of “Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War”, "State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State", "Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine", and "Al-Qaeda’s Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror". Follow him on X at @JSchanzer.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths.
0:20.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	So since the Saturday morning,
0:26.0	we see videos and images and accounts that we're seeing and hearing from Southern Israel
0:31.0	are nothing short of horrific.
0:33.0	Samostaris breached the border wall and even entered Israel on paragliders.
0:37.0	And by sea, they spread terror among civilian communities.
0:42.0	Hundreds of Israelis were killed.
0:44.0	Thousands have been wounded.
0:46.0	At least a hundred were abducted and taken into Gaza.
0:49.0	In one instance, 40 babies were massacred.
0:53.0	Many of them beheaded.
0:55.0	This isn't the first time Israel has been forced to respond to Hamas aggression
0:59.0	and its attacks on Israeli civilians.
1:01.0	But it might be the last.
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