The Starvation Blood Libel

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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We have to restrain our rage on today's podcast at the now-blanket assertions of a blood libel against Israel—that it is deliberately causing death by hunger in Gaza, conveniently everywhere simultaneous to Hamas tanking a cease-fire negotiation with Israel. The attacks on Israel's immorality are themselves the true immorality. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When something is so unusual, we can't quite wrap our heads around it, we say it's not normal.
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0:27.2	Subscription required, 18 plus
0:28.7	T's and C supply.
0:34.1	Hope for the best.
0:39.0	Expect the worst.
0:41.0	Some drink and pain.
0:43.0	Some die of thirst.
0:45.1	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:49.1	Hope for the best.
0:50.7	Expect the worst.
0:52.6	Oh, for the best. Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Monday, July 28th, 2025.
1:00.9	I'm John Pott Horst, the editor of Commentary Magazine.
1:03.4	With me, as always, executive editor, A. Greenwald. Hi, Abe.
1:06.8	Hi, John.
1:07.8	Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Contennetti. Hi, Matt.
1:10.8	Hi, John. And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine. Hi, John. Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Contonetti. Hi, Matt. Hi, John.
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