What Palestinians Are Thinking (with Dahlia Scheindlin)

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Pollster and political scientist Dahlia Scheindlin has worked extensively with public opinion polls of both Palestinians and Israelis. Listen as she talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the dreams, fears, anger, and frustration of both sides. Along the way she analyzes the mood of Arab-Israelis and what optimism, if any, she has for a peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians in the aftermath of October 7th.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to Econ Talk. in to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done
0:24.5	going back to 2006. Our email address is mail at econ talk.org we'd love to hear from you. Today's January 11th, 2024, and before introducing today's guest, I want to remind listeners
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0:54.8	guest political scientist and public opinion expert Dahlia Shenlin. She is the author of
0:59.9	the crooked timber of democracy in Israel, which forms the backdrop for our conversation today.
1:05.6	Dahlia, welcome to Econ Talk.
1:08.4	Thank you for having me on the show.
1:10.8	In the aftermath of October 7th, we're living in a very charged time today, meaning literally today, Thursday January 11th, Israel stands accused of genocide before the International Court of justice in the Hague.
1:24.0	The war in Gaza continues.
1:25.7	Almost 200 Israeli soldiers have died,
1:27.6	as have tens of thousands of Gazans.
1:30.0	I want to start with the mood of the country that we both live in.
1:34.0	What do you feel is the mood right now and how has that changed since October 6th, the day
1:39.4	before this all started?
1:42.4	I'm happy that you open with that question and I'd like to start not
1:45.5	by delving into numbers exactly although public opinion is my expertise and I can
1:50.4	talk about that but I just think it's not the same country.
1:53.7	Certainly from October 7th onward, I would say the first three weeks to one month
1:59.0	were characterized by a sense of complete dazed shock.
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