Omer Bartov – Israel's Hard Right Turn

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> The long road leading to the Gaza War</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=554s" target="_blank">9:14</a> Don’t Palestinians have some responsibility for the current state of affairs?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=588s" target="_blank">9:48</a> The precedent of the 1973 Yom Kippur War</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=686s" target="_blank">11:26</a> Omer: Israel only negotiates under pressure</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=811s" target="_blank">13:31</a> Netanyahu and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=927s" target="_blank">15:27</a> The US’s military support for Israel</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=992s" target="_blank">16:32</a> The origins of Hamas</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=1220s" target="_blank">20:20</a> Omer: Netanyahu’s coalition is “a mirror image of Hamas”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=1485s" target="_blank">24:45</a> The threat to democracy in Israel</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=1587s" target="_blank">26:27</a> Omer: Netanyahu is driving the country to the right in order to avoid a corruption trial</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=1807s" target="_blank">30:07</a> How “Jewish supremacists” have gained control of Israel’s government</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=2041s" target="_blank">34:01</a> Why Omer’s Zionism does not commit him to defending Israel’s actions</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=2206s" target="_blank">36:46</a> The risk of genocide in Gaza</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=2405s" target="_blank">40:05</a> The IDF’s procedure in the Gaza invasion</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=2589s" target="_blank">43:09</a> What will happen to the Gazan refugees?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=2700s" target="_blank">45:00</a> The international community’s role in finding a resolution to the Gaza War</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=2897s" target="_blank">48:17</a> Is the IDF “the most moral army in the world”?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=3279s" target="_blank">54:39</a> The revenge motive</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=3427s" target="_blank">57:07</a> Omer: The campaign in Gaza is a fiasco</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=3578s" target="_blank">59:38</a> A US-led plan for “the day after”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4Ae5V5qIs&#38;t=3877s" target="_blank">1:04:37</a> Is peace in Israel a pollyannaish pipe dream?</p><p>Recorded January 2, 2023</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-State-Two-States-Resolving/dp/0300164440" target="_blank">Benny Morris’s book, </a><em>One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict</em></p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-cabinet-hamas-crisis-opportunity" target="_blank">Omer’s </a><em>New Statesman</em><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-cabinet-hamas-crisis-opportunity" target="_blank"> piece, “Both Netanyahu and Hamas see this crisis as an opportunity”</a></p><p><a href="https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp" target="_blank">Hamas’s 1988 charter</a></p><p><a href="http://Omer&#8217;s NYT op-ed, What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide&#8221;" target="_blank">Omer’s NYT op-ed, “What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide”</a></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>