Romance Across the Divide with David Christopher Kaufman | Quillette Cetera Ep. 55
David Kaufman on what followed when a Palestinian date mentioned genocide—in bed—with a Zionist.
Israel & Antisemitism
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Israel’s Hard-Won Victory
The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October.
An Uneasy Peace
Trump’s peace plan brings the hostages home and halts fighting in Gaza, but Hamas’s refusal to disarm and Israeli concerns about Palestinian statehood threaten the deal’s long-term survival.
Rewarding Rejectionism
A new book by two former peace processors makes clear that statehood was never the goal of the Palestinian cause.
The Problem with Alt. Media
What the Hughes/Smith debate tells us about the podcast era.
The Media War on Israel
HonestReporting’s Executive Director, Gil Hoffman, joins Pamela Paresky to discuss how the global media has misrepresented Israel since the October 7 Hamas attacks—fueling a narrative war with real-world consequences.
All at Sea
Greta Thunberg’s sailing trip to Gaza was a confused piece of activist theatre of a kind that is sadly very much in vogue.
The Genocide Libel
A new report from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies separates verifiable facts from politically motivated fiction in Gaza.
Trump’s Gaza Plan
Donald Trump’s twenty-point peace proposal marks a potential turning point in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict—though whether it can be implemented remains uncertain.
The New Antisemitism
Jake Wallis Simons argues that Western democracies have abandoned their values and their Jews—and that Israel’s fight for survival is a warning the West cannot afford to ignore.
The Art of Middle Eastern Pillow Talk
Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil.
Schrödinger’s Palestine: Einat Wilf on Statehood, Refugees, and Jewish Sovereignty
Pamela Paresky speaks with Israeli intellectual and former Knesset member Einat Wilf about the contradictions of Palestinian statehood, the role of UNRWA, and the enduring rejection of Jewish sovereignty.
Peace and Appeasement
Israel now stands accused of genocide for refusing to accept its own annihilation.
The Strike on Qatar
In a dramatic surgical strike, Israel may have decapitated the leadership of Hamas in their luxury exile in Doha. The wisdom of this action remains unclear.
The Genocide Scholars Who Can’t Define Genocide
The International Association of Genocide Scholars recently passed a resolution stating that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. In doing so, they misrepresented international law and brought their association into disrepute.