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Podcast #252: Trans Rights, Israel, and the Progressive Circus

Iona Italia talks to Democratic political campaigner Brianna Wu about finding a more sensible approach to trans rights and combating progressive insanity.

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25 Sep 2024 · 51 min read

Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary

Atef Abu Saif’s ‘Don’t Look Left’ provides a vivid account of the horrors of daily life in the Gaza Strip, yet omits to mention Hamas’s role in the war.

Benny Morris

19 Sep 2024 · 15 min read

Podcast #250: Israel: Germany’s Reason of State

Iona Italia talks to Gerfried Ambrosch about pro-Israel feeling on the German Left, antisemitism among Muslim immigrants and why Israel’s safety is “Germany’s reason of state.”

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4 Sep 2024 · 27 min read

The grave of Hamas’s top political leader Saleh Arouri. Gravestone, flowers, a picture of Arouri.

The Pros and Cons of Targeted Killing

By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.

Andrew Fox

12 Aug 2024 · 11 min read

Benjamin Netanyahu, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Karim Ahmad Khan, Winston Churchill

Double Effect and Human Rights in War

The flawed moral reasoning of the ICC’s panel of legal experts would have approved the arrests of Churchill and Eisenhower.

Nigel Biggar

11 Aug 2024 · 6 min read

Two jihadists and a photo of Suha in the middle. She is a middle-aged Middle Eastern woman with curly hair and glasses.

What I Learnt Interviewing Jihadists

A conversation about Iran, Israel, and Islamic terrorism with Iraqi researcher Suha Hassen.

Zoe Booth / Suha Hassen

9 Aug 2024 · 20 min read

Two men in suits sit on a couch facing an ayatollah in robes on a chair. There is an Iranian flag next to him.

Shadow Boxing: The Conflict Between Iran and Israel

The mini-war between Israel and Iran’s proxies has gradually begun to approach open Israeli-Iranian conflict, and the threat of an all-out, full-scale war is now palpable.

Benny Morris

1 Aug 2024 · 18 min read

Sign: "Anti-Zionism is not equal to Ant-Semitism" from Freedom Socialist Party.

Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism

If you insist that the Jewish state is the only one that should not be allowed to defend itself against terrorist attacks, you are probably an antisemite.

David Benatar

30 Jul 2024 · 9 min read

The Feckless Lebanese State

American money and goodwill cannot fix a state when its own people refuse to make the sacrifices necessary to establish and defend effective, efficient, and responsible governance.

Eric Bordenkircher

28 Jul 2024 · 8 min read

Lahav Hakov, a woman in her thirties, with brown hair and a fringe, red lipstick and a magen david necklace, smiles at the p

A Conversation with Lahav Harkov

The journalist and political analyst explains the fascinating yet complex history of Israel and its government.

Pamela Paresky

19 Jul 2024 · 26 min read

A burnt home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. A sign reads "Ofir Shoshani was brutally murdered in this house."

An Interrupted Genocide

The widespread reluctance to describe the atrocities of 7 October correctly is an impediment to peace.

Jeffrey Herf

18 Jul 2024 · 11 min read

Boaz wears round glasses, a suit and tie, and a yellow lapel ribbon. An Israeli flag hangs in the background

A Conversation with Boaz Bismuth

The Knesset member speaks about his moving address to the European Parliament in which he highlighted the double standards that the international community places on Jews and Israelis.

Pamela Paresky

12 Jul 2024 · 10 min read