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Nov 2023
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Anshel Pfeffer on Israel and the War in ...

YASCHA MOUNK
About this episode

Yascha Mounk and Anshel Pfeffer discuss how the war is transforming Israel, Palestine and the Middle East.


Anshel Pfeffer is a British-Israeli journalist. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz and the Israel correspondent for The Economist. Pfeffer is the author of Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.


In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Anshel Pfeffer discuss Israel's strategy for defeating Hamas and whether it is likely to succeed; why the global left has failed to grasp the horrors of 10/7; what implications the war has for Jewish life in Europe and America; and why, after the war, Israel urgently needs to resolve the internal tensions that have marked the country since its founding.


This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.


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