Six months on from the Hamas attacks on Israel - we’re debating that context in more detail.
This isn’t an argument about 3,000 years of ancestry and who got there first.
But it is about the conflict and conditions over the last century that frame almost everything about the war still raging today.
Piers' two guests are scholars with deeply opposing views an ... Show More
Nov 21
"This Is BENEATH You!" Trump's 'Piggy' Jibe, Nick Fuentes, Obama & More
President Trump calls a female reporter ‘piggy’ and, according to Tim Dillon, is losing the ‘manosphere’. Meanwhile, Tom Cruise has finally won an Oscar, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are giving everyone the creeps on the press tour for the second Wicked movie and Michelle Obam ... Show More
53m 52s
Jan 2021
Jeremy Pressman, "The Sword is Not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force" (Manchester UP, 2020)
Jeremy Pressman is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. Jeremy is the author of The Sword is Not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force (Manchester UP, 2020), an exploration of the do ... Show More
57m 57s
Oct 2023
The Jewish Left Is Trying to Hold Two Thoughts at Once
<p>Grief moves slowly and war moves quickly. After Hamas assailants killed at least 1,400 Israelis and took hundreds more hostage, Israel dropped more than 6,000 bombs on Gaza in the first week of a conflict that is still ongoing. So far, more than 5,000 Palestinians are <a href= ... Show More
1h 4m
May 2022
Louis Fishman, "Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland" (Edinburgh UP. 2021)
Uncovering a history buried by different nationalist narratives (Jewish, Israeli, Arab and Palestinian) the book by Louis Fishman looks at how the late Ottoman era set the stage for the on-going Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This work presents an innovative analysis of the strugg ... Show More
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