#425 - The Nightmare Scenario (w/ Oren Kessler)

A few weeks before the Hamas pogrom, Moynihan was reading Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by the brilliant Israeli-American journalist and historian Oren Kessler. So he called him to talk through the current conflict, its historical antecedents, and how Hamas’s murder spree has effected his family. * RIP Tomer Shoham * The nightmare scenario * “This is good for Hamas” * The “I don’t support it, but you have to understand…” argument * The “occupation” is Tel Aviv and Haifa * Nowhere to go / hostage trading * On the media coverage * The Arab Revolt of 1936 * The beginning of Arab nationalism, Jewish terrorism * Writing while angry * The Jewish Agency Fund

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