In this first episode, we discuss the role of identity in one's perspective on a conflict. Rory Michelle shares some categorizations of different groups among the Israeli and Palestinian people that help expand the conflict from two sides to all sides.

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Transcript here.

Notes

• The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Mahloket Matters Methodology (as well as Teen Curriculum and Adult Fellowship)
• Peter Beinart, namely: "Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine" and The Crisis of Zionism
• The West Bank: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Never Split The Difference - Chris Voss: “tactical empathy” referenced in Chapter 5, pp.96-112
• Extend Tours - Rory Michelle highly recommend these tours
• Perspectives Israel - This trip is no longer happening, but you can get a sense of it from its Facebook group.
• The term “resilient listening” that we learned on the Perspectives Israel tour was credited to Encounter.
• Unapologetic: The Third Narrative
• Christian Evangelicals: How White Christian Influence is Reshaping Israel
• The history of the Jews in the Middle East/North Africa (thanks to Mariana Pardes for naming these last two aspects of what Peter Beinart's article doesn't cover)

Other voices to listen to: 

• Mikhael Manekin
• Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
• Hannah Arendt
• Shaul Magid, Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth: The Necessity of Exile
• Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University
• Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science at Carleton University
• Joshua Shanes, Professor of Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston
• Bassam Abun-Nadi: PreOccupation: A Not-So-Brief History of Palestine

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