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In a recent interview with podcast host Alan Skorski, historian and author Uri Kaufman discussed his forthcoming book, American Intifada: Israel, the Gaza War, and the New Antisemitism, arguing that progressive support for Hamas following the October 7, 2023, massacre stems from cognitive dissonance and a racialized worldview that casts Israelis as “white oppressors” and Palestinians as “people of color.”

Kaufman, whose previous work on the Yom Kippur War was named a top history book by the Financial Times, pointed to former President Barack Obama’s post-October 7 comments as a prime example. Obama stated that “nobody’s hands are clean” in the conflict and described the situation for Palestinians as “unbearable,” partly attributing it to Israel’s “occupation.”

“There was no occupation,” Kaufman said, noting Israel’s full withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, including the removal of all settlements and even the exhumation of Jewish graves. He called Obama’s reference to an ongoing occupation factually incorrect and not merely an instance of cognitive dissonance, but a deliberate distortion.

Cognitive dissonance, Kaufman explained, occurs when individuals alter facts to preserve deeply held beliefs rather than adjust those beliefs. For many progressives, he argued, an obsession with race leads them to view Gazans as oppressed people of color and Israeli Jews — regardless of the country’s ethnic diversity — as privileged whites. This framework, he said, allows supporters to justify calls for humanitarian aid to Hamas-ruled Gaza even after the group’s October 7 attack killed 1,200 people, involved widespread rape and the burning of infants, and resulted in 250 hostages being taken.

“Imagine if white supremacists controlled Gaza and committed the same atrocities against Black Israelis,” Kaufman posed hypothetically. “No one on the left would demand aid for them. But because Palestinians are seen as people of color, the same rules don’t apply.”

Kaufman also addressed Israel’s intelligence failure leading to October 7, attributing it to the “Conceptzia” — a prevailing assumption that Hamas would never risk its lucrative arrangements with Israel by launching a full-scale attack. Prior to the massacre, he noted, Israel supplied Gaza with massive amounts of aid: in 2022 alone, 5.7 billion gallons of water, two-thirds of its electricity, all of its fuel, 67,000 truckloads of goods, and work permits for 17,000 Gazans.

“Hamas was willing to sacrifice everything for jihad,” Kaufman said. “Israel had no Plan B because it never imagined an enemy would choose national suicide over survival.”

On shifting global attitudes, Kaufman described a “moral collapse” in Western Europe and parts of the English-speaking world, including Canada, Australia, France and the United Kingdom. Yet he highlighted strong pro-Israel sentiment in Central and Eastern Europe — such as Hungary, Poland and Serbia — as well as in Asian democracies like South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

-VIN News

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Tamar speaks with David Ramati from www.David Ramati.com who mourns his friend who was murdered in a terror attack last week. David is a survivor himself from a terror attack when an Arab Islamic terrorist tried to run him over several years ago. Tamar & David discuss what the answer might be to end terror attacks in Israel.

The Tamar Yonah Show 23NOV2025 - PODCAST

Natalie starts the program describing her recent trip to Warsaw where she visited the Warsaw Ghetto, and couldn't hold back with exclaiming "there is no reason to live outside Israel today!" Her guest, David Levine, is a former advertising executive from New York's Madison Avenue who made aliyah with his wife towards the end of his career in 2015. . The couple moved to Ashkelon and David writes a blog "The Truthful Project" www.thetruthfulproject.blogspot.com/ and has authored several articles which he's compiled into "Hey Israel, You're Perfect - Now Change"

which is available here: FREE download at www.bit.ly/HeyIsrael-2dEdition

Mentioned in this episode is an upcoming Book Shuk in Jerusalem, Dec. 7th https://www.nbn.org.il/book-shuk/

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Laurie Cardoza-Moore, a prominent Christian Zionist leader ranked No. 2 on the Jerusalem Post’s list of top 10 leading Christian Zionists, has resigned from her position at the Heritage Foundation after clashing with its president over the organization’s refusal to cut ties with Tucker Carlson.

Cardoza-Moore, founder and president of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations and host of “Focus on Israel,” stepped down from her role on Heritage’s task force to combat antisemitism. The move followed Heritage President Kevin Roberts’ decision not to sever relations with Carlson after the former Fox News host interviewed Nick Fuentes, a self-described Hitler admirer.

During the interview, Cardoza-Moore expressed frustration with Carlson’s pattern of platforming critics of Israel and alleged antisemites since leaving Fox News. She cited his interview with Bethlehem Pastor Munther Isaac, whom she called a “fraud,” during which Isaac claimed Israel is “occupying Palestinian land.”

Cardoza-Moore said she confronted Carlson directly after the interview, asking why he failed to challenge Isaac’s statement. “You’re a Christian, you’ve read your Bible, haven’t you?” she recalled telling him. “You’re supposed to be educated and informed.” According to Cardoza-Moore, Carlson dismissed the historical inaccuracy as unimportant.

She also criticized Vice President JD Vance for failing to defend the U.S.-Israel relationship during a recent speech at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi. Vance, a recent convert to Catholicism, did not highlight Israel’s contributions to science, medicine, green energy, military intelligence or high-tech innovation, she said. When asked about theological differences between Jews and Christians, Vance allowed questions with “antisemitic undertones” to go unanswered, Cardoza-Moore added.

Citing the Second Vatican Council’s Nostra Aetate, which declares antisemitism incompatible with Christian teaching, she accused Vance of misunderstanding biblical principles.

Cardoza-Moore warned that America is approaching a “new war against the Jews,” drawing parallels to 1930s Germany. She invoked Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Christian theologian who broke from the Lutheran Church as it aligned with the Nazis and preached against them even as they sat in his congregation.

“We are at the doorstep of the same situation,” she said.

Cardoza-Moore’s resignation and public criticisms underscore growing tensions within conservative circles over Israel, antisemitism and the influence of figures like Carlson.

-VIN News

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