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Peter Beinart – Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza


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0:00 Intro

1:33 The relationships Peter has lost and gained

4:14 Why Peter thinks this is a “watershed” moment in Jewish history

6:50 Who can criticize Israel?

9:44 The challenge of October 7’s aftermath to Jewish self-understanding

15:54 Peter: Jews should support non-violent Palestinian protest, not criminalize it

20:12 Shouldn’t the Palestinians have taken the deals they were offered?

25:48 Peter’s argument for a one-state solution

34:34 The “dirty little secret” of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Jewish critics

37:12 The idolatry of the Jewish state

39:45 The mutual liberation of Jews and Palestinians

41:37 Why aren’t the critics of snowflakes and trigger warnings defending pro-Palestinian campus protesters?

46:01 Peter: Antisemitism is on the rise, and ethno-nationalism is the reason

50:20 Peter: If Gaza is unlivable, then Gazans should be allowed to live where they want

Recorded February 21, 2025

Links and Readings

Peter’s Substack, The Beinart Notebook

Jewish Currents magazine

Peter’s new book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message

Eitan Hersh and Laura Loyden’s article, “Antisemitic Attitudes across the Ideological Spectrum”



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