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  1. 4 days ago

    The Full Cost of AIPAC’s Influence

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    The Full Cost of AIPAC’s Influence

  2. 21 Aug

    Two Jews Debate Abdul El-Sayed

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the Director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor and the Rabbi of Kehillat Etz Chaim in Oak Park, Michigan. I’ve known Rabbi Lopatin for a long time. He’s not only a great teacher of Torah, he’s also a mensch. Which makes his willingness to support Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed even more distressing to me. Nonetheless, we had a respectful conversation. I’m grateful to him for having it. We discuss: El-Sayed’s condemnation of AIPAC El-Sayed’s views about Israel The allegation that El-Sayed is singling Israel out Mike Rogers’ refusal to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election

    Two Jews Debate Abdul El-Sayed

  3. 17 Aug

    Settler Violence is State Violence

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    Settler Violence is State Violence

  4. 16 Aug

    Norm Finkelstein

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Norman Finkelstein, the longtime critic of Israel, and critic of the way the memory of the Holocaust—which both his parents survived—has been exploited to justify Israel’s actions. He has written a new book, titled Gaza’s Gravediggers. I talked to Norman about what it’s like—after decades as a political outcast—to see his views becoming mainstream. I asked him about his concern, which I share, that legitimate fury at Israel is fueling conspiracy theories that exonerate the United States. And I asked about his friend and mentor, Noam Chomsky, and what he thinks Chomsky might have said in response to October 7 and the Gaza genocide.

    Norm Finkelstein

  5. 12 Aug

    Rahm Emanuel and I Debate Israeli history

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Rahm Emanuel, who has served as Chief of Staff for Barack Obama, a member of Congress from Illinois, mayor of Chicago, and US Ambassador to Japan. He recently gave a speech at Tel Aviv University that advocated US pressure on Israel, but also made claims about the history of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with which I disagree.

    Rahm Emanuel and I Debate Israeli history

  6. 10 Aug

    First They Came for Abdul El-Sayed

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    First They Came for Abdul El-Sayed

  7. 9 Aug

    What do Anti-War Conservatives Believe?

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative, and the subject of a recent profile in Jewish Currents. Curt is one of most influential thinkers in defining a conservative foreign policy that is skeptical of both war and unconditional support for Israel. We talked about why he supported Donald Trump in 2024, and what he thinks of Trump now, about the role of racism in conservative opposition to immigration, and about what J.D. Vance believes. We disagreed on a lot, but I found the conversation valuable.

    What do Anti-War Conservatives Believe?

  8. 5 Aug

    How Abdul El-Sayed Won

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Andy Levin, former Democratic congressman who represented Michigan’s 9th District until his 2022 loss to Haley Stevens. Stevens in turn appears to have lost to Abdul El-Sayed in yesterday’s Democratic primary for Senate. I invited Andy to analyze the race thus far and the general election to come.

    How Abdul El-Sayed Won
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A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people. peterbeinart.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Peter Beinart
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    274
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