Our call this week, for paid subscribers, will be at a special time: Wednesday at 11 AM Eastern . Our guest will be the Gaza-born journalist Muhammad Shehada, whose writing has been indispensable over the last year. I cited him in a recent essay in The Guardian , which noted that some of the most prescient predictions about what would happen if Israel invaded Gaza came from Palestinian commentators whose views were almost totally ignored in the US media. Here’s a fascinating piece Muhammad wrote...
Oct 14, 2024•8 min
Joshua Leifer is author of the new book, Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life . It’s the best history of American Jewish politics I’ve read and offers a provocative analysis of the American Jewish future. Josh’s launch event was cancelled the week of this discussion, when the bookstore that was hosting it objected because the moderator, Rabbi Andy Bachman, is a “Zionist.” We discussed that, and much more. Audio Podcasts unlock after six weeks for...
Oct 10, 2024•42 min
Our call this week, for paid subscribers, will be at a special time: Thursday at 11 AM Eastern . Our guest will be the award-winning author and journalist, Ta-Nehisi Coates. His new book, The Message , chronicles his trip to Palestine and Israel (alongside trips to Senegal and South Carolina) and meditates on why some people’s stories are told and others are erased. We’ll talk about how he came to write about Israel-Palestine, about how victims become victimizers, about the backlash he’s experie...
Oct 07, 2024•10 min
Abdullah Hammoud is the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, the largest city with an Arab-American majority in the United States. We talked about how residents of Dearborn have reacted to the war in Gaza and whether Kamala Harris is doing enough to win their votes. Audio Podcasts unlock automatically after six weeks for free subscribers. To get them right away and support my work, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr...
Oct 03, 2024•29 min
After Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race, we talked to two Democratic strategists about what happens now, and what impact it could have on US policy towards the Gaza War. Rania Batrice is a Palestinian-American political consultant. She served as deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and this year has been the media consultant for the Uncommitted campaign. Matt Duss is executive vice-president of the Center for International Policy and serv...
Oct 02, 2024•47 min
I know why Israelis are happy Nasrallah is dead, but this war will make everyone less safe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 30, 2024•11 min
Given the growing chance of a regional war in the Middle East, our guest will be one of the best analysts of Palestinian and Middle Eastern politics, Mouin Rabbani , Co-Editor of Jadaliyya , a publication of the Arab Studies Institute, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies . We’ll talk about the attack in Majdal Shams, the spate of recent Israeli assassinations and the potential for a conflict that envelopes the entire region. If you know anyone who might ...
Sep 26, 2024•48 min
Laila Al-Arian is an investigative journalist and executive producer of Fault Lines , an Emmy and Peabody award-winning show on Al Jazeera English. She’s also the executive producer of “ The Night Won’t End ,” an extraordinarily powerful documentary about three families in Gaza during this war. We talk about how the documentary was made, what it reveals about how Israel is waging this war and about how the media is covering it. If you know anyone who might enjoy these conversations, please encou...
Sep 26, 2024•48 min
Among Other Things, Israel’s War in Lebanon Could Help Elect Trump This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 23, 2024•6 min
James Zogby is founder of the Arab American Institute , and a longtime member of the Democratic National Committee. He recently offered a proposal for how to replace President Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee. We’ll talk about the pressure inside the party on Biden to bow out, and what might happen if he does. Interview co-sponsored with Jewish Currents . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.subs...
Sep 19, 2024•50 min
Her Own Life Story Disproves Trump and Vance’s Lies Kamala Harris never spoke to the camera and said, you know what, my parents are immigrants. And they contributed a lot to this country. And we have something to thank them for, and immigrants actually make this country better. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 16, 2024•6 min
Rami Khouri is a Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC, and a regular columnist for Al Jazeera Online. Rami lived in Beirut for 17 years and has for many years written about relations between Israel and Lebanon. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 10, 2024•47 min
Shouldn’t the US Care as Much about Americans Killed by the IDF as it Cares about Americans Killed by Hamas? Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest will be Simon Fitzgerald, a trauma surgeon in Brooklyn who has worked in telemedicine in Gaza, particularly at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis with Dr. Khaled Alser. According to colleagues , Dr. Alser has been abducted by Israeli forces and tortured at Ofer Prison and at the notorious Sde Teiman prison ...
Sep 09, 2024•5 min
Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson are co-authors of the book, The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know About Each Other . Since October 7, dialogue between Palestinians and Jews has become even more difficult, and there are those in both communities—and on the left and right—who question its value. I’m excited to ask Raja and Jeffrey to respond to those criticisms, and to explain how they believe that greater dialogue between Palestinians and Jews can contribute to the str...
Sep 05, 2024•46 min
Our call this week will be at a special time: Wednesday at 11 AM Eastern Our guest will be Trita Parsi , executive vice president of the Quincy Institute and one of the most thoughtful and best-informed observers in Washington about the relationship between Israel, Hezbollah and Iran. We’ll discuss Israel’s recent attack, US policy and the danger of a regional war. Paid subscribers will get the link this Tuesday and the video the following week. They’ll also gain access to our library of past Zo...
Aug 26, 2024•6 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest will Joshua Leifer , author of the new book, Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life . It’s the best history of American Jewish politics I’ve read and offers a provocative analysis of the American Jewish future. Paid subscribers will get the link this Tuesday and the video the following week. They’ll also gain access to our library of past Zoom interviews with gue...
Aug 19, 2024•3 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest will Abdullah Hammoud , the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, the largest city with an Arab-American majority in the United States. We’ll talk about how residents of Dearborn have reacted to the war in Gaza and whether Kamala Harris is doing enough to win their votes. Paid subscribers will get the link this Tuesday and the video the following week. They’ll also gain access to our library of past Zoom interviews wit...
Aug 12, 2024•9 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Given the growing chance of a regional war in the Middle East, our guest will be one of the best analysts of Palestinian and Middle Eastern politics, Mouin Rabbani , Co-Editor of Jadaliyya , a publication of the Arab Studies Institute, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies . We’ll talk about the attack in Majdal Shams, the spate of recent Israeli assassinations, and the potential ...
Aug 05, 2024•10 min
Paid subscribers will get the link to Friday Zoom calls on Tuesdays and the video and podcast the following week. They’ll also gain access to our library of past Zoom interviews with guests like Rashid Khalidi, Thomas Friedman, Ilhan Omar, Omar Barghouti, Benny Morris, Noam Chomsky, and Bret Stephens. Sources Cited in this Video Senator Josh Hawley’s speech at the National Conservativism Conference. Suzanne Schneider discusses Israel’s model for the nationalist right. Jeremy Scahill’s interview ...
Jul 23, 2024•8 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. In light of Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race, we’re going to talk to two Democratic strategists about what happens now, and what impact it could have on US policy towards the Gaza War. Rania Batrice is a Palestinian-American political consultant. She served as deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and this year has been the media consultant for the Uncommitted ca...
Jul 22, 2024•5 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest will be Laila Al-Arian, an investigative journalist and executive producer of Fault Lines , an Emmy and Peabody award-winning show on Al Jazeera English. She’s also the executive producer of “ The Night Won’t End ,” an extraordinarily powerful documentary about three families in Gaza during this war. We’re going to talk about how the documentary was made, what it reveals about how Israeli is waging this war, a...
Jul 15, 2024•6 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest will be James Zogby, founder of the Arab American Institute, and a longtime member of the Democratic National Committee. Last week he offered a proposal for how to replace President Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee. We’ll talk about the pressure inside the party on Biden to bow out, and what might happen if he does. Paid subscribers will get the link this Tuesday and the video the following week. They’l...
Jul 08, 2024•7 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest will be Rami Khouri , Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC, and a regular columnist for Al Jazeera online. Rami lived in Beirut for 17 years and has for many years written about relations between Israel and Lebanon. We’ll talk about the terrifying reports that a full-scale war may break out between Israel and He...
Jul 01, 2024•12 min
I made a second video this week because I wanted to say something about Jamaal Bowman, who lost his primary race for Congress last night. He lost because he had the courage to visit the West Bank and speak about what he saw. He lost because he’s an unusual politician. He has moral courage. Sources Cited in This Video: A Politico article about Bowman’s trip to the West Bank. A Jewish Currents article I wrote about how Pro-Israel groups keep US foreign policy white. Our guests this Friday at 11 AM...
Jun 26, 2024•10 min
Our call this week will be at our new regular time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guests will be Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson, co-authors of the book, The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know About Each Other . Since October 7, dialogue between Palestinians and Jews has become even more difficult, and there are those in both communities—and on the left and right—who question its value. I’m excited to ask Raja and Jeffrey to respond to those criticisms, and to explain h...
Jun 24, 2024•10 min
Our call this week will be at a special time: Thursday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest this week will be Geoffrey Levin , Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University and author of the new book, Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978 , which explores a largely unknown history of American Jewish criticism of Israel in the first decades of its existence, and how it was quashed. It’s a particularly relevant history today given the rise...
Jun 17, 2024•7 min
For the foreseeable future, our Zoom calls will be held at a new time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest this week will be Raef Zreik , associate professor of Jurisprudence at Ono Academic College in Israel, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, and a former member of the executive committee of Balad, one of Israel’s predominantly Palestinian parties. He’s one of the most brilliant theorists of Palestine and Israel, and I want to ask him to step back from the nightmarish even...
Jun 10, 2024•6 min
For the foreseeable future, our Zoom calls will be held at a new time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest this week will be Congressman Ro Khanna , who represents the 17th district of California and is a leading progressive voice in Democratic foreign policy. He has called on Israel to immediately halt its attack on Rafah and also tried to convince protesters against the war to support Joe Biden’s reelection. We’ll talk about US policy toward the war, whether Biden can win back progressives who ...
Jun 03, 2024•6 min
For the foreseeable future, our Zoom calls will be held at a new time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest this week will be Jamil Dakwar , a human rights lawyer, adjunct professor at New York University, and former senior attorney with Adalah , which advocates for the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel. He’ll be speaking in his personal capacity. We’ll talk about the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and the case against Israeli and Hamas leaders at the Internationa...
May 27, 2024•8 min
For the foreseeable future, our Zoom calls will be held at a new time: Friday at 11 AM Eastern. Our guest this week will be Lily Greenberg Call, former Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the Department of Interior, who last week resigned to protest US policy in Gaza. She is the first Jewish Biden administration staffer to resign over the war. For ten years, until 2022, she was a youth activist for AIPAC . Her resignation constitutes perhaps the most remarkable illustration yet of the spe...
May 20, 2024•11 min
