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The Beinart Notebook

A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

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Muhammad Shehada on the Gaza Protests

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is the Gaza-born political analyst Muhammad Shehada , who I’ve long admired for his ability to criticize Israel without exonerating Hamas and to criticize Hamas without exonerating Israel. We talk about the recent protests in Gaza against Hamas, and for an end to Israel’s slaughter....

Apr 06, 202513 min

Jenner Stands Firm

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next few months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, the latest work by the brilliant essayist, Raja Shehada, What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? I hope readers also donate to people in Gaza. For instance,...

Mar 31, 20256 min

Arab Barghouti on his Imprisoned Father

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Arab Barghouti, the youngest son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian political leader who has been in prison in Israel for the last 23 years. Arab is the head of international relations for the international campaign to release his father and all Palestinian political prisoners.

Mar 30, 202510 min

What if Columbia Were Investigated for Anti-Palestinianism?

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next few months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Fida Jiryis’ beautiful memoir, Stranger in My Own Land . I hope readers also donate to people in Gaza. For instance, Hossam and Mariam Alzweidi, who were ...

Mar 24, 20256 min

Nadia Abu El-Haj: “Mahmoud is Not Safe”

We continue our discussion of the assault on academic freedom, especially for pro-Palestinian activists, with Columbia University’s Nadia Abu El-Haj . She is a Professor at Barnard College and Columbia University and Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies. She just published an essay in The New York Review of Books entitled, “Mahmoud is Not Safe,” about the detention of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

Mar 23, 20251 hr

You Are No Longer a Jew

In Their Attack on US Universities, Trump and the ADL are Trying to Redefine Jewishness Itself 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

Mar 17, 202510 min

James Schamus on the Crisis at Columbia

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Because of the free speech crisis engulfing Columbia University, we changed the topic of today’s Zoom call. Our new guest is Columbia Professor James Schamus, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and author of this public letter to fellow Jewish faculty at the university. We discuss the Trump administration’s assault on pro-Palestinian protest and on Ame…...

Mar 14, 202511 min

Trump’s Attack on Universities Rests on a Lie

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next few months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Fida Jiryis’ beautiful memoir, Stranger in My Own Land . I hope readers also donate to people in Gaza. For instance, Hossam and Mariam Alzweidi, who were ...

Mar 10, 20258 min

Jordan Elgrably on Palestinian Steadfastness

Our guest is Jordan Elgrably , Editor in Chief of The Markaz Review and co-editor with Malu Halasa of the new anthology, Sumud: A New Palestinian Reader . We talk about themes in contemporary Palestinian writing and how that writing can help us better understand the horrors in Gaza and across Palestine and Israel. 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...

Mar 09, 202548 min

Susie Linfield on Why She Doesn’t Like My Book

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com The NYU Professor wrote a negative review of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza . She joined me to discuss her criticisms....

Mar 05, 202510 min

Why Trump Treats Zelensky Differently than Netanyahu

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next few months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Rashid Khalid’s classic exploration of the roots of Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness . I h...

Mar 03, 20257 min

Rabbis Alissa Wise and Jill Jacobs

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guests are two important progressive American rabbis who disagree on some fundamental questions regarding Palestine and Israel. Rabbi Alissa Wise , Lead Organizer of Rabbis for Ceasefire , former Co-Deputy Director at Jewish Voice for Peace and co-author of Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing , is anti-Zionist. Rabbi Jill Jacobs , CEO of T’ruah: The Rab...

Mar 02, 202510 min

Khalil Sayegh on Hamas, the Left and the Ceasefire

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com I spoke with my friend, political analyst, and president of The Agora Initiative , Khalil Sayegh, about why he condemned Hamas’ treatment of the Bibas family and other Israeli civilians, and why that angers some on the global left.

Feb 25, 202512 min

Inhumanity is a Choice

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next few months. You’ll find a list of book-related events and reviews below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture , edited by Mahmoud Muha and Matthew Teller with Juliette Touma and Jayyab Abusafia...

Feb 24, 20258 min

Ethan Leib

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Palestinian legal scholar Raef Zreik is a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Sometimes the most penetrating analysts of a society are those who see it from below because they are members of an oppressed caste. I’ve often found that Raef, as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has striking insights about Israeli Jewish society. So, in this horrifying moment, in which so many Israeli polit...

Feb 23, 202510 min

Mahmoud Muna on the Attack on his Bookstore

On Sunday, February 9th, Israeli police raided both branches of the East Jerusalem Educational Bookstore and arrested its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna. They were released on bail after two days in jail, but are banned from entering their stores for the next two weeks. During this difficult time, Mahmoud graciously agreed to talk with me about his experience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substa...

Feb 18, 202553 min

The Next Assault on Gaza Will Be Worse

My new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza , is (still) on The New York Times Bestseller List . You’ll find a list of book-related events, interviews and reviews below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, the latest work by the essayist Raja Shehada, What Does Israel Fear from Palestine ? I hope readers also donate to...

Feb 17, 20258 min

Raef Zreik on Why Israeli Jews are Embracing Mass Ethnic Cleansing

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Palestinian legal scholar Raef Zreik is a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Sometimes the most penetrating analysts of a society are those who see it from below because they are members of an oppressed caste. I’ve often found that Raef, as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has striking insights about Israeli Jewish society. So, in this horrifying moment, in which so many Israeli polit...

Feb 16, 202510 min

The Banality of Evil

The Israeli and American Jewish establishments embrace mass ethnic cleansing. 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

Feb 10, 20259 min

Debra Dash Moore

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Deborah Dash Moore is a Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She’s been studying a number of surveys of American Jewish opinion which suggest that the American Jewish establishment’s claims that an overwhelming percentage of American Jews support the concept of a Jewish state—even if it denies Palestinians’ basic rights—is wrong....

Feb 09, 202510 min

Daniel Immerwahr on Why American Imperialism isn't Hiding Anymore

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Daniel Immerwahr is a professor of history at Northwestern University and a contributing writer at The New Yorker . He is the author of How to Hide an Empire . We spoke about Trump’s shocking announcement on Gaza and what it might mean....

Feb 06, 20256 min

From Greenland to Gaza

What Greenland and Gaza Have in Common The New American Imperialism 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

Feb 05, 20258 min

Elise Stefanik Is Wrong

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com The Bible Doesn’t Grant Jews Unconditional Sovereignty Over the West Bank

Feb 03, 20255 min

Rashid Khalidi

Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi discusses my new book and the state of the struggle for Palestinian liberation. 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...

Feb 02, 202551 min

Idolatry

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Gaza is What Happens When You Treat a State Like a god This Tuesday, Knopf will publish my new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza . You’ll find a list of book-related events, interviews and reviews below....

Jan 27, 20253 min

Jamaal Bowman on What He Learned in Congress

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Jamaal Bowman lost his seat in Congress last year after his support for Palestinian rights prompted a ferocious attack by AIPAC and other pro-Israel organizations. Very few politicians risk their careers on questions of moral principle. I ask Jamaal why he did, and what it would take to convince other Democrats to do the same....

Jan 26, 202510 min

Muhammad Shehada

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com I spoke with my friend, the brilliant, Gaza-born, political analyst Muhammad Shehada, about the ceasefire agreement, the horrific conditions in Gaza, and what might come next.

Jan 21, 202514 min

For a Moment, Joy

Romi, Emily, and Doron Are Home Our Zoom call this week, for paid subscribers, will be on Friday, January 24, at 1 PM Eastern, our regular time. Our guest will be Jamaal Bowman, who lost his seat in Congress last year after his support for Palestinian rights prompted a ferocious attack by AIPAC and other pro-Israel organizations. I’ve met many politicians. Very few risk their careers on questions of moral principle. I want to ask Jamaal why he did, and what it would take to convince other Democr...

Jan 20, 20258 min

Jamil Dakwar on Free Speech and Authoritarianism

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Jamil Dakwar is the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program and a former senior attorney at Adalah , which defends the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel. We talk about the Trump administration’s coming crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech and activism....

Jan 19, 202511 min
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