Note: Apologies for the poor video quality here. I’m making do with spotty WiFi. A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. There will be no Zoom call this week. We’ll return next week. Things to Read (Maybe this should be obvious, but I link to articles and videos I find provocative and significant, not necessarily ones I entirely agree with.) In Jewish Currents ( subscribe !), Maya Rosen reports on efforts by Israeli universities to lure American Jewish students alienated b...
Jan 12, 2026•6 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is one of the foremost scholars of US policy towards Latin America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale historian, Greg Grandin, author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism and America, América: A New History of the New World . We talked about how the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro fits into the long-history of US imperialism in ...
Jan 09, 2026•10 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This week’s zoom call will be at a special time, Wednesday at 1pm ET . Our guest will be one of the foremost scholars of US policy towards Latin America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Yale historian Greg Grandin, author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism and America, América: A New History of the New World . We’ll talk about how the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolas Madu...
Jan 05, 2026•10 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Philip Gordon, a scholar at the Brookings Institution and former National Security Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. We talked about the Biden-Harris administration’s actions regarding Israel and Gaza, Kamala Harris’s statements about Gaza during the campaign, and what policies Democrats should pursue toward Israel-Palestine in the future....
Jan 04, 2026•10 min
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Jan 04, 2026•7 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This week’s zoom call will be at our regular time, Friday at 1 PM. Our guest will be Philip Gordon, a scholar at the Brookings Institution and former National Security Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. We’ll talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s actions regarding Israel and Gaza, Kamala Harris’s statements about Gaza during the campaign, how she might have governed as president and what policies Democrats should pursue ...
Dec 29, 2025•10 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guests this week are two remarkable people, Musya Herzog and Meyer Labin. Musya is a neuropsychologist who grew up in the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Meyer is a Yiddish-language journalist and writer from the Satmar community. They talk about the discourse about Israel and Zionism in ultra-Orthodox communities, and what it might take to make them more sympathetic to Palestinian ...
Dec 28, 2025•12 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank A way to directly help victims of the massacre in Sydney This week’s zoom call will be at our regular time, Friday at 1 PM. Our guests will be two remarkable people, Musya Herzog and Meyer Labin. Musya is a neuropsychologist who grew up in the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Meyer is a Yiddish-language journalist and writer from the Satmar community. Both are now active in Smol Emuni , the religious left. They’l...
Dec 22, 2025•7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Sarah Schwartz, a human rights lawyer who grew up in Sydney, is the founding executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia , a Jewish community organization founded to fight against antisemitism and all forms of racism, and to support Palestinian freedom and justice....
Dec 19, 2025•11 min
This week’s zoom call will be at A SPECIAL TIME: THURSDAY AT 2 PM Eastern . In light of the Chanukah massacre in Sydney, we’ll talk to Sarah Schwartz, a human rights lawyer who grew up in Sydney, and is the founding executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia , a Jewish community organization founded to fight against antisemitism and all forms of racism, and to support Palestinian freedom and justice. We’ll talk about the unique history of the Jewish community in Australia, about the ri...
Dec 15, 2025•5 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Mahmood Mamdani is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, and father of the mayor-elect of New York City. We’ll talk about Professor Mamdani’s new memoir about his family’s experience in Uganda, his research on the similarities—and differences—between settler-colonialism in South Africa, Israel-Palestine and the United States, and what it’s like to be a Muslim in Trump’s America....
Dec 14, 2025•12 min
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Dec 08, 2025•7 min
Given the controversy over my talk at Tel Aviv University, I thought it would be interesting to talk to two experts on boycotts. Zackie Achmat is a veteran South African political activist and a leading authority on the role of boycotts in the anti-apartheid movement. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University and the author of Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment , which ch...
Dec 05, 2025•58 min
Recently, Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote an essay criticizing my apology for speaking at Tel Aviv University. I thought it would be a good idea to have him on to explore our differences. 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...
Dec 04, 2025•24 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This week’s call will be at a special time, WEDNESDAY at 1 PM. Given the controversy over my talk at Tel Aviv University, and subsequent apology, I thought it would be interesting to talk to two experts on boycotts: one South African and one Palestinian. Zackie Achmat is a veteran South African political activist and a leading authority on the role of boycotts in the anti-apartheid movement. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer di...
Dec 01, 2025•6 min
Anne Irfan is an expert on Palestinian refugee rights, the UN and UNRWA. She is a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London ( UCL ). She has previously taught at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, and the University of Sussex. I invited her to talk about her latest book, A Short History of the Gaza Strip . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...
Nov 21, 2025•32 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Chapman University Professor Emeritus Nubar Hovsepian, author of the new book, Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual . We talked about Professor Hovsepian’s insights into Said, his close friend, and about what we might learn from Said’s work for this moment in Israel-Palestine and the United States....
Nov 16, 2025•11 min
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove is the rabbi of the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. He has written for a variety of Jewish publications, including The Jewish Week and The Forward. He is the author of the 2024 book “For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today” and the host of the podcast Common Faith . We have some strong disagreements so I’m grateful that he was willing to come on and discuss them with me. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...
Nov 14, 2025•55 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This Friday’s Zoom call will be at 1 PM Eastern, our usual time. Our guest will be Chapman University Professor Emeritus Nubar Hovsepian, author of the new book, Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual . We’ll talk about Professor Hovsepian’s insights into Said, his close friend, and about what we might learn from Said’s work for this moment in Israel-Palestine and the United States. Ask Me Anything Our next Ask Me ...
Nov 10, 2025•7 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guests are Palestinian-American Georgia State Representative, and gubernatorial candidate, Ruwa Romman , who was denied the chance to speak at last year’s Democratic convention, and former Obama speechwriter Ben Rhodes, co-host of the podcast, Pod Save the World ....
Nov 09, 2025•12 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This Friday’s Zoom call will be at 1 PM Eastern, our usual time. We’ll talk about the New York mayoral race’s ramifications for the Israel-Palestine debate nationally. Our guests will be Palestinian-American Georgia State Representative, and gubernatorial candidate, Ruwa Romman , who was denied the chance to speak at last year’s Democratic convention, and former Obama speechwriter Ben Rhodes, co-host of the podcast, Pod Save the Worl...
Nov 03, 2025•9 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Jonathan Mahler, a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine and author of the new book, Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 . With New York on the verge of electing a socialist, Muslim, anti-Zionist mayor, I ask Jonathan how the city has changed over the last three decades, and how those changes enabled the rise of Zohran Mamdani....
Nov 02, 2025•10 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old Palestinian-American running for Congress in Illinois’s Ninth District, has been federally indicted after being arrested at an ICE protest. We talk about that and about her vision for a revitalized Democratic Party.
Oct 31, 2025•7 min
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Oct 29, 2025•6 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This Friday’s Zoom call will be at 1 PM Eastern, our usual time. Our guest will be Jonathan Mahler, a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine and author of the new book, Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 . With New York on the verge of electing a socialist, Muslim, anti-Zionist mayor, I want to ask Jonathan how the city has changed over the last three decades, and how...
Oct 27, 2025•10 min
Our guest is Gaza-born political analyst Muhammad Shehada, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He’s been explaining why Trump’s ceasefire isn’t even a ceasefire, let alone a path to Palestinian freedom. And he’s been discussing the clashes inside Gaza between Hamas and Israeli-supported clans. We talked about the Trump plan, Gaza’s future, and the long-term consequences of this genocide. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
Oct 26, 2025•59 min
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Oct 24, 2025•19 min
Cited in Today’s Video Why Israeli doves like former Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon want Israel to release Marwan Barghouti but the Israeli government won’t , despite Hamas’ request. Why Barghouti’s son fears for his father’s life. 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...
Oct 20, 2025•10 min
Our guest is Israeli-born historian Ilan Pappé, author of the new book, Israel on the Brink . We discuss why he chose a life of political rebellion against the state in which he was born and what he thinks the ceasefire in Gaza will bring. We also talk about his book, which suggests that in the coming decades, Israel may cease to exist as a Jewish state. 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...
Oct 19, 2025•56 min
A list of ways to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. If you’re in the US, consider joining the nationwide No Kings protests on October 18. This Friday’s Zoom call will be at 1 PM Eastern, our usual time. Our guest will be Israeli-born historian Ilan Pappe, author of the new book, Israel on the Brink . I’ll ask Pappe why he chose a life of political rebellion against the state in which he was born and what he thinks the ceasefire in Gaza will bring. We’ll also talk about his book, which...
Oct 13, 2025•7 min
