The Roots of Left-Wing Anti-Israel Sentiment with Yascha Mounk
Ep. 177 w/ Show Notes
As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, Yascha Mounk joins Ravi to discuss what’s shaping American leftists' response to the war and the greater Israel/Palestine conflict. They then take a deep dive into the current state of college campuses and offer suggestions for how colleges should respond to the rising backlash against free speech, anti-semitism, and Islamophobia. Finally, as the war enters its fifth week, Yascha and Ravi review Israel’s military, political, and diplomatic options.
The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk
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Israel/Palestine Conflict Series:
Episode 1: History through 1996
Episode 2: 1997 to Present
Episode 3: Who is Hamas?
Episode 4: The current conflict
What’s Shaping American Leftists' Response To The Israel/Palestine Conflict
Democrats Splinter Over Israel as the Young, Diverse Left Rages at Biden (New York Times, 10/27/23)
The Complicated History Behind BLM's Solidarity With The Pro-Palestinian Movement (NPR, 6/12/21)
Young progressive Democrats are splitting from the party on Israel (NPR, 11/1/23)
Identity politics is a game Jews can’t win (Washington Post, 10/17/23)
Democrats' Sympathies in Middle East Shift to Palestinians (Gallup, 3/16/23)
Primary Battles Brew Over Progressive Democrats’ Stances on Israel (New York Times, 10/29/23)
‘The Longer and Bloodier the War, the Harder it Will Be for the Democratic Coalition’ (New York Times, 11/8/23)
School districts navigate wave of activism in wake of Israel-Hamas war (K-12 Dive, 11/13/23)
The generational rift that explains Democrats’ angst over Israel (Politico, 10/12/23)
Liberals, progressives, wokeness and Israel (Jewish News Syndicate, 12/14/23)
A slaughter, then silence (The Globe and Mail, 10/13/23)
Students Are Bringing Up the Israel-Hamas War in Class. Here’s How Teachers Are Responding (Ed Week, 10/30/23)
Whose stories do we tell? Israeli-Palestinian tensions polarize an Orange County school district (Los Angeles Times, 10/13/23)
My students asked if I was ‘Team Israeli’ or ‘Team Palestinian.’ Here’s what I said. (Chalkbeat, 10/17/23)
Rising Backlash Against Free Speech, Anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia
An Unusually Tricky Campus Free-Speech Fight (The Atlantic, 11/9/23)
Free Speech: Brandeis vs. Brandeis (The American Prospect, 11/10/23)
The Israel-Hamas war reveals how colleges lost their way on free speech (VOX, 11/5/23)
Why We Must Reject Efforts to Restrict Constitutionally Protected Speech on College Campuses (ACLU, 11/2/23)
Citing legal fears, Florida universities push back on DeSantis order to shut down pro-Palestinian campus groups (WUFT, 11/13/23)
‘It Feels Like the New McCarthyism’: How the Israel-Hamas War Is Redefining the Limits of Free Speech (Politico, 11/4/23)
The Suppression of Israel’s Critics Bolsters the Case for Free Speech (New York Magazine, 10/27/23)
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates, so must our commitment to free speech (FIRE Insitute, 10/17/23)
Israel-Hamas war poses ‘incredibly difficult free speech moment’ on U.S. campuses—and staying neutral isn’t easy (Fortune, 10/15/23)
Republicans change tune on free speech over pro-Palestinian rallies at colleges (MSNBC, 10/19/23)
In tensions over Israel-Hamas war, college campuses confront violent threats (NBC, 11/7/23)
How Are Students Expected to Live Like This on Campuses? (New York Times, 11/8/23)
Israel’s Military, Political, and Diplomatic Options
Hamas Must Go (The Atlantic, 11/14/23)
Full Netanyahu: Everyone in the world is 'sitting on the bleachers' (Meet The Press, 11/12/23)
‘Nakba 2023’: Israel right-wing ministers' comments add fuel to Palestinian fears (NBC, 11/13/23)
Palestinians Lack Faith in Biden, Two-State Solution (Gallup, 10/18/23)
What are the “two-state solution” and the “one-state solution”? (VOX, 11/9/23)
Israel has no good options (Tangle, 11/3/23)
Biden's post-war plan: New talks on Israel-Palestine two-state solution (Axios, 10/26/23)
Israel seems to be planning for the long term in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza (NPR, 11/9/23)
Blinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel (AP, 11/8/23)
Israel's gov't split on who should control Gaza after war (Jerusalem Post, 11/12/23)
U.S. Pushes Back on Israel’s Security Plan in Gaza After War (Wall Street Journal, 11/7/23)
What Happens to Gaza After the War? (Foreign Policy, 11/3/23)
The Extreme Ambitions of West Bank Settlers (The New Yorker, 11/11/23)
Israel’s One-State Reality (Foreign Policy, 5/14/23)
A three-state solution is the only viable future for Israel and the Palestinians (Noahpinion, 10/8/23)