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Let Zionists Speak
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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 Zoom interviews with guests like Rashid Khalidi, Thomas Friedman, Ilhan Omar, Omar Barghouti, Benny Morris, Noam Chomsky, and Bret Stephens.
We’ve added a new membership category, Premium Member, which is $179 per year (or higher, if you want to give more). In addition to our weekly Zoom interviews, Premium Members will get access to a monthly “ask me anything” zoom call.
Our first “ask me anything” will be this Thursday, August 29 at 11 AM Eastern. Premium Subscribers will get a Tuesday email that includes links to both our Wednesday call with Trita and the “ask me anything” on Thursday. (If you have any questions, email me).
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Sources Cited in this Video
The cancellation of Joshua Leifer’s book launch event.
A poster calls for “Zionists” to leave a London neighborhood.
Mira Sucharov’s study of what American Jews mean by the word “Zionist.”
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 the Jewish Currents (subscribe!), Maya Rosen investigates the Israelis who want to settle southern Lebanon.
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jon Stewart on the exclusion of Palestinian speakers at the DNC.
A Black and Palestinian Mississippian reflects on the Democratic conventions of 1964 and 2024.
Benjamin Netanyahu never pays the bill.
Please consider supporting a scholarship fund for displaced students in Gaza who want to study in the US.
See you on Wednesday at 11 AM,
Peter
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
Hi. There was a fair amount of attention last week to the experience of my friend, Josh Leifer, wh