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John McWhorter, Eli Lake, and Matthew Cockerill – Debating Civilian Casualties in Gaza

Published 1 year, 6 months ago

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1:08 Intros

4:24 Matthew: The IDF recklessly disregarded civilian life in its October 2023 bombing campaign

9:01 Eli: Israel made efforts to warn civilians ahead of bombings

15:31 Ground News ad

17:35 Are Gazan civilian deaths part of Hamas’s strategy or merely an effect of its strategy?

23:39 Counting casualties in the fog of war

30:04 If Hamas is still partially intact, can a ceasefire hold?

33:28 ACTA ad

38:53 Why Matthew thinks Israel was intentionally killing civilians early in the war

48:41 Is Matthew holding Israel to a different standard than he would hold the US?

52:39 Alternative strategies for prosecuting the war

56:16 Do civilian warnings negate the question of murderous intent?

1:01:46 Eli: I don’t think Jewish critics of the war are speaking for the larger diaspora

1:10:05 Is further normalization between Israel and the rest of Middle East coming despite the war?

1:15:10 Matthew: Israel clandestinely continued its initial starvation strategy in Gaza for monthsRecorded January 17, 2025

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