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Masha Gessen on Israel, Gaza and The “Politics of Memory” in Europe
Published 2 years, 2 months ago
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New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen recently received a German literary prize, but the ceremony was delayed after the Russian-American writer compared Gaza to a Nazi-era ghetto.
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Gessen discusses how the memory of the Holocaust complicates calls for a cease-fire, support for Palestinians, Zionism and antisemitism.