The Beinart Notebook

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com In the wake of the US attack on Iran, I reached out to Iran expert, author and president of The Quincy Institute , Trita Parsi . Questions included… Why did Trump do this? Is regime change in Iran a goal of either Trump or Israel? How do you expect Iran to respond? How is the Iranian public reacting? Might the...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Andile Zulu is a political writer and researcher at the Alternative Information and Development Center based in Capetown, South Africa. Questions include… What is the current reality around violence in South Africa, and how does it intersect with race and class? Looking back at the fall of apartheid, was there...

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I spoke with my friend, political analyst, and president of The Agora Initiative , Khalil Sayegh. Questions included… How are you able to face this unending horror and maintain such gentleness and generosity? What do you think of the “perfect victim” critique? After all this time, what gives you confidence that persuasion is possible, and that changing minds can lead to real-world change? How do y...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University and author of several recent New York Times op-eds, including “ Trump is Selling Jews a Dangerous Lie ” and one subtitled “ Higher Education Should be Tolerant but Never Neutral .” We talk about the Trump administration’s assault on independent univers...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Earlier this year, Israeli writer and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger and the Palestinian peace activist Aziz Abu Sarah debated on X whether Israel targets Palestinian civilians and how to evaluate Israel’s behavior compared to the behavior of Hamas. I’m grateful they both agreed to meet and explore their differe...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Khaled Abou El Fadl is a professor of law at UCLA and one of America’s preeminent Islamic scholars. He’s also a passionate critic of authoritarianism in the Muslim world who has paid a significant price for challenging tyrannical regimes. I recently had the privilege of appearing alongside him in a discussion a...

For the next few weeks, most of my book events for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza are outside the US. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Pale...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is novelist and journalist, Omar El Akkad, author of the new book about Israel’s destruction of Gaza, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This . He’ll talk about what it’s like to live as an Arab-American in a moment in which the US—and the West more generally— are destroying any pretense...

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for a few more weeks. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestine Lives and Culture...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Joy Reid, former MSNBC host and author of the Joy’s House Substack . We talk about how the mainstream media covers Israel-Palestine, and how it covers America.

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next couple of months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestine Lives and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland . I’ve known and liked Jonathan for years, and we agree on many things. But he also has criticisms of my book. He thinks that in my rejection of the very idea of a Jewish state, I’ve gone too far. We talk about that, and about the way being a British—as opposed...

The Anti-Defamation League Now Opposes Trump’s Abductions. But It Helped Enable Them. 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, whose campaign to make the city more affordable for the working class is currently polling in second place. I ask Zohran about his vision for New York City during the second Trump presidency, and the challenges he anticipates, his perspectives on Israel/Palesti...

The Inane Justification For Destroying America’s Universities 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Munther Isaac is a renowned Palestinian minister from Bethlehem. We discuss his new book, Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible and the Genocide in Gaza . We also dig into why so many American evangelicals unconditionally support Israel, and what Christians should do to honor the dignity of everyone between th...

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next couple of months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, the latest work by the brilliant essayist, Raja...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guest is the Gaza-born political analyst Muhammad Shehada , who I’ve long admired for his ability to criticize Israel without exonerating Hamas and to criticize Hamas without exonerating Israel. We talk about the recent protests in Gaza against Hamas, and for an end to Israel’s slaughter.

I’ll be on book tour for Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza for the next few months. You’ll find a list of book-related events below. I’m happy people are reading my book. But I know that many talented Palestinian authors don’t get the same attention. So, I hope people who buy my book also buy one by a Palestinian author. For instance, the latest work by the brilliant essayist, Raja Shehad...