#341 — Gaza & Global Order

Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about the events of October 7th and the resulting war in Gaza. They discuss the unraveling of global order, the failure of the IDF, the incompetence of the Netanyahu government, the goals of Hamas, the Saudi peace treaty, the right of Israel to exist, the status of Palestinian and Jewish refugees, victim and perpetrator narratives, compromise vs justice, the Palestinian citizens of Israel, lessons from WW2, the danger of focusing on the past, the perverse significance of the al-Aqsa Mosque, the double standards to which Israel is held, false analogies to European colonialism, the rise of antisemitism, the future of politics in Israel, America’s role in preserving global order, the war in Ukraine, and other topics.

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Enlightened

I am deeply disturbed by the Hamas barbarism in Israel along with the marches in favor of Hamas in the US. I am grateful to Sam Harris for bringing forth the different colors of this complicated atrocity so that I can talk about it with others in greater depth. I hear sympathy for the Palestinian deaths, but as Sam explains the big difference between the intentional barbarism by Hamas who boast and are proud of their atrocities verses the Israelis who give time and warnings to the Palestinians to evacuate. He points out this is a war against Hamas not the Palestinians. He gives the importance of the fight against Hamas not just for Israel but for the US and other countries.
I am grateful for this podcast. I wish it relied on the financial contributions of advertisements only because I don’t want to pay for podcasts.