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A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people. peterbeinart.substack.com

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6:03

What if Columbia Were Investigated for...

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/24

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, Fida Jiryis’ beautiful memoir, Stranger in My Own Land.I hope readers also donate to people in Gaza. For instance, Hossam and Mariam Alzweidi, who were

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10:23

Nadia Abu El-Haj: “Mahmoud is Not Safe”

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comWe continue our discussion of the assault on academic freedom, especially for pro-Palestinian activists, with Columbia University’s Nadia Abu El-Haj. She is a Professor at Barnard College and Columbia University and Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies. She just published an essay in The New York Review of Books entitled, “Mahmoud is Not Safe,” about the detention of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil.

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9:35

You Are No Longer a Jew

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/17

In Their Attack on US Universities, Trump and the ADL are Trying to Redefine Jewishness Itself 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

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10:34

James Schamus on the Crisis at Columbia

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comBecause of the free speech crisis engulfing Columbia University, we changed the topic of today’s Zoom call.Our new guest is Columbia Professor James Schamus, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and author of this public letter to fellow Jewish faculty at the university.We discuss the Trump administration’s assault on pro-Palestinian protest and on Ame…

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9:38

Columbia Professor Joseph Hawley on the Federal...

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com

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8:09

Trump’s Attack on Universities Rests on a Lie

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/10

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, Fida Jiryis’ beautiful memoir, Stranger in My Own Land.I hope readers also donate to people in Gaza. For instance, Hossam and Mariam Alzweidi, who were

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10:18

Jordan Elgrably on Palestinian Steadfastness

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guest is Jordan Elgrably, Editor in Chief of The Markaz Review and co-editor with Malu Halasa of the new anthology, Sumud: A New Palestinian Reader. We talk about themes in contemporary Palestinian writing and how that writing can help us better understand the horrors in Gaza and across Palestine and Israel.

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10:27

Susie Linfield on Why She Doesn’t Like My Book

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comThe NYU Professor wrote a negative review of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza. She joined me to discuss her criticisms.

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6:59

Why Trump Treats Zelensky Differently than Netanyahu

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/03

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, Rashid Khalid’s classic exploration of the roots of Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness.I hope

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10:12

Rabbis Alissa Wise and Jill Jacobs

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/03/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur guests are two important progressive American rabbis who disagree on some fundamental questions regarding Palestine and Israel. Rabbi Alissa Wise, Lead Organizer of Rabbis for Ceasefire, former Co-Deputy Director at Jewish Voice for Peace and co-author of Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing, is anti-Zionist. Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic

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12:01

Khalil Sayegh on Hamas, the Left and the Ceasefire

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comI spoke with my friend, political analyst, and president of The Agora Initiative, Khalil Sayegh, about why he condemned Hamas’ treatment of the Bibas family and other Israeli civilians, and why that angers some on the global left.

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8:24

Inhumanity is a Choice

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/24

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 and reviews 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 Palestinian Lives and Culture, edited by Mahmoud Muha and Matthew Teller with Juliette Touma and Jayyab Abusafia.I

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9:56

Ethan Leib

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comPalestinian legal scholar Raef Zreik is a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Sometimes the most penetrating analysts of a society are those who see it from below because they are members of an oppressed caste. I’ve often found that Raef, as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has striking insights about Israeli Jewish society. So, in this horrifying moment, in which so many Israeli

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52:41

Mahmoud Muna on the Attack on his Bookstore

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/18

On Sunday, February 9th, Israeli police raided both branches of the East Jerusalem Educational Bookstore and arrested its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna. They were released on bail after two days in jail, but are banned from entering their stores for the next two weeks. During this difficult time, Mahmoud graciously agreed to talk with me about his experience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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8:27

The Next Assault on Gaza Will Be Worse

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/17

My new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, is (still) on The New York Times Bestseller List.You’ll find a list of book-related events, interviews and reviews 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 essayist Raja Shehada, What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?I hope readers also donate to people in

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10:00

Raef Zreik on Why Israeli Jews are Embracing Mass...

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comPalestinian legal scholar Raef Zreik is a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Sometimes the most penetrating analysts of a society are those who see it from below because they are members of an oppressed caste. I’ve often found that Raef, as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has striking insights about Israeli Jewish society. So, in this horrifying moment, in which so many Israeli

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8:59

The Banality of Evil

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/10

The Israeli and American Jewish establishments embrace mass ethnic cleansing. 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

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9:49

Debra Dash Moore

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comDeborah Dash Moore is a Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She’s been studying a number of surveys of American Jewish opinion which suggest that the American Jewish establishment’s claims that an overwhelming percentage of American Jews support the concept of a Jewish state—even if it denies Palestinians’ basic rights—is wrong.

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6:25

Daniel Immerwahr on Why American Imperialism isn't...

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comDaniel Immerwahr is a professor of history at Northwestern University and a contributing writer at The New Yorker. He is the author of How to Hide an Empire. We spoke about Trump’s shocking announcement on Gaza and what it might mean.

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7:48

From Greenland to Gaza

The Beinart Notebook ·

2025/02/05

What Greenland and Gaza Have in CommonThe New American Imperialism 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

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