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An Intense, Searching Conversation With Amjad Iraqi

An Intense, Searching Conversation With Amjad Iraqi

Update: 2023-11-0722
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Before there can be any kind of stable coexistence of people in Israel and Palestine, there will have to be a stable coexistence of narratives. And that’s what we’ll be attempting this week on the show: to look at both the present and the past through Israeli and Palestinian perspectives. The point is not to choose between them. The point is to really listen to them. Even — especially — when what’s being said is hard for us to hear.

Our first episode is with Amjad Iraqi, a senior editor at +972 magazine and a policy analyst at the Al-Shabaka think tank. We discuss the history of Gaza and its role within broader Palestinian politics, the way Hamas and the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a “violent equilibrium,” why Palestinians feel “duped” by the international community, what Hamas thought it could achieve with its attack, whether Israeli security and Palestinian liberty can coexist, Iraqi’s skepticism over peace resolutions that rely on statehood and nationalism, how his own identity as a Palestinian citizen of Israel offers a glimpse at where coexistence can begin and much more.

Mentioned:

Hamas Contained by Tareq Baconi

The Only Language They Understand by Nathan Thrall

Book Recommendations

East West Street by Philippe Sands

Orientalism by Edward Said

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.

You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.

This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair and Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Emefa Agawu and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones and Carole Sabouraud. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Sonia Herrero.


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Comments (2)

rom

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this powerful conversation. Thank you for listening to Amjad, thank you for not finding excuses for Israel or dismissing the torture Palestinians have been living through, and thank you for not trying to mislead or control the narrative. I’m honestly so deeply moved, I wish all your NYT colleagues followed suit. And Amjad your eloquence and how clear, concise and cohesive you are is inspiring I wish I could be as smart as you.

Nov 11th
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Nick Kennedy

Thank you for this excellent presentation. Really valuable for understanding. Thank you for your personal leadership in working to provide clarity, unburdened by partisan limitations.

Nov 7th
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An Intense, Searching Conversation With Amjad Iraqi

An Intense, Searching Conversation With Amjad Iraqi

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