The Palestinians’ Most Deadly Weapon Against Israel: Altruism
Update: 2025-08-21
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège explore how altruism clouds moral clarity about the Israel-Hamas war, undermining Israel’s righteous cause and whitewashing Hamas’ evil.
Among the topics covered:
How the media coverage of the war has become egregiously deferential to Hamas and Hezbollah;
How altruism corrupts journalism by distorting moral judgment;
Why media deception deliberately aims to manipulate emotions;
The nature of Hamas’s totalitarian ideology;
Why genocide claims flout serious thinking about innocents in war;
How altruism cripples Israel's moral confidence in its cause.
Recommended in this podcast is Elan Journo's book What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
This podcast was recorded on August 13, 2025, and posted on August 21, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
Podcast audio
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège explore how altruism clouds moral clarity about the Israel-Hamas war, undermining Israel’s righteous cause and whitewashing Hamas’ evil.
Among the topics covered:
How the media coverage of the war has become egregiously deferential to Hamas and Hezbollah;
How altruism corrupts journalism by distorting moral judgment;
Why media deception deliberately aims to manipulate emotions;
The nature of Hamas’s totalitarian ideology;
Why genocide claims flout serious thinking about innocents in war;
How altruism cripples Israel's moral confidence in its cause.
Recommended in this podcast is Elan Journo's book What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
This podcast was recorded on August 13, 2025, and posted on August 21, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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