Israel Goes to War (The Skiff Unlocked)

Check your peace privilege.

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On Saturday Hamas militants invaded Israel, gunning down and abducting civilians, firing rockets on city centers, and holding entire villages hostage. In response, Israel has declared war on Gaza and things are only about to get uglier from here. A sleep-deprived Adaam James Levin-Areddy, senior multimedia producer at The Dispatch and host of Uncertain Things, joined Jonah to discuss the past 24 hours in Israel, Hamas’ brutal reign in Gaza, Adaam’s theory of peace privilege, Bibi’s legacy, and what’s coming next.

By the way: This was also the inauguration of The Dispatch‘s members-only feed The Skiff, which will include all future impromptu chats and bone-picking arguments between Jonah and friends, as well as AMAs, emergency pods, and other random audio goodies. In his magnanimity, Jonah decided to share this debut episode with the freeloading masses. But if you want more Remnant, along with the moral ebullience of supporting The Dispatch, please join us.

And to all our members who’ve already come aboard our Skiff –– thank you, from the bottom of our tired, shriveled hearts. You are the reason the lights are still on. And we have lots in store for you. Stay tuned.

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  1. Sam19952005

    Another fine podcast, but man did you need to up sell again??!! I know this is a business but mentioning being a paid member when it starts was a bit much (admitting I listen always and have heard it so often) but this episode could have left that part off too big a topic,

    I recognize the product and the value and tell others often. Maybe give subscribers a way to not hear the up sell.

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    Anne W (Raw5254)

    I’ve been trying not to listen to too much because I’m already upset. But, I’m glad I listened, and I hope you two will continue to discuss this situation. Although my husband is a Jew, and he did spend some time in Israel (a long time ago), I still find the politics confusing. I think I got more out of this podcast than I have anywhere else, however. Thank you so much.

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  4. Khouret

    Thank you for the conversation between Jonah and Adaam. Having finished it this morning, I am just so sad. Sad for the awful position Israel is in. Sad for the Palestinians who will suffer consequences that should be inflicted on Hamas. Sad for the citizens of the United States who have leadership, on both sides, more interested in scoring "points" than effecting good impacts for our country, for Ukraine, and for Israel. I'd hard to not feel hopeless...

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      Anne W (Raw5254)

      These certainly are not easy times.

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    ScoopJackson'76

    [repost from TMD since no one responded to my questions]

    I’ve got a couple questions for my fellow Dispatchians regarding this whole Hamas/Isreal conflict.

    

1) I’m broadly familiar with the idea of the Gaza Strip being de facto independent/self-governing with Hamas being in charge since ’07 (this being important for refuting the "politically marginalized Palestinian” narrative, since Hamas was democratically elected and mostly self-sequestered in that area). What I am not clear on, however, is to what degree the claim that the Gaza Strip is “an open air prison” is even remotely correct. Let’s say you are an average Palestinian living in Gaza city. I think given the fact that the Israeli government has made it clear that they are targeting Government and Military personnel in subsequent counter-strikes, I would, if there were Hamas officers living or stationed in my apartment building (as is their M.O.), I would at least leave the building. With that caveat of basic suffrage/representation along with immediate safety being addressed; my question is how free are you as a Palestinian to leave the “country” in general? In other words, is the Gaza strip “an open air prison” or do they have the “right to exit?”



    2) Zooming out a bit, what are some good one volume histories of the state of Israel? Specifically, I’d like to focus on the Jewish/Palestinian conflict. I know how layered, complicated, and fraught the issue is but I figured this venue would represent a good starting point for recommendations (given my fusionist/neo-conservative/classical liberal bent).



    Thanks, Friends!

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      Anne W (Raw5254)

      There is an excellent podcast called MartyrMade. It’s seems to be a well researched history on the formation of Israel, along with the Palestinians who were/are living there. I give Darryl Cooper points for trying to see things from both sides.

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    2. Adaam James

      Regarding your 1st question, we're hoping to do an explainer on exactly that. It's an important question.

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  6. Rossknode

    Excellent podcast

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  7. Nevertime

    Question: if what most people think is proven to be true - that Iran is behind this - what would be wrong with detonating a nuclear device inside Iran?

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      MattA

      This isn’t a serious question is it?

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    Gabrielle G

    This was excellent. Really appreciate waking up to a thoughtful conversation about what’s going on in Israel.

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    John Will

    A most excellent episode. Adaam...appreciated your candid and emotional analysis. Can't imagine how hard this is for you. We pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
    Skiff is up and good on Google podcasts.

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    1. Brsilverman

      With all due respect, as a Jew, I'm not praying for peace this week. I'm praying for the return of the captives, and for protection of the state of Israel and for her soldiers. And beyond that, for Israel to demonstrate that people in this world can no longer just kill defenseless Jews without consequences. To paraphrase Golda Meir's famous quote, I refuse to care more about Palestinian lives then they do. There can be no peace until the job is done.

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        John Will

        Absolutely. The context of my comment was Psalm 122. Peace and security within Jerusalem's walls and prosperity for those who love her.

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  10. Biglaw_Blues

    Hamas was raping young women in a field of their friends and families' corpses, live streaming beheadings with farm implements (don't look that one up, the hoe was dull), slaughtering grey-haired old people and infants, etc.

    The total body count is less in absolute terms, but this attack was *far* more depraved than 9/11 in my opinion.

    Jonah, like your rant on dogma, this is just a settled question. I am not interested in moral debates about this—it's a settled question. If a group does this, they die.

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