About this episode
Elizabeth Tsurkov discusses Israel's evolving security doctrine and the implications for ongoing conflict in the region.
Elizabeth Tsurkov returns for another Conflicted Conversation. This time, the conversation turns to Israel after October 7th. Elizabeth traces her own political journey from the Israeli right to a hard-won humanism, then explains how Israel’s old security doctrine collapsed — and why the new one may lead not to safety, but to permanent war. Elizabeth and Thomas discuss: Israel’s security doctrine after 7 October Israel’s shift from deterrence to pre-emption Why deterrence without a political endgame failed Gaza, Hamas and the limits of military victory Hezbollah, Lebanon and Israel’s buffer-zone strategy Israel’s new "buffer zone" security perimeter Iran’s missile threat and Israel’s war with Tehran The Abraham Accords, IMEC and bypassing Palestine Why real Israeli fears may be producing the wrong answers Join the Conflicted Community here: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/ Elizabeth's personal website: https://elizabeth-tsurkov.net/en/ Find Elizabeth on X: https://x.com/LizHurra Find Elizabeth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-tsurkov-79491b15/ Find us on X: https://x.com/MHconflicted And Facebook…
People in this episode
Host: Thomas
Guest: Elizabeth Tsurkov
Topics covered
- Israel's security doctrine
- political journey
- military strategy
- Gaza and Hamas
- Iran's missile threat
- Abraham Accords
- permanent war
Keywords
- Israel
- war
- security doctrine
- Gaza
- Hamas
- Iran
- military strategy
- Abraham Accords
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Message Heard, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, IMEC
Books & works: Abraham Accords
Places: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Tehran
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