"I Lost My Parents on October 7th, But I Won Aziz."

"I Lost My Parents on October 7th, But I Won Aziz."

From The Beinart Notebook by Peter Beinart

April 26, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon about their personal losses and activism for peace in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.com Our guests are Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon, co-authors of the new book, The Future is Peace . Aziz, a Palestinian born in the West Bank, saw his brother die from injuries sustained while held in an Israeli prison. Maoz, a Jewish Israeli born on a kibbutz near Gaza, lost both of his parents on October 7, 2023. Somehow, both men have turned their suffering into activism for justice and peace. We talk about their personal journeys, about the challenges of joint Jewish and Palestinian struggle and about how they maintain their faith in a better future in Palestine and Israel despite the horrors occurring there every day. Topics include… how grieving is different depending on one’s side of the power dynamic the charge of normalization how to think about hatred as a response to trauma the willingness to speak with those who killed loved ones the changes that must happen in the US

People in this episode

Host: Peter Beinart

Guests: Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon

Topics covered

  • activism
  • grief
  • Jewish-Palestinian relations
  • justice
  • peace
  • trauma
  • power dynamics

Keywords

  • activism
  • grief
  • peace
  • Israel
  • Palestine
  • trauma
  • October 7
  • justice
  • joint struggle

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Future is Peace

Places: West Bank, Israel, Palestine

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