About this episode

The episode discusses the Democratic Party's transformation on Israel-Palestine and its implications for future elections.

This week’s Zoom call will be at our regular time: Friday at 1 PM. Our guests will be Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to Barack Obama, contributing opinion writer at The New York Times , co-host of Pod Save the World and author, more recently, of All We Say: A History of the United States in 15 Speeches , and Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine/Israel program at the Arab Center, Washington DC. We’ll discuss the Democratic Party’s rapid transformation on Israel-Palestine: What explains it, what are the new terms of debate, how will this shift shape the midterms and the 2028 presidential election. And will Republican politicians follow suit? Please join us. Cited in Today’s Video Congressman Jake Auchincloss’s previous statements about military aid to Israel. B’Tselem declared Isarel an apartheid state in 2021. Things to Read (Maybe this should be obvious, but I link to articles and videos I find provocative and significant, not necessarily ones I entirely agree with.) In Jewish Currents ( subscribe !), Alex Kane reports on whether the left can continue its winning streak in the Senate race in Michigan. Ben Linder describes what he saw while traveling with…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Beinart

Guests: Ben Rhodes, Yousef Munayyer

Topics covered

• Israel-Palestine
• Democratic Party
• midterms
• 2028 presidential election
• political transformation

Keywords

• Israel
• Palestine
• Democratic Party
• midterms
• 2028 election
• Ben Rhodes
• Yousef Munayyer
• politics
• B’Tselem

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, B’Tselem, Arab Center, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Comedy Cellar

Books & works: All We Say: A History of the United States in 15 Speeches

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