The Pro-Israel Establishment’s Five Stages of Grief

The Pro-Israel Establishment’s Five Stages of Grief

From The Beinart Notebook by Peter Beinart

July 13, 2026 · 7 min

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The episode discusses the changing dynamics of the Democratic Party regarding US policy toward Israel, featuring guest Chris Van Hollen.

This week’s Zoom call will be at our regular time: Friday at 1 PM. Our guest will be Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senator from Maryland. He’s been among the senators most vocal about changing US policy toward Israel. In May, he wrote a New York Times column calling for conditioning US arms sales to the Jewish state and suggested that “Democrats should pursue a last-gasp effort to salvage a two-state solution. If that effort fails, the United States will have to consider other options to secure equal political and legal rights for all.” We’ll talk about how the Democratic Party is changing and about what it will take to transform US policy toward Israel-Palestine. Please join us. Cited in Today’s Video The five stages of grief. Rahm Emanuel’s speech in Tel Aviv. 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 !), Charlotte Ritz-Jack reports on how Israel’s withholding of tax revenues is undermining education in the West Bank. Ro Khanna gets a taste of Palestinian life in the West Bank. John Judis on what Democrats should learn from the…

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Host: Peter Beinart

Guest: Chris Van Hollen

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Organizations: New York Times, Jewish Currents

Places: Maryland, West Bank, Sydney, Australia

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