About this episode

Peter Beinart discusses the recent op-ed by Nicholas Kristof with human rights activists Issa Amro and Sari Bashi, focusing on the atrocities described in the piece.

Issa Amro is a renowned non-violent human rights activist in the West Bank, and Sari Bashi is the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel . Both were referenced in the recent New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof entitled The Silence that Meets the Rape of Palestinians . Given the strong reaction against the piece by supporters of Israel, I wanted to dig deeper with them into the atrocities it described, and what must be done. * This conversation includes frank descriptions of torture and sexual violence. * This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit peterbeinart.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Peter Beinart

Guests: Issa Amro, Sari Bashi

Topics covered

• human rights
• non-violence
• torture
• sexual violence
• Israel-Palestine conflict
• activism

Keywords

• human rights
• West Bank
• torture
• sexual violence
• activism
• Israel
• Palestinians

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Public Committee Against Torture in Israel

Books & works: The Silence that Meets the Rape of Palestinians

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