About this episode
Eleanor Penny interviews historian Ilan Pappé about the myths surrounding the modern state of Israel and the misinformation in media narratives.
In our last episode of The Verso Podcast before the winter break, our host Eleanor Penny is joined by Israeli historian, and activist Ilan Pappé, to discuss the false histories upon which the modern state of Israel is founded. We are of course still working on bringing you more of these in depth discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upcoming fourth series, but in the meantime we hope you enjoy this vitally relevant discussion with such an outspoken and incisive Israeli political dissident. At the start of Israel’s current assault on Gaza, the media was rife with misinformation about the nature of Hamas’ incursion, the events immediately leading up to it, the supposed justifications of Israel’s bombardments, and the histories that set the stage for the devastation we are witnessing now. In the 14 months since, Israel has quietly rolled back on some of these claims, whilst continuing to stand by other convenient mythologies. This pattern is nothing new. As Ilan has been highlighting for decades myth and misinformation was always foundational to the modern state of Israel, and its false histories have been used to whitewash, distract from, or justify not just land…
People in this episode
Host: Eleanor Penny
Guest: Ilan Pappé
Topics covered
- false histories
- modern state of Israel
- settler colonialism
- liberal zionism
- media misinformation
- Two State Solution
- anti-semitism
Keywords
- Israel
- Ilan Pappé
- Eleanor Penny
- Hamas
- settler colonialism
- media
- Two State Solution
- anti-semitism
- false histories
- liberal zionism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Israel, Hamas, Lord Balfour
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