One Year Since October 7th - with Sam Harris

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SPECIAL SERIES:

As we approach the grim one-year anniversary of 10/07, we are featuring a dedicated series in which we take a longer horizon perspective, asking one guest each week to look back at this past year and the year ahead. If you are listening to this episode on a podcast app, please note that this series was filmed in a studio and is also available in video form on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNugi2XnhmI

For the second installment of this special series, we sat down with Sam Harris – philosopher, neuroscientist, bestselling author and podcaster.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:18 Sam’s experience of October 7th

05:44 Hamas’s use of civilians as human shields

09:07 Should Israel risk Israeli lives?

12:15 Response to sympathy towards Palestinians

19:43: Hamas knew exactly who they were targeting

22:00 Jihadist mentality

32:57 The hostage dilemma

38:29: American Anti-Israel protests

45:13 Antisemitism and anti zionism

01:01:28 Antisemitism on the left

01:04:47 Connection to Jewish identity post-October 7th

Episodes of Sam Harris’s “Making Sense” podcast, as referenced in this conversation:

“Why Don’t I Criticize Israel?”:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-why-dont-i-criticize-israel/id733163012?i=1000316926199

"The Bright Line Between Good and Evil":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFBm8nQ2aBo

To subscribe to Sam Harris’s podcast, Making Sense: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts

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