Episode 10: Thirty years of traumatic peacemaking - what do Israelis really think?
Ask Haviv Anything22 Huhti 2025

Episode 10: Thirty years of traumatic peacemaking - what do Israelis really think?

Palestinian advocates like to quip that the current war "didn't begin on October 7." That's true, of course, though unhelpful. It didn't begin in any one specific place. There are no singular first causes in history. When we choose the beginning of the story, we choose its framing and meaning.For most Israeli Jews, the story of the current war might be said to have begun in the fall of 2000, in the great collapse of Oslo that still casts its long shadow on the Israeli political psyche.This is that story.Today’s episode is sponsored by Pennyweight Prizefighter, a small business dedicated to preserving the history and craftsmanship of antique and vintage fine jewelry. In a post October 7th world, pennyweight has become more committed than ever to making vintage and new Judaica available to anyone who feels compelled to honor these symbols with something as precious as gold and diamonds worn close to the heart. Check out pennyweight prizefighter on Instagram or pennyweightprizefighter.com.Please join me on Patreon to support this project: ⁠ www.patreon.com/AskHavivAnything⁠ If you would like to sponsor an episode, please email us at ⁠haviv@askhavivanything.com⁠.A podcast by Haviv Rettig Gur

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Episode 16: Hamas and the broken promise of 150 years of Islamic reform

Episode 16: Hamas and the broken promise of 150 years of Islamic reform

Hamas's rule in Gaza is a theocratic dictatorship. But its roots lie in the 19th-century movement for Islamic reform that believes modernization, science and even political liberalization. How did the...

30 Touko 202556min

Episode 15: Jerusalem Day, a modern redemption story

Episode 15: Jerusalem Day, a modern redemption story

Jerusalem Day falls on May 25th this year. It is the day of Jerusalem's unification in the 1967 Six Day War, and so a symbol of both Jewish rescue from the genocidal plans of its enemies, a palpable e...

26 Touko 202520min

Episode 14: Should Israel give up on international law ? A conversation with a former IDF lawyer

Episode 14: Should Israel give up on international law ? A conversation with a former IDF lawyer

If the requirements of international law mean that Israel is effectively prohibited from defeating its enemies or protecting its borders, should Israelis turn their backs on international law? Why do ...

18 Touko 202548min

Episode 13: John Spencer on war, morality, politics and the fight for the future.

Episode 13: John Spencer on war, morality, politics and the fight for the future.

After a delay (Haviv got a bad flu), we're happy to share a great panel with Haviv and Prof. John Spencer that took place at the Woodbury Jewish Center in Woodbury, New York on May 7.Thank you to Rabb...

13 Touko 20251h 19min

Episode 12: How Qatar gets a free pass for Islamist radicalism, a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer

Episode 12: How Qatar gets a free pass for Islamist radicalism, a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer

Qatar has just 330,000 citizens but controls vast wealth due to its plentiful natural gas. It has used that wealth to support radical and violent terrorist groups and regimes throughout the Middle Eas...

2 Touko 20251h 2min

Episode 11: Iran is imploding - A conversation with Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi

Episode 11: Iran is imploding - A conversation with Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi

As the Trump administration tries to strike a deal curtailing Iran's nuclear program, I turned to Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi, an Iran expert and proud Persian Jew, to try to take us past the headlines ...

28 Huhti 202550min

Bonus episode: This Passover, we find our freedom

Bonus episode: This Passover, we find our freedom

Passover is upon us, the seder is Saturday night.Freedom, the Sages teach, is not an end, it is a path; no mere escape from Pharaoh's tyranny but a becoming, filled with substance and responsibility a...

11 Huhti 202516min

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