Episode 17: The Gaza war began 25 years ago, a conversation with Matti Friedman
Ask Haviv Anything9 Juni 2025

Episode 17: The Gaza war began 25 years ago, a conversation with Matti Friedman

Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon after an 18-year guerrilla war that presaged everything we now think of as 21st-century warfare.

I spoke to Matti Friedman, veteran of Lebanon and bestselling author of a memoir from that long war, Pumpkinflowers, about the history, the lessons drawn from it and how we're seeing the continuing effects of that conflict in Gaza today.

This episode is sponsored by Julie and Frank Cohen, who believe that this podcast is a way to teach our story, because understanding our past and present is key to building a better future.

And as has become a podcast tradition, it is dedicated to Carmel Gat, an occupational therapist who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Beeri while visiting family. During the first weeks of captivity, she was held with orphaned children who had also been kidnapped. The children reported that she cared for them and taught them yoga. Carmel was murdered by her Hamas captors in August 2024 along with five other hostages.

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

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(151)

146: Israel's political system worked. Then we tried to fix it. With Dr. Shany Mor

146: Israel's political system worked. Then we tried to fix it. With Dr. Shany Mor

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

14 Sep 1h 25min

145: Waking up from our rage-filled slumber

145: Waking up from our rage-filled slumber

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

10 Sep 27min

144: Inside the fight to change Haredi politics, with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer

144: Inside the fight to change Haredi politics, with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

7 Sep 1h 17min

143: How to win the Israeli election

143: How to win the Israeli election

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/...

3 Sep 1h 21min

142: Can Gaza ever move on from Hamas? With Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

142: Can Gaza ever move on from Hamas? With Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

30 Aug 1h 42min

141: Why Western ideas crash and burn in the Middle East, with Simon Sebag Montefiore

141: Why Western ideas crash and burn in the Middle East, with Simon Sebag Montefiore

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

24 Aug 1h 8min

140: Van Jones returns - The hard questions of Black-Jewish relations

140: Van Jones returns - The hard questions of Black-Jewish relations

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

20 Aug 1h 10min

139: Dara Horn’s final solution to the Jewish question

139: Dara Horn’s final solution to the Jewish question

To support our work, please consider joining our Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/c/AskHavivAnything), Substack (https://havivgur.substack.com/), or Buy Me a Coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com...

19 Aug 1h 12min

Populärt inom Historia

kod-katastrof
massmordarpodden
sanna-berattelser
historiska-brott
p3-historia
historiepodden-se
motiv
olosta-mord
rss-massmordarpodden
historianu-med-urban-lindstedt
rss-historien-om-2
rss-brottsligt
krigshistoriepodden
harrisons-dramatiska-historia
nu-blir-det-historia
rss-folkets-historia
rss-borgvattnets-hemligheter
militarhistoriepodden
palmemordet
rss-historiens-mysterier