Micah Goodman Answers 18 Questions on Anti-Zionism, IDF Morality, and Jewish Hope

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Hi, I'm Mika Goodman. I write books. I think a lot about Israeli contemporary issues. And this is 18 questions. 40 Israeli thinkers from 1840. We'll begin where we always do. As an Israeli and as a Jew, how are you feeling at this moment in Israeli history? >> Well, this podcast is recorded about a few days after the end of the 12-day war. So, it's quite a moment. It's a real moment. And it's hard to know what moment we're in now, but it feels like this might be a six- day war moment, a this might be a six- day war moment, a moment that changed the Middle East and changed Israeli history. And as a person that's trying to observe history while it's happening, all it's impossible to see history while it's happening. I find this moment exciting, terrifying, and definitely with a lot of promise. And definitely very interesting. Interesting how it's just interesting. The world is becoming very interesting. Israel is interesting. The world is interesting. The Middle East is interesting. It's a pregnant East is interesting. It's a pregnant moment. Now, I like that metaphor because I'm I'm Israeli. We don't It's not It's not an Israeli moment. It's not an Israel. It's not an Israeli metaphor, but it's an but like the idea that the pregnant could be mo a moment can be pregnant, >> but you don't know with what. >> And this is a pregnant moment. Now, will this lead to more peace in the Middle East? Or more importantly, will this moment lead to more peace within Israel between Israelis? These are very big

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