#205 - Is it rael?

🎧 NEW PODCAST EPISODE Episode 205 – Is it rael? Roger goes to the pub, has a few too many drinks and somehow ends up taking the Israel-Palestine conflict home with him. From there, Andy and Roger unpack what happens when political disagreement stops being about competing interpretations and starts being about whether people can agree on the basic facts at all. They discuss the polarisation surrounding Israel and Gaza, October 7, the Hannibal Directive, accusations of genocide, civilian casualties and the increasingly fraught question of Israel’s legitimacy. The conversation also turns to antisemitism in Australia following the Bondi terror attack, shifting attitudes among younger people, the politics of the United Nations, Zohran Mamdani and Benjamin Netanyahu, and the reluctance of political tribes to condemn abuses committed by their own side. Andy and Roger also wrestle with competing claims to the land, colonialism and indigeneity, whether history offers any useful moral clarity, and the uncomfortable reality that Israelis and Palestinians ultimately have to find a way to live alongside one another. There are no neat answers, although relocating a second Jewish state to the Northern Territory does briefly enter the discussion. Hashtags:#IsraelPalestine #IsraelGazaWar #Gaza #October7 #MiddleEast #BenjaminNetanyahu #ZohranMamdani #Antisemitism #Bondi #AustralianPolitics #USPolitics #UnitedNations #PoliticalPolarisation #Geopolitics #TwoStateSolution #Hamas #Israel #Palestine #AndyAndRoger #PodcastDiscussion Engage with us on social media: Website:http://themiddle.site/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_middle_podcast/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@themiddlepodcastandyroger Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Middle-Podcast/100089236832534/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/TheMiddlePC Email:the.middle.podcast.au@gmail.com Sign up to our subscriber email list: Visit our website:http://themiddle.site/ Or click:https://forms.gle/4qATmU2yiHgjZrej8