Episode
Israel is Not Hungary
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- The Beinart Notebook
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- Apr 27, 2026
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- 528
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- https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/israel-is-not-hungary
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Summary
This week’s Zoom call will be at our regular time, Friday at 1 PM Eastern. Our guest will be Cenk Uygur , co-creator and host of The Young Turks , a popular progressive political show. A month or so ago, Cenk and I were interviewed together by Piers Morgan and while we agreed about the war in Iran and US policy towards Israel, I was uncomfortable with some of the ways he spoke about Israel’s supporters in the US. Some of his subsequent comments have added to my concern. We spoke privately and then agreed to hold a public conversation. I’m struggling these days to find the right way of speaking to, and about, people who rightly demand a change in US policy toward Israel but sometimes express themselves in ways I find troubling. I’m grateful to Cenk for being willing to publicly discuss my concerns— and, of course, I’m open to hearing his critiques of me. Please join us. Cited in Today’s Video Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid join forces to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu, and pledge not to govern with Israel’s Palestinian citizens. Things to Read (Maybe this should be obvious, but I link to articles and videos I find provocative and significant, not necessarily ones I entirely agree with.) In Jewish Currents ( subscribe !), 23 Palestinians reflect on the impact of Israel’s genocide on their lives. The disastrous legacy of Trump’s pullout from the Iran nuclear agreement. For the Foundation for Middle East Peace’s Occupied Thoughts podcast, I talked to Bard College Professor Ziad Abu-Rish about the roots of Israel’s aggression against Lebanon. Appearances On May 6, I’ll be speaking to the Joint Christian Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC. On May 18, I’ll be speaking to Town Hall Seattle and Third Place Books in Seattle, Washington. See you on Friday, Peter VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: So, t…