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It’s Not Just the Presidential Candidates
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- The Beinart Notebook
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- Apr 20, 2026
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- 573
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Summary
This week’s Zoom call will be at our regular time, Friday at 1 PM Eastern. Our guests will be Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon, co-authors of the new book, The Future is Peace . Aziz, a Palestinian born in the West Bank, saw his brother die from injuries sustained while held in an Israeli prison. Maoz, a Jewish Israeli born on a kibbutz near Gaza, lost both of his parents on October 7, 2023. Somehow, both men have turned their suffering into activism for justice and peace. We’ll talk about their personal journeys, about the challenges of joint Jewish and Palestinian struggle and about how they maintain their faith in a better future in Palestine and Israel despite the horrors occurring there every day. Please join us. Cited in Today’s Video Dan Shapiro’s comments on the Iran War 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 !), Tanvi Misra writes about the relationship between the denial of the right of asylum and the rise of authoritarianism. In The Nation , Ahmad Ibsais argues that under international law, Israel may be committing genocide not only in Gaza but in the West Bank as well. Gavin Newsom endorses Donald Trump’s blockade of Cuba. Appearances On April 20, I’ll be speaking at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. On April 23, I’ll be interviewing Mohammed R. Mhawish, the award-winning Palestinian journalist and writer from Gaza City, at CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. On April 26, I’ll be speaking at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland. On May 6, I’ll be speaking to the Joint Christian Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC. See you on Friday, Peter VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: There’…