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PETER BEINART IN ISRAEL

 
Emir 2025-03-11 18:41:08 

Peter Beinart's new book, "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" confronts his "horror" - even as a long-time harsh critic of Israeli policies - at the devastation that has taken place over the past 15 months, since the October 7 Hamas attack.

"In 2023, I wrote about my concerns about the possibility of ethnic cleansing on a large scale, as opposed to the small scale ethnic cleansing that has been going on for years," Beinart said, speaking on the Haaretz Podcast. "But I really could not imagine what we've seen in Gaza - which is basically the destruction of an entire society, most of the buildings destroyed, most of the hospitals, schools, universities, agriculture, the necessities of life."


HE TELLS THE TRUTH