Episode

10/22 Max Blumenthal: Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel

October 22, 2013

Journalist Max Blumenthal explains why he wrote his new book Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, understanding the key institutions of Israeli society, Israeli education, what drives Benjamin Netanyahu, the human rights crisis in Israel Palestine now, why so many Israeli’s live abroad, the rise of the far right in Israel and why it dominates and the danger of redefining Judaism globally.

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