The Israel-Palestine battle goes again a long time, however this newest battle has taken an unprecedented toll by way of the variety of individuals killed, and represents a big step again from any hopes of securing a two-state resolution and a everlasting peace. Vox podcasts are masking the battle in depth, providing our listeners context and readability concerning the historical past of the battle, a deeper understanding of the gamers in Israel and Palestine and on the world stage, and the toll of Hamas’s assault and Israel’s retaliation on the individuals within the area.
Today, Explained, Vox’s day by day information explainer podcast, has been masking the battle because it started, with an episode posted proper after Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel that took the lives of 1,400 victims and resulted within the kidnapping of greater than 240 hostages. The present has since continued to cowl many threads on this story, from the place Hamas comes from to how false details about the battle has unfold on social media and the way data warfare is used within the Middle East. Vox podcasts The Weeds and The Gray Area have additionally been masking the unfolding disaster, its stakes, and its impression.
You can discover these and all our different episodes on the subject beneath; we’ll proceed so as to add as new episodes are revealed.
BDS and the historical past of the boycott
November 8, 2023 | If you activate the information or scroll by your social media feed of selection, there’s an excellent probability you’ll see the most recent on the Israel-Hamas battle — and the response to it. But there’s one name to motion making its method down social media feeds that feels completely different from all these different responses. It’s known as BDS, brief for boycott, divest, and sanction. And like nearly the whole lot associated to this battle, it’s sophisticated and controversial. The Weeds host Jonquilyn Hill sits down with Vox senior reporter Whizy Kim to clarify the controversial motion, and with Cornell professor and creator of Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America Lawrence B. Glickman to debate the historical past of boycotts and whether or not they even work.
Ceasefire?
November 8, 2023 | Protesters, politicians, and the pope are calling for a ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas battle, however the US and Israeli governments stay opposed. Vox’s Jonathan Guyer and Jon B. Alterman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies clarify what occurs subsequent.
The view from Israel
November 2, 2023 | Israelis overwhelmingly disapprove of their authorities’s dealing with of the October 7 assaults, however their want for unity retains Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in energy. Michael Koplow of the Israel Policy Forum explains what Israel’s authorities ought to do subsequent, and professor Noah Efron of Bar-Ilan University describes the temper amongst Israelis.
Gaza’s humanitarian disaster
October 30, 2023 | Cut off from water and energy and recovering from a communications blackout, Gaza is plunged deeper into disaster. It’s not only a humanitarian drawback, says main human rights lawyer Kenneth Roth — it’s a violation of worldwide regulation.
Why does the US all the time aspect with Israel?
October 25, 2023 | This was the highest query we obtained once we requested Today, Explained listeners hat they needed to find out about this battle. Joel Beinin, Middle East historical past professor emeritus at Stanford, has solutions.
Hearts, minds, and likes
October 23, 2023 | False details about what is occurring in Israel and Gaza is taking up social media sooner than journalists like BBC Verify’s Shayan Sardarizadeh can test it. That’s precisely how digital propagandists need it, says professor and social media knowledgeable Marc Owen Jones.
Biden goes to Israel
October 18, 2023 | It’s been 11 days since Hamas attacked Israel, killing civilians and taking hostages. Israel’s retaliation has killed a whole lot of Palestinians and created a humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Senior fellow on the Carnegie Endowment Aaron David Miller and Middle East analyst Michael Wahid Hanna clarify what function diplomacy will play within the coming days.
How Palestinians view Hamas
October 16, 2023 | The US together with Israel and lots of of its allies have lengthy thought of Hamas a terrorist group. Khaled Al-Hroub, a professor at Northwestern University in Qatar, explains how its popularity is loads murkier amongst Palestinians, who elected the group to political energy in 2006.
Israel, Hamas, and the way we obtained right here
October 10, 2023 | This Israel-Hamas battle is in contrast to those that got here earlier than it, says Haaretz’s Allison Kaplan Sommer. But it was years within the making, says Vox’s Zack Beauchamp.
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