Did Netanyahu know October 7th was coming? Why did he fund Hamas? Who are the settlers killing Palestinians in the West Bank? A journalist based in Israel answers the questions American media ignore.
Ari Flanzraich is a Canadian investigative journalist for major outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, the Observer, among others, using command of both languages to operate in Palestinian villages and Israeli settlements. He has posed as a Palestinian to meet with leaders of militant factions and arms dealers in the West Bank, bringing rare on-the-ground insight into the region. He spent his first several years in Israel living and working alongside illegal West Bankers and Gazans in Arab villages along the Green Line. Most recently, he served as an investigative reporter for The Washington Post.
Chapters
0:00 The Truth Behind October 7th
8:44 When Did Planning For October 7th Start?
15:35 Why the Head of Hamas Wants Israel to Take Over Gaza
23:24 Did Israeli Intel Ignore Signals Leading up to October 7th?
30:51 Why Was the IDF Given a Stand Down-Order?
38:03 Will the Citizens of Gaza Be Relocated Anywhere?
45:42 Why Did Netanyahu Send U.S. Funds to Hamas Before October 7th?
52:47 Israel’s Actual Weakness
59:24 The Strange New World of West Bank Settlers
1:13:45 Are Israel’s Cabinet Ministers Powerful Figures?
1:17:19 Do Israelis Have a Sense of What the World Thinks of Israel?
1:21:49 What’s the Root of Antisemitism?
1:27:49 How Much Damage Has Been Done From the War?
1:34:07 How Has Israel Changed Since October 7th?
1:40:39 How Israelis View Trump, the GCC, and American Jews
1:46:35 The Landscape of the Middle East in Five Years
