(The Daily) Israel's Existential Threat from Within

Highly recommended. I'll just put some of the comments on the episode below:

This episode was one of the most impressive and informative I have heard on the topic, particularly from the NYTimes…despite the infuriating topic, I enjoyed the longer format/deep dive.

Absolutely one of the best descriptions of the history of this region and it’s on going problems AND the reasons it is ongoing. Exceptional reporting and dialogue.

Fantastic episode with Ronen Bergman. It presented so much history I didn’t know in an accessible, non-inflammatory way.

Excellent reporting. Need everyone, pro Israel and pro Palestine, to listen to this!

Excellent report. The report starts out with the Six-Day War in 1967 when Israel acquired the Palestinian Territories, both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The Six-Day War was never properly resolved or concluded. Israel and the Palestinians are still fighting that war. It looks like there is no end in sight.


Israel’s Existential Threat From Within - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Sept. 18, 2024

Hosted by Sabrina Tavernise
Featuring Ronen Bergman
Produced by Rikki Novetsky and Michael Simon Johnson
Edited by Paige Cowett
With Ben Calhoun
Original music by Elisheba IttoopDan PowellMarion LozanoPat McCusker and Diane Wong
Engineered by Chris Wood
Fact-checking by Susan Lee.

Ronen Bergman is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, based in Tel Aviv. His latest book is “Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations,” published by Random House. More about Ronen Bergman


In the last year, the world’s eyes have been on the war in Gaza, which still has no end in sight. But there is a conflict in another Palestinian territory that has gotten far less attention, where life has become increasingly untenable: the West Bank.

Ronen Bergman, who has been covering the conflict, explains why things are likely to get worse, and the long history of extremist political forces inside Israel that he says are leading the country to an existential crisis.