Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
Society & Culture
On this edition of Parallax Views, Prof. James M. Dorsey of the Turbulent World of MidEast Soccer blog returns to discuss the latest news on Israel/Palestine, specifically the deadly attack on Hamas and what it pertains for the future of Middle East geopolitics. The attack has been described as "Israel's 9/11" and incurred civilian causalities. Among the issues tackled in this conversation:
- Hamas' motivations for the attack
- Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morrocco, Egypt, and what this means for Middle East relations and the shattering of many notions about geopolitics in the Middle East
- Israel cutting off access to water, electricity, and food
- Hezbollah in Lebanon
- Netanyahu's government focus on the West Bank; failure to prevent attack and intelligence and operational failure
- Possibility of escalation into a conflict with Iran
- U.S. decision to send an aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean
- Israeli far-right ultranationalist movements led by figures like Religious Zionist Party's Bezalel Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben-Gvir
- Netanyahu's coalition government and the polarization of the Jewish community over the current Israeli government
- Effect of Hamas attack: hardening of anti-Palestinian sentiments in Israel while also calling into question the efficacy of Israeli security forces in the public sentiment
- Relationship between Hamas and Iran; it hasn't always been a comfortable relationship re: Syria
- Hamas was preparing in the open for a moment like this; the explosion between Hamas and Israel should not be surprising, but breaking through the fence into Israel should be; Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri's comments about "total war" over the summer
- Question of Saudi recognition of Israel and whether these unfolding events will kill that
- Erdogan's Turkey and whether it will try to take a role/position as mediators
- Arab social media backlash against Hamas' way of conducting the attack; Turkish support of Israel on social media and the reasons for it
- Palestine Authority's Mahmoud Abbas and potential succession struggle
- Possible future negotiation between Hamas and Israel?
- Difference between Hamas and Fatah
- Hamas' miscalculation on two fronts
- U.S.-Israel relationship rift prior to the attacks; Biden administration
- Israeli blockade of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank
- Occupation cannot be sustained indefinitely
- Biggest risk going forward for Palestinians and Israelis
- The strange points-of-commonality between Hamas and Israeli ultranationalists
- Netanyahu's warning telling Gazans to leave areas that Israel is targeting; misconceptions about that warning; density of Gaza's population and importance of that fact
- Israeli and Palestinian trauma
- What will it take to end the conflict?
- Question of failure of the international community in regards to Israel/Palestine
- How will China react to this?
- WWIII?
- James article on the subject of this episode: "The Middle East may never be the same"
Israel/Palestine from a DSA Perspective w/ Yaseen Al-Sheikh/Further Thoughts on Gaza w/ Filmmaker and Activist Frank Barat
Israel’s Bombing of Gaza, Henry Kissinger’s Booger-gate Moment, Alexander Cockburn Vs. the Israel Lobby Revisited, & Sen. Bob Menendez Skullduggery w/ Ken Silverstein
Israel’s Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza and the Logic of Terrorism w/ Prof. Robert A. Pape
Networked Tribal Warfare, Israel, and the Gaza War w/ John Robb
Two Perspectives on Henry Kissinger w/ Michael Desch and Tim Shorrock
The ADL’s Forgotten Spy Ring Scandal and the South African Apartheid Regime w/ Mark Ames
Gaza and the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi
Gaza, War Crimes, and International Law w/ Kenneth Roth
Bombshell Reporting on Israeli Intelligence Failure & Bombing of Gaza w/ Dave DeCamp/Israel’s War Against Hamas w/ David C. Hendrickson/Iran’s Response to the Gaza War w/ Muhammad Sahimi
The Occupation of the West Bank w/ Dana El Kurd and Diana B. Greenwald
Netanyahu’s Doctrine, Attacks on the Press, and Embrace of Elon Musk + Israeli Left vs. International Left w/ Haaretz Contributor Etan Nechin
Israel-Hamas Hostage/Prisoner Swap, Israel Administrative Detention for Palestinian Prisoners, From the River to the Sea Debate, and Related Issues w/ Louis Fishman
Terror in the Mind of God, Or: Religious Violence from Hamas to the Messianic Israeli Settler Movement w/ Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer
Armenians Under Threat in Jerusalem + Spyware and the Lebanese Security State w/ Anas Ambri
The Gaza War, the Question of Genocide, and Israel’s Messianic Far-Right Golem w/ Prof. Omer Bartov
The Gaza War, Militarism & the Rise of the Right in the U.S. & Israel, & the ADL w/ Jeet Heer
Argentina’s President-Elect Javier Milei’s Hawkish Foreign Policy w/ Eldar Mamedov
The Horror! The Horror! A Film Fanatic’s Obsession With the Cinema of the Macabre w/ Dennis Daniel
Armenians Under Threat from Israeli Settler Extremists in Jerusalem w/ Prof. Bedross Der Matossian
Beyond the Genocide Debate: Permanent Security Logic & the Gaza War w/ Dirk Moses/The ”Were the Nazis Better Than Hamas?” Discourse is Distorting Holocaust History w/ Waitman Beorn
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