The Turbulent World - April 2024 Update on Iran & Israel, Gaza Protests, Extreme Rhetoric in Israel, Israel’s Information War, Benjamin Netanyahu, and More w/ James M. Dorsey

On this edition of Parallax Views, Middle East scholar Prof. James M. Dorsey of The Turbulent World w/ James M. Dorsey Substack blog returns for another update on the situation of Israel/Palestine and the broader Middle East. This hour and a half conversation delves into many different areas including:

- The Gaza War

- Violence in the West Bank

- The past month of tensions between Iran and Israel starting with Israel's attack on an Iranian consulate compound and Iran's strike in response; the Biden administration's response to the Iran attack; the 7-year-old Bedouin girl injured in the Iranian strike

- The U.S. foreign policy establishment and Iran hawks

- The Gaza protests at Columbia University and other campuses around the U.S.

- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his policy on Palestine, and related matters related to Bibi

- Will the situation of Gazans really fundamentally change in a post-Netanyahu Israel?

- Khan Younis mass graves allegations

- UNRWA situation and Israel's information war (which Dorsey argues Israel is losing)

- The different flavors of both Zionism and anti-Zionism; militant anti-Zionism vs. conciliatory anti-Zionism

- The genocide discourse, legal definition of genocide, and war crimes/human rights violations

- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Hamas, and the Arab street

- Nancy Pelosi's conspiracy theory about Gaza protests being tinged by the influence of foreign powers

- Personal anecdote from James about an experience he had involving Zbigniew Brzezinski and Iran

- Extreme rhetoric within Israel, especially amongst elements in Israel's army and amongst religious leaders; Rabbi Mali's comments suggesting the Israel kill Palestinian women to prevent the births of future Palestinian boys

- And much, much more