Another Angle E3: Former IDF Lt. Colonel on Antisemitism, Ceasefire, and the Israel-Hamas War

The landscape of the Middle East changed on October 7, 2023 when Hamas launched a withering attack on Israel. The war that followed is re-igniting debates over the world’s perception of the Jewish people, and the right of Israel to exist as a free state. In this episode, Isaac and Rena sit down with Dr. Amos Guiora, a scholar and retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, for a conversation on everything from the reality of a Gazan ceasefire to the roots of American antisemitism.

00:33 - War in Israel

1:20 - Dr. Amos Guiora introduction

3:15 - IDF failure in the Hamas attacks

4:40 - Two-state solution?

9:15 - A better response to Oct. 7

14:00 - Hamas's moral calculus

17:00 - The American perspective on Israel

20:30 - Anti-Semitism in America

27:00 - Public perception of Israel

29:20 - Morality and armed conflict