The Importance of Understanding the Impact on Zionism

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The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding the impact of current events on Zionism, highlighting the need to address the issue of rockets and the resulting existential threat. They stress that the creation of a state was intended to alter the reality for the Jewish people, contrasting the situation with historical events where the Jewish community lacked support and protection.

Over the 25 years he's lived in Israel, author Daniel Gordis of Shalem College has seen many chapters of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, beginning with the Second Intifada that followed the Oslo Accords. Listen as he and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss why Hamas's massacre of October 7th is different and is an existential threat to Israel. They also speak about why Israelis are demanding a different response to Hamas than they have in the past, and how and why this war will change Israel and the Jewish people.