The desire for a Jewish homeland intensifies with the Kishniev-Bagrom of 1903 and the growing inhospitality towards Jews in Europe. As the pogroms become more violent, Jews seek asylum and safety, but their hopes for a Jewish state are not realized until 1948. The effectiveness of the German extermination efforts in Europe depends on the collaboration of the local Jewish communities.
Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur takes us on a deep dive into the origins of Israel--how European Jew-hatred gave birth to Zionism and the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. He then turns to the rise of Palestinian terrorism and explains why the Palestinian experience and the Israeli experience are so incompatible. Along the way, Gur places the Holocaust in a much broader European context. I learned an immense amount from this conversation and hope you do, too.