Israel-Hamas war, explained by Vox podcasts

The Israel-Palestine battle goes again a long time, however this latest war has taken an unprecedented toll in terms of the number of people killed, and represents a major step again from any hopes of securing a two-state resolution and a everlasting peace. Vox podcasts are overlaying the battle in depth, providing our listeners context and readability concerning the historical past of the battle, a deeper understanding of the gamers in Israel and Palestine and on the world stage, and the toll of Hamas’s assault and Israel’s retaliation on the folks within the area.

Today, Explained, Vox’s every day information explainer podcast, has been overlaying the battle because it started, with an episode posted proper after Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel that took the lives of 1,400 victims and resulted within the kidnapping of greater than 240 hostages. The present has since continued to cowl many threads on this story, from the place Hamas comes from to how false details about the battle has unfold on social media and the way data warfare is used within the Center East. Vox podcasts The Weeds and The Gray Area have additionally been overlaying the unfolding disaster, its stakes, and its impression.

You’ll find these and all our different episodes on the subject under; we’ll proceed so as to add as new episodes are revealed.

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BDS and the historical past of the boycott

November 8, 2023 | If you happen to activate the information or scroll by your social media feed of selection, there’s a superb likelihood you’ll see the newest on the Israel-Hamas warfare — and the response to it. However there’s one name to motion making its manner down social media feeds that feels completely different from all these different responses. It’s known as BDS, short for boycott, divest, and sanction. And like nearly the whole lot associated to this battle, it’s sophisticated and controversial. The Weeds host Jonquilyn Hill sits down with Vox senior reporter Whizy Kim to clarify the controversial motion, and with Cornell professor and writer of Shopping for Energy: A Historical past of Client Activism in America Lawrence B. Glickman to debate the historical past of boycotts and whether or not they even work.

Ceasefire?

November 8, 2023 | Protesters, politicians, and the pope are calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, however the US and Israeli governments stay opposed. Vox’s Jonathan Guyer and Jon B. Alterman from the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research clarify what occurs subsequent.

The view from Israel

November 2, 2023 | Israelis overwhelmingly disapprove of their authorities’s dealing with of the October 7 assaults, however their need for unity retains Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in energy. Michael Koplow of the Israel Coverage Discussion board explains what Israel’s authorities ought to do subsequent, and professor Noah Efron of Bar-Ilan College describes the temper amongst Israelis.

Gaza’s humanitarian disaster

October 30, 2023 | Reduce off from water and energy and recovering from a communications blackout, Gaza is plunged deeper into disaster. It’s not only a humanitarian downside, says main human rights lawyer Kenneth Roth — it’s a violation of worldwide regulation.

Why does the US all the time aspect with Israel?

October 25, 2023 | This was the highest query we acquired once we requested Today, Explained listeners hat they needed to learn about this battle. Joel Beinin, Center East historical past professor emeritus at Stanford, has solutions.

Hearts, minds, and likes

October 23, 2023 | False details about what is going on in Israel and Gaza is taking up social media quicker than journalists like BBC Confirm’s Shayan Sardarizadeh can verify it. That’s precisely how digital propagandists need it, says professor and social media professional Marc Owen Jones.

Biden goes to Israel

October 18, 2023 | It’s been 11 days since Hamas attacked Israel, killing civilians and taking hostages. Israel’s retaliation has killed a whole bunch of Palestinians and created a humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Senior fellow on the Carnegie Endowment Aaron David Miller and Center East analyst Michael Wahid Hanna clarify what position diplomacy will play within the coming days.

How Palestinians view Hamas

October 16, 2023 | The US together with Israel and lots of of its allies have lengthy thought-about Hamas a terrorist group. Khaled Al-Hroub, a professor at Northwestern College in Qatar, explains how its popularity is lots murkier amongst Palestinians, who elected the group to political energy in 2006.

Israel, Hamas, and the way we acquired right here

October 10, 2023 | This Israel-Hamas warfare is in contrast to those that got here earlier than it, says Haaretz’s Allison Kaplan Sommer. However it was years within the making, says Vox’s Zack Beauchamp.