I talked to Seth Ackerman about two articles of his, on Israel’s destructive disregard for realpolitik and the missed opportunity for a settlement with Hamas [sic!]. Right now, the Jewish people are (hopefully) being jolted out of a kind of collective fugue state, and I hope this conversation illustrates the value of engaging with some critics of Israel, even quite extreme ones. Where Seth and I most differ is that he is pro-democracy, and I’m not, but we only scratched the surface of that (this, of course, leads on to HBD, which we didn’t touch on at all).
Here’s my article on why I don’t like Jabotinsky.
