“I was so pleased that this podcast was being made because I’d hoped that these two could prove, in a very small way, that where there is goodwill on both sides, there is a route to a lasting solution and peace in the Middle East. Unfortunately, although they are becoming friends as individuals, their discussions are descending into trying to prove and promulgate their individual positions. David is full of ‘what-aboutery’ and is determined to show that critics of Israel are closet anti-Semites, while the far-better informed Sayeeda has been unable to show a pathway that guarantees Israel its security while her (and my) preferred solution of two viable states is agreed, worked on and underwritten over the decades it will take to come to fruition.
I can hear ‘what-aboutery’ on phone-in shows every day, and am so disappointed that this podcast hasn’t been able to rise above it.”
Syobahn via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/06/24