Journalist Gideon Levy is one of the most articulate critics of Israeli war and apartheid. He spoke to Jacobin about the grim pro-war mood in Israel and the need for international pressure to end its apartheid system.
Since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, Israel has been in a state of emergency. The country is governed by a war cabinet, military censors black out selected reports and expel certain foreign media, and the devastating war in Gaza rages on.
It is often said in Israel that Hamas alone is to blame for everything that has happened since October 7. But the Middle East conflict did not begin just last year. This conflict has a long and bloody history, in the course of which Palestine was occupied by Israel for decades and the Arab population between the Levantine Sea and the Jordan River was disenfranchised.
Few people know this better than the Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, who has been reporting on Israel’s policy of Palestinian displacement and exclusion for decades. In an interview with Hanno Hauenstein for Jacobin, he spoke about the history of the conflict, the possible annexation of the West Bank, and his hopes for the region.
Hanno Hauenstein
This weekend dozens of Palestinians were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza intended to kill Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. Images of the strike show large craters and huge smoke clouds in places that Israel previously designated as “safe zones.” In the operation to free four hostages in Nuseirat a couple weeks ago, well over two hundred Gazans were killed — most of them civilians. Is the fact that there is that high of a price for the war discussed in the Israeli public?
Gideon Levy
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