In a special edition of the Haaretz Podcast, host Allison Kaplan Sommer and the Haaretz editorial team asked subscribers worldwide what they saw as the most urgent questions as the Israel-Hamas conflict passed the 100-day mark.
After going through an overwhelming number of questions, we realized we can’t answer them all in one 45-minute episode, but did our best at choosing the queries that seemed to be the most popular and intriguing. We then relayed them to the journalists who cover Israel, Gaza, Washington, and beyond on a daily basis to get their answers and share them with podcast listeners.
The topics range from politics to security issues to the reasons for the overwhelming level of global interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in general – and the current war in particular since October 7.
Is there any way to get rid of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? What do Israelis know and think about the level of death and destruction in Gaza? How does Israel decide when to assassinate a Hamas leader? Should Israel be more worried about progressive Democrats or the possible election of Donald Trump and the rise of the far right? What will the future look like for Israel and Gaza once this conflict is over? Should Israel go out of its way to protect Diaspora Jews?
In this episode, you can listen to the answers given by Haaretz editor in chief Aluf Benn, Haaretz English editor in chief Esther Solomon, Haaretz analysts Anshel Pfeffer, Yossi Melman, Alon Pinkas and Dahlia Scheindlin, and Haaretz correspondents Sheren Falah Saab and Ben Samuels.
