Real abuse, Reckless Reporting: Haviv Rettig Gur Dissects Kristof's Israel Prison Story
5/19/202656 min
Get tickets https://www.92ny.org/event/ghosts-of-a-holy-war for Ghosts of a Holy War: A Conversation with Yardena Schwartz, Dr. Noam Weissman and 92NY's Rabbi David Ingber. 19 May Tuesday. 7:30 PM ET Journalist Haviv Rettig Gur joins Noam to respond to Nicholas Kristof's New York Times column alleging sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli forces. They examine the sourcing, the suspicious timing relative to a major Hamas sexual violence report, and ask the hardest question: how do Jews stay morally serious about real problems within Israeli society when the world holds them to a standard applied to no one else? Listener note: this episode contains strong language. Read and listen to Haviv Rettig Gur's response here: The Paper Trail of Nicholas Kristof’s Smear Is Nicholas Kristof Right? The Civil Commission’s Report on Oct 7th Sexual Violence - Silenced NO More This episode of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Andrea and Larry Gill and Jody and Ari Storch. To sponsor an episode or to be in touch, please email noam@unpacked.media. Check out this episode on Youtube. This podcast is brought to you by Unpacked, an OpenDor Media brand.
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First 90 secondsNoam Weissman· Host0:00
Hey, I'm Noam Weissman, and this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history. This episode of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Andrea and Larry Gill and Jodi and Ari Storch. If you wanna sponsor an episode of Unpacking Israeli History, or if you just wanna say hey, be in touch at noam@unpacked.media. Before we start, as always, check us out on Instagram, on TikTok, on YouTube, all the places. Just search Unpacking Israeli History and hit the follow or subscribe button. Okay, yalla. Let's do this. [instrumental music] I am not in my normal studio right now. I'm traveling. I'm actually in Baltimore, Maryland, and I have the opportunity to be in conversation with my dear friend, Haviv Rettigur. The reason we had to have this conversation over the weekend is because we had to reflect on a story that many of us have been hearing about, many