Host Simon Spungin is joined by senior Haaretz writers Alon Pinkas and Bradley Burston, to discuss a poll which found that one in four American Jews sees Israel as an apartheid state. We ask: Is it an accurate description of Israel in 2021? If Israel gets rids of the occupied Palestinian territories, will allegations of ‘apartheid’ end immediately? What role did former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the moribund peace process play in mainstreaming the term? And in what other manifestations of ‘apartheid’ have become evident in Israeli society?

Host Simon Spungin is joined by senior Haaretz writers <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4969532">Alon Pinkas</a> and <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968146">Bradley Burston</a>, to discuss <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/a-quarter-of-u-s-jews-agree-that-israel-is-an-apartheid-state-in-new-survey-1.9995986">a poll which found that one in four American Jews</a> sees Israel as an apartheid state. We ask: Is it an <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-the-a-word-why-israel-is-not-an-apartheid-state-despite-hrw-s-claims-1.9756757">accurate description</a> of Israel in 2021? If Israel gets rids of the <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians">occupied Palestinian territories</a>, will allegations of &lsquo;apartheid&rsquo; end immediately? What role did former prime minister <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-netanyahu-and-hamas-are-working-together-to-destroy-my-israel-1.9822720">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> and the moribund peace process play in mainstreaming the term? And in what other manifestations of &lsquo;<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-so-israel-s-an-apartheid-state-what-s-next-1.9759761">apartheid&rsquo;</a> have become evident in Israeli society?

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

Your audio guide to Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.

Haaretz Podcast

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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