This is Democracy – Episode 322 – Israel: Past and Present

This week, Jeremi and Zachary interview Brown University historian Dr. Omer Bartov about his book, Israel: What Went Wrong? , written after October 7 amid his efforts to understand Israeli society, media narratives, and the war in Gaza informed by his visits to Israel in 2024. Dr. Omer Bartov is the Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. He is the author of many important books, including: Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz ; Tales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician Past ; and most recently, Israel: What Went Wrong? .

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This episode is 00:39:20 long.

This episode was published on May 11, 2026.

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