Peter Beinart

New York

Contributor at CNN

Editor-at-Large, Jewish Currents. Author, "Beinart Notebook" on Substack. Prof, Newmark School of Journalism, CUNY. MSNBC Analyst. Tweets=my views, not CUNY's

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The Gaza Debate is Over

4 days ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

Note: I’m sending this out early because the Jewish holiday of Shavuot starts tonight. Hossam and Mariam Alzweidi were severely injured along with their four children by Israeli bombs and have been displaced ten times since October 7th. They’re trying to raise the money to seek medical care in Egypt. Their GoFundMe page is here. Friday Zoom CallThis Friday’s Zoom call, for paid subscribers, will be at our regular time, 1 PM Eastern.
Fania Oz-Salzberger and Aziz Abu Sarah Discuss their Differences and Agreements on Israel

4 days ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people. A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza

5 days ago | meforum.org | Peter Beinart

Beinart gives full expression to the fantasy that Jewish self-reform can lead to peace in the Middle East, a delusion exposed twenty years ago by Kenneth Levin in The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege (Smith & Kraus).
May “Ask Me Anything”

6 days ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

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Fania Oz-Salzberger and Aziz Abu Sarah Discuss their Differences on Israel

1 week ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

This week’s Zoom call, for paid subscribers, will be tomorrow, Friday, May 30, at our regular time, 1PM Eastern. Our guests will be the Israeli writer and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger and the Palestinian peace activist Aziz Abu Sarah. Earlier this year they debated on X whether Israel targets Palestinian civilians and how to evaluate Israel’s behavior compared to the behavior of Hamas.
May "Ask Me Anything" Tomorrow

1 week ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

This month’s “Ask Me Anything” discussion for Premium paid members will be tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, at 2pm ET. Zoom link will appear below for Premium members. I’m looking forward to talking with you.
April “Ask Me Anything”

1 week ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

AMA live session and full video is a special perk for premium paid subscribers. 9-minute sample is for everyone. Thanks so much for your support. Our May AMA will be May 29, at 2pm ET. Give a gift subscriptionclick to order and for tour dates
Desecrating God’s Name

1 week ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

In recent months, Abir Elzowidi has been sending me updates from her brother Hossam and his wife, Mariam, who were severely injured in Gaza along with their four children by Israeli bombs and have been displaced ten times since October 7th. They’re trying to raise the money to seek medical care in Egypt. Their GoFundMe page is here. She sent this note, from Hossam, last week:As the bombing and bloodshed continue, a haunting question echoes through Gaza:Whose last night will this be?
On the preciousness of life - making sense of the horrifying murders in Washington, DC

1 week ago | johnmenadue.com | Peter Beinart

So, this terrible murder of two young Israeli embassy officials, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. I think, is one of those moments where it’s important to be able to speak certain complementary truths, truths that are separated by “and,” not by “but". Republished from The Beinart Notebook, 23 May 2025 where you can view the author read this transcript. But also to state them in the right moral order.
On the Preciousness of Life

2 weeks ago | peterbeinart.substack.com | Peter Beinart

So, this terrible murder of two young Israeli embassy officials, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim I think is one of those moments where it's important to be able to speak certain complementary truths, truths that are separated by “and,” not by “but.”But also to state them in the right moral order. And the first, most fundamental, primary thing to say is that this murder was fundamentally wrong.