#362 — Six Months of War

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray and Josh Szeps about the ongoing war in Gaza. They discuss public opinion about the war, the prospect of a widening conflict with Hezbollah and Iran, whether the Iron Dome was a mistake, the sentiments of Israeli Arabs, the global problem of Islamism, the risk of a resurgent right-wing in Europe, the crisis at the southern border in the US, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast, this is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're hearing this you're not currently on our subscriber feed and will only be hearing the first part of this conversation.
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0:34.0	So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one. Well, it's been six months since October 7th, 2003, and the blizzard of moral confusion about the atrocities committed on that day
0:57.9	and about Israel's response to them remain something to behold.
1:03.0	In this episode I speak with Douglas Murray and Josh Zepp's about the current state of the war
1:08.0	and public opinion.
1:10.0	Several things have happened since I recorded this conversation with Douglas and Josh, however.
1:14.8	Most notably the IDF accidentally killed some of the staff,
1:18.4	working for Chef Jose Andreas' Aid Organization, World Central Kitchen.
1:23.4	This was obviously a tragic accident,
1:26.1	and yet much of the world has responded
1:28.4	as though it weren't an accident at all,
1:31.0	and that it is somehow plausible that the IDF is intentionally murdering aid workers.
1:36.8	The fact that so many people have responded in this way tells you everything you need to know
1:41.6	about the status of Israel and the level of moral intelligence out there.
1:47.0	Some people have asked me if the ongoing carnage in Gaza and in particular this killing of aid workers has changed my view of the war.
1:55.0	The short answer is no, which might be surprising to some of you.
2:01.0	I shouldn't be surprising to anyone who has listened to what I've said
2:04.5	previously about the war. I've released several solo podcasts since October 7th,
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