Post Opinions: The Disorienting Feeling of Being American Amid the Israel-Gaza War

Capehart

The Washington Post

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Almost four months since Hamas’ barbaric attacks, Israel’s bloody operation in Gaza is still ongoing, with civilian casualties mounting by the day. The war has dominated our news feeds and dinner table conversations, and opened up rifts that cross traditional partisan lines. Three of our columnists — Jason Rezaian, Alyssa Rosenberg and Shadi Hamid — got together to discuss if the war is changing how they think about America, its moral standing in the world and what it means to be an American. Keep listening for updates on more conversations coming from the Opinions team at The Post. Capehart will be back with a new episode next week.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Kapart. This week, rather than a new episode of Kapart,
0:06.1	we're listening into a conversation between three of my opinion columnist colleagues,
0:10.4	Shadi Hamid, Alyssa Rosenberg, and Jason Rizayan, as they discuss both the national and personal
0:17.0	dimensions of the Israel-Gazah War.
0:19.8	It's a timely and powerful conversation about why this conflict has hit the emotional core of so many Americans
0:26.5	and explores what role the United States should play as the war continues. Could we start by introducing ourselves? Yeah, hi I'm Shady Hamid.
0:44.0	I'm Melissa Rosenberg.
0:45.0	And I'm Jason Resign.
0:47.0	We're all columnist here at the Washington Post and like many of you,
0:50.0	we've all been watching the devastating war in the Middle East over the last 100 plus days.
0:56.0	This war is all over the news, all over our social media feeds, and often in our conversations
1:01.2	with our friends and family.
1:03.0	Opinions on the topic are strong.
1:05.0	This war in America's unflinching support for it
1:08.0	has caused fights around kitchen tables
1:10.0	and editorial boardrooms around the country.
1:14.0	Today we want to get personal and talk about if America's support of Israel in this conflict
1:18.8	has changed people's feelings about the U and American idiots.
1:25.6	Shaddy I want to start with you.
1:29.6	What's your initial reaction to that question?
1:32.0	Has this impacted your feelings about America?
1:36.2	Yeah, it has. So I've traditionally been pretty hawkish on foreign policy. I believe
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