Israel, Hamas, and the Laws of War | Robert Wright & Sarah Leah Whitson

Subscribe to The Nonzero Newsletter at 1:37 Israel’s military plans for northern Gaza 4:37 How does international law apply to Israel and Hamas? 15:47 The first casualty of war is truth 24:22 Do Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute ethnic cleansing? 31:38 The evolving definition of genocide 39:08 How the US and Israel helped Hamas seize power 49:50 America’s ill-fated push for Arab-Israeli normalization 52:49 The hazards of overreacting to Hamas’s attack 1:00:58 How western media has covered the conflict so far Robert Wright (, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Sarah Leah Whitson (Democracy for the Arab World Now). Recorded October 16, 2023. Twitter: