Mehdi Hasan challenges Israeli historian Benny Morris on Israel’s battle on Gaza, its historic roots and Zionism.
On this episode, Mehdi Hasan challenges outstanding Israeli historian Benny Morris on his help for Israel’s battle on Gaza, the historical past across the founding of Israel and the Nakba.
Morris’s e-book, The Start of the Palestinian Refugee Downside, 1947-1949, dismantled most of the myths behind the displacement of greater than 700,000 Palestinians throughout that interval. His critics, nevertheless, say he now justifies lots of these crimes.
Hasan and Morris are joined by a panel of three specialists:
Diana Buttu – a Palestinian lawyer and former adviser for the Palestine Liberation Group
Daniel Levy – a former Israeli peace negotiator and present president of the US/ Center East Undertaking
Emmanuel Navon – a world relations lecturer at Tel Aviv College
This was filmed earlier than the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran on July 31.
