How to Achieve Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading intellectual and original thinker on matters of foreign policy, economics, education, Israel, and the Jewish people. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010-2013 on behalf of the Labor and Independence parties. Dr. Wilf has a BA in Government and Fine Arts from Harvard University, an MBA from INSEAD in France (Institut Europ\xe9en d\u2019Administration des Affaires), and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cambridge. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Wilf served as an Intelligence Officer in the Israel Defense Forces. Dr. Wilf is also the author of six books including: My Israel, Our Generation, Back to Basics: How to Save Israeli Education (At No Additional Cost), It\u2019s NOT the Electoral System, Stupid, Winning the War of Words, Telling Our Story (a collection of Wilf\u2019s essays on Israel, Zionism and the path to peace,) and The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace.
Shermer and Wilf discuss: Why Israel? Why the Jews? Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism \u2022 Karim Khan \u2022 accusations of genocide, induced famine, and war crimes against Netanyahu \u2022 who will recognize a Palestinian state? \u2022 why, after 7 months of fighting, the IDF has been unable to defeat Hamas \u2022 AP story outlining 4 options for Gaza: full scale military occupation; lighter occupation; grand bargain; a deal with Hamas \u2022 Zionism, Judaism, and Israel \u2022 Palestine, Palestinians, and the Gaza strip \u2022 Hamas, Hezbollah, and terrorism in the Middle East \u2022 Why students & student groups are pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel \u2022 The Abraham Accords \u2022 The Two-State Solution.