Elizabeth Tsurkov returns for another Conflicted Conversation. This time, the conversation turns to Israel after October 7th. Elizabeth traces her own political journey from the Israeli right to a hard-won humanism, then explains how Israel’s old security doctrine collapsed — and why the new one may lead not to safety, but to permanent war.
Elizabeth and Thomas discuss:
Israel’s security doctrine after 7 October
Israel’s shift from deterrence to pre-emption
Why deterrence without a political endgame failed
Gaza, Hamas and the limits of military victory
Hezbollah, Lebanon and Israel’s buffer-zone strategy
Israel’s new "buffer zone" security perimeter
Iran’s missile threat and Israel’s war with Tehran
The Abraham Accords, IMEC and bypassing Palestine
Why real Israeli fears may be producing the wrong answers
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Conflicted is a Message Heard production.
Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren.
Produced and edited by Thomas Small.
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