Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem
A comprehensive exploration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, examining the psychological and historical forces that continue to shape the Middle East.
Episodes in This Series
#1 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem, pt. 1
The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A group calling themselves Zionists puts out a call to awaken the oppressed Jews of Europe. The time had come, after two thousand years, to return to Palestine. But there was a problem: another people had moved into the land and had been living there for 1300 years.
#2 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem, pt. 2
The Arabs and the Zionists in Palestine struggle to get their bearings in a ruined world after the First World War. People around the world are demanding their independence, but building a national identity takes more than just drawing lines on a map.
#3 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem - Nostalgia and Naivety in Honor Culture
An exploratory aside that discusses Arab tribal dynamics, honor culture, religion, and the mutual incomprehension that helped construct the Middle Eastern mousetrap a century ago.
#4 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem, pt. 3
As the Middle Eastern regional order is hammered into place by the Entente powers, Zionism goes underground. Prosperity abroad and security in Palestine make the 1920s a relatively quiet period. As the real effects of the Zionist project begin to be felt, tensions rise until the decade ends as it began… in violence.
#5 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem - Things Fall Apart...
Riots. Massacres. Palestinian Arabs finally find a voice in the wake of the 1929 massacres. Desperate European Jews seek escape from Nazi persecution just as Palestinian resistance stiffens and the British become skeptical of the Zionist project.
#6 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem - Never Again
Modern Zionism began in the late 19th century; by 1939, it had transformed into a desperate play for bare survival. Young revolutionaries do combat with Zionist elder statesmen. Hitler's German Reich and Stalin's Soviet Union do battle for Europe. Our episode begins with desperate Jews in Nazi Europe and ends with the realization of the Zionist dream: a sovereign state of Israel.
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