From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea
This podcast seeks to be a conversation starter for those who seek to break beyond the binaries and labels of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine, exploring what it means to be pro-peace. Ultimately, it seeks to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable.
Season 1 of From the Yarra was hosted by Hannah Baker and Ittay Flescher, a conversation between two Jews in Melbourne and Jerusalem about war and peace. It was recorded between December 2023 - October 2024.
Season 2 of 'From the Yarra' is coming soon, featuring exclusive conversations with Ittay Flescher about his new book, 'The Holy and the Broken.'
From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea
Episode 3: October 7 War Diary
This episode will likely comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable, so have a listen to it in a space where you can breathe, process and reflect.
In this episode, we discuss:
- A brief history of the disengagement from Gaza and the seige that has been in place since
- Hamas' rise to power
- Ittay's experience of October 7 in Jerusalem
- Hannah's experience of October 7 in Melbourne
- How October 7th broke Israel's "conception" of Hamas and how Israel's response has broken Hamas' "conception" of Israel
RESOURCES
For further reading, we recommend looking at this piece by Adam Raz about the legacy of the 2005 Gaza Disengagement on our current situation
In the lead up to our next episode with Mushon Zer Aviv, please read:
https://medium.com/@mushon/your-empathy-is-killing-us-1a50a4fc0488
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