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Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned classicist, military historian, and political commentator. He is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Among numerous other awards, Victor was presented the National Humanities Medal in 2007. In this episode, which is the second in an installment of three considering different perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Robinson and Victor discuss his appraisal of the situation as a military historian, some of the contentious claims on both sides that are repeated in the media, how the conflict is discussed on college campuses, and how equality ought to be achieved. Victor was also a guest on episode #112, in which he and Robinson talked about Victor’s latest book, The Dying Citizen. Keep up with Victor on Twitter, through his website, and on his podcast, The Victor Davis Hanson Show.

Victor’s Website: https://victorhanson.com

Victor’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VDHanson

The Victor Davis Hanson Show: https://art19.com/shows/the-victor-davis-hanson-show

The Dying Citizen: https://a.co/d/dPocUJg

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:26 Introduction

03:52 An Overview of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

13:40 Who Has the Right to the Territory of Israel-Palestine?

20:01 Do the Jewish People Need a State?

26:08 Israel-Palestine Activism on College Campuses

29:39 DEI on College Campuses

37:05 Is Israel Committing Genocide in Palestine?

51:05 Is Israel an Apartheid State?

55:47 On Equality in Israel versus Palestine

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Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.

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191 - Victor Davis Hanson: An American’s Case For Israel

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