Einat Wilf: 'For Peace to Happen, Palestinian Identity Needs to be Rewired' | Global Perspectives

In this episode, Ellie Cohanim sits down with former Israeli Parliament member & author, Einat Wilf. The two discuss the central thesis of Wilf’s latest book “The War of Return”—namely that Palestinian intransigence and national identity built on the so-called ‘Right of Return’ is at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They further delve into UNWRA's role in fueling this conflict, the rising anti-Semitism, and policy prescriptions for solving a century-old conflict.

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[misstwizzletoes]

Wow—this is from two years ago but completely prescient!

[michaeljacobs]

The first move should be to Abolish UNRWA there is no need to waste billions of dollars on a situation that has not been founded to resolve this issue, but to perpetuate conflict, is absurd.

[irisaria]

Maybe the way to Peace, is a different identity on being an Israeli.
No, nobody has the right to influence from outside somebody's identity. Think of the Jews of the Diaspora. They also didn't accepted a change from the outside on their identity. This became the strength of Jews over Millenia.