Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-11
Books mentioned on Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel: ‘I Felt Lied To.’
Ezra Klein discussed The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates and The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony. Ta-Nehisi Coates recommended Justice for Some by Noura Erakat, Our American Israel by Amy Kaplan, and The Unspoken Alliance by Sasha Polakow-Suransky.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Message
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a book of essays reflecting on politics, storytelling, and the author's travels, including controversial commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Discussed“this book has been criticized for not being a whole picture”
Where to get it
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The Virtue of Nationalism
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony is a political theory book that defends the nation-state and examines the historical and philosophical roots of nationalism against global governance and empires.
Discussed“so one of the things I did when I was there was I spent some time with yor mazone who like political obsessives here will know as a um Israeli philosopher who wrote a book called The Virtue of nationalism the virtue of Nationals”
Where to get it
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Justice for Some
Justice for Some by Noura Erakat offers a comprehensive legal analysis of how international law has shaped and sustained the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the decades.
Recommended“the first book I I I would recommend is Justice for some by nura erot Justice for some is supposed to be an analysis and it is this of the legal work as she calls it uh that that underg guards Israel and Israeli rule of Palestinians”
Where to get it
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Our American Israel
Our American Israel by Amy Kaplan is a historical study that investigates how the relationship and alliance between the United States and Israel have been constructed and perceived through American popular culture.
Recommended“um Amy Kaplan man our American Israel the story of an entangled Alliance This gets to you know something that we we talk quite a bit about”
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The Unspoken Alliance
The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa by Sasha Polakow-Suransky is a historical investigation into the clandestine military, intelligence, and economic ties between the two nations during the twentieth century.
Recommended“and then this this this one hit me hard uh the unspoken Alliance uh Israel's secret relationship with South Africa uh by Sasha POA sanski boy that was a tough book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“coats's new book the message he writes of a trip he took to Israel and the West Bank in May of 2023”
“I think I maybe I was working on wei8 years in power whatever I signed up to go like maybe two years later broke my toe could not go”
“I think I maybe I was working on wei8 years in power whatever I signed up to go like maybe two years later broke my toe could not go”