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"Israel: What Went Wrong?": Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism

2026-05-15 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak to two prominent Israeli thinkers, historian Omer Bartov and journalist Gideon Levy, about the founding beliefs of Zionism. Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, is the author of the new book "Israel: What Went Wrong?," while Gideon Levy's latest piece in Haaretz is titled "Zionism Didn't Go Wrong, It Was Always Built This Way." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@h.b.7104 2026-05-15

What went wrong? It was never right.

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@mahadwawenka1893 2026-05-15

From "never again" to " it's our turn" in less than 100years.

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@caligulas_psychiatrist 2026-05-15

What went wrong was Theodor Herzl creating this ethno-religious supremacist settler-colonial ideology in the first place

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@olorin4317 2026-05-15

Einstein had grave concerns about starting a new state of Israel without unity and cooperation with the Palestinians… almost like that guy was a genius or something.

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@frances-l3f 2026-05-15

Utmost respect for Gideon Levy, a noble human with integrity.

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@appaatemomo-freePalestine 2026-05-15

Omer Bartov is still somewhat in denial and has work left to do. Glad there was a counter to him on the show

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@emiliobello2429 2026-05-15

We need more Israelis like Gideon Levy

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@moonshineone6834 2026-05-16

The whole world should watch this

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@SandraMilenaIden 2026-05-16

2026. Why does state of Israel get away with human rights violations and breaking international laws? Why do we turn a blind eye? Why do we allow this to happen? no sanctions, no intervention? * overcompensating for the guilt from the Second World War? * strong lobbying from Israel? * countries, politicians and companies are directly and indirectly involved with Israel military complex, where loss of money, property, control is more important than people, humanity, morals and following international law * All of the above.

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@ranapour 2026-05-16

Gideon Levy has a beautiful soul and so much humanity and ❤. Gideon Levy is what humanity is all about. Gideon Levy is a legend.

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