In this special live episode from Atlanta, Noam Weissman sits down with journalist and author Yardena Schwartz to explore two of the most contested places on earth: Al-Aqsa and Hebron. Drawing on Yardena’s book Ghosts of a Holy War, they unpack six pivotal but underknown moments in the conflict’s history, from the 1903 Kishinev pogrom to the 1977 Mahapach. Along the way, they trace how disinformation, religious identity, and competing claims to sacred ground shaped the crisis we see today.
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Filmed live at The Dupree: http://www.thedupree.org
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