Michael Oren, formerly Israel’s ambassador to the United States, a member of the Knesset, and a deputy minister for diplomacy, is the author of the forthcoming Swann’s War.
The generation fighting in Gaza and Lebanon is tempered, steeled, anything but fragile, and intensely patriotic.
The belief that Israel has a policy of assassinating reporters has, explicitly or tacitly, now been accepted by much of the liberal world.
The fourth conflict in the last twelve years between Israel and Gaza looks remarkably like the first. What happened?
Historian, ambassador, public servant—Oren’s done it all. Now, after the publication of a new book of fiction, he joins us to talk about his multifaceted career.
What does each one stand for, and what are its baseline responsibilities toward the other?