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What Comparisons to 9/11 Tell Us about the Israel-Hamas Conflict

2023/10/18
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Brooke Gladstone：探讨了将以色列袭击事件比作"以色列的911事件"的类比，比较了两者造成的冲击和情感，并指出911事件的遗产不仅在于事件本身，更在于其后续产生的错误和经验教训。文章还强调了对未来事件走向的不确定性，以及对类比有效性的质疑。 David Klion：批评了911事件后美国反应中的错误，认为其导致了一系列具有破坏性的战争和侵犯人权的行为。他指出，911事件后，美国社会普遍支持军事化回应，忽视了理性的声音。他还比较了以色列和美国在911事件后的行为，指出两者都缺乏明确的最终目标，并对巴勒斯坦人的命运表示担忧。他认为，以色列未能保护其公民安全，这与911事件中美国情报部门的失败类似，都存在着严重的责任问题。他同时指出，以色列政府的内部分裂和腐败丑闻分散了其对安全问题的注意力，导致了以色列情报部门的失败，以及内塔尼亚胡政府优先考虑在西岸扩张非法定居点，导致国防力量部署失衡，未能有效保护边境安全。他认为，911事件的类比可以用来提醒人们避免过激反应，关注历史背景和无辜的生命，并批评了那些试图利用此次事件来实现其政治目标的人。

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The podcast discusses the frequent comparison of the Israel-Hamas conflict to 9/11, exploring the emotional and political implications of such an analogy.

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This week, amid the deluge of coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict following Hamas’ surprise attack on October 7th, a certain historical analogy kept coming up: "this is Israel's 9/11." The analogy has been widely repeated, by officials abroad and stateside.For some invoking 9/11 explains Israel's retaliation. For others, the analogy is a warning, a reminder of the still unfolding violence and death that the American response wrought around the globe. This week, Brooke sits down with David Klion), contributing editor at Jewish Currents, who wrote about the analogy) for n+1 magazine, to discuss why we should see it the invocation of 9/11 as a lesson and a warning.

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