Guns in Israel, Textbooks in Palestine
To outsiders Israel may seem like a gun-loving country, but in truth most of those guns are carried by active-duty military, like these soldiers on vacation. Image by getty images
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward reporter Nathan Guttman to discuss Israel’s relationship with guns and if it could serve as a model for the US. Then, Deputy Culture Editor Naomi Zeveloff stops by to discuss why a recent study comparing Palestinian and Israeli textbooks is so controversial.
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