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Latest The Brian Lehrer Show transcripts

An Israeli and a Palestinian Choose to Talk

October 7, 2026

Brian Lehrer (0:10)

It's The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Tonight at the 92nd Street Y, a Palestinian and Israeli father are coming together to observe the third anniversary of the Hamas massacre in Israel and the horrors of the response that has followed in Gaza. One saw his son held hostage by Hamas for nearly…

Jonathan Dekel-Chen, currently a Visiting Professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, is Chair of Soviet and East European Jewry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has also chaired the Russian Studies and Jewish History Departments there, and for the past 45 years, he has been a…

Jaser AbuMousa (1:59)

Thank you, Brian, for having us.

Jonathan Dekel-Chen (2:00)

Thank you, Brian.

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