Simon Sebag Montefiore

Our system is the better system, the open society of a liberal, capitalistic democracy. It's filled with flaws, faults. We know them all well. But the opposite side, that of Iran and Russia and Ukraine and North Korea and China, is worse. And we need to defeat it.

Our system is the better system, the open society of a liberal, capitalistic democracy. It's filled with flaws, faults. We know them all well. But the opposite side, that of Iran and Russia and Ukraine and North Korea and China, is worse. And we need to defeat it.

Our system is the better system, the open society of a liberal, capitalistic democracy. It's filled with flaws, faults. We know them all well. But the opposite side, that of Iran and Russia and Ukraine and North Korea and China, is worse. And we need to defeat it.

I think the dilemma of being a Jew in the 21st century, in the 2020s, is a really difficult thing, and one that we didn't think we'd have to face again. But we were short-sighted. And now we need to take nothing for granted. in our safety. And it's not that as if, but for most of us in America or Britain, we are in immediate physical danger all the time.

I think the dilemma of being a Jew in the 21st century, in the 2020s, is a really difficult thing, and one that we didn't think we'd have to face again. But we were short-sighted. And now we need to take nothing for granted. in our safety. And it's not that as if, but for most of us in America or Britain, we are in immediate physical danger all the time.

I think the dilemma of being a Jew in the 21st century, in the 2020s, is a really difficult thing, and one that we didn't think we'd have to face again. But we were short-sighted. And now we need to take nothing for granted. in our safety. And it's not that as if, but for most of us in America or Britain, we are in immediate physical danger all the time.

But there is a real feeling, and I don't know if you all feel this, but there is a real feeling of unease now and a real feeling of changes that could ultimately menace us. Because let's be frank, the anti-Zionism, as it's called, is almost impossible to separate in most cases. from anti-Jewish racism.

But there is a real feeling, and I don't know if you all feel this, but there is a real feeling of unease now and a real feeling of changes that could ultimately menace us. Because let's be frank, the anti-Zionism, as it's called, is almost impossible to separate in most cases. from anti-Jewish racism.

But there is a real feeling, and I don't know if you all feel this, but there is a real feeling of unease now and a real feeling of changes that could ultimately menace us. Because let's be frank, the anti-Zionism, as it's called, is almost impossible to separate in most cases. from anti-Jewish racism.

And that's a very uncomfortable position because someone like me finds a lot to criticize in the Israeli government, for example, in this Israeli government, for example, and in the acts of parts of Israeli society, the settlers in the West Bank, for example. And yet, it's absolutely clear that much of anti-Zionism is now morphing into anti-Jewishness.

And that's a very uncomfortable position because someone like me finds a lot to criticize in the Israeli government, for example, in this Israeli government, for example, and in the acts of parts of Israeli society, the settlers in the West Bank, for example. And yet, it's absolutely clear that much of anti-Zionism is now morphing into anti-Jewishness.

And that's a very uncomfortable position because someone like me finds a lot to criticize in the Israeli government, for example, in this Israeli government, for example, and in the acts of parts of Israeli society, the settlers in the West Bank, for example. And yet, it's absolutely clear that much of anti-Zionism is now morphing into anti-Jewishness.

And that is an infection that has touched many young people in different societies. And of course, this is alarming. And so that leads us into questions like, where are we safest? I personally think America is where Jews are safest, actually. More than Israel? Maybe Israel and maybe Israel and America.

And that is an infection that has touched many young people in different societies. And of course, this is alarming. And so that leads us into questions like, where are we safest? I personally think America is where Jews are safest, actually. More than Israel? Maybe Israel and maybe Israel and America.

And that is an infection that has touched many young people in different societies. And of course, this is alarming. And so that leads us into questions like, where are we safest? I personally think America is where Jews are safest, actually. More than Israel? Maybe Israel and maybe Israel and America.

Hindsight.

Hindsight.

Hindsight.

I think that, you know, there was that famous Joachim Fest comment, I think, when he was looking back and he knew Jewish neighbors back into his youth in Nazi Germany, and he said, you know, the Jews had just become way too comfortable and felt way too safe in Nazi Germany.

I think that, you know, there was that famous Joachim Fest comment, I think, when he was looking back and he knew Jewish neighbors back into his youth in Nazi Germany, and he said, you know, the Jews had just become way too comfortable and felt way too safe in Nazi Germany.