American public opinion on Israel is undergoing a historic shift, as more and more Americans are starting to disagree with Tel Aviv’s policies towards Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza. In this episode of My America, TRT World presenter Eren Doğuoğlu meets Jewish voices at the centre of that change.
In New York City, home to the world’s largest Jewish diaspora outside Israel with the newly elected NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israeli government policies, Eren explores the changing conversation within the American Jewish community.
Featuring Rabbi Dovid Feldman and Rabbi Dovid Weiss, Pro-Palestine and Orthodox Jewish rabbis from Monsey and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a generations-long tradition of opposing Zionism. Jacob Berger, a New York comedian, actor and anti-Zionist activist who participated in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, attempting to break the siege on Gaza. Katie Halper, a notable journalist who was fired from her role after criticising Tel-Aviv and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and what she describes as Israel’s system of apartheid. She now hosts the independent news and commentary program The Katie Halper Show.
As polling continues to show evolving American attitudes towards Israel, My America explores what’s driving one of the biggest shifts in American public opinion in decades.
