Niall Ferguson on Israel & the West, Geert Wilders & Islam, and Why He's No Longer an Atheist.

Matan hosts historian and author Niall Ferguson. They discuss a number of topics including the war in Israel - what Israel should do on its northern border against Hezbollah and in Gaza Strip; to what extent Israel is a part of Western civilization; and what is happening in the leading universities in the USA. Finally, Niail talks about the spiritual journey he and his wife - Ayaan Hirsi Ali - have gone through and chosen to live as people of faith. Niall Ferguson is a Scottish-American historian, author, columnist, TV presenter, and academic. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. Ferguson has written many books, such as “Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World" (2002), and "Civilization: The West and the Rest" (2011), which we discuss in the podcast. ********************* יש כתוביות בעברית *********************** Chapters - 00:00 introduction 00:34 israel is part of the west? 03:16 is the west next? 06:47 the war in israel & the new cold war 10:01 European Politics & israel 13:15 Does Israel should strike first in the north? 16:45 What israel should do with Gaza the day after the war? 19:36 What can Non-Muslims do with Radical Islam? 24:23 Niall's thought's about Geert Wilders 26:17 The Hypocrisy towards Israel 27:29 Anti-Semitism in leading Universities 31:22 Is the Zionist movement part of Western colonialism? 34:43 Is science enough for us to establish a moral society? 38:22 A deep reason in favor of living a religious life 41:33 The Bible vs Shakespeare. Which book is more important to an educated person in the West? 42:40 Niall's message for Jews and Israeli's