After words has revel guest hosts interviewing top knopp fiction authors about nonfiction authors about their latest work. Mr. Edelman, its a pleasure to be with you today to discuss your new book not a crime to be poor the criminalization of poverty in america. Jibes . Thank you, congressman, ive very glad to be here. Host mr. Edleman, i hope im not embarrassing you but i know you have an 80inch birthday coming up. You dont look 80. Guest thank you for that. Host i want to let you know, happy birthday in advance. Guest thank you very much. Not until january, though. Im still a young one. Host well, youve done a lot inform your life and 80 years done a lot in your life and 80 years is a long time. Growing up as a jewish kid in minneapolis, minnesota, what was it like for you. Guest other good can stalwart, democratic farmer labor family. I grew up with Hubert Humphrey as the mayor, and my father, who was a lawyer in minneapolis, was also active politically a little bit, and so when the
Im stephen sackur. The Israeli Defence force sees itself as an institution, which binds the nation together. Most young israelis serve in its ranks after leaving school. It claims to combine defence of the state with a sense of moral purpose. My guest today served in the idf, but he sees an institution in denial, corroded and corrupted by the military occupation of palestinian communities over a 50 year span. Avner gvaryahu and like minded soldiers turned dissidents say they are breaking the silence. Are they patriots or traitors . Avner gvaryahu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I think its fair to say, the idf is probably the most sacrosanct institution in all of israel. Was it hard for you to cross a line, to break the taboo and speak out against what the idf is doing . Breaking the silence, i think, in any context isnt easy. Definitely in the israeli society, its not a natural thing in that sense, to break that kind of silence. But i think that myself, like over 1,000 soldiers, are
Im stephen sackur. The Israeli Defence force sees itself as an institution, which binds the nation together. Most young israelis serve in its ranks after leaving school. It claims to combine defence of the state with a sense of moral purpose. My guest today served in the idf, but he sees an institution in denial, corroded and corrupted by the military occupation of palestinian communities over a 50 year span. Avner gvaryahu and like minded soldiers turned dissidents say they are breaking the silence. Are they patriots or traitors . Avner gvaryahu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I think its fair to say, the idf is probably the most sacrosanct institution in all of israel. Was it hard for you to cross a line, to break the taboo and speak out against what the idf is doing . Breaking the silence, i think, in any context isnt easy. Definitely in the israeli society, its not a natural thing in that sense, to break that kind of silence. But i think that myself, like over 1,000 soldiers, are
The nation together. Most young israelis serve in its ranks after leaving school. It claims to combine defence of the state with a sense of moral purpose. My guest today served in the idf but he sees an institution in denial, corroded and corrupted by the military occupation of palestinian communities over a 50 year span. Avner gvaryahu and like minded soldiers turned dissidents say they are breaking the silence. Are they patriots or traitors . Avner gvaryahu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I think its fair to say, the idf is probably the most sacrosanct institution in all of israel. Was it hard for you to cross a line, to break the taboo and speak out against what the idf is doing . Breaking the silence, i think, in any context isnt easy. Definitely in the Israeli Society, its not a natural thing in that sense, to break that kind of silence. But i think that myself, like over 1000 soldiers, are a part of breaking the silence, former soldiers. It was much more difficult for me to keep