Avrum Burg on how Jews and Palestinians can break free from cycle of violence and find peace
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 20 July 2026 · 15m
Speaker 1: Everything you need to start your day. Speaker 2: We all have a voice. Use yours call to one double four six, five, six Speaker 2: seven, Join the conversation on k Talk. Speaker 1: Listening into some of the discussions on the Jewish Democratic Initiatives Festival of Dangerous Ideas Speaker 1: at the week and jointly list in Cape Town and in Johannesburg, but a lot Speaker 1: of it available online to drive in popped into and one of the speakers yesterday Speaker 1: also at the closing is the former speaker of the Israeli Kinesset avran Berg. He's Speaker 1: gone from being one of the country's most powerful political figures to one of its Speaker 1: most outspoken critics. Speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, he argued that Israel's future Speaker 1: depends on confronting the very difficult moral questions about the war of Gaza on Gaza, Speaker 1: the ongoing Israeli occupations in parts of Palestine, and his intervention comes while there's close Speaker 1: international scrutiny on Israel that intensiffies and as a question grows on with Israel, Israeli Speaker 1: politics is undergoing a fundamental shift. Really appreciate your time, just on your history. You Speaker 1: were once at the heart of the Israeli establishment. What was the turning point that Speaker 1: led you to become one of its most prominent critics? Speaker 3: Now, good morning to tell you that truth. Speaker 2: I didn't change a millimeter of my political commitments since day one I set a Speaker 2: foot on the political arena. Since I entered politics, I had in mind two main Speaker 2: goals. The first is to put an end to the malignant occupation of Israel over Speaker 2: the occupied territories…
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