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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Palestinians’ Most Deadly Weapon Against Israel: Altruism
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège explore how altruism clouds moral clarity about the Israel-Hamas war, undermining Israel’s righteous cause and whitewashing Hamas’ evil.
 Among the topics covered:
How the media coverage of the war has become egregiously deferential to Hamas and Hezbollah;
How altruism corrupts journalism by distorting moral judgment;
Why media deception deliberately aims to manipulate emotions;
The nature of Hamas’s totalitarian ideology;
Why genocide claims flout serious thinking about innocents in war;
How altr...