The Challenges of Interfaith Relations | Ed Kessler on Israel-Gaza Conflict, and Religious Dialogue

What makes international conflicts turn domestic? Does Qatar play the key role in bringing peace to the Middle East? Is there a generational split in the West over Israel-Gaza?

On today's episode of Leading, Rory and Alastair are joined by Ed Kessler, a leading thinker in interfaith relations, to answer all these questions and more.

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00:00 Intro
01:30 Who is Ed Kessler?
03:02 The calamitous effects since the Hamas attack October 7th
04:56 What does the end of the Israel/Palestine conflict look like?
05:52 Upbringing and how it influenced your career path
07:58 Breakdown of the types of Judaism
09:09 What is the difference between Christianity and Judaism?
11:10 Experience of anti-Semitism and how today's form of anti-Semitism is different
17:21 How to make interfaith relationships work
22:45 Why do you recommend a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict?
22:50 How the Jewish and Muslim communities have reacted in the UK
31:27 How extreme the reaction has been in the US compared to the UK
35:16 Is the woke-culture from America coming to the UK?
39:31 Multiculturalism has been a success
45:11 How do you make sense of all the conflict?
53:18 Attitude to refugees in the UK