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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 altruism cripples Israel's moral confidence in its cause.




Recommended in this podcast is Elan Journo's book What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.



This podcast was recorded on August 13, 2025 and posted on August 21, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.