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Haviv Rettig Gur Joins The Free Press
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He’s the most insightful interpreter of the modern Middle East. Tune in Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET for Haviv’s first live Q&A.
By Bari Weiss
07.21.25 — Israel
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When news of Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear program flashed across my phone in June, my first instinct was to get Haviv on the phone.

That would be Haviv Rettig Gur, who is, to my mind, one of the sharpest and most insightful interpreters of the modern Middle East. His analysis has been indispensable throughout the harrowing multifront war facing Isra…

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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