Jo-Ann Mort: How Poets Could Bring Peace to Israel and Palestine


Author: Andrew Keen May 10, 2022 Duration: 35:13
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Jo-Ann Mort: How Poets Could Bring Peace to Israel and Palestine

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by journalist Jo-Ann Mort.

Jo-Ann Mort lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is a member of the editorial board of Dissent magazine and active in the Jewish community in the US, and advises trade unions, Jewish organisations, NGOs, and philanthropists in the US, UK, Israel and the Palestinian Authority. She has also reported in Israel for newspapers and journals, including Prospect, The American Prospect, The Chicago Tribune, and more.


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