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Israeli writer Etgar Keret talks about the need for a new language to discuss the war

By Scott Detrow,

John Ketchum, Henry Larson, Daniel Ofman

Published August 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM EDT

The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has talked to NPR about the importance of stories in a time of war. Keret tells Scott Detrow why he recently wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about the need for a whole new language after the war.

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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