This chapter explores the complex dynamics between pro-Israel and Palestinian narratives as highlighted through a candid podcast discussion featuring diverse viewpoints. It addresses the balance between a legal career and artistic aspirations while delving into the intricacies of dialogue on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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This is a Q&A where I respond to questions and critiques about episode 12: The ABC’s of Israel/Palestine (https://youtu.be/OLr_VCqnId0) and also go off on a whole bunch of related tangents.
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13:28 Hamas’ 2020 conference on what to do after victory
14:31 Oct 7 happened because the IDF was AWOL
15:56 israeli vs palestinian propaganda
18:12 Israelis unconsciously aware that the war is just for revenge
20:26 Mowing the lawn and keeping Gazans on a diet
22:12 Why I don’t cover current events
24:54 How hard it is to figure out what’s true with Israeli/Palestine history:
27:32 Did Zionists do terror against Jews in Baghdad to convince Jews to emigrate?
28:34 Did Israel steal Yemeni Jewish babies to give to holocaust survivors?
33:50 What I’m bringing to the table
36:15 Israeli views on Arab civilian casualties, 2002 vs 2024
43:09 Hamas isn’t nationalist
43:29 Hamas vs Fatah members’ teeth
44:01 Hamas did not “win by a landslide”
46:40 the Hannibal directive
51:52 victories for activism: forcing Israel to let more aid into gaza
55:22 BEGIN Q&A
55:56 left and right / the social psychology of voting
57:20 critique: i “both sidesed” the conflict
57:53 cancer eviction story
59:35 could we make a little interpersonal violence legal?
1:01:08 why present both sides?
1:09:58 cancel culture in pro-Israel politics
1:18:12 academia’s role in neutralizing activism
1:20:33 “you don’t understand the nuances” David Graeber critiques
1:22:47 pomo as poetry, not scholarship
1:27:20 back to cancel culture
1:28:48 Gina Carano
1:32:46 Cancel culture in palestinian activism: 972+ Project Lavender article
1:35:18 cancelling Norman Finkelstein
1:37:44 back to Q and A
1:38:23 why is the US so involved in the Israel/Palestine conflict?
1:46:26 why don’t i call it genocide?
2:13:58 The culpability of the original zionist settlers vs holocaust refugees and jews from the arab world
2:19:48 Atlantic article disputing that Israeli leaders made genocidal statements
2:33:29 Do Arabs in Israel really have equal rights?
2:43:51 75 years of occupation since 1967?Whose land is it?
2:48:39 college “leftist” activists supporting hamas uncritically
3:01:57 “we must support a liberation movement, no matter how reactionary it gets”?
3:04:26 Are American settler colonialists guilty 250 years later?
3:12:07 From authoritarian child rearing to children raising their parents: why do we always do everything idiotically?
