In this episode we have a conversation about the conflict in Israel and Palestine. Nesim begins the episode by providing some history of Israel and the Middle East, and then we discuss the events of May 2021 and share our thoughts on elements of the conflict such as antisemitism, the question of whether Israel is an apartheid state, and the role of U.S. imperial policy in the region.
Links:
“How Palestinians are asserting their right to live in the holy city”: https://www.972mag.com/jerusalem-palestinians-israeli-settlers-police/
Finkelstein: Palestine’s ICC victory thwarted by Israel’s apartheid reality”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJjjsp7vF8
A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid: https://www.btselem.org/publications/fulltext/202101_this_is_apartheid
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories 2020: https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/report-israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/
“Nearly half of Israeli Jews believe Arabs should be ‘expelled’ from Israel, survey finds”: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/almost-half-of-israeli-jews-want-ethnic-cleansing-palestinians-wakeup-call-survey-finds-a6919271.html
Man in brawl with pro-Palestinians appeared to have knife, was alongside members of U.S.-deemed terror group”: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jdl-toronto-assault-palestinian-anti-semitic-1.6029953
https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/israeli-palestinian-conflict-101/
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom – Norman G. Finkelstein Norman G. Finkelstein
Aaron Mate’s interview with Norman Finklestein on Gaza and the consequences of Operation Protective Edge: Norman Finkelstein on Gaza’s Martyrdom (1/4)
https://chomsky.info/fateful02/
