On violence and the lack of political resolution.
Regular guest Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss why the Israel/Palestine conflict is so intractable – and why it draws so much attention. Alex then explains why, lamentably, there is no side worth choosing.
We then delve into various key points:
- why Hamas was becoming irrelevant and how the 7 October attack was an attempt to combat that;
why violence is necessary but the Palestinians are in a catch-22; how the West is implicated in the violence and callousness on show; why the Palestinians are the most oppressed and forgotten people; why Hamas is not an anticolonial freedom struggle; and what is the right way to compare this to Ukraine.Links:
- No end in sight: Israel’s search for a Gaza strategy, Lawrence Freedman, FT (attached)
The House of Zion, Perry Anderson, NLRWhither Palestine, David Polansky, Strange Frequencies