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/370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch

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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, NLR
  • Whither Palestine, David Polansky, Strange Frequencies
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