Keanu Heydari joins Josiah to discuss the history of Palestine, Zionism, and the state of Israel in light of the war in Gaza. As always, he is incredibly insightful.

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Resources

• The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History by James L. Gelvin
• Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick
• The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi
• The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
• The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappé
• Shell Shocked: On the Ground Under Israel's Gaza Assault by Mohammed Omer

Other texts mentioned

• The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington
• Orientalism by Edward W. Said
• Israel and South Africa: The Many Faces of Apartheid by Ilan Pappé
• Lethal Provocation: The Constantine Murders and the Politics of French Algeria by Joshua Cole
• Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800-1900 by Julia A. Clancy-Smith
• Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World by Ussama Makdisi

Music

Yesterday – bloom.

In My Dreams – bloom.