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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0:00 intro

1:55 Rashid Khalidi on the Comedy Cellar Podcast

5:33 Why I Became a Lawyer

11:36 Israel’s assaulton Gaza is pointless

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

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

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

1:09:58 cancel culture in pro-Israel politics

1:32:46 Cancel culture in palestinian activism:

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?

3:17:45 One state, two states, no states

3:21:05 Should Israelis have to leave?

3:27:08 Reading Hamas’ 2024 “Our Narrative” pamphlet

3:41:59 outtro

https://archive.org/download/12.2-israel-qna/12.2%20-%20ISRAEL%20QnA.mp3