On this edition of Parallax Views, Middle East scholar Prof. James M. Dorsey of The Turbulent World w/ James M. Dorsey Substack blog returns for another update on the situation of Israel/Palestine and the broader Middle East. This hour and a half conversation delves into many different areas including:
- The Gaza War
- Violence in the West Bank
- The past month of tensions between Iran and Israel starting with Israel's attack on an Iranian consulate compound and Iran's strike in response; the Biden administration's response to the Iran attack; the 7-year-old Bedouin girl injured in the Iranian strike
- The U.S. foreign policy establishment and Iran hawks
- The Gaza protests at Columbia University and other campuses around the U.S.
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his policy on Palestine, and related matters related to Bibi
- Will the situation of Gazans really fundamentally change in a post-Netanyahu Israel?
- Khan Younis mass graves allegations
- UNRWA situation and Israel's information war (which Dorsey argues Israel is losing)
- The different flavors of both Zionism and anti-Zionism; militant anti-Zionism vs. conciliatory anti-Zionism
- The genocide discourse, legal definition of genocide, and war crimes/human rights violations
- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Hamas, and the Arab street
- Nancy Pelosi's conspiracy theory about Gaza protests being tinged by the influence of foreign powers
- Personal anecdote from James about an experience he had involving Zbigniew Brzezinski and Iran
- Extreme rhetoric within Israel, especially amongst elements in Israel's army and amongst religious leaders; Rabbi Mali's comments suggesting the Israel kill Palestinian women to prevent the births of future Palestinian boys
- And much, much more
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On this edition of Parallax Views, Middle East scholar Prof. James M. Dorsey of The Turbulent World w/ James M. Dorsey Substack blog returns for another update on the situation of Israel/Palestine and the broader Middle East. This hour and a half conversation delves into many different areas including:
- The Gaza War
- Violence in the West Bank
- The past month of tensions between Iran and Israel starting with Israel's attack on an Iranian consulate compound and Iran's strike in response; the Biden administration's response to the Iran attack; the 7-year-old Bedouin girl injured in the Iranian strike
- The U.S. foreign policy establishment and Iran hawks
- The Gaza protests at Columbia University and other campuses around the U.S.
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his policy on Palestine, and related matters related to Bibi
- Will the situation of Gazans really fundamentally change in a post-Netanyahu Israel?
- Khan Younis mass graves allegations
- UNRWA situation and Israel's information war (which Dorsey argues Israel is losing)
- The different flavors of both Zionism and anti-Zionism; militant anti-Zionism vs. conciliatory anti-Zionism
- The genocide discourse, legal definition of genocide, and war crimes/human rights violations
- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Hamas, and the Arab street
- Nancy Pelosi's conspiracy theory about Gaza protests being tinged by the influence of foreign powers
- Personal anecdote from James about an experience he had involving Zbigniew Brzezinski and Iran
- Extreme rhetoric within Israel, especially amongst elements in Israel's army and amongst religious leaders; Rabbi Mali's comments suggesting the Israel kill Palestinian women to prevent the births of future Palestinian boys
- And much, much more
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