#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (book): https://amzn.to/3K7ZtsE

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(10:41) – Palestine

(35:09) – Hate

(48:40) – Antisemitism

(56:37) – Peace in the Middle East

(1:03:34) – West Bank

(1:13:43) – Hamas

(1:23:31) – Two-state solution

(1:39:21) – Jerusalem

(1:46:04) – Role of the US

(1:47:54) – Ghassan Kanafani

(1:58:39) – 2024 Elections

(1:59:48) – Poetry

(2:09:08) – Language

(2:17:36) – Hope