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Dec 2023
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The day after in Gaza w/ Dr. Ghassan Abu...

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The brothers welcome this extraordinary Palestinian physician, @GhassanAbuSitt1, to the show, to talk about his recent experience in Gaza in comparison with other Israeli attacks on Gaza (2014, 2008-9).  "One of the aims of catastrophization, the creation of a self-sustaining catastrophe in Gaza," Abu Sittah warns, "is that, once there is a ceasefire, the catastrophe is able to continue, with the help of the siege. And so, my biggest worry about the day after is that the Israelis will be allowed to achieve, in the siege, in the ceasefire, what they failed to achieve in the war."

Date of recording: December 20, 2023.

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