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Jul 2024
46m 22s

The Core Truths About Palestine and Isra...

OCCUPIED THOUGHTS BY FMEP
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In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with writer Ahmed Moor about why Israel/Palestine is not exceptional, why Palestinians turn to armed resistance, and why neither Palestinians nor Jewish Israelis will leave the land between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea.  Ahmed Moor is Palestinian-American writer who was bor ... Show More
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