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Sep 2024
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"A society built on the ashes of another...

Makdisi Bros.
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The brothers welcome Yara Hawari (@yarahawari), Co-director of Al-Shabaka, to discuss how the Oslo Accords transformed Palestinian civic life, the emergence of the PA from the PLO, the significance of the increasing number of political and social ruptures among Zionist settlers, and what role the Global South can play in the movement to liberate Palestine.

This episode is co-published with Al-Shabaka's Rethinking Palestine podcast

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Date of recording: Sept 2, 2024.

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