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Mar 2025
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"Palestinians have the right to reject s...

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The brothers welcome Palestinian anthropologist (and former chemical engineer) Hadeel Assali. They discuss the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil, the history of tunnels and the ecology of Gaza, the ontological relationship of the Palestinians to their indigenous environment that the US-backed Zionist colonizers seek to destroy, the different forms of resistance to incessant colonial surveillance, the story of a secret Israeli population transfer scheme to move Palestinians from Gaza to Paraguay, and the possibilities of life and mutual aid amidst the ongoing genocide.

"Opacity in Gaza"
http://www.arabstudiesjournal.org/

"Maintaining the Social Fabric: Mutual Aid in Gaza"
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656919


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Date of recording: March 10, 2025.

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