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Aug 2025
1h 11m

Confronting Zionist Expansionism

Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism
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This episode is a recording of a webinar on Confronting Zionist Expansionism. Moderators Jennifer Mogannam & Amira Jarmakani talk with Abdaljawad Omar on Zionism’s territorial drive and Natalie El-Eid on weaponizing Druze in Palestine and Syria.

This event was recorded on August 6 and is available as a video recording on our youtube channel.

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