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Jan 2021
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Limitations and Possibilities of the Apa...

Al-shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
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Lana Tatour and host Yara Hawari discuss the limitations and possibilities of using the apartheid analysis in the context of Palestine whilst also stressing the importance of the settler-colonial framework and decolonization within the discussion on Palestinian liberation. Support the show [https://al-shabaka.org/donate] 
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