#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

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Books Mentioned:
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (book): https://amzn.to/3K7ZtsE

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:41) – Palestine
(35:09) – Hate
(48:40) – Antisemitism
(56:37) – Peace in the Middle East
(1:03:34) – West Bank
(1:13:43) – Hamas
(1:23:31) – Two-state solution
(1:39:21) – Jerusalem
(1:46:04) – Role of the US
(1:47:54) – Ghassan Kanafani
(1:58:39) – 2024 Elections
(1:59:48) – Poetry
(2:09:08) – Language
(2:17:36) – Hope