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This War is All About the Palestinians

JL;DR SUMMARY The discussion revolves around the parallels between Israel's current political stance towards the Palestinians and South Africa's policies during apartheid. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PalestiniansCunyHezbollahIranNetanyahuAcademic FreedomMiddle East PoliticsPalestinian OppressionApartheid South Africa

Places mentioned

South Africa
"In 1986, the leader of Mozambique, Samora Machel, died in mysterious circumstances, and many people believe, although its not been proved, that South Africa may have had a hand in his death."
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
"On April 19, Ill be speaking in Portsmouth, New Hampshire."
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
"On April 20, Ill be speaking at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"In 2025, four adjunct faculty members at Brooklyn College, which is part of the CUNY system, were fired in what appears to have been retaliation for their pro-Palestinian activism."
New York, United States
"On April 23, Ill be interviewing Mohammed R. Mhawish, the award-winning Palestinian journalist and writer from Gaza City, at CUNYs Newmark School of Journalism."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"On April 26, Ill be speaking at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland."
Washington DC, United States
"On May 6, Ill be speaking to the Joint Christian Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC."
Maseru, Lesotho
"In 1982, the South African Defense Forces crossed the border into neighboring Lesotho, into its capital, Maseru, and killed 42 people."
Gaborone, South East, Botswana
"In 1985, the South African Defense Forces crossed into neighboring Botswana, attacked its capital, Gaborone, and killed 12 people."
Livingstone, Southern, Zambia
"In 1987, the South African Defense Forces executed an attack in Zambia, in the city and the town of Livingston."
Mozambique
"In 1986, the leader of Mozambique, Samora Machel, died in mysterious circumstances, and many people believe, although its not been proved, that South Africa may have had a hand in his death."
Iran
"In 2003, Iran offered to endorse the Arab peace initiative."
Lebanon
"Hezbollah has also repeatedly saidthey said it after October 7th. Nasrallah, the former head of Hezbollah, said, on that day, when the shooting stops in Gaza, we will stop the shooting in the south, meaning in the south of Lebanon."
Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"On April 23, Ill be interviewing Mohammed R. Mhawish, the award-winning Palestinian journalist and writer from Gaza City, at CUNYs Newmark School of Journalism."
Israel
"We know that Iran has said that if there were a peace agreement with the Palestinians in accordance with the Saudi Peace Initiativethey said this many, many years ago."
Turkey
"In fact, Naftali Bennett, who might be Israels Prime Minister after Netanyahu, and who thinks very similarly to Netanyahu, who has said explicitly that actually, that after Iran, the big problem is going to be Turkey."

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