As the war—or what you call it (and we do discuss that)—gets to the one-month mark, The Ashrafs discuss tuning out as a coping mechanism; more history (because Ashrafs—and see references below); and how all this is playing out in American politics and beyond. How and when will The Western Establishment get off its dime on Palestine-Israel.

Amongst the things we discuss include:

* Nadeem Farooq Paracha's article titled "Manufacturing a Holy War". He's written more about the topic, too. You can read it all here on the website of Dawn, the Pakistani newspaper.

* The NMDC statement and the iFaqeer thread about political ramifications. Reuters had an article, and the Wall Street Journal covered the Biden Administration response. Deconstructed had a very informative podcast on the issue, and Bob Scheer had an interview of Juan Cole on the topic.

* And iFaqeer always recommends watching the Israeli television serious Fauda.