Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib - Pragmatism for Palestine

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib - Pragmatism for Palestine

People Jew Wanna Know

1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds

3 months ago

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib - Pragmatism for Palestine

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestinian-American activist and leader of Realign For Palestine, closes the Goy You Will Enjoy season.

Realign For Palestine aims to cultivate a new generation of Palestinian voices committed to a two-nation solution, nonviolence, and radical pragmatism.

Follow Ahmed on X and Instagram @afalkhatib and support Realign For Palestine at https://realignforpalestine.org/

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

04:54 What is Ahmed working on & how is it going?

13:40 Ahmed's upbringing & disillusionment re: the Free Palestine movement

28:50 Appearance on Jubilee's Middle Ground

35:30 "What did they think would happen attacking Israel with the most right-wing government it's ever had?"

37:45 The harm of right-wing Jewish activism & inability to criticize Israel

41:25 Why growing a Muslim majority for Realign For Palestine is no longer the strategy

48:00 "The pragmatists need wins."

49:29 Israel will be a pariah state if it occupies all of Gaza according to Ahmed

51:39 What can Jews do to help?

01:01:00 Ahmed's question to Margarita about anything Jewish

01:04:24 Closing Remarks