The next live episode of my podcast is this upcoming Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00am EDT with Tony Klug, senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum. He has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970s and was one of the first advocates of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the wake of the 1967 war. For many years he worked at Amnesty International where he headed the international development program.
Listeners can register for the live podcast recording on Zoom at the link in my bio
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Today’s podcast guest is Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, his scholarly work and practice has also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building.
In this episode, we discuss the background of the current war in Sudan, both the immediate spark and the underlying history, the role of external forces in the conflict, the prospects for a resolution to this conflict, and the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe that has been fueled by this war.
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Alex de Waal is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, his scholarly work and practice has also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building. His latest book is Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine (Polity Press 2017). He is also he author of The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa (Polity Press, 2015), a full list of his publications is available below. Following a fellowship with the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard (2004-06), he worked with the Social Science Research Council as Director of the program on HIV/AIDS and Social Transformation, and led projects on conflict and humanitarian crises in Africa (2006-09). During 2005-06, de Waal was seconded to the African Union mediation team for Darfur and from 2009-11 served as senior adviser to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan, where he took on a number of roles in the negotiations leading to the independence of South Sudan. He was on the list of Foreign Policy’s 100 most influential public intellectuals in 2008 and Atlantic Monthly’s 27 “brave thinkers” in 2009.
The scale, frequency, and brazenness of human rights violations around the world have not diminished, but rather have grown profoundly, raising the question of whether the very notion of “civilization” is little more than a veneer. Scores of countries spanning the globe have committed large-scale, documented abuses against their own populations and/or native groups, and against civilians in neighboring countries, and are doing so with impunity.
Today’s podcast guest is Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Between 1978 and 2003, he served at the State Department as an historian, analyst, negotiator, and advisor to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the senior advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations.
In this episode, we discuss the current state of Israeli-Palestinian affairs and what the prospects are for peace, including regionally, what we may see from the upcoming elections in Israel, the current status of the Iran war and its implications for the region, the Gulf states’ concerns about their security in the war’s aftermath, Israel’s gains and losses from the war, and the state of US foreign policy under Trump toward the region.
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Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations was not a defense of Israel; it was a chilling display of hypocrisy, deception, and moral bankruptcy. To claim that Israel “prevented genocide” while Gaza has been reduced to rubble, tens of thousands of Palestinians—overwhelmingly civilians—have been killed or injured, and starvation haunts those still alive is an affront to truth and human conscience. His accusation that the delegates who walked out were “shameful” only deepened the obscenity. They did not disgrace themselves; they refused to sit silently through lies, distortion, and the justification of unspeakable crimes. Netanyahu stood before the world convinced of his righteousness. Instead, he revealed the cruel, shameless character of his leadership.
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Listening to others, even though we disagree is respectful. We might even learn something and add it to our thinking process. A closed mind and Heart gets people nowhere; How can we ever achieve any unity by shutting others up?
It was a brilliant and courageous speech. No question.
Bibi confronted the UN for its hatred of Jews. He was BOLD. He did his job. He is the Lion of the ME. God Almighty bless Bibi.
A great leader, a great orator; a powerful and moving speech that begins with personal memories, moves on to the confrontation with opponents, and touches upon identity and history. The moment he shows the Starlink is extraordinary.
He did a great job.👏👏👏👏👏
His speech was right on the money.
The amount of bots on this post is mindblowing!
Great speech
Great speech from a great leader. Straight to the point and truth..
Best speech
Alon ben meir is a traitor
Long live Israel
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God bless Israel 🇮🇱
He gave an excellent speech.
Netanyahu was awesome!! Spoke truth 👏👏👏👏❤️🇮🇱
His speech was amazing. TRUTH MATTERS. 🇮🇱
No bueno
Netanyahu, the Zionists Hitler!.
Who is Alon Ben Meir ? Just an opinion nothing authorative
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COMPARING NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT TO A BEAST INSULTS ALL BEASTS
The way Israel treated starving Palestinians children in Gaza is an atrocity beyond human comprehension. When food is thrown onto the ground, and ravenous children are forced to scramble for scraps, reducing the starving children to rats, their dignity is not merely debased—it is deliberately crushed. Children, weakened by starvation, are made to fight over food unfit for human consumption, only to be left with watery soup and empty hands. This was not humanitarian relief; it was calculated degradation. This Netanyahu government and the soldiers that carried out its war crimes have shattered Israel’s morals to a point of no return. Comparing its vicious onslaught on the Palestinians to that of a blood-craving beast is an insult to the beast.
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God bless Israel
www.thejc.com/news/body-of-experts-accusing-israel-of-genocide-admits-its-members-include-activis...
Alon Ben-MeirWhat about how Hamas treated starving children; stealing humanitarian aid that was meant to keep them alive? There’s documented video evidence of them taking food, fuel, and medical supplies, then reselling it on the black market at insane prices. That’s not “resistance, that’s exploiting their own people in the middle of a crisis. Israel is literally the only country that has fed, medically treated, and even supplied Palestinians with polio vaccines; all documented. They’ve taken sick and injured children at the border and brought them into Israeli hospitals for care. So before you rewrite reality, maybe acknowledge the part where Israel has repeatedly stepped in to save lives when Hamas wouldn’t. Meanwhile, not one word about the 40,000 Persians slaughtered by the IRGC; a terrorist organization responsible for severe harm, loss of life, and human rights violations. Not one word about the hundreds of thousands of Christians in Sudan, Nigeria, and across Africa who were murdered simply for being Christian. Not one word about the Israeli hostages; Jews, Muslims, Americans, Druze, and people from multiple countries and cultures. And not one word condemning Hamas, another designated terrorist group responsible for mass murder and kidnapping. The only “Free Palestine” that actually helps Palestinians is one free from Hamas, the same people who’ve been brutalizing and killing Palestinians for decades. And now suddenly everyone cares? They care because the victims are Jews. “Free Palestine” became the mask; Jew‑hatred is the face underneath. And here’s the difference now; extremist groups can’t attack Jews and expect to get away with trying to wipe us out just for being Jewish. Not anymore. Why is it that when Hamas attacks Israel, it’s called “war,” but when Israel defends itself, it’s suddenly a “war crime”? Don’t start wars you know you’ll never win and then cry victim. Hamas doesn’t just victimize Jews; Palestinians are victims of Hamas too. Do your research on what these extremists do to Christians, Druze, and Persians as well. Let’s be honest about what’s actually happening; Hamas, a terrorist organization responsible for mass murder, kidnappings, and systematic human rights abuses is the one that caused this devastation. They openly stated they would repeat October 7 again and again, even if it meant sacrificing every Palestinian in Gaza. They fire rockets from neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, and private homes, deliberately using civilians as shields. When you hide behind your own people, you are responsible for the consequences. No one loves Palestine more than those who refuse to live there. You never hear any of this in the mainstream media. Study the actual data. It’s journalists like you who keep people divided; not because the facts are complicated, but because you refuse to report them. History has shown that the Jewish people, and Israel as a nation, have repeatedly sought peace over conflict. Yet, the reality remains: “security is not just a choice; it is a necessity.
''''' 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐒 """ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍, 𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄, 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟖𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒
You Nazis always TRY to blame the Jews, but your lies are consuming you! NAZIS MUST DIE!
Comparing Islam to a religion of peace proves takiya -and is a misnomer
The next live episode of my podcast is this upcoming Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00am EDT with Tony Klug, senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum. He has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970s and was one of the first advocates of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the wake of the 1967 war. For many years he worked at Amnesty International where he headed the international development program.
Listeners can register for the live podcast recording on Zoom at the following link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1817901959957/WN_c93-78MoS6SmsI_AEocz6w
Archived episodes will be released the following day, on Wednesdays at noon. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, including Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Spotify, to be sure to always get the latest episodes.
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Sit Down !!
Netanyahu’s government claims to speak for Jews everywhere while committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank and Gaza. Its policies of dispossession, widespread destruction, displacement, killings, and terror against Palestinian civilians betray the moral inheritance of Judaism. They endanger Jews worldwide by creating the poisonous impression that all Jews are complicit in Israel’s atrocities and giving unprecedented rise to antisemitism. Netanyahu and his fascist government's crimes are not as colossal as what the Nazis committed against the Jews, but still, the mindset, inhumanity, and cruelty are equal to the Nazis' spirit, intention, and determination.
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I agree, and I don't even support the Palestinians... But I do support common decency...
100% correct, and differentiated, nuanced!
Yes Sir
...egy masik verengzö gyilkos csak nez a pofajara.......
On ne les voit pas manifester contre lui !
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Does two horrible things added together make something justified. Maybe it does but maybe too, we have to acknowledge that we are doing something horrible…
Olyanok akik ezt a szemetet követik, mint akik Hitlert követték! :(
Well said
Time to make your vote count!!
Das ist SOTONE TEUFEL IZRAELS
You should love your family,, earth is one,, not 234,think it,,
