A Palestinian Perspective
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Tahani Mustafa, Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group, offers context from the Palestinian perspective to the Hamas attack and Israeli response.
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| 0:00.0 | We'll continue to get different perspectives on the war in the Middle East. |
| 0:16.6 | On Friday, we had journalist Julia Yaffe from Puck News, who said she wrote from her Russian |
| 0:22.0 | Jewish background perspective about what she called historical illiteracy about the |
| 0:27.0 | Jewish experience that many other people have. |
| 0:30.2 | Today we'll get some thoughts from Tahani Mustafa, Palestinian by background. |
| 0:34.8 | Senior analyst at the International Crisis Group with a focus on Palestinian affairs. |
| 0:42.0 | The International Crisis Group is an independent organization working to prevent wars and |
| 0:47.0 | shape policies that will build a more peaceful world. |
| 0:50.8 | That's how they describe themselves, a tough job right now. |
| 0:54.2 | Dr. Mustafa has a background in security reform and security governance in the West Bank. |
| 0:59.8 | She's worked with the United States Security Coordinator and the Jordanian Public Security |
| 1:04.3 | Directorate, and has been an assistant professor of political science at Mootai University |
| 1:09.9 | in Jordan. |
| 1:10.9 | Dr. Mustafa, thank you for joining us. |
| 1:12.6 | Welcome to WNIC. |
| 1:13.6 | All right. |
| 1:14.6 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:16.9 | I saw that you were quoted in a Washington Post article back in March called the new generation |
| 1:22.3 | of Palestinian fighters as rising up in the West Bank. |
| 1:26.3 | They quoted you saying that across the West Bank, the widespread public frustration and |
| 1:30.4 | desperation is there for another Palestinian uprising. |
| 1:34.6 | You said, I think it's going to be a lot bloodier, far more diffused, far more fragmented. |
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