ceasefire implies that there's a war. There's no war. This is the escalation of a genocidal project

that has been ongoing for more than 75 years. The genocide of the Palestinian people is both ongoing and not inevitable. We must refuse it. We couldn't do any of this without you. And just a quick note,

this is not a regular patron episode. This episode is out in the patron feed today with an

extended teaser in the main feed. And this is also unlocked. The reason why is because we want to

get this episode out as soon as possible. And this was the next available episode slot.

And also, we want to make sure that it's not locked behind a paywall in solidarity with Palestine

and towards our deep and lasting commitment at Death Panel to seeing Palestinian liberation

in our lifetimes. So if you're listening to this and you're not a patron, that's why.

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get access to all of our other Monday bonus episodes, that's at patreon.com slash death panel pod.

And in lieu of my usual plug at the beginning, I'm just going to paraphrase our guest today instead

and say, if you'd like to help us out a little bit more, no matter where in the world you are,

throw sand on the gears of genocide in any way possible and use any means available to you.

So with that, we have a really wonderful guest joining me today to talk about last week's

escalation of the ongoing colonial violence against Palestine.

Rasha Abdul-Hadi is a queer Palestinian southerner, who is a cultural organizer, editor, and poet.

I have greatly appreciated their poetry and learned a lot from it.

And I've asked them on today to help us respond to the events of the last week with particular focus on the way that language is part of the site of struggle here.

So Rasha, welcome to the death panel.

It's so nice to finally meet you.

Thank you so much for having me.

I have been listening throughout the still ongoing pandemic.

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