Episode 4: Jenan Matari - On Israeli Protests, Resistance, and White Liberalism

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🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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On this Episode we discuss the anti-Netanyahu Protests in Tel-Aviv, the dissonance of the colonizing mentality, and the "allyship" of Liberals. We again get into to the self-serving narrative of Neoliberals as an expression of supremacy in the latter third of the episode. You know, because it's almost election season and this is an extremely important topic. We are joined by Jenan Matari - Palestinian storyteller, content creator, and activist. Jenan's Social: https://www.instagram.com/jenanmatari/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Colonial Outcasts. I'm Greg Stoker and I'm here with a co-host Mark Wayne and
0:08.5	Janun Matari. She's a award-winning Palestinian writer, producer, and content creator. I've actually
0:15.5	been watching her videos and we've been in touch for a while now, at least since this thing kicked off.
0:22.9	And I think, I don't know, I've really been informed and connected with your message because you have made things very clear when it comes to, you know, solidarity.
0:36.7	And especially being in a Palestinian American,
0:39.0	that's kind of been a bridging voice between a lot of, I don't know, gaps in the conversation
0:45.3	that people have or barriers to entry into it. So welcome and thank you for being here.
0:52.8	Thank you for having me.
0:58.8	I love all of your content also and the way that you think that I've bridged the gap with the Palestinian-American voice,
1:00.4	like you have done that for people to understand the military aspect of thing and
1:05.5	like the interconnectedness of, you know, American militarism and what's happening right now
1:10.0	through Israel and Palestine.
1:12.6	Yeah. I mean, I think it's all about, you know, cross-activist solidarity. So, yeah, I started off with the veteran stuff and that easily ported over to what was happening, you know, in Israel.
1:28.3	So yeah, I was interested in your story, in your recent video about your Jewish friends' behavior around your advocacy for Palestine and how they had never considered Israel to be a bad actor and how you'll always have to remind people that the existence of
1:46.3	Israel has always been dangerous and violent. It's not just about the current government or the
1:51.6	regime. Israelis only started protesting when their own rights were curtailed. That does seem
1:59.0	accurate. And the idea that Israel was once good, but has been tarnished by a corrupt government
2:04.2	and administration, the entire project must be dismantled if peace and stability are
2:09.6	to return to Palestine and the region at large.
2:11.9	Because if we look at the news right now, it seems like everybody is positioning Beebe and
2:17.3	a couple of his most rabid ministers to take the fall for it.
2:21.4	And then after they do and they fall on their proverbial swords or they're made to fall on their proverbial swords,
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