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Interview: One-On-One With A Palestinian From Gaza on Hamas, Israel and Solutions

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@mosheh / tentwentytwo

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

As the Israel-Hamas war approaches 50 days, we are speaking with voices from both sides of the war to gain insight into the realities on the ground.  In this episode, Mosheh speaks with Khalil Sayegh. He was born and raised in Gaza, then lived in the West Bank, and is now in the US, where he recently got his master's degree from American University. His family is currently seeking refuge in a church in northern Gaza. Sayegh speaks candidly about the war, growing up as a Christian in Gaza, life under Hamas, why they are an obstacle for peace and the daily realities for Palestinians. At the same time, he talks about what he learned when he met Israelis for the first time, the empathy he gained, but also how he believes Israeli government policies have strengthened Hamas and worsened the conflict.  He recently founded a grassroots organization, the Agora Initiative, partnering with an Israeli to focus on long-term solutions to the conflict. For more information about the Agora Initiative, follow Khalil on X. — Mosheh Oinounou (@mosheh) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022. Follow Mo News on all platforms: Website: www.mo.news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosheh/ Daily Newsletter: https://www.mo.news/newsletter Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@monews Twitter: https://twitter.com/mosheh TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mosheh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoshehNews Snapchat: https://t.snapchat.com/pO9xpLY9

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to the Moan News Podcast, I'm Mochua Nunu, with our continuing

0:08.2

coverage of the Israel Hamas War in the Middle East, where we are trying to feature voices

0:13.7

from the region.

0:14.7

I think all of you will enjoy this conversation today.

0:17.2

It is with Khalil Sayeg.

0:18.8

He is a Palestinian born and raised in Gaza.

0:22.0

He would then go on to do schooling in Ramallah in the West Bank, most recently in the US,

0:27.2

where he got his master's degree in American University.

0:29.1

So he's got a variety of perspectives here.

0:31.3

He's involved in the grassroots effort alongside in Israeli.

0:34.8

To work on long-term peace initiatives in the region, I thought it was a notable conversation

0:39.1

at a time of war, also as somebody who was born and raised in Gaza, who has his entire

0:44.0

family there right now seeking refuge in a church, I think he brings a really important

0:49.8

insightful perspective to our coverage here.

0:52.9

In our conversation, which is just over an hour, we had just so much to talk about.

0:56.5

We discussed the war, the current situation on the ground, and the realities of life under

1:01.0

Hamas.

1:02.0

Sayeg is actually part of the small Christian community inside Gaza and feels very open

1:07.6

about talking about how Hamas uses civilian infrastructure, what life has been like under

1:12.5

their rule for 16 years.

1:14.8

He goes into some details about friends who had tunnels done underneath their homes

1:19.1

the same time.

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