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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Israeli historian Ilan Pappé on Genocide of Palestinians

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots, LLC

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Click here for the full interview with Ilan Pappé: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/israeli-historian-ilan-pappe-on-genocide?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $5 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and chat live with Katie and Aaron in the Absurd Arena at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: CNN Declares Palestinian Civilian Death Ratio 'Tremendous' https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/cnn-declares-palestinian-civilian?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Join the Absurd Arena live chat with Katie and Aaron every Tuesday at 12pm est at https://usefulidiotspodcast.com/chat This week, Useful Idiots guest Refaat Alareer was killed by Israel. We interviewed him on October 11 when Israel had just begun its assault on Gaza, and he shared important on-the-ground information all while sheltering 15 children in his Gaza apartment. Bombs could be heard falling in the background of the interview, but still Refaat bravely spoke out. We are heartbroken and angry by this devastating loss. Which means it is more important than ever to continue to expose the crimes of Israel. Ilan Pappé, an Israeli historian, joins Useful Idiots from Haifa, Israel to give historical context to both Hamas’ attack and the assault committed by Israel, which he deems a genocide under international law. And he also gives his outlook on the future of the tragedy: “The near future doesn’t look good,” he tells us. “It looks bleak.” “But there is some light at the end of the tunnel. That light is being radiated by the younger Palestinian generation. It’s a far more assertive generation, a far more united generation.” “I draw a lot of inspiration and courage from them,” Pappé continues, “and also hope that together with the amazing solidarity movement, they have the potential to challenge this powerful coalition of multinational corporations, security companies, military industries, and governments that support global Israel. I’ve never seen such a solidarity movement in history as we see now across the globe.” Subscribe for the full interview with Ilan Pappé on the alleged spread of antisemitism in the US and college campuses, the historical difference between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, his analysis of Hamas, and what needs to happen to end the occupation. 00:00 Intro 01:10 The Four Food Groups of News 16:21 Ilan Pappé interview 16:53 Becoming and anti-Zionist 21:41 Israel is a plan of ethnic cleansing 34:04 Historical context of Oct 7 52:16 Alleged antisemitism on college campuses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Useful Idiots. I'm Katie Halper.

0:08.0

And I'm Marymette. How's it going everybody? Thank you for joining us.

0:11.0

Remember you can always go to useability at the podcast

0:13.0

dot com to support the show and get bonus content.

0:16.2

Including Thursday throw down your midweek dose of media madness where we try to laugh at

0:21.6

the headlines instead of cry at them and laugh at the media

0:24.7

clubs instead of cry at them and extending interviews as well. And this

0:28.7

week's guest is Elon Papae. He's a Israeli, known as among the new historians, the people inside Israel who gave a radically different picture of Israel's founding, which was based on a series of myths and

0:44.4

Elon Poppes among those who helped expose that contrary to what the world was

0:49.8

told what Israel told itself Israel was founded on ethnic cleansing.

0:53.0

And he's personally paid a huge price for his scholarship for speaking the truth.

0:58.0

And he's with us today to talk about the massacre in Gaza, the mass murder campaign in Gaza in historical context.

1:07.0

Yeah, so very honored to be able to talk to him.

1:10.0

Should we go to the four basic food groups?

1:12.6

Democrats suck, Republicans suck, isn't that terrible?

1:15.9

Yes, what do we have for Democrats suck?

1:17.8

So for Democrats suck, let's take a look at this exchange between Abby Phillips of CNN and Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John

1:26.6

Federman. But there are some real questions about what's happening on the

1:31.0

ground in Gaza about the really extraordinary civilian death toll that has happened as a result of this war.

1:38.0

Do you believe that anything that Israel has done in these six weeks of fighting has amounted to a war crime?

1:46.3

Of course not.

1:48.0

Of course not.

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