Long Reads: The Forever War on Gaza w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed

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🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Earlier this week, Joe Biden welcomed the Israeli president Isaac Herzog to the White House. Last October, Herzog announced that there were no innocent civilians in Gaza. The International Court of Justice cited his comments as evidence that the Palestinian people needed protection from the threat of genocide.

Akbar Shahid Ahmed of the Huffington Post has been following the Biden administration’s support for the Israeli attack on Gaza from the start. He’s currently working on a book that will give a detailed account of the inside story. Akbar has joined the podcast twice before to discuss the latest developments. Dan spoke to him again after the US presidential election about the events of the past few months and what is likely to happen next.

Find our last Long Reads interview with Akbar here: https://jacobin.com/2024/06/biden-administration-israel-cease-fire-policy

And read his ongoing coverage for Huffington Post here: https://www.huffpost.com/author/akbar-shahid-ahmed

Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

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1:07.5	Earlier this week, Joe Biden welcomed the Israeli president Isaac Herzog to the White House.
1:13.9	Last October, Herzog announced that there were no innocent civilians in Gaza.
1:19.5	The International Court of Justice cited his comments as evidence that the Palestinian people needed protection from the threat of genocide.
1:28.3	The outgoing US president may now be a lame duck figure, but Herzog was keen to express his gratitude
1:35.3	for everything that Biden has done for Israel over the last 12 months.
1:40.3	We will never forget, ever in history, how you stood up with us in our darkest hour, which became our finest hour, how you came to Israel a few days after the barbaric attack of October 7th, how you helped us and supported us with words and deeds.
1:59.3	And I want to express my heartfelt thanks to you, Mr. President,
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