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The Katie Halper Show

Miko Peled Live at The People's Forum

The Katie Halper Show

Katie Halper

News

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Katie interviews Miko Peled about Israel, Palestine, and his book! This interview is recorded live at The People's Forum! Miko Peled (https://twitter.com/mikopeled) is a speaker, writer, human rights activist, Karate instructor and a sixth-degree black belt. His maternal grandfather was one of the signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. Miko's father was Mattityahu Peled, a decorated general who fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and served as a general in the Six-Day War of 1967. Mattityahu became a critic of Israel and a participant in dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Miko himself started out as a proud Zionist and is now an anti-Zionist. He is the author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five. You can find his blog and podcast at https://mikopeled.com/. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** On Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, you're listening to The Katie Helper Show and I'm your host Katie Helper.

0:10.8

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0:15.2

that this show could not happen without the support of our listeners.

0:19.6

To support the show, visit patreon.com slash The Katie Helper Show, where for just one

0:24.0

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0:28.6

great bonus content including an alternative podcast feed and rarely seen clips that aired

0:34.0

on our live shows.

0:40.7

Welcome to the People's Forum. We are a movement incubator in a space that generates political

0:47.5

education, culture, media for people's movements in the United States and abroad and we're equally

0:55.7

excited for tonight, partly because since our founding only five years ago we've been very openly

1:05.1

committed and very vocal about our support for the Palestinian people and their struggle to

1:12.7

end Zionist occupation. We also have firmly believed that in that struggle it is our responsibility

1:20.5

and duty to welcome all voices in opposition to this occupation or cross the spectrum

1:29.6

inside Israel as well outside of it. So we are deeply honored to have two dear comrades with us

1:36.7

tonight who will be sharing important perspectives on this struggle. We're honored to welcome Katie

1:43.2

who's an old friend of the house, a militant journalist, someone who's brave and often willing to talk

1:51.2

the stories that very few others are willing to share and present. And we're honored to welcome

1:56.6

a new friend Miko Pellet who we hope this will not be your last time visiting the People's Forum

2:03.3

but this continues to be a new space where we continue to denounce the atrocities and organize

2:09.8

against Israeli apartheid and occupation. So welcome to the People's Forum. We will be having

2:15.7

an exciting program. There will be a space for Q&A later on. We'll pass it on to Katie.

2:20.8

Thank you. Thank you. Hi everyone. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you so much to the People's

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