Project Esther: A Trumpian Blueprint to Crush Anticolonial Resistance / Yoav Litvin

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🗓️ 22 November 2024

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Yoav Litvin joins us to discuss his Al Jazeera column, "Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance: The Heritage Foundation strategy named after the biblical Jewish queen offers insights into the persecution those who oppose Zionism and white-supremacy will likely face in Trump’s America." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Yoav's article here: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/11/15/project-esther-a-trumpian-blueprint-to-crush-anticolonial-resistance Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

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0:00.0	The water
0:02.0	The water
0:04.0	The water This is hell.
0:29.6	This is Hell.
0:45.1	Live from the United States, where the press has the freedom to be propaganda.
0:50.7	This is hell, and for over a year, that propaganda has supported Israel in their ongoing genocide in Gaza.
0:58.6	It's almost unimaginable that things could actually get worse for the people of Gaza.
1:04.6	Almost.
1:05.9	Voters in the United States rejected the continuation of the Biden-Harris administration with vice presidential
1:10.9	candidate Kamala Harris, or with vice president, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic Party's presidential
1:17.1	candidate and its policy toward Gaza and Israel will likely continue to go unchanged.
1:23.3	Some uncommitted voters were hoping that a change from the Democratic Party leadership
1:26.7	in the White House might lead to the possibility of, who knows?
1:30.6	Maybe something like peace.
1:32.3	After all, then candidate, former President Donald Trump, promised that he would bring peace to the region.
1:39.2	I know, I don't remember it either, but apparently he did.
1:41.6	Back in April, Trump said of the situation in Gaza that he wanted to
1:45.4	get it over with, and let's get back to peace and stop killing people. It sounds like he was committed to
1:51.7	peace, kind of. However, he has not explained exactly how he would get it over with. And has also said
1:58.2	things like, we're going to let Israel finish the job, which sounds more
2:02.3	ominous than peaceful. And all that gets even more ominous when the Heritage Foundation's
2:08.7	Project 2025 includes the unconditional support for Israel and lays out a plan to criminalize
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