Oh dang, hello everyone, hi, hello, hey, hey, hi, hello, hey, listen, okay, hey, settle

down, hi, okay, so the news.

Some more of it, yes, absolutely.

But also, more specifically, the ongoing humanitarian crisis, Hamas attack, and Israeli military strikes

happening in Gaza.

A situation that, in the time between recording and releasing this audio, will most likely

continue to unfold like some kind of devastating flower where every petal gradually spells

out the phrase, we're getting a divorce, and it hopefully goes without saying that these

events are deeply heartbreaking, frustrating, horrifying, confusing, and raging, and demoralizing

simply from the stance of somebody watching it all happen so very far away.

It's overwhelming to imagine what the people actually living through the conflict are

going through, and our hearts go out to the millions at the mercy of those in power.

And of course, the biggest victim, Amy Schumer.

Cool jokes, lots of fun, okay, so here's the dilly.

What you're about to hear is the audio from our May 31st, 2021 episode titled Uncomplicating

the Complicated Palestine Israel Conflict, written by Katie Golden.

Katie actually has a message she wants to convey about the current conflict happening

that we will now read verbatim performed by me, Katie Stoll, quote, the Israeli government

is asking us to accept that the response to an atrocity should be to commit tenfold atrocities.

That collective punishment of Palestinians, including children, is an acceptable way to respond

to the actions of Hamas, that ethnic cleansing and genocide are an act of self-defense.

And criticism of these actions by the Israeli government is often labeled as anti-Semitism.

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