Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and Rob. My guest today is Miko Pallad,

who is an Israeli-American whose father, Maddie Pallad, was a famous general who served in the

1948 and 67 war with the Israel Defense Force. Miko also served three years with the IDF, but he is now

an activist advocating for Palestinian liberation at the end to the occupation.

Miko is the founder and president at Palestine House of Freedom in Washington, D.C.

And he's the author of several books, including this one that I recently read,

called The General's Son, Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, which was an absolutely outstanding read. I could not put it down,

read it cover to cover. And that's why I'm so excited to talk to Biko on this podcast. So please

welcome to the show for the first time, the one and only, Miko Pellett.

Miko, thank you so much for being a guest on Theologian Raw.

As I said offline, I read your book cover to cover, word for word, and is one of those books that I just could not put down.

So I'm so excited to talk to you in person.

Why don't we start with your father?

Who was Maddie?

Maddie Pallet.

Well, first, thanks for having me.

It's a pleasure to chat with you.

It's interesting that you start with that. In one of the things that was written about my book when it came out, one of the reviews was written

by Susan Abulhawa, was a great Palestinian writer who lives here in the U.S., and she wrote about him

that he is the man that Palestinians don't know whether to love or to hate.

He dedicated his life to the creation of the state of Israel to the Zionist

state, which we know today is an apartheid state. He, as a young man still in high school,

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