The View From Gaza

Lost Debate

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🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Ravi is joined by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a U.S. citizen from Gaza and a Middle East political analyst, for a deep dive into the Israel-Palestine conflict. Ravi and Ahmed look at the historical context of the region, including the failures of previous peace attempts and the rise of Hamas, before turning to the present day, where they reflect on the past six months of war, its impact on civilians, and what a path forward could look like. Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Lost Debate, a show for Politically Ecclectics.
0:03.2	I'm Robbie Gupta.
0:04.2	And today we're going to have on an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, who's actually
0:10.6	from Gaza.
0:11.6	And we're actually supposed to have him on yesterday, but he had an emergency involving
0:15.3	his family back home in the Gaza Strip that he promised he will tell us about today when he comes on the podcast.
0:20.8	And we're having him on because we haven't really revisited the conflict in a while. in the Gaza Strip that he promised he will tell us about today when he comes on the podcast.
0:24.9	And we're having him on because we haven't really revisited the conflict in a while.
0:29.5	And in those initial weeks and months after the conflict, almost every, if not every expert we had on was more on the pro-Israeli side of things.
0:32.3	And so I promised you we'd have people with many different perspectives.
0:35.5	And we certainly will have that today.
0:37.1	And we're going to get
0:37.7	into it about Hamas and about how people on the ground view Israel and the humanitarian crisis
0:44.5	on the ground. And we'll also talk about hope for the future and what the future could look like.
0:50.8	But before we get there, let's update on a few things here. On Saturday, Iran launched
0:55.7	170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles towards Israel. Israel is said to have
1:01.1	intercepted 99% of those with some help from Arab partners like Jordan, Saudi Arabia,
1:07.8	the UAE, including other allies like the United States, France, and the UK.
1:11.8	The damage seemed to have been almost completely averted, with the exception of some damage to an airbase,
1:17.4	and a seven-year-old Bedouin girl in southern Israel was seriously injured.
1:23.2	And this set off speculation about, well, what is Israel going to do?
1:26.3	Ron made some statements after that attack saying basically they didn't want anymore.
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