Wartime Diaries: Amira Mohammed and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad

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Religion & Spirituality, Palestine, Jewish, Stories, Judaism, Israel

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Arab-Israelis, or Palestinian Citizens of Israel, or Palestinian-Israelis - all these definitions are obviously complicated and personal and have hefty connotations - found themselves in a very difficult place following the attacks of October 7th. There was a lot of confusion, a lot of suspicion and mainly - a lot of fear. Any statement, any post, any tweet came under extreme scrutiny. Most people chose, therefore, to remain silent. They figured that the benefits of speaking up seemed to be dwarfed by the possible outcomes - being fired, arrested, accused of treason or support of terrorism.

But Ibrahim Abu Ahmad and Amira Mohammed are not most people. They’re both peace activists who live in between the two societies: They’re Muslim and proud Palestinians, on the one hand, but they are also Israeli citizens, speak Hebrew, have many Jewish friends and either live or work in predominantly Jewish cities in the center of Israel.

So when many people around them retreated into a self-imposed post-October 7th silence, they did the exact opposite: They started a podcast called “Unapologetic: The Third Narrative.” On the show they explore their complex identities, and talk to a wide range of guests - Jews, Arabs, Gazans, Israelis. The podcast has taken off, and Amira and Ibrahim have come to model a different kind of discourse, one that challenges the binary and dichotomous definitions we’re so accustomed to hearing.

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0:00.0	Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,
0:06.0	three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent,
0:10.7	Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:13.1	All right.
0:14.0	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:16.8	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:19.4	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.8	All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.
0:25.8	Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.
0:28.0	P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. A scrappy army fighting three enemies, an unlikely victory and a country forever changed.
0:43.0	Join host Dr Noam Weisman for a special unpacking Israeli history mini-series
0:50.0	where he shares the story of the Six Day War as you've never heard it before.
0:55.2	Travel back to 1967, as Noam recounts the tense lead up to war,
1:00.3	the fierce battles fought, and the aftermath that continues to affect Israel to this day.
1:07.0	But what led to this war? How did Israel emerge victorious?
1:12.0	And how of the outcomes impacted Israel's position in the region
1:16.0	and the world between then and now?
1:20.0	Unpack the six days that changed Israel forever in this three-part special of unpacking Israeli history.
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