What The People of Gaza Actually Think | Interview: Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (RE-AIR)

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Originally aired on Oct. 16, 2024. Palestinian-American activist and resident senior fellow at The Atlantic Council Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib joins Adaam James Levin-Areddy to discuss growing up in the Gaza Strip, the challenge of polling public opinion in Gaza, the future of Palestinian self-governance, whether there is a meaningful contingent in support seeking peace with Israel. The Agenda: —The story of Gaza —Hamas vs. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) —October 7 —Breaking down support for Hamas in Gaza —Palestinian sovereignty and UNRWA —Do Palestinians want peace? —The radicalism of the moderate voice Show Notes: —⁠⁠Ahmed’s piece for The Dispatch⁠⁠ —⁠⁠Adaam talks with Dr. Einat Wilf about UNRWA and the refugee industrial complex⁠⁠ —⁠⁠Adaam and Jonah talk on Oct. 7, 2023⁠⁠ The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠The Dispatch⁠⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—⁠⁠click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.8	Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nisoneiao is supposed to meet with President Trump at the White House
0:42.3	as the U.S. pushes for a ceasefire in Gaza.
0:46.2	This made me think that this is a good moment to revisit a conversation I had back in October with
0:51.0	Ahmed Fidel-Katib, resident fellow at the Atlantic Council, originally
0:54.7	from Gaza himself. I asked him what Gazans really think about Hamas, about Israel, about a two-state
1:01.2	solution, and about October 7th. Understanding the mood on the streets, even during a heartbreakingly
1:06.2	deadly war, is critical in order to understand what we can hope for on the other end.
1:12.0	The Netanyahu government and Trump administration are trying to imagine a post-Chamas future for Gaza.
1:16.7	But is that realistic?
1:18.7	Give a listen to my chat with Ahmed and see what you think.
1:42.6	Thank you. Ahmed, you wrote a fantastic piece for the dispatch title Hamas is monstrous. Most Guzans agree. And I think some of the most prominent work
1:47.0	that you've been doing in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been to vigorously
1:54.0	and committedly fight for the line of humanitarian concern for the Palestinians while also trying to
2:00.0	seek a real solution to the
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