What The People of Gaza Actually Think | Interview: Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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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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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast
0:15.0	This is Adam, editorial director at the Dispatch and I'm joined by
0:20.0	Ahmed Foyad L Khatib, who is resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
0:25.8	Ahmed, you wrote a fantastic piece for the dispatch titled,
0:31.2	Hamas is monstrous.
0:32.2	Most cousins agree.
0:34.5	And I think some of the most prominent work
0:37.1	that you've been doing in the context of the Israeli
0:40.4	Palestinian conflict has been to vigorously and committedly fight for the line of
0:46.7	humanitarian concern for the Palestinians while also trying to seek a real solution to the conflict in a way that is sounds almost impossible now to
0:56.6	communicate and that's why I felt it was really important to talk to you after October 7th, especially given the fact that I as an Israeli
1:06.5	have done some coverage for the dispatch.
1:10.0	I try to describe the story as well as I can, but it's impossible to completely overcome
1:16.4	your own biases and your own upbringing, and I thought it was essential to bring you to share your perspective and to have a more expansive dialogue,
1:25.7	even or especially in the wake of the tragedy that befalls both of our peoples.
1:29.4	So thank you for joining me.
1:32.0	Thank you for having me. Thank you for having me.
1:33.0	I much appreciated and I appreciate the opportunity to write for the dispatch and to communicate with diverse audiences.
1:40.0	On social media, I talk to the left, I talk to the right, I talk to the left I talk to the right I talk to the center I talk to
1:46.4	Students I talk to think tankers I will talk to any and everybody
1:52.2	Especially to convey the diversity of the Palestinian people,
1:55.6	that we are not a monolithic people, we are not all for Hamas.
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