What These Palestinian & Israeli Activists Need Us to Know: Standing Together’s Sally Abed & Alon-Lee Green

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Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

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🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Episode 292. What These Palestinian & Israeli Activists Need Us to Know: Standing Together’s Sally Abed & Alon-Lee Green Sally Abed, an elected leader at Standing Together and Alon-Lee Green, the National co-Director and a founder of Standing Together, talk us through what is happening in Palestine and Israel right now, their own stories of growing up and living through it, and how we can help in their mission to bring liberation, equality, and peace to all who live on the land: - Why Palestinian liberation and Jewish safety are completely interconnected; - Who’s really benefiting from the U.S. sending billions of dollars to the Israeli government; - The myths Americans have been taught about the Palestinian-Israeli crisis; - Why Sally says it is vital that Americans not “sit out” the upcoming elections; and - How we can help the PEOPLE on the land today to secure a ceasefire, end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, bring the hostages home, and secure peace, liberation, and safety for all. On Standing Together: Standing Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. While the minority who benefit from the status quo of occupation and economic inequality seek to keep us divided, we know that we — the majority — have far more in common than that which sets us apart. When we stand together, we are strong enough to fundamentally alter the existing socio-political reality. The future that we want — peace and independence for Israelis and Palestinians, full equality for all citizens, and true social, economic, and environmental justice — is possible. Because where there is struggle, there is hope. - To Learn More: https://www.standing-together.org/en - To Join their Mission: https://www.standing-together.org/friends - To Give: https://www.standing-together.org/donatehere - If you can attend their NYC event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fighting-for-peace-and-justice-standing-together-nyc-fundraiser-registration-849180350287

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0:00.0	Hello, Pod Squad.
0:09.0	Desmond Tutu talked about how we need to pull people out of the river.
0:17.0	And we also need to go upstream to find out who's pushing them in.
0:21.0	Today we're talking to two devoted activists for justice and peace
0:26.1	and Palestine and Israel. They share their lived experience, who is profiting from the horrors
0:32.1	going on there,
0:33.2	the stories that have led to this disaster,
0:35.8	and the new story that needs to be told
0:38.2	so that the people on the land can live in dignity and peace. We hope that you will learn about and get
0:44.9	involved with their organization standing together. And while we look upstream,
0:50.3	we are not going to stop pulling people out of the river.
0:54.0	Together Rising has been partnering with Palestinian organizations since 2021,
0:59.0	funding more than $1,178,000 in boots on the ground organizations like Mecca and Anera, providing
1:08.2	food, medical care, and clean water.
1:11.2	7,000 of you have contributed to this work this year alone.
1:16.4	Thank you.
1:17.8	So with relentless hope, let's continue to be people who do what needs to be done downstream and upstream.
1:26.0	In thinking about this conversation I was thinking about how Glenn and I are descended from the Irish diaspora, which because of the occupation of Britain,
1:39.0	our great-great-grandfather was put on a boat when he was six by himself because of the
1:46.4	starvation that they were facing because the British were taking the food off
1:50.3	the island and growing up we would sing IRA fight songs, we would valorize the martyrs of the fight we would feel righteous, righteous about it.
2:08.0	And when I was in college I met Betty Williams who was a receptionist in Ireland and who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize and I was so excited to meet her with all of my righteousness and she humbled me so much because she made it very clear that my big feelings from
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