Palestinian journalist and foreign policy analyst Rula Jebreal joins The Left Hook to discuss the current "ceasefire deal" and how Israel's war on Gaza has destroyed chances for peace and security.
Excellent in-depth discussion—the situation is so complicated, and yet so simple. The genocide must stop. My heart hurts when I read or listen about what is happening in Gaza. I don’t believe this country will make things right. I’m hoping leaders in the rest of the world will finally decide to take some form of collective action to stop this.
Thankyou Rula for your authentic voice of reason. Netanyahu is so vile and untrustworthy that "ceasefire" never means what it should. Great interview guest, Waj.
Yes, I've known all along that this was never about Hamas. It was an excuse to exterminate Palestinians and shame on anybody who says otherwise. Israel is committing genocide ... DOT PERIOD! Jews in the U.S. can't stand me, because I will NOT side with them and could care less if they call me antisemitic for knowing they are wrong, wrong, wrong. Did they not learn this from Nazi Germany? Give me a fucking break.
I'm ashamed of my own government and their shortsightedness. I think they're not telling Americans the truth about what that allegiance with Israel is made of. WHY? WHAT?
Sadly, The US cannot lead on this. They are equally complicit. As Meital Yaniv said, "Israel is the largest US military base in the world". Let's hope the world order can have some impact; Ireland, South Africa, Colombia. The US destruction of International law and order cannot be normalized. We all have work to do. Thank you for this wonderful interview.
2. US spending on defense as % of GDP has declined under Biden. It has not "skyrocketed" as the guest said. Despite the war in Gaza and Ukraine which, whether or not you support them, the US is involved in.
As a world we are just watching unmoved because this may not be in my backyard (as yet). We have become desensitised to war and violence. But it is a matter of time that this war will affect of us and tangibly so!
Wajahat, I'm really sorry to said, but you are completely wrong in many points. The DNC despises Arabs/ Muslims/ Palestinians as much as MAGA. You don't have to take my word, you can see the actions and not their rhetoric: Not allowing a single Palestinian/ Arab to have a platform during the elections, lying about pressuring israel against the genocidal war, holding up weapons (Biden did the opposite!), I can go on and on. So to say Trump will allow israel to kill another 5k children doesn't make it qualitative "worst", it's all genocide. Like Rula said, the so-called left have dug it's own grave siding with the worst war crime of the century.
Both sides? Please give us a break. 20,000 dead Palestinian children, children! How many had amputated limb without anesthesia and with dead parents? There no precedent in this century, literally, no precedent. We al should be ashamed our money is been used on one of the most vile war crimes of our lifetime. That's not me saying it, it's Jewish israeli genocide academics and the pope.
Excellent in-depth discussion—the situation is so complicated, and yet so simple. The genocide must stop. My heart hurts when I read or listen about what is happening in Gaza. I don’t believe this country will make things right. I’m hoping leaders in the rest of the world will finally decide to take some form of collective action to stop this.
Biden is closing out his chaotic 4-year term, just as he started it.
Gaslighting about a fantasy of a ceasefire, just as he gaslighted about the strength of the Afghanistan government.
Pathetic and obvious...
I KNEW Bibi would fuck this up. He is PURE evil.
Biden, Blinken and the entire US cabinet are all war criminals. They are shameless partners-in-genocide.
And their complicity in the extermination of brown people is probably what cost Harris the election and gave us Trump 2. Thanks Joe. Good job.
Thankyou Rula for your authentic voice of reason. Netanyahu is so vile and untrustworthy that "ceasefire" never means what it should. Great interview guest, Waj.
Yes, I've known all along that this was never about Hamas. It was an excuse to exterminate Palestinians and shame on anybody who says otherwise. Israel is committing genocide ... DOT PERIOD! Jews in the U.S. can't stand me, because I will NOT side with them and could care less if they call me antisemitic for knowing they are wrong, wrong, wrong. Did they not learn this from Nazi Germany? Give me a fucking break.
I'm ashamed of my own government and their shortsightedness. I think they're not telling Americans the truth about what that allegiance with Israel is made of. WHY? WHAT?
Sadly, The US cannot lead on this. They are equally complicit. As Meital Yaniv said, "Israel is the largest US military base in the world". Let's hope the world order can have some impact; Ireland, South Africa, Colombia. The US destruction of International law and order cannot be normalized. We all have work to do. Thank you for this wonderful interview.
I think a fair few factual errors in this interview:
1. The recent $8b weapons US-Israel deal was a sale, not aid. So it helps the US financially. https://thedefensepost.com/2025/01/04/biden-arms-sale-israel/
2. US spending on defense as % of GDP has declined under Biden. It has not "skyrocketed" as the guest said. Despite the war in Gaza and Ukraine which, whether or not you support them, the US is involved in.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FDEFX
3. Israel's GDP was at record high last quarter, just over 500b shekels (vs "economy that is really collapsing")
https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/Statistics/Pages/Generators/Time-Series-DataBank.aspx?r=eeaf3f3d-b002-47b6-9860-030c0dd7bbe7&uptodate=1
4. Israel's population also at record high (vs "how many are moving out of Israel")
https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/Statistics/Pages/Generators/Time-Series-DataBank.aspx?r=ea3bd53b-b8ef-4c4a-8f6f-8eb5e8cdb84f&uptodate=1
5. Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019 (vs where did Trump get the idea to annex/buy Greenland)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_the_United_States_to_purchase_Greenland
Great conversation Waj and Rula.
As a world we are just watching unmoved because this may not be in my backyard (as yet). We have become desensitised to war and violence. But it is a matter of time that this war will affect of us and tangibly so!
Wajahat, I'm really sorry to said, but you are completely wrong in many points. The DNC despises Arabs/ Muslims/ Palestinians as much as MAGA. You don't have to take my word, you can see the actions and not their rhetoric: Not allowing a single Palestinian/ Arab to have a platform during the elections, lying about pressuring israel against the genocidal war, holding up weapons (Biden did the opposite!), I can go on and on. So to say Trump will allow israel to kill another 5k children doesn't make it qualitative "worst", it's all genocide. Like Rula said, the so-called left have dug it's own grave siding with the worst war crime of the century.
Both sides? Please give us a break. 20,000 dead Palestinian children, children! How many had amputated limb without anesthesia and with dead parents? There no precedent in this century, literally, no precedent. We al should be ashamed our money is been used on one of the most vile war crimes of our lifetime. That's not me saying it, it's Jewish israeli genocide academics and the pope.