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Bassem Youssef

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

That's why, thank you for giving me the space for saying the names of the Palestinian children that were killed just for four weeks. Because humans needs context, they need depth. They need like a 3D look at what they can look at. But if you just give them numbers, they don't mean anything.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

That's an interesting question. But, I mean, let's admit something. The Arab regimes in the area have actually used the problem of Palestine in order to stay in power, in order to get excuses, like have this enemy. And Israel, the Israeli government has used that too, and maybe the Palestinians. But... But my problem with when going into discussion, this is that the two sides are not equal.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

That's an interesting question. But, I mean, let's admit something. The Arab regimes in the area have actually used the problem of Palestine in order to stay in power, in order to get excuses, like have this enemy. And Israel, the Israeli government has used that too, and maybe the Palestinians. But... But my problem with when going into discussion, this is that the two sides are not equal.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

That's an interesting question. But, I mean, let's admit something. The Arab regimes in the area have actually used the problem of Palestine in order to stay in power, in order to get excuses, like have this enemy. And Israel, the Israeli government has used that too, and maybe the Palestinians. But... But my problem with when going into discussion, this is that the two sides are not equal.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

They're not equal in power, they're not equal in influence, and they're not equal in international support, especially with the United States. So Palestinians can, the people who have made changes in history were the people with power. that people would have the ability to change things. And the Palestinians cannot really change it. What can they change?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

They're not equal in power, they're not equal in influence, and they're not equal in international support, especially with the United States. So Palestinians can, the people who have made changes in history were the people with power. that people would have the ability to change things. And the Palestinians cannot really change it. What can they change?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

They're not equal in power, they're not equal in influence, and they're not equal in international support, especially with the United States. So Palestinians can, the people who have made changes in history were the people with power. that people would have the ability to change things. And the Palestinians cannot really change it. What can they change?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Some money to their leaders? Does that make any difference? I mean, and also when you say Palestinian Authority, which authority are you talking about, Hamas? Or the Palestinian Authority who has been kind of a domesticated kind of like, a puppy for the Palestinian who basically had been an informant on their own people.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Some money to their leaders? Does that make any difference? I mean, and also when you say Palestinian Authority, which authority are you talking about, Hamas? Or the Palestinian Authority who has been kind of a domesticated kind of like, a puppy for the Palestinian who basically had been an informant on their own people.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Some money to their leaders? Does that make any difference? I mean, and also when you say Palestinian Authority, which authority are you talking about, Hamas? Or the Palestinian Authority who has been kind of a domesticated kind of like, a puppy for the Palestinian who basically had been an informant on their own people.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And this is the thing also that kind of like really pissed me off when I was hearing the thing about these things. Like Hamas, Hamas, Hamas, Hamas. Like we have Netanyahu on tape confessing that he supported Hamas, gave him money in order to cause factions between the Palestinians.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And this is the thing also that kind of like really pissed me off when I was hearing the thing about these things. Like Hamas, Hamas, Hamas, Hamas. Like we have Netanyahu on tape confessing that he supported Hamas, gave him money in order to cause factions between the Palestinians.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And this is the thing also that kind of like really pissed me off when I was hearing the thing about these things. Like Hamas, Hamas, Hamas, Hamas. Like we have Netanyahu on tape confessing that he supported Hamas, gave him money in order to cause factions between the Palestinians.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And to which degree does Hamas represent the Palestinian people? None of these represent it, but who have the power in order to make the decisions? It really comes down to that. Well, who does have the power?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And to which degree does Hamas represent the Palestinian people? None of these represent it, but who have the power in order to make the decisions? It really comes down to that. Well, who does have the power?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And to which degree does Hamas represent the Palestinian people? None of these represent it, but who have the power in order to make the decisions? It really comes down to that. Well, who does have the power?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

So before Hamas even got to control 2006 Gaza, there was Ariel Sharon in 2000. And we all know what happened. And Ariel Sharon kind of like had, they came up with this amazing policy of like breaking people's, kids' bones in the Intifada. So, Baraki was also like, I mean, which one is moderate? I mean, I think Hamas is a product of what happened. I mean, we can,