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Mohammed El-Kurd

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

And I think what serves this narrative is Islamophobia, is xenophobia towards Arabs, which I don't have the luxury to write laws about. By the way, I'm quite frustrated by this. I am preoccupied, and the Palestinian people are preoccupied, with the material violence that we have to deal with on the day-to-day, the demolitions, the bombings, the imprisonment. That's what we're distracted with.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

And I think what serves this narrative is Islamophobia, is xenophobia towards Arabs, which I don't have the luxury to write laws about. By the way, I'm quite frustrated by this. I am preoccupied, and the Palestinian people are preoccupied, with the material violence that we have to deal with on the day-to-day, the demolitions, the bombings, the imprisonment. That's what we're distracted with.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

busy with, that we can't even talk about the racism, the casual racism against us, the anti-Palestinian racism, be it in the media, on social media, in diplomatic circles. But all of this racism that has gone unchecked, that has not been regulated,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

busy with, that we can't even talk about the racism, the casual racism against us, the anti-Palestinian racism, be it in the media, on social media, in diplomatic circles. But all of this racism that has gone unchecked, that has not been regulated,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

busy with, that we can't even talk about the racism, the casual racism against us, the anti-Palestinian racism, be it in the media, on social media, in diplomatic circles. But all of this racism that has gone unchecked, that has not been regulated,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

for decades, allows for these tropes to continue, in which Palestinians are promoted as these barbaric terrorists, and the only way we could remedy that situation is by marketing them as these defenseless victims. But the fact of the matter is not this simplistic. Palestinian people are human beings who

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

for decades, allows for these tropes to continue, in which Palestinians are promoted as these barbaric terrorists, and the only way we could remedy that situation is by marketing them as these defenseless victims. But the fact of the matter is not this simplistic. Palestinian people are human beings who

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

for decades, allows for these tropes to continue, in which Palestinians are promoted as these barbaric terrorists, and the only way we could remedy that situation is by marketing them as these defenseless victims. But the fact of the matter is not this simplistic. Palestinian people are human beings who

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

should enjoy a full spectrum of humanity, which includes rage, which includes disdain, which includes happiness and joy and laughter, which includes celebration, which includes all of these things. But we're not allowed this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

should enjoy a full spectrum of humanity, which includes rage, which includes disdain, which includes happiness and joy and laughter, which includes celebration, which includes all of these things. But we're not allowed this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

should enjoy a full spectrum of humanity, which includes rage, which includes disdain, which includes happiness and joy and laughter, which includes celebration, which includes all of these things. But we're not allowed this.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

But we are doing exactly what any people throughout history who have been oppressed, who have been colonized, who have been occupied, have done and continue to do, as we see in Ukraine, which is celebrated by mainstream media. I'm sorry to

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

But we are doing exactly what any people throughout history who have been oppressed, who have been colonized, who have been occupied, have done and continue to do, as we see in Ukraine, which is celebrated by mainstream media. I'm sorry to

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

But we are doing exactly what any people throughout history who have been oppressed, who have been colonized, who have been occupied, have done and continue to do, as we see in Ukraine, which is celebrated by mainstream media. I'm sorry to

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

keep reiterating this point, but at this point I am quite exhausted by how exceptional Palestine and Palestinian resistance is when the world tells me time and time again that it doesn't have a problem with violence, it just has a problem with who does that violence.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

keep reiterating this point, but at this point I am quite exhausted by how exceptional Palestine and Palestinian resistance is when the world tells me time and time again that it doesn't have a problem with violence, it just has a problem with who does that violence.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

keep reiterating this point, but at this point I am quite exhausted by how exceptional Palestine and Palestinian resistance is when the world tells me time and time again that it doesn't have a problem with violence, it just has a problem with who does that violence.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

I think governments, wherever, globally, are different from people. No government is a true reflection of its people. I think this is even true in the case of Arab countries that normalize with Israel. In many of the cases, they're unelected governments. I think the Palestinian Authority continues to fail. I think they are subcontractors of the Israeli regime through their security coordination.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

I think governments, wherever, globally, are different from people. No government is a true reflection of its people. I think this is even true in the case of Arab countries that normalize with Israel. In many of the cases, they're unelected governments. I think the Palestinian Authority continues to fail. I think they are subcontractors of the Israeli regime through their security coordination.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

I think governments, wherever, globally, are different from people. No government is a true reflection of its people. I think this is even true in the case of Arab countries that normalize with Israel. In many of the cases, they're unelected governments. I think the Palestinian Authority continues to fail. I think they are subcontractors of the Israeli regime through their security coordination.