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Mohammed El-Kurd

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

And also, I'd like to use this as an opportunity to comment a little bit on the analogy thing, not to stray away from the question, but you know, the Palestinian Authority two years ago killed an opposition activist named Nizar Banat. It was a horrendous crime. And I was in Ramallah with the people protesting against the Palestinian Authority.

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

And also, I'd like to use this as an opportunity to comment a little bit on the analogy thing, not to stray away from the question, but you know, the Palestinian Authority two years ago killed an opposition activist named Nizar Banat. It was a horrendous crime. And I was in Ramallah with the people protesting against the Palestinian Authority.

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

And also, I'd like to use this as an opportunity to comment a little bit on the analogy thing, not to stray away from the question, but you know, the Palestinian Authority two years ago killed an opposition activist named Nizar Banat. It was a horrendous crime. And I was in Ramallah with the people protesting against the Palestinian Authority.

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

And at some point they had their batons, the Palestinian Authority police, and they beat us with it. And many of the people in the crowd were liking the Palestinian Authority to Zionism. I think people, this is what people do. when they are confronted by a great evil, they liken it to some other great evil. And this is where the Hitler analogy came from.

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

And at some point they had their batons, the Palestinian Authority police, and they beat us with it. And many of the people in the crowd were liking the Palestinian Authority to Zionism. I think people, this is what people do. when they are confronted by a great evil, they liken it to some other great evil. And this is where the Hitler analogy came from.

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

And at some point they had their batons, the Palestinian Authority police, and they beat us with it. And many of the people in the crowd were liking the Palestinian Authority to Zionism. I think people, this is what people do. when they are confronted by a great evil, they liken it to some other great evil. And this is where the Hitler analogy came from.

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

Again, I don't think it's the best strategy moving forward, but I refuse to be criminalized for a little sentence.

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

Again, I don't think it's the best strategy moving forward, but I refuse to be criminalized for a little sentence.

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

Again, I don't think it's the best strategy moving forward, but I refuse to be criminalized for a little sentence.

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

You know, looking at the PA's action today, it tells you a great deal about what they're interested in and what they're not interested in. And maybe, yeah, the occupation is in their best interest. And you can infer similar things looking at Hamas. But these two entities virtually have no power, even Hamas. There is the context that Hamas is permitted by international law to use armed resistance.

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

You know, looking at the PA's action today, it tells you a great deal about what they're interested in and what they're not interested in. And maybe, yeah, the occupation is in their best interest. And you can infer similar things looking at Hamas. But these two entities virtually have no power, even Hamas. There is the context that Hamas is permitted by international law to use armed resistance.

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

You know, looking at the PA's action today, it tells you a great deal about what they're interested in and what they're not interested in. And maybe, yeah, the occupation is in their best interest. And you can infer similar things looking at Hamas. But these two entities virtually have no power, even Hamas. There is the context that Hamas is permitted by international law to use armed resistance.

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

Does that mean Hamas is equipped to govern Gaza? I don't think so. Does that mean that people around Palestine necessarily want to live under... Hamas rule. In 2006, Hamas was democratically elected. I don't know if that's still the case today. There's a lot to be said, but neither of these entities have any real power in perpetuating.

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

Does that mean Hamas is equipped to govern Gaza? I don't think so. Does that mean that people around Palestine necessarily want to live under... Hamas rule. In 2006, Hamas was democratically elected. I don't know if that's still the case today. There's a lot to be said, but neither of these entities have any real power in perpetuating.

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

Does that mean Hamas is equipped to govern Gaza? I don't think so. Does that mean that people around Palestine necessarily want to live under... Hamas rule. In 2006, Hamas was democratically elected. I don't know if that's still the case today. There's a lot to be said, but neither of these entities have any real power in perpetuating.

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

The only body that has access, that can flip the switch on all of this equation is Israelis. They're the ones who are keeping people in a cage. They're the ones who are wrapping the West Bank with a wall. Everything else to me is just secondary, regardless of what I think personally of any of those people.

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

The only body that has access, that can flip the switch on all of this equation is Israelis. They're the ones who are keeping people in a cage. They're the ones who are wrapping the West Bank with a wall. Everything else to me is just secondary, regardless of what I think personally of any of those people.

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

The only body that has access, that can flip the switch on all of this equation is Israelis. They're the ones who are keeping people in a cage. They're the ones who are wrapping the West Bank with a wall. Everything else to me is just secondary, regardless of what I think personally of any of those people.

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

Personally for me, the world I envision, not just Palestine, the world I envision is a world that goes beyond states. That goes beyond this framing of power, this hierarchy in which some people rule over other people. This whole idea of nation states, be it Israel or any other nation states, it's futile. It's not good. It's exclusive. I think that we can achieve a better world than that.

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

Personally for me, the world I envision, not just Palestine, the world I envision is a world that goes beyond states. That goes beyond this framing of power, this hierarchy in which some people rule over other people. This whole idea of nation states, be it Israel or any other nation states, it's futile. It's not good. It's exclusive. I think that we can achieve a better world than that.