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Mohammed El-Kurd

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

And the proof to this is places like Jordan and Egypt, even though they've normalized and had peace agreements with Israel for many, many, many, many years, Palestine and the Palestinian cause was still a talking point in the political campaigning of politicians, of Jordanian and Egyptian politicians, and continues to be.

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

for them to gain popularity because that's where the hearts of the people are. And then, you know, the Zionist regime is quite explanatory. The imperial Zionist regime, I mean, what else do you call a regime that sought help from imperialist powers to depopulate an entire country and build a new one on top of it?

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

for them to gain popularity because that's where the hearts of the people are. And then, you know, the Zionist regime is quite explanatory. The imperial Zionist regime, I mean, what else do you call a regime that sought help from imperialist powers to depopulate an entire country and build a new one on top of it?

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

for them to gain popularity because that's where the hearts of the people are. And then, you know, the Zionist regime is quite explanatory. The imperial Zionist regime, I mean, what else do you call a regime that sought help from imperialist powers to depopulate an entire country and build a new one on top of it?

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

No, no. Obviously, they're going to be marketed as positive. And obviously, they're going to... have this flowery language surrounding them, and the idiots in the room might nod and smile, but anybody with critical thinking skills can know that if people continue to be under occupation, there's nothing positive there. Let's linger a little bit on the mutual interests.

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

No, no. Obviously, they're going to be marketed as positive. And obviously, they're going to... have this flowery language surrounding them, and the idiots in the room might nod and smile, but anybody with critical thinking skills can know that if people continue to be under occupation, there's nothing positive there. Let's linger a little bit on the mutual interests.

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

No, no. Obviously, they're going to be marketed as positive. And obviously, they're going to... have this flowery language surrounding them, and the idiots in the room might nod and smile, but anybody with critical thinking skills can know that if people continue to be under occupation, there's nothing positive there. Let's linger a little bit on the mutual interests.

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

The only way Morocco could normalize relations with the Israeli regime is so that the Israeli regime could recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara, which just happened actually last week and now Morocco, and before that Morocco recognized Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank. It's not like Morocco itself just has no interest in this kind of deal.

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

The only way Morocco could normalize relations with the Israeli regime is so that the Israeli regime could recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara, which just happened actually last week and now Morocco, and before that Morocco recognized Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank. It's not like Morocco itself just has no interest in this kind of deal.

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

The only way Morocco could normalize relations with the Israeli regime is so that the Israeli regime could recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara, which just happened actually last week and now Morocco, and before that Morocco recognized Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank. It's not like Morocco itself just has no interest in this kind of deal.

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

Not currently, no.

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

Not currently, no.

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

Not currently, no.

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

I don't think there's a body through which I can run for anything. It's completely dysfunctional. And also, I don't want to wear a suit all the time.

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

I don't think there's a body through which I can run for anything. It's completely dysfunctional. And also, I don't want to wear a suit all the time.

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

I don't think there's a body through which I can run for anything. It's completely dysfunctional. And also, I don't want to wear a suit all the time.

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

You know, I was born and raised in Jerusalem. I speak perfect Arabic. I think my Arabic writing is much superior to my English writing, but I choose to write in English because...

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

You know, I was born and raised in Jerusalem. I speak perfect Arabic. I think my Arabic writing is much superior to my English writing, but I choose to write in English because...

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

You know, I was born and raised in Jerusalem. I speak perfect Arabic. I think my Arabic writing is much superior to my English writing, but I choose to write in English because...

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

I think there's a disparity and there's a chasm between what is said in Arabic on the street in Palestine and what is said here about Palestinians, both by anti-Palestinian racists and people who are pro-Palestine and advocates for Palestine. And I believe I and a few others from my generations, or many others actually from my generation, are working to fill that chasm.