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Omar Suleiman

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

James Cone wrote a book called Malcolm and Martin Dreams and Nightmares. And he wrote something profound to the effect that Martin tried to liberate white people from their own racism. Whereas Malcolm tried to liberate black people from the effects of that racism on them. And so they both played a deeply important role. Self-determination is crucial to maintain the fuel of a movement.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And I think one of the things that probably deeply frustrates those that have sought the erasure of Palestine is that Palestinian consciousness has only continued to grow after 75 years. Palestinians in diaspora and Palestinians within occupied territory all are deeply rooted in their Palestinian identity and existence, and they're not going away.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And I think one of the things that probably deeply frustrates those that have sought the erasure of Palestine is that Palestinian consciousness has only continued to grow after 75 years. Palestinians in diaspora and Palestinians within occupied territory all are deeply rooted in their Palestinian identity and existence, and they're not going away.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

And I think one of the things that probably deeply frustrates those that have sought the erasure of Palestine is that Palestinian consciousness has only continued to grow after 75 years. Palestinians in diaspora and Palestinians within occupied territory all are deeply rooted in their Palestinian identity and existence, and they're not going away.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

So I think that that's where the function is important of this, whereas those that are complicit in the oppression need to be liberated from their own oppression, and liberated from what they're participating in. Most Americans that I talk to that have absolutely no idea about what's going on,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

So I think that that's where the function is important of this, whereas those that are complicit in the oppression need to be liberated from their own oppression, and liberated from what they're participating in. Most Americans that I talk to that have absolutely no idea about what's going on,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

So I think that that's where the function is important of this, whereas those that are complicit in the oppression need to be liberated from their own oppression, and liberated from what they're participating in. Most Americans that I talk to that have absolutely no idea about what's going on,

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

When they come to hear just a few stories of the plight of the Palestinian people and the types of brutality that we have encountered, wake up to this and say, oh my God, this is what my tax dollars go to. This is what I'm a part of, right? So we have to liberate people across the board from being oppressors or from being oppressed.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

When they come to hear just a few stories of the plight of the Palestinian people and the types of brutality that we have encountered, wake up to this and say, oh my God, this is what my tax dollars go to. This is what I'm a part of, right? So we have to liberate people across the board from being oppressors or from being oppressed.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

When they come to hear just a few stories of the plight of the Palestinian people and the types of brutality that we have encountered, wake up to this and say, oh my God, this is what my tax dollars go to. This is what I'm a part of, right? So we have to liberate people across the board from being oppressors or from being oppressed.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You have to see the world, their world, through their eyes. You can't try to see their world through your eyes. If you live under occupation, you're routinely harassed at Israeli checkpoints. The occupation is expanding into your territory. You're meeting families regularly that have been thrown out of their homes and that are looking for a new place in the shrinking territory.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You have to see the world, their world, through their eyes. You can't try to see their world through your eyes. If you live under occupation, you're routinely harassed at Israeli checkpoints. The occupation is expanding into your territory. You're meeting families regularly that have been thrown out of their homes and that are looking for a new place in the shrinking territory.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You have to see the world, their world, through their eyes. You can't try to see their world through your eyes. If you live under occupation, you're routinely harassed at Israeli checkpoints. The occupation is expanding into your territory. You're meeting families regularly that have been thrown out of their homes and that are looking for a new place in the shrinking territory.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You deal with routine airstrikes. You have no way to get out. You have no way to grow. You don't even have a passport. Your education is subpar. Your standards of living are lower than the rest of the world. And all you hear from the other side, which dominates the discourse and dominates every element of your existence, are promises of erasure, of complete erasure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You deal with routine airstrikes. You have no way to get out. You have no way to grow. You don't even have a passport. Your education is subpar. Your standards of living are lower than the rest of the world. And all you hear from the other side, which dominates the discourse and dominates every element of your existence, are promises of erasure, of complete erasure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

You deal with routine airstrikes. You have no way to get out. You have no way to grow. You don't even have a passport. Your education is subpar. Your standards of living are lower than the rest of the world. And all you hear from the other side, which dominates the discourse and dominates every element of your existence, are promises of erasure, of complete erasure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

13,000 people I mentioned, 2023, 13,000 new settlement units being advanced. If that happened anywhere, right? Just think about what that means, right? When you clear out a village or two, And it's not that big of a territory, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

13,000 people I mentioned, 2023, 13,000 new settlement units being advanced. If that happened anywhere, right? Just think about what that means, right? When you clear out a village or two, And it's not that big of a territory, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

13,000 people I mentioned, 2023, 13,000 new settlement units being advanced. If that happened anywhere, right? Just think about what that means, right? When you clear out a village or two, And it's not that big of a territory, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#411 โ€“ Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam

When you know that that's happening and when you have been subjected to that, anyone that claims to be supporting you or uplifting you from that state of misery is going to have sympathy. Whether you agree with their mission or their methods or not, it's human. It is human. That if anyone says that they are going to get you out of this misery,