Opinion/Gaza - Audiatur Et Altera Pars
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion… Nor is it enough that he should hear the opinions of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them…he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.” ― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
Personal curated collection of reports, interviews, lectures, and comments that attempt to let the other side - the Palestinians - be heard.
Gaza Update with Norman Finkelstein - Useful Idiots
Norman Finkelstein Calls Gaza A Modern Day ‘SLAVE REVOLT’ - The Katie Halper Show
Who’s behind Gaza hospital massacre? - The Grayzone
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed discuss the killing of at least 100 people sheltering at the al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City and dubious Israeli claims that the massacre resulted from a misfired Palestinian rocket.
Zero hour in Gaza - The Grayzone
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the latest from Gaza as Israel demands 1.1 million civilians leave the northern area of the besieged enclave in expectation of a regime change war, and US, UK and French ships arrive at the coast.
Palestine voices on Israel’s war against Gaza - Useful Idiots
After Hamas’s attack in Israel on Saturday October 7. 2023, the Israeli massacres of Palestinians in Gaza have skyrocketed. This genocidal ethnic cleansing has scarcely been reported by mainstream media at any time in its 50 year history, let alone at a time when western media and politicians openly support a religious war against Palestine. So this podcast is giving a platform to three Palestinian voices to share their story.
It interviews Refaat Alareer, a Palestinian academic currently sheltering 15 children in his Gaza apartment, Yumna Patel, the Palestine news director for Mondoweiss, and Muhammad Shehada, a Palestinian writer from Gaza.
Their stories of bombings, murder, cruelty, and lies from the Israeli government and malicious rumors from US media and politicians are difficult to hear, but so important when they’re being silenced everywhere else.
“The American public and the general public around the world is being sold a genocide,” they tell us. “We are being convinced through the rhetoric of Israeli politicians, the US president, and US state department spokespeople that Palestinians, specifically Gazans, are not human. They are trying to wipe Gaza off the map.”
And while the deaths of Israelis must be covered and mourned, the West’s hypocrisy and double standard on the value of life is clear.
“I have never seen the amount of profiles and interviews with the families of victims than I’ve seen of mainstream media interviewing these Israeli families. I have never seen this level of attention paid to one singular Palestinian.”
Israeli children matter. Why don’t Palestinian children matter? “No attention is being paid to the killing of 270 children just in the span of three or four days.” Refaat, Yumna, and Muhammad share their frustration and disgust with “the fact that our government and the President of the United States is repeating dehumanizing genocidal language, repeating these unsubstantiated claims.”
And sadly, we may not be able to hear their voices for long. Refaat, calling from Gaza with the sounds of bombs exploding in the background during the interview, warns that resources are running low. “But in a couple of days, maximum a week or two, if things don’t change, we’re looking at a total blackout, no coverage, no media, no internet. Not that Israel cares, and mainstream media is complicit.”