Episode 335 – Axis of Resistance (w/ Rami Khouri)

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Palestinian-American author, opinion columnist, and Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University in Beirut Rami Khouri joins Bad Faith to provide much needed background on how and why Arab nations are realigning in response to continued Israeli aggression in Gaza. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and others are part of what Khouri describes as an axis of resistance, but what is motivating these disparate groups, how do the last seven decades of conflict between Israel and its neighbors inform regional attitudes, and what is the potential for a broader regional war? Also, Khouri weighs in on the State Department’s response to South Africa’s petition for the International Court of Justice to charge Israel with genocide, and the Biden administration’s response to Ben-Gvir & Smotritch’s calls for ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Finally, he talks about the Nakba affected his own family, and how his Arab Israeli loved ones in Nazareth are experiencing post-10/7 Israel.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).