Historian Rashid Khalidi SLAMS America As ’Direct Participant’ In War On Gaza

Palestinian-American historian and Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University Rashid Khalidi explains the connection between wars abroad and wars at home, fascism and imperialism and why Israel could never exist and there would be no war on Gaza without the direct participation of the United States. “We’re more than just backers“ of the war, Khalidi says. Plus Khalidi discusses the connection between Ireland and Palestine and Katie mocks fired Israeli propagandist Eylon Levy for his self-own on Ireland and Palestine. 00:00:00 the connection between imperialism and fascism 01:10 Not just an Israeli war 01:33 Israel wouldn’t exist with U.S. 03:02 How wars abroad come home 03:50 How elites use state force deal with public opinion shifts 04:48 Why empire crushes protest movements 06:18:00 The administration is lying 06:45 Ireland’s recognition of Palestinian statehood 06:50 Idiotic Israeli spox Eylon Levy’s embarrassing tweet 07:36 Ireland’s connection to Palestine Rashid Khalidi () is the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University and was an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. He is the author of: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917- 2017 (2020); Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. has Undermined Peace in the Middle East (2013); Sowing Crisis: American Dominance and the Cold War in the Middle East (2009);The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (2006); Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East (2004); Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (1996); Under Siege: PLO Decision-Making During the 1982 War (1986); British Policy Towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914 (1980); and co-editor of Palestine and the Gulf (1982) and The Origins of Arab Nationalism (1991), and The Other Jerusalem: Rethinking the History of the Sacred City (2020). ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps