Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges discuss Israel, Gaza, Oct. 7 at Princeton

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  • @gerri577
    @gerri577 7 місяців тому +2372

    my wish is that Dr Finklestein lives to see the day that the palesinians are liberated in Israel.

    • @Nick_CF
      @Nick_CF 7 місяців тому +36

      Hate to say it but keep wishing. I'm 40 and I doubt I'll see it at this point

    • @fifteenbyfive
      @fifteenbyfive 7 місяців тому +47

      @@Nick_CF Technically they already are liberated in Israel they're just not liberated in Palestine.

    • @CFX992
      @CFX992 7 місяців тому +152

      @@fifteenbyfive lol by liberated you mean being third class citizens in an apartheid state?

    • @y.m.505
      @y.m.505 7 місяців тому

      ​@@CFX992Arab Israelis live equally as the Jews: access to education at all levels, quality healthcare and jobs at all levels. Not what I saw in a documentary, but I know it. So go back and review your source, Mr. Lol.

    • @didiaboo8316
      @didiaboo8316 7 місяців тому +25

      @@CFX992 Well we DON'T know the PLAN of GOD ALL Mighty....coz a people who oppressed others...DON'T live very long

  • @suna033
    @suna033 7 місяців тому +1246

    No one better than Dr Norman Finkelstein in the US to be invited today, with his integrity, honorable, truthful facts, studies and research on Gaza besides that he lived in the west bank witnessing how the Israeli military occupation oppressed, humiliated, dehumanized Palestinian People. Thank you both for standing by the right side of humanity and stand by Justice for Palestinians in Gaza.

    • @anyq_CS
      @anyq_CS 7 місяців тому +64

      dr. gabon matte is great too

    • @redroverredrover5311
      @redroverredrover5311 7 місяців тому +47

      Chris is no slouch

    • @olgam601
      @olgam601 7 місяців тому +23

      This is the man (Mr Finkelstein) who wrote in Twitter: ....."it warms every fibres of my soul....." referring the horrendous-monstrosities of the 7 October. And on a Candace Owens programme titled “Israel vs. Palestine with Norman Finkelstein” he said on great length how horrendous and miserable is for a mother who is about to give birth not to have facilities in a hospital because Israel's bombardment. My opinion: It has to be something terrible wrong in Norman’s faculties.

    • @HuggyBear303
      @HuggyBear303 7 місяців тому +47

      ​@@olgam601 he later explained why he made those comments and said he condemned the Oct 7th atrocities

    • @barbaraschwimmer1338
      @barbaraschwimmer1338 7 місяців тому +10

      @@olgam601 NO SOUL NOT EVEN WHERE HE SITS

  • @mehdisanjaghi292
    @mehdisanjaghi292 6 місяців тому +75

    Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges are two exceptional and great human beings.

  • @jam50things
    @jam50things 7 місяців тому +1228

    Norm and Chris will be on the right side of HISTORY !!!!

    • @AceAlmost-m5f
      @AceAlmost-m5f 7 місяців тому +29

      💯

    • @averageamerican6727
      @averageamerican6727 7 місяців тому +44

      Always have been

    • @ElonyMusky2
      @ElonyMusky2 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @qtsmlearning
      @qtsmlearning 7 місяців тому +18

      💯

  • @FarhatKCh
    @FarhatKCh 7 місяців тому +524

    Norman Finkelstien and Chris Hedges are amazing! Thank you so much for having them! ❤❤❤

    • @ElonyMusky2
      @ElonyMusky2 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @vaclavkubicek2970
      @vaclavkubicek2970 7 місяців тому +3

      NOBEL PRICE
      I would undoubtedly award the Nobel Prize for History to ILAN PAPPE and NORMAN FINKELSTEIN.
      They are and were the fact-oriented sources on how to understand the Middle East conflict.
      The world has a right to the truth, so their work deserves special recognition at this difficult time.
      Nobel Prize for NORMAN and ILAN
      Pulizer Prize for GIDEON LEVY

    • @MichaelJoseph-id2lc
      @MichaelJoseph-id2lc 7 місяців тому +1

      Chis and Norman are not amazing. They are simply decent 😊

    • @lorilea3188
      @lorilea3188 7 місяців тому +2

      @@MichaelJoseph-id2lc and fing smart and brave.

  • @tombryant52jumpscoach
    @tombryant52jumpscoach 7 місяців тому +195

    This video was excellent all the way through. In the end, the energy, applause, and genuine disappointment that it had to end, coming from these young people, were very encouraging to me. I am 73 years old.

    • @takeonetheater
      @takeonetheater 7 місяців тому +20

      This 55 year old guy feels the same as you do, I hope someday we see truthful peace

    • @rcatran1
      @rcatran1 6 місяців тому +8

      I'm 69 years old and I grew up following this stuff. Having relatives who lived in Syria experiencing Israel's horror, I honor professor Finkelstein and I thank him as well as others who are preaching truth

    • @HansCoche
      @HansCoche 6 місяців тому +3

      I'm 70 and realise that becsuse we do not benefit from war we can think more with clarity and common sense about good and evil.

    • @birdlynn417
      @birdlynn417 6 місяців тому +3

      Yes, there is still hope and pride in humanity! 😃

    • @marybruns349
      @marybruns349 Місяць тому

      I'm 73 also. ( statiscally average death comes in 5 year s) i just looked it)
      But. This needs to be said. Thank you important to listening up

  • @omegahaddad833
    @omegahaddad833 7 місяців тому +315

    Outstanding to see the two most brilliant and humane people in the world together today - we love you Norm and Chris !

  • @zigmus8
    @zigmus8 7 місяців тому +470

    I'm honored to have been at this event! I respect the intelligence in the narrative of the speakers. Hopefully times of change are coming,

    • @abdimohamed8640
      @abdimohamed8640 7 місяців тому +14

      How lucky u were

    • @mischevious
      @mischevious 7 місяців тому

      @@abdimohamed8640How lucky we all are to have at leisure access to this anyway from just about anywhere on the planet.

    • @tiggtiggs
      @tiggtiggs 7 місяців тому +8

      Change is inevitable, for better or worse depends on our shared humanity or lack thereof.

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @AnnieWright-Romero
      @AnnieWright-Romero 7 місяців тому +3

      Yes ssssss

  • @birdlynn417
    @birdlynn417 6 місяців тому +65

    Every American needs to hear this/him. We are so uneducated here, and journalism is not doing their job. Thank you, great sir, for all your truthful information and facts about the real truth of what is happening before our eyes.

    • @SectionSixteen
      @SectionSixteen 3 місяці тому

      I agree about the journalists. I used to watch a lot of CNN, thinking I was keeping up with what's going on. Then I discovered podcasts, and my eyes were opened. MSM just tries to influence the vote with very biased reporting and not digging into anything. The top mainstream commentators - whom I used to admire - are just overpaid shills, protecting their paychecks.

    • @jon_wholesale
      @jon_wholesale 27 днів тому

      You all are a bunch of con artists

  • @SourVodka
    @SourVodka 7 місяців тому +382

    Chris is just as knowledgeable as norman when it comes to Palestine
    His speeches are so well put together .

    • @AZtea4UnME
      @AZtea4UnME 7 місяців тому +13

      Agreed the man is legendary!

    • @KamalShariff
      @KamalShariff 7 місяців тому +18

      True. But Chris defers to Norman as a good scholar and researcher would do.

    • @albertbrandenburg720
      @albertbrandenburg720 7 місяців тому +11

      Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein are not only inspiring by their moral integrity but are exemplar in how to calibrate the truth

    • @b-sideplank
      @b-sideplank 7 місяців тому

      it's an odd prospect for me to argue for the relative ignorance of Chris Hedges, one of the most learned men of our time, probably of anytime; but it's unnecessary as well as foolish to say he knows as much about Palestine as Norman Finkelstein, who has been singularly focused on the conflict for the past few decades and written a number of extremely rigorous, if not uniquely scrupulous, books on the subject. He has read AND studied thousands of pages of human rights records meticulously and synthesised them in his works. And this is without touching the legal texts, court documents, political and historical works he has studied and mastered. I have read many many of Chris Hedges' articles and continue to read them, starting from the Truthdigg days to the Common Dreams platform articles to the Scheer Post material and his Substack posts currently. I have read two of Chris' books and all of Norman's books, except the latest 'I'll burn that bridge....' which I started reading but stopped after Oct 7 incident and now re-reading all of Norman's previous books. Chris is obviously very knowledgeable on the subject - perhaps more than most other public intellectuals. Chris also remains one of the most important moral voices on whom I and thousands others rely on for clarity and enhancing understanding of world affairs. But it's foolish to compare Chris' knowledge on Palestine to Norman's.

    • @stevekaylor5606
      @stevekaylor5606 7 місяців тому

      They both have an internal metric for judging what is true - unlike those on Morning Joe!@@albertbrandenburg720

  • @scottl.5212
    @scottl.5212 7 місяців тому +366

    The audience member who pointed out the actions the Houthis are engaged in is the best example of supporting the fight against genocide. Notice that Norm and Chris were smart enough to let these profound comments stand on their own! Thank you all for putting this event on.

    • @mznxbcv12345
      @mznxbcv12345 7 місяців тому +44

      " The first time the phrase “human animal” was recorded in history was by himmaliar, in The Posen speech to SS officers (6 October 1943) - On the 7th, it is crucial to understand that there were no direct attacks on civilians, only collateral damage. Out of the 1148 total names on haaret dataset, 473 military and 675 were civilians.
      Ratio of civilians to military personnel killed on the 7th was 1 . 4 : 1 - lower than any of the iTf "mowing" operations, which has a ratio of 7 : 1
      According to UN OCHA data from 2008 to 2022; The collateral damage on the 7th was significantly lower than any of the ITf "mowing" operations, which had a ratio of 7:1 with 1,023 military personnel out of 6,541 total. On the 7th, with 473 military (418 were iTf military personnel, 55 belonged to the police) out of 1148 total, the ratio of civilians to military personnel was a mere 1.4:1
      When including all casualties, not just deaths, the collateral damage ratio of the "mowing" operations is a staggering 162:1
      From the 161,233 accumulated civilian casualties over only 14 years of "mowing" operations.
      A 162 :1 ratio means that for every 162 civillians, 1 military personnel is a casualty. The 7th had a ratio of 1.4:1, more than a hundred times lower.
      The 473 are - 55 soldiers, 13 privates, 59 corporals, 200 sergeants (45 of whom were sergeant majors), 48 commanders, 32 lieutenants, 5 lieutenant colonels, 6 colonels, 37 officers, 10 inspectors, 6 intendents, and 2 Lance Corp. This was a military defeat, and they are taking it out on the rest.
      The reported ages of the victims are as follows:
      0-4: 2 civilians
      5-12: 8 civilians
      13-17: 14 civilians
      18-25: 132 civilians
      26-40: 119 civilians
      41-60: 55 civilians
      61+: 40 civilians
      Active duty military personnel:
      18-25: 258 active duty military personnel
      26-40: 60 active duty military personnel
      41-60: 17 active duty military personnel
      61+: 1 active duty military personnel
      haaretz datasheet titled title: xsraxl's Dead: The Names of Those Killed in Hxmxs Attacks, Mxssxcres and the xsrxel-Hxmxs Wxr
      There is a more detailed report of of oct 7th titled "I scrapped the information about 1096 of the 1460 killed on 7th of October Attack. Children Less than 1%"
      -Yocheved Lifshitz account - 'they treated us well'
      -Yasmin Porat account - 'i.T.f kxilled my husband'
      Civilians were taken to have swaps for the civilians rotting in prisons without charge on the other side. An excess of ten thousands, all before the seventh
      UN Human Rights Office (UN OCHA) PA Civilians 2008-2023:
      2008 - 2,325 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 1,440.
      2012 - 3,992 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 255.
      2014 - 17,533 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 1,492.
      2018 - 31,259 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 300.
      2019 - 15,491 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 138.
      2020 - 2,581 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 30.
      2021 - 19,183 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 349.
      2022 - 10,345 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 191.
      2023 up to September - 8,508 Wounded Civilians, Deaths 227.
      civilian deaths on the other side -
      2008: 3 , 2012: 6 , 2014: 73 , 2018: 9
      2019: 10 , 2020: 0 , 2021: 9 , 2022: 26
      Total; 2008 up to September 2023 - 161,233 PA Civilian Casualties, 1,023 military personnel.
      Wounded includes: amputees from the deliberate targeting of knees by snipers, white phosphorous third degree body burns, etc
      The "Costs of War" study by brown in 2021 has these figures for the past 20 years of engagement of US policy: indirect deaths 4.5-4.7 million, direct 905-940,000 ; in other words 6 Million Deaths and 38 million displaced. This is relevant because of the Yinon Plan.

    • @qtsmlearning
      @qtsmlearning 7 місяців тому +4

      @@mznxbcv12345 I wish I could copy and past your post.

    • @Nerwesta
      @Nerwesta 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@mznxbcv12345"himmaliar" I'm borrowing that one 😅

    • @contra-stupidity
      @contra-stupidity 7 місяців тому

      Very strange how the world witnesses crimes without reacting. Palestinian civilians are used as shields. Cameras are strapped to their bodies and they are sent to explore buildings. If the building is boobytrapped the civilian dies, if not he is killed after he comes back and that in order to leave no witness. Horrendous crime.

    • @infinitafenix3153
      @infinitafenix3153 7 місяців тому +1

      @@qtsmlearning Why you cannot?

  • @imad_mahmoud
    @imad_mahmoud 7 місяців тому +28

    What makes Dr. Norman so much favorable to people is the way he speaks... I'm one of them and I admire your way speaking up like this.
    You're such a gem Sir !

  • @ghana312
    @ghana312 7 місяців тому +220

    Grateful to have attended this at Princeton last week. Listening to these two icons will always be remembered. Much respect. The audience was a joy to be with as well. 🍉

    • @donnavorce8856
      @donnavorce8856 7 місяців тому +9

      You were fortunate to have had that opportunity.

    • @darenlhoenyk5780
      @darenlhoenyk5780 7 місяців тому +10

      I'm grateful you had the opportunity to attend as well, but really folks......really? Do you actually need to hear it from a Phd. in order to a arrive at, and comprehend the same moral conclusions???

    • @babaabba9348
      @babaabba9348 7 місяців тому +1

      So sad I miss this attendance because I didn't get to meet you

    • @GottaWannaDance
      @GottaWannaDance 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@darenlhoenyk5780
      Does everyone under 20 understand the history behind Oct. 7th. I ask because you obviously do not.
      ormaybeyoureonlyarobocop

    • @fernandojeronimo5660
      @fernandojeronimo5660 7 місяців тому +2

      ❤ It's obvious to see who's on the right side of freedom and that's these two men. Very brave. Speak God against the establishment. That's what it is right 🇵🇸🫶💗

  • @wintahabtom9894
    @wintahabtom9894 7 місяців тому +211

    The two God send men to save
    humanity! God bless you both🙏You are on the right side of history. Keep up the good job 👏👍👌❤️🏅🥇

    • @Will_Moffett
      @Will_Moffett 7 місяців тому +6

      I like these guys a lot. I buy their books and read them. But I think we need to make some distinction between those who describe things and those who take action and risk themselves.

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

  • @keleerobinson4087
    @keleerobinson4087 7 місяців тому +28

    I can’t get enough of listening to Norman Finkelstein. His words give me hope for a future that may have a modicum of more justice. That may not sound like much, but it’s a lot when one considers the recent history. Thank you Professor for documenting the travails of a people who have been forsaken by the powerful and whose suffering, but for you, would have gone undocumented.

  • @justmyopinion9883
    @justmyopinion9883 7 місяців тому +106

    Thank you for featuring 2 of my favorite intellectuals, Professor Norm Finkelstein and Professor Chris Hedges. Both of these men are phenomenal.

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

  • @emartinr6
    @emartinr6 7 місяців тому +118

    ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. TRULY. THE DEPTH. THE HONESTY. THE ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Also, big love to the Houthis for standing up for what is right. Big love to Jewish people worldwide who are bravely standing up for what is right.

  • @Melo-rt3zk
    @Melo-rt3zk 7 місяців тому +199

    Two truthful men with moral and integrity. ❤ Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @Adam-kh9rb
    @Adam-kh9rb 7 місяців тому +84

    Norman you bring peace to our hearts so softly and well spoken
    Thank you sir

  • @snipermonkey2517
    @snipermonkey2517 7 місяців тому +57

    In all honesty, this is one of the greatest talk I've ever seen. I was moved profoundly at many portions of this discussion. Thank you very much to the organizers and, most of all, the speakers.

  • @LucaCiprianRufius
    @LucaCiprianRufius 7 місяців тому +117

    Very good speech from Norman Finkelstein about the situation in Gaza, in Israel and in the Middle East.

  • @abdimohamed8640
    @abdimohamed8640 7 місяців тому +95

    Two of our worlds best : Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges

  • @MisterTea123
    @MisterTea123 7 місяців тому +25

    I really feel future generations will watch this event decades from now as a testament to those who stood unflinchingly on the right side of history

  • @SylviaCazares
    @SylviaCazares 7 місяців тому +184

    Norman we are proud of you for defending the palestinos!

    • @vaclavkubicek2970
      @vaclavkubicek2970 7 місяців тому +5

      NOBEL PRICE
      I would undoubtedly award the Nobel Prize for History to ILAN PAPPE and NORMAN FINKELSTEIN.
      They are and were the fact-oriented sources on how to understand the Middle East conflict.
      The world has a right to the truth, so their work deserves special recognition at this difficult time.
      Nobel Prize for NORMAN and ILAN
      Pulizer Prize for GIDEON LEVY

    • @stevekaylor5606
      @stevekaylor5606 7 місяців тому

      Economic development via the Oasis Plan of Shimon Peres - is key to an enduring peace for all sovereign States in the region! @@vaclavkubicek2970

  • @Justiceme107
    @Justiceme107 7 місяців тому +83

    Two Giants ! Two Heroes!
    You are our hope and light!

  • @robertburdoff1789
    @robertburdoff1789 2 місяці тому +2

    Brilliant! Thank you so much for all your work good people - Norm, Chris & all that helped facilitate this. Like a beacon of sanity in a world otherwise gone mad

  • @BZSiddiqui
    @BZSiddiqui 7 місяців тому +100

    Thank you Norman and Chris both we have the respect and salutes ❤

    • @ElonyMusky2
      @ElonyMusky2 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

  • @marlak4253
    @marlak4253 7 місяців тому +47

    Norman at his best❤. The world needs his careful analyses. Thank you Norman!

  • @luvforeverify
    @luvforeverify 7 місяців тому +97

    This was a wonderful experience. Thank you Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges. You are heroes.

  • @jontraz5993
    @jontraz5993 7 місяців тому +172

    THESE MEN ARE ABSOLUTE TITANS AMONG MEN. THANK YOU, PROFESSOR FINKELSTEIN AND MR HEDGES.

    • @hmmmmmmminteresting
      @hmmmmmmminteresting 7 місяців тому +1

      The use of the capital letters doesn't make the comment any less dumb

    • @halifaxeh
      @halifaxeh 7 місяців тому

      Your use of capital and small letters doesn’t make you correct.

    • @hmmmmmmminteresting
      @hmmmmmmminteresting 7 місяців тому

      @@halifaxeh but the fact that Israel always wins and jihadists always lose does

    • @jontraz5993
      @jontraz5993 7 місяців тому +2

      @@halifaxeh DOES TOO

    • @lilmoe4364
      @lilmoe4364 6 місяців тому +2

      @halifaxeh You are right. It's not the use of capitals that makes the statement correct, it's the substance of the words that makes it correct. The OP was merely using "titans among letters" to express their feelings about "titans among men." As someone said about the writer Thomas Wolfe, "He bestrode the earth like a colossus."

  • @Wboooo
    @Wboooo 7 місяців тому +148

    Dr Finkelstein is a very intelligent person and beautiful soul! May he be protected!😢

    • @andybluemanstrauss7819
      @andybluemanstrauss7819 6 місяців тому

      Maybe intelligent, and if, why so deluded on almost any topic?

    • @skoetkonung7353
      @skoetkonung7353 6 місяців тому +1

      His reasoning rests solely on petty dialectics, tit for tat, cherry picking and a lack of imagination

    • @lilmoe4364
      @lilmoe4364 6 місяців тому +2

      He deals in facts that make many uncomfortable and put those trying to believe in the goodness of Israel in a difficult position (see above replies)

    • @Wboooo
      @Wboooo 5 місяців тому +1

      @@skoetkonung7353 he has done his homework while raised a sionist. Things you haven't done. Learn from him instead of battering and undermining the great man!

  • @musopaul5407
    @musopaul5407 6 місяців тому +3

    Wonderful! I could listen to that slow, considered and deeply authoritative delivery all day. So different from almost any other commentator. And picking the guy with the Israeli flag to ask the first question was a classy move. Mazel tov, Norman, and thank you.

  • @teslastellar
    @teslastellar 7 місяців тому +75

    I just love this man. He's taught me a lot ❤

  • @janetwebster5099
    @janetwebster5099 7 місяців тому +65

    These Two Great Men together, discussing the issue of greatest importance currently is marvelous. We are fortunate to live in a time of such instant and easy communication! ❤#NormanFinkelstein #ChrisHedges
    #GazaGenocide

  • @elysium619
    @elysium619 7 місяців тому +14

    Two of the most valued, important, and respected public intellectuals in the world.

  • @tictacX1
    @tictacX1 7 місяців тому +855

    So many more reasons why billionaires should not be allowed to fund elections.

    • @thetruthhurts599
      @thetruthhurts599 7 місяців тому +42

      Yep, they're funding their own wishes.

    • @huntermarkson7766
      @huntermarkson7766 7 місяців тому +12

      Just about any rule you put on billionaires funding elections will not keep the currently politically connected out of politics, but their rivals.
      If campaign contributions are limited, you can buy newspapers, news/media outlets, sponsor events/positions in higher Ed (ect). But if someone who is opposed to the current political elite donates in an improper manner or amount, the book will be thrown at them

    • @AlleLamb
      @AlleLamb 7 місяців тому +7

      💯

    • @stevekaylor5606
      @stevekaylor5606 7 місяців тому

      Public money only in elections, no private money - this would help!@@huntermarkson7766

    • @stevekaylor5606
      @stevekaylor5606 7 місяців тому +18

      The Supreme Court must revisit its 2010 Citizens United Decision - which allowed unlimited funding of elections by High Finance. Then again, this would be too late for 2024! @@AlleLamb

  • @mazekuenzler2728
    @mazekuenzler2728 7 місяців тому +41

    A wonderful person Mr. Finkelstein, so wise, well read, considerate and thoughtful, and still so empathic and humorous, human. Thank you for this. As much as it can be saddening and crushing to listen to him, there remains a very uplifting and positive echo in me.

  • @kalichan55
    @kalichan55 5 місяців тому +9

    Enjoy every time listening to Norman and Chris speak . Thank you again for letting us to learn from you 💗💗💪🫶

  • @khajad99
    @khajad99 7 місяців тому +54

    Chris and Norm are absolute champions of integrity. They are so resourceful, courageous, and insightful; true heroes of our time.

  • @Urr8957
    @Urr8957 7 місяців тому +97

    Love both of them. History will remember their dedications and sacrifices to Free Palestine.

  • @mansoornoor3852
    @mansoornoor3852 6 місяців тому +3

    Dr Norman Finkelstein you are a genuine and real human being. I have great respect for you.

  • @buthainaf
    @buthainaf 7 місяців тому +31

    Great discussion, Prof Finkelstein and Chris must live forever, Humanity and the world need you. Love and respect from Amman, Jordan

  • @massabmiharbi7931
    @massabmiharbi7931 7 місяців тому +92

    Brilliant and most trusted two speakers 👏

    • @___Sphinx___
      @___Sphinx___ 7 місяців тому +1

      💯

    • @wetrucken1689
      @wetrucken1689 7 місяців тому

      Be careful who you trust he already said that we're not going to listen to anybody and going to invade remember those words

  • @Caringforhumanity64
    @Caringforhumanity64 6 місяців тому +2

    I salute Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges for their high morals and human dignity to be the voice of truth. I enjoyed the talk and the brilliant response to the audience questions. More power to you. ❤

  • @1972543
    @1972543 7 місяців тому +61

    Great show.Thank you for having two of the very best on the subject .

    • @castelodeossos3947
      @castelodeossos3947 7 місяців тому +1

      What a clown (1:31:18) to think he 'scores a point' against Dr Finkelstein by uttering a Jewish slogan, as if the good doctor gives a toss. How conceited can you get.

  • @CW-xf1li
    @CW-xf1li 7 місяців тому +31

    Thank you Hedges and Finkelstein ❤

  • @زاهرصالح-ل3م
    @زاهرصالح-ل3م 7 місяців тому +9

    Thank you Norman and Chris voices of just and human rights.

  • @katedocherty264
    @katedocherty264 7 місяців тому +25

    Wonderful talk from Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges. Much appreciated by an enthusiastic young audience. You speak the truth and espouse the cause of justice and freedom and in doing so, you inspired your audience and restore our hope in mankind. Well done.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @aniadz1
    @aniadz1 7 місяців тому +61

    Again amazing discussion with unmatched moral clarity and great courage from Professor Finkelstein. Thank you for bring in Chris Hedges.

  • @sherazAsghar
    @sherazAsghar 7 місяців тому +9

    nothing but respect for Norman and Chris

  • @hattiejaz52
    @hattiejaz52 7 місяців тому +155

    Yay!!! My favorite scholars ~ Professor Finkelstein 🙏🏼🍉 & Christopher Hedges 🕊️🙏🏼 Free Palestine!!! 🙏🏼🕊️🍉🍉🕊️🙏🏼

    • @vaclavkubicek2970
      @vaclavkubicek2970 7 місяців тому +6

      NOBEL PRICE
      I would undoubtedly award the Nobel Prize for History to ILAN PAPPE and NORMAN FINKELSTEIN.
      They are and were the fact-oriented sources on how to understand the Middle East conflict.
      The world has a right to the truth, so their work deserves special recognition at this difficult time.
      Nobel Prize for NORMAN and ILAN
      Pulizer Prize for GIDEON LEVY

    • @kupper123
      @kupper123 7 місяців тому

      what does the watermelon emojii stand for?

    • @hattiejaz52
      @hattiejaz52 7 місяців тому

      @@kupper123 symbolic of the shape of Palestine

    • @hmmmmmmminteresting
      @hmmmmmmminteresting 7 місяців тому

      "scholars"

    • @hattiejaz52
      @hattiejaz52 7 місяців тому +2

      @@hmmmmmmminteresting not sure what you mean by your comment but anyone who studies a foreign topic, or any topic for that matter, for decades is a scholar in my mind. These men ain’t no spring chickens.

  • @PeacefulPerspectives33
    @PeacefulPerspectives33 7 місяців тому +19

    I'm grateful that there's someone like Norman Finkelstein who thinks like me and has the knowledge and platform to explain to the masses, or even the whole world, what actually happens between Palestine and Israel. Otherwise, we would all be subjected to the media and the Israeli lobby's ideas that Israel is solely fighting terrorism.
    Thank you
    Norman Filkestein❤

  • @nsbd90now
    @nsbd90now 7 місяців тому +328

    "We told you so, we told you so. When you treat people like that..."

    • @Somedude54
      @Somedude54 7 місяців тому +30

      This time israel got its lawn mowed

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @Tulaclone
      @Tulaclone 7 місяців тому +17

      @@ashley264 Like by Assyria Babylon and Rome there will be a fourth exile. Genocide is a no no!

    • @sylviahorton2452
      @sylviahorton2452 7 місяців тому

      @ashley, that's why no one wanted Isreal after WWII. Thieves

    • @Chuck68ify
      @Chuck68ify 7 місяців тому +11

      ​@@ashley264Refugees are very expensive, as we are finding out in the USA, and Egypt is even broker than us.

  • @AliAliOxenFree
    @AliAliOxenFree 7 місяців тому +16

    Professor Finkelstein is a credit to humanity. He never ceases to amaze.

  • @kaki58100
    @kaki58100 6 місяців тому +2

    Two exceptionally brilliant minds of our time.

  • @fatmakaradag3011
    @fatmakaradag3011 7 місяців тому +85

    Two legends speaking..❤❤❤❤

  • @Tareqdwikat10
    @Tareqdwikat10 7 місяців тому +32

    Love this man Norman,
    I admire his educational knowledge about Palestine and his defending the oppressed side which is the Palestinians

  • @lejlam.
    @lejlam. 7 місяців тому +17

    My profound respect to these two gentlemen! Thank you! ❤️🇵🇸✌️✊

  • @abdullahlakay8448
    @abdullahlakay8448 7 місяців тому +26

    Huge respect for both Norman Finkelstien and Chris Hedges.

  • @amania9254
    @amania9254 7 місяців тому +57

    👌Professor Norman and Chris Hedges 🥲✌

  • @aptorres01
    @aptorres01 6 місяців тому +3

    I will always be grateful for the knowledge I've gained from these two legends.❤❤

  • @Mae-vq1du
    @Mae-vq1du 7 місяців тому +16

    This was a wonderful conversation well worth every minute of my time and I thank both speakers and all of those who participated behind the Sean to bring this to UA-cam Great job.

  • @donvtor24
    @donvtor24 7 місяців тому +19

    Both the speaker's deserve a standing ovation for the goodness of their heart. ❤

  • @deborahbeaudoinzaki8019
    @deborahbeaudoinzaki8019 4 місяці тому +1

    Have listened to and respected Dr. Finkelstein since his dismissal at DePaul University, seen his talks at Brown, Boston, and other universities many years ago: His persistence, and talks of peace & equality, for the Palestinians, has woke the world to Palestinian injustice and genocide taking place:
    Thank you Dr. Norman Finkelstein: Your life’s work has not been in vain 🙏🙏🙏

  • @helloocentral
    @helloocentral 7 місяців тому +25

    two real living legends here. thanks all.

  • @judydyer
    @judydyer 7 місяців тому +26

    Love these two. If I were back in Manhattan, I would drop off a lovely meal to Norman. He’s doing so much for this cause, basically of trying to educate as many people as possible. He was first person I heard speaking on October 7. Or, 8th.

  • @filippomilani2746
    @filippomilani2746 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you Dr Finkelstein, for your integrity, moral and intellectual honesty from which everyone should draw inspiration and teaching...👍

  • @PaddyMacDaddy101
    @PaddyMacDaddy101 7 місяців тому +34

    This man's arguments are rock solid.
    I thank The Real News Network and Mr Finkelstein for this.

  • @ninja56754
    @ninja56754 7 місяців тому +69

    When you watch the video but still want to be in that room, then you know its a real reflective honest good speaker.

  • @O.G-pp7sk
    @O.G-pp7sk 6 місяців тому +2

    Dear professor, Norman Finkelstein I wish you a long live thank you for being

  • @sonyjoseph5426
    @sonyjoseph5426 7 місяців тому +14

    One of the best analysis on this subject .. to date

  • @hassanal-mosawi4235
    @hassanal-mosawi4235 7 місяців тому +22

    Bless All for telling the truth and the facts about Gaza genocide and all complicit to it.

  • @elvisiscat
    @elvisiscat 6 місяців тому +2

    This was amazing. Miss The Chris Hedges Show on RNN. Please bring him back. I constantly look up Norm & Chris material because I know I’ll be getting information based in fact, and this video popped up. I clicked on b/c of Chris, and to see Norm with him on top of that, I excitedly click on. Where I see Chris Hedges, I click, because I know I’m getting uncensored journalism, based in factual, unbiased, detailed research to get to the bottom of what’s actually happening. This is what we need, especially in these times. We need the hard truth, full stop, for the sake of humanity & a healthy planet. Please return to this, and get Chris back on. Thank you.

  • @dianam16
    @dianam16 7 місяців тому +53

    Excellent discussion 👏
    Thank you, Norman and Chris! Free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @mohammedfouad148
    @mohammedfouad148 7 місяців тому +18

    Thank you Mr. Finkelstein and Mr. Hedges!
    Greetings from Egypt 💚
    Free Palestine ✌

    • @teresabock2532
      @teresabock2532 6 місяців тому +1

      O Egito deveria eliminar a fronteira com Gaza, criando uma zona livre para os Gazatis.

  • @radicleeze
    @radicleeze 6 місяців тому +7

    Firing Chris Hedges was a big mistake for this network

  • @junehartley2770
    @junehartley2770 7 місяців тому +151

    We need brave governments to join together and stop this carnage in Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

    • @compassioncampaigner728
      @compassioncampaigner728 7 місяців тому +5

      Thank you.
      Please see my comment saying exactly what you are saying.

    • @ElonyMusky2
      @ElonyMusky2 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @ViperPacket
      @ViperPacket 7 місяців тому

      I just filled out a wrong number on my Tax form. Like many others on TikTok I'm not paying for this. What are they going to do? I'd like to see the government dragging all of us to court for not paying for a genocide. They don't tax the rich and the homeless, middle class is paying for this genocide. Boycott the government. Money is the best way to protest.

    • @honestyfirst3994
      @honestyfirst3994 7 місяців тому

      More than bravery is principle!

  • @JanToreNaustheller
    @JanToreNaustheller 7 місяців тому +17

    Very good, informative and interested debate, and above all two VERY important voices. Finkelstein and Hedges has all my respect for their honesty and courage.

  • @zanybanany25
    @zanybanany25 7 місяців тому +18

    Amazing by both of them. We must also keep getting the truth out! Protest and write to your leaders non stop!!

  • @GraemeWight-wx3xz
    @GraemeWight-wx3xz 7 місяців тому +101

    I only had 5 family members and theyre all dead. I miss them as you can imagine but i cannot fathom the depths of the pain and despair felt by that poor man who hast lost 46 members of his family who endured the most cruel end, abandoned to face the American war product in the hands of the zionists. To face death by air land and sea. By f16 and cruise missile and starvation.

    • @mikeg2306
      @mikeg2306 7 місяців тому +8

      Blame Hamas.

    • @GraemeWight-wx3xz
      @GraemeWight-wx3xz 7 місяців тому +3

      Sorry but im not buying it.

    • @MrWiseGuy1974
      @MrWiseGuy1974 7 місяців тому +8

      @@mikeg2306 right after your blame israel for oct 7 and the holocauste

    • @Trickey2413
      @Trickey2413 7 місяців тому +5

      @@MrWiseGuy1974 Blame israel for the holocaust? huh.

    • @MrWiseGuy1974
      @MrWiseGuy1974 7 місяців тому +7

      @@Trickey2413 it is just like blaling hamas for what is going on in Gaza, HUH...

  • @mustafam3709
    @mustafam3709 7 місяців тому +12

    I absolutely love it.
    Two of the most wonderful human beings alive, Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein. Love this discussion. God bless you all. Keep speaking out and protesting. I am with you always. Let’s keep going. Free Free Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Congo and the entire world from this violent white supremacy and oppression.

  • @HansCoche
    @HansCoche 6 місяців тому +3

    Prof. Finkelstein is the most knowledgeable person concerning the Gaza Israel matter. He speaks the truth without any bias whatsoever.

  • @mattchew6426
    @mattchew6426 7 місяців тому +19

    That's the most extensive insight into the situation that I've encountered. Mr Finkelstein is considered an authority on the matter, for good reason...

  • @JamesDwyer-r8x
    @JamesDwyer-r8x 7 місяців тому +21

    Vindication of his career, and redemption on the horizon, truly has Norman looking better every time I watch him. He makes righteousness and morality look sexy

  • @susanvannote31
    @susanvannote31 5 місяців тому +2

    Every person in the US would find clarity from watching this. Thank you to the speakers and host.

  • @frankaczmarek3042
    @frankaczmarek3042 7 місяців тому +23

    Breath of fresh air!
    Thank You!!!!

  • @mdrahman-ju9qv
    @mdrahman-ju9qv 7 місяців тому +21

    Thank you so much to these both wonderful intellectuals of our time.

  • @veraiskandarian4547
    @veraiskandarian4547 7 місяців тому +3

    This was an excellent talk. Great questions. Free Palestine

  • @jonathand.wieand6119
    @jonathand.wieand6119 7 місяців тому +76

    Who will hold the U.S. administration responsible for violating so many of our own laws in this situation?!

    • @compassioncampaigner728
      @compassioncampaigner728 7 місяців тому

      In Europe/ Britan there is a 80k member movement to put their taxes in escrow and NOT to a govt participating in genocidal massacres.

    • @SoledadHope
      @SoledadHope 7 місяців тому

      Good question, my fear is that US admin is so blind and governed by Israel that haven't notice that the Global South is raising fast and US is in decline (the dollar is not used for trading in many countries just an example) only mass immigration seems to be in the increase. The world is upsidown!

  • @senecaute6072
    @senecaute6072 7 місяців тому +11

    Brilliant. And immeasurably helpful. Thank you!

  • @timothygrayson
    @timothygrayson 6 місяців тому +1

    Two of the most compassionate guys to witness. Finklestein and Hedges. Thank you.

  • @juliozubieta7122
    @juliozubieta7122 7 місяців тому +20

    Dr. Finkelstein, congratulations because your deepest understanding of the human mind.

  • @CocoLov2023
    @CocoLov2023 7 місяців тому +11

    Thanks form my ❤ for this very important and excellent discussion🙏🏻🌹I respect you both so much and it is so necessary to have people like you both are in our sad world🙏🏻🇵🇸

  • @MatthewH-hp8bp
    @MatthewH-hp8bp 7 місяців тому +3

    Long live Norm Finkelstein. We should all strive to emulate his dedication to facts and his ceaseless determination to speak truth no matter the cost. What an amazing man.

  • @Swan-atl
    @Swan-atl 7 місяців тому +26

    Two intellectual titans and humanitarian. 🙏

  • @sadikakassab1161
    @sadikakassab1161 7 місяців тому +11

    Watchingvfrom Melbourne, Australia.👋 The Dynamic Duo, Undoubtedly the Best 2 Minds on the planet. My favourite Highly commendable, intelligent and awesome human beings Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges.
    Stay Blessed.👍✅👏🏼

  • @nevertoolate6653
    @nevertoolate6653 7 місяців тому +11

    Thank you Chris , Norm and Princeton U . World very proud of you all 👏

  • @liveontheverandah
    @liveontheverandah 7 місяців тому +22

    Thank you both for your continued pursuit of truth - keeping us educated and in possessions of the facts. At least we know we are not alone in our horror and disgust at what is being revealed to us.

  • @mayamichelle6741
    @mayamichelle6741 7 місяців тому +16

    This was too short.
    Thank you Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges.

  • @bwj999
    @bwj999 5 місяців тому +3

    This man has balls. And is spot on.