I've never been the same since Oct 7th. My eyes also opened and it made me go and study and my goodness, the world has been lied to for so long and so much, it is sickening. I learnt more in the past year than in my entire life almost. I apologize for knowing nothing about the Palestinian people. What I have seen and heard are the most beautiful people with the utmost faith and resilience , also intelligent, I have ever seen. May God bless them. If I could stop this genocide, I would do it now.
As a King’s Counsel who has been practising law for over 45 years, it was interesting to hear Noura Erakat speak about the reality of law serving power and not necessarily justice. Shakespeare has King Lear comment about the double standards in the speech about ‘robed and furred gowns hide all’. Noura Erakat is aware of her cynicism and uses it constructively to use law strategically in the cause of justice. A clear-eyed approach, which requires looking beyond ideological narratives to achieve moral imperatives. A valuable contribution.
Why do Muslims and others label Israelites 🇮🇱 as *ZIONISTS/OCCUPIERS* when the *regathering* of the Jews in 1948 to the land [originally belonging to the Cannanites but given to them (from the Euphrates river to the Medt sea) by God] is foretold in the prophetic book of Ezekiel and over a thousand years later the Qur'an repeats the Ezekiel prophecy? Is this not *ZIONISM?* Already, part of the biblical prophecy of Ezekiel (38:8) has been fulfilled with stunning accuracy! (the prophecy about "future years" when "a land whose people were *regathered* from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual wasteland") This is present Israel which the Jews have returned to over 2000 years after the scattering from Israel as a result of the Babylonian exile (597 BC) and the conquest of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Roman prince, Titus. Even the Qur'an (QS17:104) of the 7th century god of the Muslims, copies previous scripture by saying: 'And We said after (it was all over with Pharaoh), to the Children of Israel, ‘Settle down occupying the (promised) land (of Cannan). When the time of fulfillment of the second Prophecy comes, We shall bring you back *gathering you* (from various lands).’ Do you see that Allah of the Muslims is a Zi0n1st too? In the Torah of Moses, the God of the Israelites said "Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will *gather you* and bring you back. [5] He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors..." Deuteronomy 30:4-5 Zionism is the *gathering* of the children of Israel from the nations! The land belongs to the Jews! The so-called Palestinian "resistance" is in fact a rebellion against the will of the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
And you achieve this gathering promised (????) by GOD , by killing , starving , stealing , deporting ......an entire population...men women children. Did the europeens settlers also gathered in the americas because GOD promised them. Did the British settlers also gathered in Australia and New Zealand because of GOD'S promise? We know what happened to the first nations and the indigenous people in those lands. And you want to repeat the same lie , using religion for your depravity.
The JEW🇮🇱 and MUSLIM ☪️ dispute originates from the Muslims' _claim_ to be the *CHOSEN ONES,* replacing the Israelites who were once chosen by the "same" God... This is because the Jew-Muslim dispute exists before the buzz words "Zi0nists", "0ccupiers", "75 years" or "gen0cide". Did you know that? The Jew-Muslim dispute is as old as QS 9:29, QS 98:6 ("worst of all creatures") and Sahih 2.9.2.2 (DJew will hide behind a r0ck).. In fact, before 1948, it is the DJews who were vict1ms of pr0gr0ms by the Muslims. But is Allah of the Qur’an who chose the Muslims really the same historical God who chose the Jews, *ENTERS CREATION,* gave the Jews the *everlasting covenant of land* (Genesis 15, 17 and Psalms 105:6-11) and has been historically worshipped by the Israelites for over 3500 years? If you say yes he is [and Allah says he is (QS 29:46)], is Allah the historical God who *entered creation* as the *MALACHI HASHEM* /Angel of the Lord (a THE0PHANY or form which God uses to enter creation) and appeared to Abraham (Genesis 18:1-13) and to Moses (Exodus 3:1-6)? In the Torah, was it Allah of the Muslims who instructed Moses: 'And Hashem (the Almighty God) spoke unto Moshe (Moses), saying, "And let them [Israelites] make Me a *Mikdash* (House/Sanctuary); that I may *dwell* among them.' (Hebrew Bible Exodus 25:8). Was this Allah of the Muslims? No! Was it the *GLORY* (Shekinah/kavod) of Allah of the Muslims which entered creation and filled the tabernacle of Moses in Exodus 40?: 'Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the *glory of the Lord* filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the *glory of the Lord* filled the tabernacle.' (Exodus 40:34). The glory of God also enters creation and fills the temple of Solomon (2 Chronicles 7). All the Prophets knew about this attribute of God. Is this Allah of the Qur’an? No. Why then does Allah dece1ve beloved Muslims by claiming to be who he is not? As Muslims will agree, this was not Allah of the Qur’an. Allah, the god of Muhammad, is *ANOTHER* god, a 4lse god. Allah is an _imitation_ (a counterfeit/clone) of the true God who enters creation. Allah is prophesied in Isaiah 14:12-14 as the deceiver who would come to claim to be the monotheistic Most High of the previous scriptures! Israelites are the *CHOSEN* of the true historical God who entered creation and dwelt amongst them. Muslims are the chosen, not of the same God, but of *ANOTHER* god, a 4lse 7th century _imitation_ who does not enter creation, and has no history whatsoever before the 7th century outside the Qur'an. Fact! Where? The true God is coming to save the Israelites at the end of the age (Zechariah 12 and 14), not destroy them! People will perish because of lack of knowledge! Blessings.
@@TheWatchmanWebsite There are huge misunderstanding there, which steams from the different way Muslim and Xtians see prophecies in general. Please bear with me, I'll try my best to explain as a Muslim. 1. Muslim believe God's prophecy will happen regardless our effort. It will happen one way or another because God's has decreed it'll happen, NOT because we're trying to make it happen. No human can delay nor quicken it from the decreed time. 2. Prophecy is NOT something to support. It is merely a foretold event of whats going to happen in the future so we can prepare ourselves....also served as reminder of the truthfulness of God's message. Some prophecies are bad, some are good, some are neutral. For example, Dajjal or the Antichrist was also prophecied. So were gog and magog. That doesn't mean we should support them, let alone trying to make them come, even if they should come before Jesus. Muslims dont see it as "requirement list" to fulfill before Jesus can come. If anything, we believe purposedly trying to fulfill a prophecy is a sign of misguidance. 3. Muslim believe that EVERYTHING, good or bad, big or small, only happens by God's will. So something being God's will does not mean we should support that thing. It only means we should accept it as part of God's plan and focus on how to deal with it in a manner that is loved by God, as opposed to blaming God for the bad thing that is happening. Accepting something bad as part of God's decree doesnt mean we should not do anything to fight or change it. If anything it is our duty to change it. Fighting injustice and opression is obligation in Islam, despite them being God's decree. 4. Now about the ju. Considering all the above, u should now get different picture on how we see them. We dont judge them based on their label, because their label is not what makes them good or bad. We judge them based on their deeds. The verse you quote above is only partial quote. U left the part where God mentioned they will be extremely arrogant. And that if they do good, that is for their own goodness. And that if they transgress God will also punish them again. U also miss the prophecy in a hadith that says many of them will be the follower of antichrist. Note: that the chosen in Islam is not understood the same way xtian understand it. But that should be discussion for another day.
Is an American I can say that not all of this true. Arabs are much more racist than Americans,, oppress women much more than Americans and hate gays much more than Americans. I don’t think these people have room to talk about Americans like that and I take offense to the way they’re speaking to America. It’s not true at all
Is an American I can say that not all of this true. Arabs are much more racist than Americans,, oppress women much more than Americans and hate gays much more than Americans. I don’t think these people have room to talk about Americans like that and I take offense to the way they’re speaking to America. It’s not true at all
If you’re and if your eyes have been open since October 8, you should largely know that the majority of people in America have stood against Israel and their war crimes. When you live in America from 20 or more years and you experienced a few more things then you can come talk to me about how great our country it is.
Same with Cadence Owens. She no longer blindly and f**lishly following that old conservative anti Palestinians rhetorics. She is born again out of the darkness
Absolutely true. We are not taught about anything outside of a capitalist worldview and American exceptionalism. We live on stolen land upon which indigenous peoples lived and held collectively prior to colonization. America has done the same to these people as the Israelis are doing to the Palestinian people. In order for America to hold Israel accountable, America will need to reckon with its own history of genocide and colonialism.
The truth is that at least in Canada we are reconciling with our past with our First Nations brothers and sisters. We are returning land, honouring treaties with large financial payouts, honouring land use control and resource development. Investing in remote First Nations water and road infrastructure, and all sorts of cultural efforts to communicate and collaborate, in good faith as equals. Whereas Israel is a fucking disaster. They’re think of Arabs as untermensch and consider it their destiny to finish ethnically cleansing and colonizing a whole bunch more land and millions of people. Any resistance merely accelerates the process.
@@klalbritton that’s not true. The education in this country have shifted into a narrative of “we are a racist country”. “ we stole land” etc……. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Yes our country has committed plenty of crimes, but we remain a symbol of freedom and a beacon of opportunity for everybody in this country because everyone’s equal. Socialism and communism do not have any examples of being successful and have many examples of being oppressive and murderous. As far as United States and our tolerance and acceptance of other people. Well our culture still is a gold standard in which the world measures everything by is our finest representative if you look at our sports and arts and music we are representative of our people. we are not a racist country. We are not a sexist country and we tolerate all gender identities and whether you’re gay straight, there’s a place for you in America. And the final narrative is that we live on stolen land. Plenty examples of treaties being signed Native Americans and the colonists. There are also examples of the Native Americans recruiting the colonists to help fight against other tribes Because the tribes were very genocidal toward each other. Furthermore, if you look at history, people settled on parts of the world That’s what people did they moved from place to place. Should the Ottomans give the Romans back their land in Constantinople? Should the Muslims give all the land that they colonized throughout the different caliphates? (they also had the largest slave trade operation in history )What about the Mongols? What about all the powerful African empires? They all gained land through different means. That’s the way of the world. Sorry, but no group of people is any worse or any better than another
Thank you for introducing us to Noura E. She's a very bright, articulate scholar/attorney, whose work many of us need to familiarize ourselves. She makes many insightful points. I'm so grateful to have come across this informative interview.
She is a poem. I love her so much, and the way she talks and the way she expresses love and rage for what's happening. Thank you for interviewing her!!! ❤
American taxpayers must stand up against occupation, genocide and apartheid, we didn't sign up to have our hard earned tax dollars spent on these atrocities
I never even knew what Zionism is as an American until just a little over a year. I do know what it’s like to feel hate on my own homeland though. I am Mexican and called an immigrant instead of a Native American. It hurts to watch Palestinians dying and hurting and what’s crazy is it’s not the only genocide going on in the world.
Learning so much , listening to Noura, Her knowledge is so important and enlightening. Listening to her perspective is refreshing, educational, illuminating !
She's deceitful! Why do Muslims and others label Israelites 🇮🇱 as *ZIONISTS/OCCUPIERS* when the *regathering* of the Jews in 1948 to the land [originally belonging to the Cannanites but given to them (from the Euphrates river to the Medt sea) by God] is foretold in the prophetic book of Ezekiel and over a thousand years later the Qur'an repeats the Ezekiel prophecy? Is this not *ZIONISM?* Already, part of the biblical prophecy of Ezekiel (38:8) has been fulfilled with stunning accuracy! (the prophecy about "future years" when "a land whose people were *regathered* from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual wasteland") This is present Israel which the Jews have returned to over 2000 years after the scattering from Israel as a result of the Babylonian exile (597 BC) and the conquest of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Roman prince, Titus. Even the Qur'an (QS17:104) of the 7th century god of the Muslims, copies previous scripture by saying: 'And We said after (it was all over with Pharaoh), to the Children of Israel, ‘Settle down occupying the (promised) land (of Cannan). When the time of fulfillment of the second Prophecy comes, We shall bring you back *gathering you* (from various lands).’ Do you see that Allah of the Muslims is a Zi0n1st too? In the Torah of Moses, the God of the Israelites said "Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will *gather you* and bring you back. [5] He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors..." Deuteronomy 30:4-5 Zionism is the *gathering* of the children of Israel from the nations! The land belongs to the Jews! The so-called Palestinian "resistance" is in fact a rebellion against the will of the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Are *ISRAELI* 🇮🇱 Jews all from *EUROPE* (Askhenazi Jews)? No! Besides the Jews ("Palestinian Jews") who were already living on the land of Israel (going by the colonial construct called "Palestine") before 1948, the Israelites who are regathered in Israel today are also *(Mizrahi Jews)* gathered from Arab nations in the East (after suffering Aparth8d there) like Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Turkey and those from Africa *(Sephardi Jews)* like Morocco, Algeria,Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Do they also have European DNA?? Truth-seeking Muslims should refuse to believe the falsehood that all Israelites are from Europe, as this is deliberately used to invent the false narrative of Jews as "European colonialist"! Ironically it is Islam that is one of the biggest projects of colonialism in history, yet is now accusing Israelites of colonising their land of inheritance!] Wow! It is when the Jews are regathered to their land that Bible prophecy says Israel will be invaded by the *Gog/Antichrist* alliance nations (Ezekiel 38-39, Psalms 83, Zechariah 12 and 14 and Revelation 12). The true God will intervene on the side of Israel.
@@TheWatchmanWebsiteyou're religious zealotry will be your undoing. If you believe god gave you the right to murder people and steal their resources, that is not a god we respect or a religion we have to accept. There are plenty of non-zionist jews who do not believe this nor support you. Hope that helps clairify the difference between a jew and a zionist. But im sure you will continue to conflate the two so that you may weaponize your identity and avoid accountability for what israel is doing.
The truth is so hurtful many may not survive it. It is incredibly difficult to be a 4th generation American, 60 years old - under decades of intense "Americana" indoctrination to suddenly be thrust out from the fog and into harsh reality. The despair is too much, the gravity of recognizing how utterly deceived and manipulated we have all been. I am on the verge of breakdown.
What a beautiful person Noura Erakat is. Even after going through the hardships she has endured , she continues to fight and represent the repressed. A treatment to the bravery, strength and resolve of the Palestine People. PS everyone should read "Justice for some" by Noura Erakat - highly recommended.
Thank you, Noura Erakat. I bought and read your book Justice for some. I am watching this interview in double time because I get so emotional. Thank you from Greece! Free Palestine!
As a mother, watching Gaza has been watching a part of myself die. Thank you Noura. I’m learning so much from you and from Palestine, from indigenous peoples. Thank you. And I’m sorry.
Bless you Noura! Bless the people of Palestine, Lebanon and of the entire region. Inshallah soon this will be over and these racist monsters will be a thing of the past. I believe in our people. Love and blessing always! Free the world from this violence!
As she said, you can’t understand global Imperial Colonialism without understanding its impact outside of the USA. BUT ALSO COUNTRIES CANNOT FULLY REJECT THE GLOBAL IMPERIAL AGENDA WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE BLACK AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. When Black Americans say it DOES matter who you vote for, it’s because we’ve been at this fight within the Imperial center, within the Imperial walls for 400 years and we understand that sometimes as an ally the mission at the specific moment isn’t to break everything and tear everything down. Sometimes as allies we have to damage control because when things fall down, they tend to fall on the MOST VULNERABLE. It’s slightly patronizing to assume we havent thought about ripping the band aid off. Unfortunately ripping the band aid off could mean eliminating our existence, or simply forfeiting any marginal progress in the name of a moral protest vote that functionally has a higher likelihood of harming our ally than helping them.
Great interview. Even us minorities, who are skeptical of our government because of what has been done to us and our elders, have a major blind spot to the atrocities abroad. It is hard at times to sift through the misinformation and disinformation presented through our propaganda
Most black people around the world who bought into this American exceptionalism is upholding the status que. A good example is Barak Obama and now in the UK, Kimi Badenoch and in the UN the last year followed their white masters policies. Kamala came along and took it forward and now that she lost she still cannot disconnect herself from this colonial settler tendencies. These black people who voted for Trump after a racist festival just before thw election must be blind to "something" I do not understand. The US is in a perpetual state of being afraid and spent trillions ons wars and weapons. Why? To uphold this imperialist exceptionalism anf everyone eho disagree will be sanction or labelled a terrorist to be killed.
I never want to be addressed as the property of a colonial entity. I never want to be addressed as Mister or Sir. These are colonial titles. Remember that title is a legal handle to ownership. End Global Apartheid
@AugustusCaligula Is the Israeli shekel still a shackle in Palestine today? Write, 'MONOPOLY is SLAVERY', your _own monopoly money_ in white mastery. Chafe Apartheid nastery Your Windbag Gates. Remember that a statement of sovereignty is not secular
Queen Noura👑 not only an incredibly intelligent woman but someone with a moral compass and a compassion for all struggling and oppressed people. So informative and therapeutic to watch knowing others feel as shattered as I do watching this horrific genocide unfold.
Thank you for this much needed and brilliant conversation and analysis. I believe this is really a conversation that needs to be talked about in order for us to move forward.
As an _American of African Slave Ancestry_ in my mid 60's, I could have saved this poor Woman decades of time and effort in coming to her "Intellectual Epiphany" regarding Western Culture. lol. My Indigenous American friends would also attempt to educate this Western educated woman about another fact: One can not dismantle Master house, using Master's tools. The rest of the Palestinians living in Gaza will ultimately be "cleansed out" - just like 95% of all Native American peoples. What she ascribes as a disdain of Euro-Supremacy - that they "think" they are superior - is faulty. They don't "think" they're superior, they _Know_ they are superior in the only aspect that is important; Which is both the means of industrial-scale mass slaughter, and the required lack of human empathy which allows them to execute on mass slaughter. Too bad for her remaining family in Palestine, but she certainly looks prosperous as she lives in, and contributes to the prosperity of the wealth of the Country that is underwriting the erasure of her peoples.
Thankyou Mohamed and Noura for your honest and fearless, discourse. ... "Who are these people ? What are their systems ?" ... Settler/colonial projects have over centuries created so much worldwide apocalyptic misery. Peace and solidarity always to all who resist.
I agree with the Lady. It is genocide. The videos of the slaughter of children reminded me of Viet Nam videos and photos. I can not stop seeing them. And I shouldn't. And yes, it takes great courage to speak out. I live in a small town, Mainly professionals and comfortable retirees. Nice people. Nice town. I have thought many times while walking my dog, "If I never knew what is going on outside my town, life would be ideal for an old man like me." I think many educated people kinda know, but the socialization and propaganda are intense. And what nation does have clean hands? Lots of violence on the planet. The US is complicit. And so are many other nations. It would be a mistake to describe all Americans as guilty...but maybe that is how history works. I am especially disappointed in my generation. We old ones are leaving a real mess for the young. And please, recognize how religion is used by all sides. There are no chosen people, but everyone claims that god is on their side. Religion is mythical literature and propaganda, nothing more.
What makes me sick to my guts is that those who argue about Palestine and the US foreign policy, especially on Palestine 🇵🇸, neither they know nothing nor has no interest to learn. Her mind is like her name,full of enlightening others.
This subject matter regarding the Western Countries and specifically America is so true. Ever since 7th October the world's eyes have opened link never before. Thank God for people speaking out against the evil doer's. God is the most powerful and He sees and hears lol cries but when God Almighty say it's enough they the evil one's causing corruption, destruction and mischievous, they will be severely punished. Palastian will be free
Noura is so right about it all. I am spending time regularly protesting about the Palestinian people and Zionism and although I am not Palestinian I am a kindred spirit who feels and acts on this excruciating pain being metered out by israel and the US. As an Australian I can easily interpret the indigenous experiences of our First Nations people through the lens she is speaking of. It is so,so right and explains things so clearly 🙏🏻
US citizens ignore the Palestinian genocide because they are not directly affected. Most US citizens are capitalist, which is self-centered -- you optimize for yourself, and forget everyone else. But most US citizens are not colonialist, racist, or zionist.
I would agree with that. Americans are focused on individualism, capitalism, materialism, sports, entertainment. Our society in general do not care unless it effects them.
Her freedom and good job is possible because America is a democratic country that is based on the idea of respecting the law. Calling for people to disrespect the law is anarchy. She should be deported and not allowed to teach in a usa university.
It's a movement back and forth, right?...between our awareness of domestic injustices as a reflection of racialized atrocities overseas, and an awareness of how our domestic identity as settlers normalizes settler atrocities in Gaza and elsewhere. There is a porous membrane, a historical continuity between US violence overseas and at home, an awareness of how the totality of US action in the world advances demographic elimination and white supremacy wherever we find the stars and stripes planted in the ground.
Ease put her name first on the description so it's not hiding. Thank you so much for thos. I keep hearing the name but never really took time to listen to any of her videos. First time listener here. She is one of the best. Thank you both.
Im a senior Black woman andI never looked at America with colored glasses. I was taught, witnessed the true doctrine of America's so called democracy -a democracy that never included my people despite building this country.
"...Behind extreme thinking is the red demon causing trouble..." full poem: "Human Life Is Waiting Human life is waiting Most people are Gods incarnate, coming from heavens beyond Reincarnating time and again, only to await the Creator He rescued the cosmos from disintegrating and the lives from decaying Adopting modern notions, you are harming yourselves Without faith in the divine, one invites the plague ravaging the land Behind extreme thinking is the red demon causing trouble Amid the elimination, Dafa [Great Law] disciples are pulling people back with the truth For this is the command given by the Creator June 18, 2020" Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)
Im not sure it quite is that way for brown folk born and raised hood. I've always been hyper aware of colonization, racism, and somewhere in middle school realized what capitalism really means. The moment I learned of the establishment of Isreal, I called it out. Not all of us Americans are socialized in the same experience. But she is not wrong. 💪🏾...everything she said is true. To live everyday and know what was done to the Natives here is to live in conflict with the patriotism they try to shove down our throats from birth.
some americans in comment section desperately trying to convince themselves that americans are not socialized to be racists (currently). ok, but was there time when americans were in the past? 🤔🙄 gotcha
Yes, my dear brothers, my beloved Palestine is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it contains Al-Aqsa, the third holiest place for us Muslims in Palestine. Bethlehem, the cradle of Christ, is a blessed land, and it is the holy land, and it has been our land for tens of thousands of years, and it is the land of the Canaanite Arabs, the original Palestinian people, and they have lived in it since the Islamic conquest in the era. The Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Jews are like brothers and neighbors under Palestinian rule to the owners of the land, but the Zionists came and the British occupation brought them to our land as compensation to the Jews for what they did to them Hitler. The question here is that who did the Holocaust, the Germans, why do I, the Palestinian Arab, pay the price? Why not Germany? Why do I, the Muslim, pay the price for crimes? Committed by the Germans and Nazi Europe, fascism is the root of all evil in the world. Our problem is the occupation🙏Palestine is an area of more than 27 thousand square kilometers and is on the borders of Egypt and Jordan, which historically is part of Palestine and the people of Jordan, more than 70 percent of whom are of Palestinian origin, but Britain made them a state and brought agents to the Jordanian ruling dynasty in order to rule Jordan and protect the occupation from the Jordanian-Palestinian people Palestine Its capital, Jerusalem, is the land of the Palestinian people for tens of thousands of years. It is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it is the third holiest place for us Muslims. It is a land where most of God’s prophets lived, were born, and died. It is the holy and blessed land and the land of the Palestinian and Arab people. Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived there for thousands of years as neighbors and brothers before the Zionists occupied our land. Britain brought them in the Balfour Declaration to occupy our land. Those who committed the Holocaust against the Jews were the Germans and the West, not me.🙏🙏🙏
She is spot on about the law servicing power rather than justice. We in the Global South need to mobilise intelligently and innovatively to throw off the shackles imposed upon us by the Imperialist West.
How can such a brilliant person, I admire so much, turn around and demand that the only way I can support Palestine is to reject my own heritage? Whether you hate me and insult my intelligence or not, I'll continue supporting universal values (such as self-determination) and opposing injustices long before they approach anything as horrific as we are witnessing today. No, I don't have the same personal experiences, but empathy is its own inescapable experience.
Noura Erakat, Francesca Albanese - these women's selfless service bears the true mark of humanity. Thank you for this interview.
@@Mona-c9f absolutely, they are worth more than their weight in gold!
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I've never been the same since Oct 7th. My eyes also opened and it made me go and study and my goodness, the world has been lied to for so long and so much, it is sickening. I learnt more in the past year than in my entire life almost. I apologize for knowing nothing about the Palestinian people. What I have seen and heard are the most beautiful people with the utmost faith and resilience , also intelligent, I have ever seen. May God bless them. If I could stop this genocide, I would do it now.
just the beginning...
what tribe took care of the land you harm each day?
...and was it ever legally acquired?
Same here in Ireland.The sad part is being helpless.
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We need to help others understand that the z agenda is not in anybody's best interest outside of its project.
Same here!! Love from Amsterdam ❤️🇵🇸
Noura is a powerhouse, a great thinker and one who will shine a light on the path out of western imperialism.
As a King’s Counsel who has been practising law for over 45 years, it was interesting to hear Noura Erakat speak about the reality of law serving power and not necessarily justice. Shakespeare has King Lear comment about the double standards in the speech about ‘robed and furred gowns hide all’. Noura Erakat is aware of her cynicism and uses it constructively to use law strategically in the cause of justice. A clear-eyed approach, which requires looking beyond ideological narratives to achieve moral imperatives. A valuable contribution.
Why do Muslims and others label Israelites 🇮🇱 as *ZIONISTS/OCCUPIERS* when the *regathering* of the Jews in 1948 to the land [originally belonging to the Cannanites but given to them (from the Euphrates river to the Medt sea) by God] is foretold in the prophetic book of Ezekiel and over a thousand years later the Qur'an repeats the Ezekiel prophecy? Is this not *ZIONISM?*
Already, part of the biblical prophecy of Ezekiel (38:8) has been fulfilled with stunning accuracy! (the prophecy about "future years" when "a land whose people were *regathered* from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual wasteland")
This is present Israel which the Jews have returned to over 2000 years after the scattering from Israel as a result of the Babylonian exile (597 BC) and the conquest of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Roman prince, Titus.
Even the Qur'an (QS17:104) of the 7th century god of the Muslims, copies previous scripture by saying: 'And We said after (it was all over with Pharaoh), to the Children of Israel, ‘Settle down occupying the (promised) land (of Cannan). When the time of fulfillment of the second Prophecy comes, We shall bring you back *gathering you* (from various lands).’
Do you see that Allah of the Muslims is a Zi0n1st too?
In the Torah of Moses, the God of the Israelites said "Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will *gather you* and bring you back. [5] He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors..." Deuteronomy 30:4-5
Zionism is the *gathering* of the children of Israel from the nations!
The land belongs to the Jews! The so-called Palestinian "resistance" is in fact a rebellion against the will of the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
And you achieve this gathering promised (????) by GOD , by killing , starving , stealing , deporting ......an entire population...men women children.
Did the europeens settlers also gathered in the americas because GOD promised them.
Did the British settlers also gathered in Australia and New Zealand because of GOD'S promise?
We know what happened to the first nations and the indigenous people in those lands.
And you want to repeat the same lie , using religion for your depravity.
You know not everyone believes in the Bible, Torah, or Quran. What we see is a genocide, period.
The JEW🇮🇱 and MUSLIM ☪️ dispute originates from the Muslims' _claim_ to be the *CHOSEN ONES,* replacing the Israelites who were once chosen by the "same" God...
This is because the Jew-Muslim dispute exists before the buzz words "Zi0nists", "0ccupiers", "75 years" or "gen0cide". Did you know that?
The Jew-Muslim dispute is as old as QS 9:29, QS 98:6 ("worst of all creatures") and Sahih 2.9.2.2 (DJew will hide behind a r0ck).. In fact, before 1948, it is the DJews who were vict1ms of pr0gr0ms by the Muslims.
But is Allah of the Qur’an who chose the Muslims really the same historical God who chose the Jews, *ENTERS CREATION,* gave the Jews the *everlasting covenant of land* (Genesis 15, 17 and Psalms 105:6-11) and has been historically worshipped by the Israelites for over 3500 years?
If you say yes he is [and Allah says he is (QS 29:46)], is Allah the historical God who *entered creation* as the *MALACHI HASHEM* /Angel of the Lord (a THE0PHANY or form which God uses to enter creation) and appeared to Abraham (Genesis 18:1-13) and to Moses (Exodus 3:1-6)?
In the Torah, was it Allah of the Muslims who instructed Moses: 'And Hashem (the Almighty God) spoke unto Moshe (Moses), saying, "And let them [Israelites] make Me a *Mikdash* (House/Sanctuary); that I may *dwell* among them.' (Hebrew Bible Exodus 25:8).
Was this Allah of the Muslims? No!
Was it the *GLORY* (Shekinah/kavod) of Allah of the Muslims which entered creation and filled the tabernacle of Moses in Exodus 40?:
'Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the *glory of the Lord* filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the *glory of the Lord* filled the tabernacle.' (Exodus 40:34).
The glory of God also enters creation and fills the temple of Solomon (2 Chronicles 7). All the Prophets knew about this attribute of God.
Is this Allah of the Qur’an? No.
Why then does Allah dece1ve beloved Muslims by claiming to be who he is not?
As Muslims will agree, this was not Allah of the Qur’an. Allah, the god of Muhammad, is *ANOTHER* god, a 4lse god. Allah is an _imitation_ (a counterfeit/clone) of the true God who enters creation. Allah is prophesied in Isaiah 14:12-14 as the deceiver who would come to claim to be the monotheistic Most High of the previous scriptures!
Israelites are the *CHOSEN* of the true historical God who entered creation and dwelt amongst them.
Muslims are the chosen, not of the same God, but of *ANOTHER* god, a 4lse 7th century _imitation_ who does not enter creation, and has no history whatsoever before the 7th century outside the Qur'an. Fact! Where?
The true God is coming to save the Israelites at the end of the age (Zechariah 12 and 14), not destroy them!
People will perish because of lack of knowledge!
Blessings.
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There are huge misunderstanding there, which steams from the different way Muslim and Xtians see prophecies in general.
Please bear with me, I'll try my best to explain as a Muslim.
1. Muslim believe God's prophecy will happen regardless our effort. It will happen one way or another because God's has decreed it'll happen, NOT because we're trying to make it happen. No human can delay nor quicken it from the decreed time.
2. Prophecy is NOT something to support. It is merely a foretold event of whats going to happen in the future so we can prepare ourselves....also served as reminder of the truthfulness of God's message. Some prophecies are bad, some are good, some are neutral.
For example, Dajjal or the Antichrist was also prophecied. So were gog and magog. That doesn't mean we should support them, let alone trying to make them come, even if they should come before Jesus.
Muslims dont see it as "requirement list" to fulfill before Jesus can come.
If anything, we believe purposedly trying to fulfill a prophecy is a sign of misguidance.
3. Muslim believe that EVERYTHING, good or bad, big or small, only happens by God's will. So something being God's will does not mean we should support that thing. It only means we should accept it as part of God's plan and focus on how to deal with it in a manner that is loved by God, as opposed to blaming God for the bad thing that is happening.
Accepting something bad as part of God's decree doesnt mean we should not do anything to fight or change it. If anything it is our duty to change it. Fighting injustice and opression is obligation in Islam, despite them being God's decree.
4. Now about the ju. Considering all the above, u should now get different picture on how we see them. We dont judge them based on their label, because their label is not what makes them good or bad. We judge them based on their deeds.
The verse you quote above is only partial quote. U left the part where God mentioned they will be extremely arrogant. And that if they do good, that is for their own goodness. And that if they transgress God will also punish them again.
U also miss the prophecy in a hadith that says many of them will be the follower of antichrist.
Note: that the chosen in Islam is not understood the same way xtian understand it. But that should be discussion for another day.
As an American, I can say everything being said here is true. My eyes have been opened since Oct 8th.
Is an American I can say that not all of this true. Arabs are much more racist than Americans,, oppress women much more than Americans and hate gays much more than Americans. I don’t think these people have room to talk about Americans like that and I take offense to the way they’re speaking to America. It’s not true at all
Is an American I can say that not all of this true. Arabs are much more racist than Americans,, oppress women much more than Americans and hate gays much more than Americans. I don’t think these people have room to talk about Americans like that and I take offense to the way they’re speaking to America. It’s not true at all
If you’re and if your eyes have been open since October 8, you should largely know that the majority of people in America have stood against Israel and their war crimes. When you live in America from 20 or more years and you experienced a few more things then you can come talk to me about how great our country it is.
Same with Cadence Owens. She no longer blindly and f**lishly following that old conservative anti Palestinians rhetorics. She is born again out of the darkness
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Brave Women Thank you for Telling the Truth Free Palestine!!
Absolutely true. We are not taught about anything outside of a capitalist worldview and American exceptionalism. We live on stolen land upon which indigenous peoples lived and held collectively prior to colonization. America has done the same to these people as the Israelis are doing to the Palestinian people. In order for America to hold Israel accountable, America will need to reckon with its own history of genocide and colonialism.
The truth is that at least in Canada we are reconciling with our past with our First Nations brothers and sisters. We are returning land, honouring treaties with large financial payouts, honouring land use control and resource development. Investing in remote First Nations water and road infrastructure, and all sorts of cultural efforts to communicate and collaborate, in good faith as equals.
Whereas Israel is a fucking disaster. They’re think of Arabs as untermensch and consider it their destiny to finish ethnically cleansing and colonizing a whole bunch more land and millions of people. Any resistance merely accelerates the process.
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@@klalbritton that’s not true. The education in this country have shifted into a narrative of “we are a racist country”. “ we stole land” etc……. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Yes our country has committed plenty of crimes, but we remain a symbol of freedom and a beacon of opportunity for everybody in this country because everyone’s equal. Socialism and communism do not have any examples of being successful and have many examples of being oppressive and murderous. As far as United States and our tolerance and acceptance of other people. Well our culture still is a gold standard in which the world measures everything by is our finest representative if you look at our sports and arts and music we are representative of our people. we are not a racist country. We are not a sexist country and we tolerate all gender identities and whether you’re gay straight, there’s a place for you in America. And the final narrative is that we live on stolen land. Plenty examples of treaties being signed Native Americans and the colonists. There are also examples of the Native Americans recruiting the colonists to help fight against other tribes Because the tribes were very genocidal toward each other. Furthermore, if you look at history, people settled on parts of the world That’s what people did they moved from place to place. Should the Ottomans give the Romans back their land in Constantinople? Should the Muslims give all the land that they colonized throughout the different caliphates? (they also had the largest slave trade operation in history )What about the Mongols? What about all the powerful African empires? They all gained land through different means. That’s the way of the world. Sorry, but no group of people is any worse or any better than another
@@Behold_I_Am even with the luxury of money printing, america is still a big toilet. you should travel to other countries.
Thank you for introducing us to Noura E. She's a very bright, articulate scholar/attorney, whose work many of us need to familiarize ourselves. She makes many insightful points. I'm so grateful to have come across this informative interview.
She is a poem. I love her so much, and the way she talks and the way she expresses love and rage for what's happening. Thank you for interviewing her!!! ❤
Love? She hates israel and jews. She is a typical jihadi Islamic
American taxpayers must stand up against occupation, genocide and apartheid, we didn't sign up to have our hard earned tax dollars spent on these atrocities
The Jews will give up Israel if the Arabs give up islam. Fair deal?
Thank you Noura for mentioning my country the Philippines and its subservience to the American empire.
"Life is crumbling" she says it all!!😢😢😢
Nora's final answer is so true. All I can add is that we must keep and share our hope.
I never even knew what Zionism is as an American until just a little over a year. I do know what it’s like to feel hate on my own homeland though. I am Mexican and called an immigrant instead of a Native American. It hurts to watch Palestinians dying and hurting and what’s crazy is it’s not the only genocide going on in the world.
Learning so much , listening to Noura, Her knowledge is so important and enlightening. Listening to her perspective is refreshing, educational, illuminating !
"We were forced to audition for our humanity." How truly terrible a repeat of what has been done to indigenous people throughout history.
So many people want that it stops, and it doesn’t stop.
Noura Erakat has such an ability to make things clear, it is always a pleasure to hear her speak
Such a brave, loving, intelligent woman.
Thank you.
She's deceitful! Why do Muslims and others label Israelites 🇮🇱 as *ZIONISTS/OCCUPIERS* when the *regathering* of the Jews in 1948 to the land [originally belonging to the Cannanites but given to them (from the Euphrates river to the Medt sea) by God] is foretold in the prophetic book of Ezekiel and over a thousand years later the Qur'an repeats the Ezekiel prophecy? Is this not *ZIONISM?*
Already, part of the biblical prophecy of Ezekiel (38:8) has been fulfilled with stunning accuracy! (the prophecy about "future years" when "a land whose people were *regathered* from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual wasteland")
This is present Israel which the Jews have returned to over 2000 years after the scattering from Israel as a result of the Babylonian exile (597 BC) and the conquest of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Roman prince, Titus.
Even the Qur'an (QS17:104) of the 7th century god of the Muslims, copies previous scripture by saying: 'And We said after (it was all over with Pharaoh), to the Children of Israel, ‘Settle down occupying the (promised) land (of Cannan). When the time of fulfillment of the second Prophecy comes, We shall bring you back *gathering you* (from various lands).’
Do you see that Allah of the Muslims is a Zi0n1st too?
In the Torah of Moses, the God of the Israelites said "Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will *gather you* and bring you back. [5] He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors..." Deuteronomy 30:4-5
Zionism is the *gathering* of the children of Israel from the nations!
The land belongs to the Jews! The so-called Palestinian "resistance" is in fact a rebellion against the will of the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Are *ISRAELI* 🇮🇱 Jews all from *EUROPE* (Askhenazi Jews)? No! Besides the Jews ("Palestinian Jews") who were already living on the land of Israel (going by the colonial construct called "Palestine") before 1948, the Israelites who are regathered in Israel today are also *(Mizrahi Jews)* gathered from Arab nations in the East (after suffering Aparth8d there) like Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Turkey and those from Africa *(Sephardi Jews)* like Morocco, Algeria,Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Do they also have European DNA??
Truth-seeking Muslims should refuse to believe the falsehood that all Israelites are from Europe, as this is deliberately used to invent the false narrative of Jews as "European colonialist"! Ironically it is Islam that is one of the biggest projects of colonialism in history, yet is now accusing Israelites of colonising their land of inheritance!] Wow!
It is when the Jews are regathered to their land that Bible prophecy says Israel will be invaded by the *Gog/Antichrist* alliance nations (Ezekiel 38-39, Psalms 83, Zechariah 12 and 14 and Revelation 12). The true God will intervene on the side of Israel.
@@TheWatchmanWebsiteyou're religious zealotry will be your undoing. If you believe god gave you the right to murder people and steal their resources, that is not a god we respect or a religion we have to accept. There are plenty of non-zionist jews who do not believe this nor support you. Hope that helps clairify the difference between a jew and a zionist. But im sure you will continue to conflate the two so that you may weaponize your identity and avoid accountability for what israel is doing.
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Your funny head is into funny tales, isn't it just?
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@@TheWatchmanWebsite Full of BS.
I always learn so much from you Noura. I am not Palestinian but I share your pain too. Thank you.
The truth is so hurtful many may not survive it. It is incredibly difficult to be a 4th generation American, 60 years old - under decades of intense "Americana" indoctrination to suddenly be thrust out from the fog and into harsh reality. The despair is too much, the gravity of recognizing how utterly deceived and manipulated we have all been. I am on the verge of breakdown.
I can only imagine how painful and devastating it is. Know that there are people who stand by you. Sending all my compassion.
Such a great interview. Thank you both
Such a great dissection of politics and systems here
So on point she’s brilliant ❤
Excellent interview, Noura a very sharp and fresh intellect!
What a beautiful person Noura Erakat is. Even after going through the hardships she has endured , she continues to fight and represent the repressed. A treatment to the bravery, strength and resolve of the Palestine People. PS everyone should read "Justice for some" by Noura Erakat - highly recommended.
"When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor." ~ Paulo Freire
What a fighter! Thank you for interviewing this brilliant scholar and advocate!
Thank you, Noura Erakat. I bought and read your book Justice for some. I am watching this interview in double time because I get so emotional. Thank you from Greece! Free Palestine!
A warning to Americans: Albert Einstein Letter to the New York Times
As a mother, watching Gaza has been watching a part of myself die. Thank you Noura. I’m learning so much from you and from Palestine, from indigenous peoples. Thank you. And I’m sorry.
The sad part is that she’s talking to a brick wall because the large majority of Americans have exactly that in their heads - cement.
Bless you Noura!
Bless the people of Palestine, Lebanon and of the entire region. Inshallah soon this will be over and these racist monsters will be a thing of the past. I believe in our people. Love and blessing always!
Free the world from this violence!
This was an excellent conversation.
I love Noura Erakat. Great interview!
She is MAGNIFICENT
Hats off to Noura Erakat !!💕💕💕
As she said, you can’t understand global Imperial Colonialism without understanding its impact outside of the USA. BUT ALSO COUNTRIES CANNOT FULLY REJECT THE GLOBAL IMPERIAL AGENDA WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE BLACK AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. When Black Americans say it DOES matter who you vote for, it’s because we’ve been at this fight within the Imperial center, within the Imperial walls for 400 years and we understand that sometimes as an ally the mission at the specific moment isn’t to break everything and tear everything down. Sometimes as allies we have to damage control because when things fall down, they tend to fall on the MOST VULNERABLE. It’s slightly patronizing to assume we havent thought about ripping the band aid off. Unfortunately ripping the band aid off could mean eliminating our existence, or simply forfeiting any marginal progress in the name of a moral protest vote that functionally has a higher likelihood of harming our ally than helping them.
Great interview. Even us minorities, who are skeptical of our government because of what has been done to us and our elders, have a major blind spot to the atrocities abroad. It is hard at times to sift through the misinformation and disinformation presented through our propaganda
true....and what tribe owns the land you occupy?
@ you want peace or attention?
Huge fan of this podcast/channel. This is by far the best interview. What a class act. Both of you. ❤❤❤
Most black people around the world who bought into this American exceptionalism is upholding the status que. A good example is Barak Obama and now in the UK, Kimi Badenoch and in the UN the last year followed their white masters policies. Kamala came along and took it forward and now that she lost she still cannot disconnect herself from this colonial settler tendencies. These black people who voted for Trump after a racist festival just before thw election must be blind to "something" I do not understand. The US is in a perpetual state of being afraid and spent trillions ons wars and weapons. Why? To uphold this imperialist exceptionalism anf everyone eho disagree will be sanction or labelled a terrorist to be killed.
If you don't know what they're thinking, why don't you ask some of them?
@@shawnbarron2455We have, and they still aren’t clear. A lot of ignorance from those folks.
This woman is GORGEOUS🤩
She reminds me of a young Sade
I never want to be addressed as the property of a colonial entity. I never want to be addressed as Mister or Sir. These are colonial titles. Remember that title is a legal handle to ownership.
End Global Apartheid
Ok boy 😂
When are the Turks and North Africans going to leave Europe then.
@AugustusCaligula Is the Israeli shekel still a shackle in Palestine today? Write, 'MONOPOLY is SLAVERY', your _own monopoly money_ in white mastery. Chafe Apartheid nastery Your Windbag Gates.
Remember that a statement of sovereignty is not secular
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@@grahamt5924 Maybe when you stop messing up their countries.
Excellent interview. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to Noura
Queen Noura👑 not only an incredibly intelligent woman but someone with a moral compass and a compassion for all struggling and oppressed people. So informative and therapeutic to watch knowing others feel as shattered as I do watching this horrific genocide unfold.
Thank you for this much needed and brilliant conversation and analysis. I believe this is really a conversation that needs to be talked about in order for us to move forward.
Mashallah. God bless you. First generation, female, muslim, lawyer, activist from the start. Bless you. ❤ Truly.❤
As an _American of African Slave Ancestry_ in my mid 60's, I could have saved this poor Woman decades of time and effort in coming to her "Intellectual Epiphany" regarding Western Culture. lol. My Indigenous American friends would also attempt to educate this Western educated woman about another fact: One can not dismantle Master house, using Master's tools. The rest of the Palestinians living in Gaza will ultimately be "cleansed out" - just like 95% of all Native American peoples. What she ascribes as a disdain of Euro-Supremacy - that they "think" they are superior - is faulty. They don't "think" they're superior, they _Know_ they are superior in the only aspect that is important; Which is both the means of industrial-scale mass slaughter, and the required lack of human empathy which allows them to execute on mass slaughter. Too bad for her remaining family in Palestine, but she certainly looks prosperous as she lives in, and contributes to the prosperity of the wealth of the Country that is underwriting the erasure of her peoples.
Then why do Black people continue to vote Democratic in large numbers? If you know the game and how it's played, why stay in it?
Thankyou Mohamed and Noura for your honest and fearless, discourse.
... "Who are these people ? What are their systems ?" ... Settler/colonial projects have over centuries created so much worldwide apocalyptic misery.
Peace and solidarity always to all who resist.
The best I've ever seen explaining this horror. Black list MSM the way they blacklisted her.
Spot on.
I agree with the Lady. It is genocide. The videos of the slaughter of children reminded me of Viet Nam videos and photos. I can not stop seeing them. And I shouldn't. And yes, it takes great courage to speak out. I live in a small town, Mainly professionals and comfortable retirees. Nice people. Nice town. I have thought many times while walking my dog, "If I never knew what is going on outside my town, life would be ideal for an old man like me." I think many educated people kinda know, but the socialization and propaganda are intense. And what nation does have clean hands? Lots of violence on the planet. The US is complicit. And so are many other nations. It would be a mistake to describe all Americans as guilty...but maybe that is how history works. I am especially disappointed in my generation. We old ones are leaving a real mess for the young. And please, recognize how religion is used by all sides. There are no chosen people, but everyone claims that god is on their side. Religion is mythical literature and propaganda, nothing more.
The United States? Christian Evangelical claptrap.
26:58 this goes for African-Americans in America too! True history has been withheld from Americans for way too long.
What makes me sick to my guts is that those who argue about Palestine and the US foreign policy, especially on Palestine 🇵🇸, neither they know nothing nor has no interest to learn. Her mind is like her name,full of enlightening others.
Renting street billboards to tell striking truth and puting web links of the awakening content is a way.to go! Please someone has to do it!
“We were forced to audition for our humanity” oof
Sharp as a TACK; She IS
Along the the NYT, include the New Yorker, Atlantic, etc. in complicity with the narratives of cover-up.
You watch UA-cam will take this interview down. Google have been taking down similar truthtelling podcasts without explanation. This woman is a hero.
Well, we know why. …
YT isn't the only game in town. Hiding the truth only makes people seek it out more.
@@CresentX Some do, but it’s disappointing how many don’t.
Thank you Noura - sending love. We are on your side
This subject matter regarding the Western Countries and specifically America is so true. Ever since 7th October the world's eyes have opened link never before. Thank God for people speaking out against the evil doer's. God is the most powerful and He sees and hears lol cries but when God Almighty say it's enough they the evil one's causing corruption, destruction and mischievous, they will be severely punished. Palastian will be free
Amazing. Inspiring.
Noura is so right about it all. I am spending time regularly protesting about the Palestinian people and Zionism and although I am not Palestinian I am a kindred spirit who feels and acts on this excruciating pain being metered out by israel and the US. As an Australian I can easily interpret the indigenous experiences of our First Nations people through the lens she is speaking of. It is so,so right and explains things so clearly 🙏🏻
I love Noura Erakat.
Very well spoken and knowledgeable sister thank you so much for all you do ❤
Thank you!
Life, human rights and dignity for All
The ending is so powerful. Thank you for giving us more strength ❤
She is so right!
Noura Erakat is brilliant. It's always a pleasure to hear her share her thoughts.
US citizens ignore the Palestinian genocide because they are not directly affected.
Most US citizens are capitalist, which is self-centered -- you optimize for yourself, and forget everyone else.
But most US citizens are not colonialist, racist, or zionist.
I would agree with that. Americans are focused on individualism, capitalism, materialism, sports, entertainment. Our society in general do not care unless it effects them.
Wow. Such an important interview with an exceptional thinker and a very kind person.
Her freedom and good job is possible because America is a democratic country that is based on the idea of respecting the law.
Calling for people to disrespect the law is anarchy.
She should be deported and not allowed to teach in a usa university.
It's a movement back and forth, right?...between our awareness of domestic injustices as a reflection of racialized atrocities overseas, and an awareness of how our domestic identity as settlers normalizes settler atrocities in Gaza and elsewhere. There is a porous membrane, a historical continuity between US violence overseas and at home, an awareness of how the totality of US action in the world advances demographic elimination and white supremacy wherever we find the stars and stripes planted in the ground.
I am always in awe of her brilliance ✨ I learn so much every time I hear her speak. May she be blessed and protected ❤️
Today’s heroes , thank you Noura
Powerful eye-opening dialogue. Thank you, Noura, for sharing your knowledge with the world.
Great conversation, love Noura Erakat up there with Francesca Albanese and Clare Daly❤
What a beautiful and smart woman ❤️.
Ease put her name first on the description so it's not hiding. Thank you so much for thos. I keep hearing the name but never really took time to listen to any of her videos. First time listener here. She is one of the best. Thank you both.
Im a senior Black woman andI never looked at America with colored glasses. I was taught, witnessed the true doctrine of America's so called democracy -a democracy that never included my people despite building this country.
"...Behind extreme thinking is the red demon causing trouble..."
full poem:
"Human Life Is Waiting
Human life is waiting
Most people are Gods incarnate, coming from heavens beyond
Reincarnating time and again, only to await the Creator
He rescued the cosmos from disintegrating and the lives from decaying
Adopting modern notions, you are harming yourselves
Without faith in the divine, one invites the plague ravaging the land
Behind extreme thinking is the red demon causing trouble
Amid the elimination, Dafa [Great Law] disciples are pulling people back with the truth
For this is the command given by the Creator
June 18, 2020"
Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)
Im not sure it quite is that way for brown folk born and raised hood. I've always been hyper aware of colonization, racism, and somewhere in middle school realized what capitalism really means. The moment I learned of the establishment of Isreal, I called it out. Not all of us Americans are socialized in the same experience. But she is not wrong. 💪🏾...everything she said is true. To live everyday and know what was done to the Natives here is to live in conflict with the patriotism they try to shove down our throats from birth.
some americans in comment section desperately trying to convince themselves that americans are not socialized to be racists (currently). ok, but was there time when americans were in the past? 🤔🙄 gotcha
Yes, my dear brothers, my beloved Palestine is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it contains Al-Aqsa, the third holiest place for us Muslims in Palestine. Bethlehem, the cradle of Christ, is a blessed land, and it is the holy land, and it has been our land for tens of thousands of years, and it is the land of the Canaanite Arabs, the original Palestinian people, and they have lived in it since the Islamic conquest in the era. The Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Jews are like brothers and neighbors under Palestinian rule to the owners of the land, but the Zionists came and the British occupation brought them to our land as compensation to the Jews for what they did to them Hitler. The question here is that who did the Holocaust, the Germans, why do I, the Palestinian Arab, pay the price? Why not Germany? Why do I, the Muslim, pay the price for crimes? Committed by the Germans and Nazi Europe, fascism is the root of all evil in the world. Our problem is the occupation🙏Palestine is an area of more than 27 thousand square kilometers and is on the borders of Egypt and Jordan, which historically is part of Palestine and the people of Jordan, more than 70 percent of whom are of Palestinian origin, but Britain made them a state and brought agents to the Jordanian ruling dynasty in order to rule Jordan and protect the occupation from the Jordanian-Palestinian people Palestine Its capital, Jerusalem, is the land of the Palestinian people for tens of thousands of years. It is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it is the third holiest place for us Muslims. It is a land where most of God’s prophets lived, were born, and died. It is the holy and blessed land and the land of the Palestinian and Arab people. Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived there for thousands of years as neighbors and brothers before the Zionists occupied our land. Britain brought them in the Balfour Declaration to occupy our land. Those who committed the Holocaust against the Jews were the Germans and the West, not me.🙏🙏🙏
She is spot on about the law servicing power rather than justice. We in the Global South need to mobilise intelligently and innovatively to throw off the shackles imposed upon us by the Imperialist West.
What a legend she is
Wow! An amazing person! I want to listen to more of her intelligent and thoughtful commentary.
" 'Genocide' is the most sanitized way we can describe it." It's so obvious to those of us who are serious about ethics.
Thank you so much ❤
Noura erakat ❤
Great interview
this is so good, so important
How can such a brilliant person, I admire so much, turn around and demand that the only way I can support Palestine is to reject my own heritage?
Whether you hate me and insult my intelligence or not, I'll continue supporting universal values (such as self-determination) and opposing injustices long before they approach anything as horrific as we are witnessing today. No, I don't have the same personal experiences, but empathy is its own inescapable experience.
We are all Palestinian
No . We are not. Most people dislike them
Wow!!! ❤
Thanks
As a Black American progressive I want to express my solidarity with the persecuted people of Palestine. Another people who can't breathe.
Commenting for the algorithm. Listening to this was enlightening.
Very correctly articulated living in this occupied territory, us of America
wise women :)
Regarding Israel and Palestine, we have far too long listened to Martin Luther King. Now it’s time to really understand and act on Malcolm X.