Life in Ramallah with David Osit

Today, David Osit, filmmaker and director of the movie "Mayor” joins us, to talk about the Mayor of Ramallah and all the challenges for life under the occupation. Today, we also have John from Discourse Podcast join us as a guest host. The film is available on Virtual Cinema Show Notes 2:00 - How Ramallah Changed 4:00 - Limitations on the Mayor’s Job 5:01 - City Branding and What it means 7:35 - Municipal Services and the Challenges under Occupation 10:58 - Christmas in Ramallah 11:32 - Connecting with Mussa 13:45 - Meeting with The Prime Minister Abbas 16:24 - Schooling and Universities in Ramallah 18:37 - Daily indignities in Ramallah “It took them 15 years to get a permit to build a cemetery” 21:03 - American conversation about tone vs conversation in Palestine 24:12 - Repeated oppression in Palestine and the Raid 26:01 - Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy and how it worked in Ramallah 29:13 - What is within Mussa’s power to control? 33:00 - Settlers’ leave their mark 39:10 - How Israel breaks the Oslo agreement 43:15 - Surprising issues in Ramallah You can find David Osit on twitter This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit historicly.substack.com/subscribe