“The Jewish KKK” and the Catastrophe Jewish Critics Warned Was Coming | Palestine This Week

This week, we begin with Hannah Arendt, the Jewish intellectual who warned that a state built without Palestinian consent would be condemned to permanent war. Her warning now feels less like abstract history and more like a description of Israel today: a militarised society, trapped in endless war and dependent on propaganda to justify the violence needed to sustain its project.We also look at the casual anti-Muslim racism used by Israel advocates to dismiss equality for Palestinian, the UN Human Rights Council’s findings on Israel’s targeting of children in Gaza, and the rise of settler violence in Hebron and around Al-Aqsa Mosque. The episode ends with Trump’s U-turn on Iran, Lebanon’s central role in US-Iran diplomacy and the pro-war commentators already trying to explain away another Middle East disaster.Get your copy of ‘Gaza Apocalypse’ by Mouin Rabbani: https://orbooks.com/catalog/gaza-apocalypse/Chapters:00:00 Introduction & Overview01:13 Hannah Arendt’s warning: Was Zionism destined for permanent war?10:14 The casual anti-Muslim racism of Israel advocates18:41 Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian children in Gaza26:50 Hebron, Smotrich and the collapse of the Hebron agreement36:51 Trump’s U-turn on the Iran war: What explains the shift?40:57 Lebanon as the make-or-break arena for US-Iran diplomacy46:59 Iran war cheerleaders and the making of another American debacle