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Our guests today are UC-Berkeley History Professor Ussama Makdisi and UCLA English Professor Saree Makdisi talking about their new book, Anti-Palestinianism.
We discuss:
How the charge of antisemitism is used to stifle pro-Palestinianism
Academic suppression of the pro-Palestinian movement
Permission to narrate
How can there be reconciliation with a society that largely supported genocide?
The potential impact on Palestinians of China’s ascendancy and America’s decline