About this episode
Hamza Abu Howidy discusses the escalating conflict in the West Bank and its implications for Palestine.
Hamza Abu Howidy returns for another Conflicted Conversation. Last time he appeared, he told us his personal story of growing up in Hamas-ruled Gaza, how he was imprisoned and tortured by Hamas for speaking out against their oppression, and how he entered into exile in Germany just before the 7 October attacks changed everything. This time he switches from Gaza to the West Bank, telling Thomas all about the other side of Palestine — a side which goes overlooked, but which is increasingly becoming a zone of almost unbearable conflict. Hamza and Thomas discuss: Settler violence as settler terrorism How Israeli settlements undermine the Oslo process Settlement expansion as a strategy to prevent a Palestinian state The shift from a two-state ideal to a one-state reality The Hardal movement and Smotrich’s political world The Hilltop Youth: origins, ideology and violence The dual legal system in the West Bank The Yehuda Shmuel Sherman incident and the revenge attacks that followed E1 and the threat to a viable Palestinian state The West Bank economy after 7 October Palestinian municipal and national elections Israeli elections and the lack of hope for political change Israel’s post-7…
People in this episode
Host: Thomas
Guest: Hamza Abu Howidy
Topics covered
- West Bank conflict
- settler violence
- Israeli settlements
- Palestinian statehood
- political change
- Hamas disarmament
- Arab disillusionment
Keywords
- West Bank
- Hamas
- settler violence
- Palestinian elections
- Israeli settlements
- political change
- conflict
- Arab disillusionment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hamas, Oslo, Hardal
Places: Gaza, Germany, West Bank, Palestine, E1
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