Facing Reality with Nell and Leta Hirschmann-Levy
From Under the Tree: A Seminar on Freedom with Bill Ayers by Under the Tree with Bill Ayers
February 19, 2026 · 1h 18m
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Nell and Leta Hirschmann-Levy about the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank, highlighting their activism against it.
Power habitually lies in public to make a particularly egregious point: We can lie in public , and you can’t stop us. “We didn’t murder that protester, she was a domestic terrorist determined to kill police;” “I strangled that Black man to death because I feared for my life.” The debate over whether the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank is indeed a genocide is a fraudulent diversion—the genocide was pre-announced by government leaders in October, 2023: “We will starve them; we will deny them medicines and fuels; we will make Gaza uninhabitable.” The so-called ceasefire is also a ruse, a phony attempt to change the international narrative while continuing to murder, drive out, and erase the population. We’re joined in conversation with Nell and Leta Hirschmann-Levy, two brave and intrepid sisters from New York City whose opposition to the US/Israeli genocide in Palestine has led them to picket lines, boycotts, rallies, organizing campaigns, and to Palestine itself.
People in this episode
Host: Bill Ayers
Guests: Nell Hirschmann-Levy, Leta Hirschmann-Levy
Topics covered
- genocide
- ethnic cleansing
- Palestine
- activism
- public discourse
- protests
Keywords
- genocide
- Gaza
- activism
- protests
- ethnic cleansing
- Palestine
- public lies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: US, Israeli
Places: Gaza, West Bank, New York City
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