Interview · moment 9 of 28
Failed Peace Negotiations and Israel's Rightward Shift
from Bonus Episode: Abby Martin
3 min
Guest
Abby cites the Palestine Papers showing Israel rejected major Palestinian concessions over decades, and argues the two-state solution has been a 'dead notion' in Israel for 25 years while being sold as false hope to Americans; discussion turns to Hamas's role and funding from Qatar.
- Israel rejected Palestinian papers from secret negotiations showing every concession was laughed out of the room.
- Center of gravity in Israel shifted to the right, and American presidents stopped pushing the two-state solution.
- Two-state solution is a false hope dangled in front of American audiences as propaganda.
- Israeli society knows exactly what's happening and isn't committed to peace, while Americans are being propagandized.
- Israeli politicians are openly inciting genocide, wanting to raze Gaza and recolonize it.
- Hamas governs Gaza, gets hundreds of millions in funding from Qatar, but their actual mission and goals remain unclear.