Jeff Halper (no relation) and Yumna Patel join the show live from Jerusalem and Bethlehem, respectively. Yumna Patel, Palestine correspondent for Mondo Weiss talks to us from Bethlehem where she's reporting. (https://mondoweiss.net/author/yumnapa...) Her Twitter account was recently restricted. Jeff Halper is an Israeli anthropologist, Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) in Jerusalem and a founding member of the One Democratic State Campaign. (extended bio melow) Chapters: 0:00 Youmna Patel on being restricted by Twitter & social media censorship of Israel critics 18:26 Jeff Halper and Youmna. Jeff points out that 47% Israeli Jews think the cease fire came too early. 29:22 How Jeff came to Israel 34:00 Jeff and Youmna on media bias 38:23 Jeff and Youmna on social media suppression, one state solution and the challenges it faces 50:00 Youmna's urges people to have on Palestinian guests, talks about her own identity at as the daughter of Indian parents by way of South Africa and the legacy of apartheid. 1:05:00 Jeff on one state and Israeli myths 1:17:00 responding to Debra Messing 2:09:00 Yiddish Culture Scholar Ruth Weiss' scary propaganda tips Jeff served as the head of Friends World College, an international college program, and has taught at universities in Israel and around the world. In addition to his many academic and political writings, he is the author of An Israeli in Palestine(London: Pluto Press, 2008) on his work against the Occupation, Obstacles to Peace (ICAHD’s manual for activism in Palestine/Israel), and War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification (Pluto, 2015), which was shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award. His latest book is Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism and the Case for One Democratic State (London: Pluto, 2021). Jeff participated in the first (and successful) attempt of the Free Gaza Movement to break the Israeli siege by sailing into Gaza. He was nominated by the American Friends Service Committee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, together with the Palestinian intellectual and activist Ghassan Andoni
