The events in Gaza, the horrific slaughter of over 20,000 Gazans remains a deep wound all people of conscience have had to contend with over the past two months. The callous way with which the lives of young innocents can be so openly calculated and traded is shocking yet predictable in equal measure. Much of what has happened is premised on a set of collective myths the west has attempted to perpetuate about Israel and its intentions. A compliant media and a political class that have provided a thin veneer of acceptability to Israel’s murderous rampage has all but shattered the myth that the west holds the moral high ground.

Today we want to explore the myths that surround the current crisis. To help us understand the situation better we invite back onto the show Dr Azzam Tamimi who is a Palestinian British academic, author of Hamas the unwritten chapter.

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Timestamps

0:00 – Introduction

2:09 –Arabs gave up on Gaza?

5:42 – Arab World and Israel

8:03 – Syria distraction?

11:26- Arab Spring

13:51 – USA and Arab Spring

19:08 – Syria and Egypt

20:44 – Syria and Israel

26:40 – Syria’s position

29:34 – Arab spring failures

33:15 – Egypt’s deep state

36:35 – Arabs and Gaza

38:58 – Saudi Arabia

42:13 – Iran

45:10 – America’s decline

47:17 – George Galloway

49:38 – Gaza

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