The Assassination Of Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer & The Witch-hunt On College Campuses

Katie discusses the life, death and legacy of poet Refaat Alareer with his colleagues at Electronic Intifada, journalists Ali Abunimah and Nora Barrows-Friedman and his former student and current writer and translator Mahmoud Alyazji. But first Katie talks to law professor Sahar Aziz and writer and analyst Mitchell Plitnick about their new report “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse” which looks at how accusations of antisemitism stifle criticism of Israel and empower its systematic violations of Palestinians’ human rights. We also talk about the witch hunts and censorship on college campuses which are distracting from Israel’s crimes. 00:00 Intro 02:56 Sahar and Mitchell’s history with civil rights in Palestine 07:50 What’s REALLY behind the U.S.’ exceptional treatment of Israel 11:27 The double standards for Muslim critics of the U.S. 16:48 Why thinking all Jews are a monolith is ridiculous 17:57 Colombia Business professor whines about Pro-Palestinian protests 38:10 Israel must STOP claiming to act in the name of Jewish people 39:30 How the West has changes the idea of Antisemitism 45:03 Netanyahu claims Hitler was inspired by a Muslim 47:23 Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s HARMFUL redefining of Antisemitism 56:20 Israel is committing GENOCIDE 1:01:59 Remembering Refaar Alareer 1:01:11 Refaat’s haunting poem ’If I Must Die’ 1:08:11 Israels targeting of Refaat 1:18:15 The LIES spun by Israel 1:21:16 Refaat’s heartfelt message 1:33:43 Nora and Ali’s wonderful memories of Refaat 1:42:11 Why did Israel target Refaat? 1:44:47 Mahmoud’s memories of war and his family’s suffering 2:02:50 Biden’s crocodile tears for Palestinians 2:10:10 What is Israel’s ultimate goal? 2:14:29 Refaat’s poem “I Am You“ 2:16:59 Brian Cox reads Refaat’s poem ’If I Must Die’ 2:18:28 Refaat’s reporting on CNN 2:22:44 Brooklyn graffiti remembering Refaar Alareer 2:23:34 Refaat’s beautiful message while bombs go off 2:31:16 Biden’s tone deaf remarks on Israel Link to piece remembering Refaat Alareer: Ali Abunimah is Director of . Author of “One Country”and “The Battle for Justice in Palestine.” Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada, and is the author of “In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine“ Mahmoud Alyazji is a translator, a writer and a video editor. Sahar Aziz is professor of law, Middle East Legal Studies Scholar, and Chancellor’s Social justice Scholar at Rutgers University Law School. She is the author of “The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom“ Mitchell Plitnick is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and a frequent writer on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. He is the former vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, director of the U.S. Office of B’Tselem, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace. He is the co-author of “Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics,“ and former