Innocent Palestinians Forced From Their Homes, Survivor Speaks Out
5/24/202634 min
We are joined by author Mohammed El-Kurd to discuss his story and the stories of so many innocent men, women, and children in occupied Palestine.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
I sold my car on Carvana last night.
Speaker 10:02
Well, that's cool.
Speaker 00:03
No, y- you don't understand. It went perfectly. Real offer, down to the penny. They're picking it up tomorrow. Nothing went wrong.
Speaker 10:09
So wha- what's the problem?
Speaker 00:10
That is the problem. Nothing in my life goes this smoothly. I'm waiting for the catch.
Speaker 10:14
Maybe there's no catch.
Speaker 00:15
That's exactly what a catch would want me to think.
Speaker 10:18
[laughs] Wow, you need to relax.
Speaker 00:19
I need to knock on wood. Do we have wood? Is this table wood?
Speaker 10:21
I think it's laminate.
Speaker 00:23
Okay. Yeah. That's good. That's close enough.
Mohammed El-Kurd· Guest0:24
Car selling without a catch. Sell your car today on Carvana. Pickups fees may apply.
Speaker 30:30
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Jennifer Welch· Host0:51
[Instrumental music] All right. Joining me today is Mohammed El-Kurd. He is an award-winning Palestinian journalist and writer. He's an editor-at-large at Mondoweiss, and the first Palestine correspondent at The Nation magazine. His most recent book, Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal, is out now, and he brought me my very own copy. Uh, Mohammed, you were born and grew up in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. When you were 11 years old, half of your home was taken over under