Journalist Ahmed Eldin says Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza are simply asking for equal treatment under the law.
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00:00You've asked me how old I am. I'm 40 years old. And I interrupted you by saying that's not true, because it is our job to make sure, whether as a guest or a panelist, that when lies and misinformation is being spread, that I challenge it.
00:14You said earlier, Shabbos, interestingly enough, quoting you verbatim, Jewish students are asking for equal treatment under law. That is exactly at the heart of the movement to liberate the Palestinian people from oppression, occupation and apartheid.
00:32Because as I'm sure we can all agree, Palestinian students, journalists, doctors, mothers inside of Israel, inside of the West Bank and Gaza are simply asking for the same thing.
00:45Why not treat them equally under law? And by the way, when you bring up, you know, from the river to the sea and how we can understand that to mean that they want to genocide the Jews, that is your interpretation.
00:55And you're using that for certain reasons. That is also in the Likud Charter.
00:59So when Netanyahu and others say it, including Jewish people on campus, they're not penalized, they're not prosecuted.
01:05It's not controversial. But when Palestinians who have suffered from decades of oppression, occupation and ethnic cleansing, as we're seeing in our feeds every day, simply say, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
01:18They're talking about their historical land, which has been taken from them.