Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a Palestinian-American writer who grew up in Gaza City. When he was eleven years-old he survived an Israeli airstrike that killed two of his friends and left him with permanent hearing loss in one ear. He travelled to the United States as a teenage exchange student in 2005 and later received political asylum after Hamas took over in Gaza. He now leads Realign for Palestine, a project advocating for what he calls, “a radically pragmatic approach to peace.”
Today he talks to Canadaland about Hamas, Israel, the international response to the war in Gaza, and how his views on war and possible peace have turned him into a target from almost every direction.
Host: Archie Matlow
Credits: Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Additional music by Audio Network
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
More information:
Hamas and It’s Two Million Hostages – Jewish Quarterly
Hamas’s Western Apologists Have Become Hamas Enthusiasts. As a Gazan, I’m Horrified – Newsweek
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