rania khalek is a lebanese american radical journalist currently based in beirut. in this discussion with abby martin, she educated me a lot regarding middle eastern politics vis-a-vis the israeli incursion into the region and the rise of hezbollah as an indigenous lebanese resistance to that imperialist incursion. this education is the opposite of the propaganda churned out by western lamestream media. it strikes me as very nuanced and well informed, as opposed to the cartoonish and shallow characterization of hezbollah as a terrorist group by the west. as rania and abby point out, any group in the middle east that's radically opposed to israel gets labelled as terrorist by western media, while it's in fact the idf (israeli 'defense' force) that murders and terrorizes the regions arabs whose land it covets or already has stolen. together they point out the sheer insanity of israel and it's most powerful supporters in america, with a democratic party establishment that totally supports israel (including that supposed leftist socialist, bernie sanders) and a republican party led by trump that's frighteningly fascist and evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCAz3FPBYw
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