Does the “wall” bring more security for Israelis or is it simply another way of humiliating the Palestinians? Is it an apartheid wall or a security barrier?
Continue ReadingJust Saying Episode #9: Checkpoints
Just Saying #9: What are checkpoints like for an Israeli (Roi Aharon) to pass through? What are they like for a Palestinian (Ahmed Maswadeh) to pass through? (Note: In most places Israelis and Palestinians go …
Continue ReadingEpisode #8: Earliest Palestinians
When did modern Palestinians first refer to themselves as such? Ro’i claims only from the beginning of the 19th century. Ahmed says that in the Arab mentality pre-1948 Palestine is also proof of a Palestinian …
Continue ReadingJust Saying Episode #7: First Jews
Relations between Jews and Muslims before 1948. Was there peace before the State of Israel was declared? Reminder – these videos are not about ‘facts’ but about narratives. What do Roi Aharon and Ahmed Maswadeh …
Continue ReadingJust Saying Episode #6: Before 1948
Ro’i Aharon and Ahmed Maswadeh speak about what they think relations between Jews and Arabs were like in the Holy Land before the advent of the State of Israel. This is about narratives, not facts.
Continue ReadingEpisode #5: Nakba
What was the Nakba? How do Palestinians view the establishment of the State of Israel?
Continue ReadingJust Saying #4: Oppression
Ro’i doesn’t like the term “Oppression” because he feels that the current situation is an outcome of war, not an intent of one side to oppress the other. Ahmed thinks that Israeli oppression of the …
Continue ReadingJust Saying #3: Zionism
Ahmed and Ro’i discuss the meaning of Zionism and its relevance today
Continue ReadingJust Saying #2 Palestine and Israel
Ro’i and Ahmed talk about the meaning of the terms “Palestine” and “Israel”
Continue ReadingJust Saying #1: Introductions
Ahmed Maswadah and Ro’i Aharon meet for the first time. A Palestinian and an Israeli; a Muslim and a Jew, to share their perceptions, narratives and thoughts on Israel, Palestine and the issues of the …
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