I had just shared our new page, The People of Gaza, on X when I saw this video in my feed and had to share it. I welcome anyone who is speaking the truth and stating facts about what is happening to innocent Palestinian civilians.
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Gideon Levy, veteran columnist of the Haaretz newspaper and author of ‘The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe’.
He discusses his friendship with a Palestinian he calls ‘M’, who he refers to in his new book and in his daily life over the last year.
M is facing Israel’s genocidal slaughter in “Gehenna”, the etymology of the Hebrew word for Gaza, which derives from the word ‘hell’ and Israel’s campaign to turn Gaza into a hell on Earth. Gehenna was a place of child sacrifices according to Jewish tradition, which they labeled “hell on Earth.”
Video: Gideon Levy on Gaza
Young Palestinians are writing wills in the occupied West Bank out of fear of death at the hands of the Israeli occupation.
Levy discusses the Israeli Leftists’ opposition to Netanyahu and their similarity to Israel’s Right-wing in ignoring the genocide and occupation of the Palestinian West Bank.
We’ll talk about how squarely blaming Benjamin Netanyahu is a ‘comfort zone’ which hides the fact that the problems stem from Israel’s society.
We’ll also consider whether Israel will attack Iran before Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States in January 2025.
In the second half of the interview, Levy discusses why he has little hope for Donald Trump’s second term on imposing conditions on aid to Israel to change the behaviour of the Israeli state towards Palestinians.
He’ll describe how terror has become the only avenue for Palestinians to fight for the future and why Palestinian armed resistance will continue against Israel.
He’ll talk about the trends within Israel to authoritarianism even against Israeli Jews, and the convenient ignoring of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza by Israeli society.
They ignore it in order to remain within the comfort zone of calling the rest of the world ‘anti-Semitic’ for opposing Israeli atrocities.
He’ll explain the lack of opposition from major cultural figures and artists in the West and his friendship with Roger Waters who has consistently opposed Israeli occupation.
Finally, Gideon Levy will discuss whether Israel will continue to exist.
