On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Yasser Al-Kidwa, the nephew of the late leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation Yasser Arafat. He discusses the presidential election next door in Syria which saw Bashar Al-Assad re-elected for another 7-year term, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Ramallah to meet with Mahmoud Abbas, perceptions that the Palestinian Authority and ruling elite are out of touch for still pursuing negotiations with the United States, whether the Palestinian resistance is moving toward armed struggle as Hamas has arguably sidelined the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas’ attempts to remove him from the Yasser Arafat Foundation’s board of directors, how the situation would look if Yasser Arafat were to be leading the resistance in 2021, and much more! Finally, we speak to Daniel Levy, Israeli negotiator in the Oslo 2 agreements. He discusses the US’ inaction over the Israeli aerial bombardment of Palestine and how China showed leadership at the UN in trying to begin international action against Israel, whether the Palestinian resistance is moving away toward armed struggle following Hamas’ show of force despite Israeli bombardment, how public opinion among Democrats is shifting toward a pro-Palestinian position after Israeli PM Netanyahu and former President Trump made Israel’s occupation of Palestine a partisan issue, the designation of Israel as an apartheid state and much more!
