Can Israelis and Palestinians stop fighting over who belongs and start asking how both can belong? Palestinian peace activist Samer Sinijlawi shares how five years in an Israeli prison shaped his path toward reconciliation, why he condemned Hamas after October 7, and what each side must surrender for peace. In a rare and unflinching conversation, he confronts apartheid, statehood, the right of return, and the future both peoples must share.
Yirmiyahu Danzig (@that_semite) is known for confronting the conversations most people avoid, bringing strong convictions but also a rare willingness to engage people who see the world differently. Caribbean, Ashkenazi, and Palestinian-Jewish by descent, he has built an online following of millions by refusing the usual scripts and narratives, crossing traditionally hard-set ideological borders by speaking to everyone in the language of genuine, openhearted curiosity.
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