Moderate Palestinianism - An Anonymous Palestinian Pragmatist

An anonymous interview with a diaspora Palestinian - an ex-Muslim who made millions on Polymarket and writes the Substack Moderate Palestinianism.

He supports two states on the '67 borders with no right of return, opposes Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, and appears anonymously because these views are dangerous in his own community. On the heckler's veto that kills every peace deal, whether Palestinians can change, what Israelis get wrong about Al-Aqsa and the right of return, why he calls Ben-Gvir "great propaganda for my side," and why Israeli hasbara fails.

His Substack: https://moderatepalestinianism.substack.com/

0:00 — Intro

1:49 — The heckler's veto: why no deal ever sticks

4:57 — "I'm all for the occupation": civil war, withdrawal, humiliation

13:08 — What Israel should do anyway: settler terrorism and a $50,000 bet

20:05 — How October 7th changed him — and can Palestinians change

30:27 — Why make peace with the Jews? The UAE, Al-Aqsa, the right of return

40:44 — Beinart's one-state "nonsense," Ben-Gvir, and would Bibi take the two-state solution

50:04 'How bad is hasbara'