The Ethical Frontier

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#98 - Israel and Palestine | Raja Halwani

#98 - Israel and Palestine | Raja Halwani2 Aug55 min

<p>You can support me on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy</a></p><p>Raja Halwani is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/raja-el-halwani" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/raja-el-halwani</a></p><p>Summary:</p><p>In this interview, Professor Raja Halwani argues that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fundamentally a territorial dispute. Halwani explains how the Zionist project, specifically the pursuit of a Jewish state with a secure demographic majority, led to the displacement of the indigenous Palestinian population. He posits that the two-state solution is currently obstructed by Israel&#39;s expansion of settlements and occupation, suggesting that an ideal, though currently difficult, path toward peace would be a single, secular state where all inhabitants possess equal rights.</p>