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Al Jazeera
30-05-2025
- General
- Al Jazeera
The rise of Christian nationalism under Trump
Christian nationalism has gained significant ground under US President Donald Trump. This rise has led to growing concern about the movement's influence on US policy – both at home and abroad. So what does this mean for the future of American democracy? And with the influence of Christian Zionism – how is it shaping the US response to the war in Gaza? This week on Upfront, Marc Lamont Hill discusses these questions with the chair of the department of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author, Anthea Butler.
Al Jazeera
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
The American coup: From Jim Crow to digital authoritarians
US President Trump's relentless attacks on institutions, the rule of law and the press have left many fearing for the future of American democracy. So is the United States sliding into authoritarianism? This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks to one of the pre-eminent historians of fascism, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
Al Jazeera
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Omar El Akkad: Gaza genocide and the failure of US liberalism
How will history judge the West's complicity in the Gaza genocide? With Israel's assault nearing its second year, the divide between those condemning the violence and those remaining silent continues to widen. This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks with author and journalist Omar Al Akkad on his book One day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, exploring the failures of Western liberalism and the moral cost of looking away from war.
Memri
14-03-2025
- Politics
- Memri
U.S.-Based Palestinian Writer And Activist Mohammed El-Kurd: October 7, Plane Hijackings, And Suicide Bombings Taught Us That Only Violence Gets The World's Attention; Synagogues Display Israeli Flags While Mosques With ISIS Flags Are Seen As Problematic
American activist and TV personality Marc Lamont Hill had a conversation with U.S.-based Palestinian writer and activist Mohammed el-Kurd at a Philadelphia bookshop café on March 10, 2025. El-Kurd said that the events of October 7 taught Palestinians the same lesson as plane hijackings and suicide bombings: that only through acts of violence will they garner world attention. He added, "I think Palestinian resistance factions are acting accordingly." El-Kurd explained that in the past, he was careful to distinguish between Israelis or Zionists and Jews. However, he pointed out that Israelis themselves fight under "what they call a Jewish flag" and claim Israel as the only Jewish state, while critics of Israel are expected to make that distinction. Speaking about the arrest of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, el-Kurd noted that many Jews and non-Jews claimed such acts would not make Jews safer. He argued that this discourse suggests that antisemitism is more evil and dangerous than all other forms of racism. El-Kurd compared the Confederate flag, the ISIS flag, and the Israeli flag, saying that people would find it "a bit problematic" to have the former two flags in a church or mosque, yet many synagogues display Israeli flags. Marc Lamont Hill: "Talk to me a little bit about the post October [seventh] logics that we should be thinking about and taking up as we talk about this possibility of resistance, liberation, and self-determination for the Palestinian people." [...] Mohammed el-Kurd: "What October 7 has taught us is what plane hijackings have taught us, what suicide bombings have taught us, and what all of these other things have taught us, is that the world is telling us, time and time again, that the only times we are going to put you on the screen, or we are going to listen to you or talk to you is going to be when you commit acts of violence. That's the kind of message the world is sending us, and I think Palestinian resistance factions are acting accordingly. [...] "I would always make disclaimers to these diplomats, as a child, that I don't hate Jews, I understand antisemitism, that we make a distinction between Israelis... Zionists and Jews, bla bla bla. But that burden – again, it's not my responsibility, I should not be in cross-examination, I should not be in the hot seat. [...] "The [Israeli soldiers] march under what they call a Jewish flag, they fight under the banner of what they call a Jewish army, they do everything in the name of Judaism, and they gloat about it. They say they're the only Jewish state in the world, they are the only Jewish army in the world, and yet we are asked to make the distinction. [...] "So today, in the discourse about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil the Columbia student, there have been so many well-meaning Jewish people and also non-Jewish people, who have been saying that this kind of behavior, this crackdown, does not keep Jews safer. [...] "[All of this] is telling us that there is nothing more evil, there is nothing more dangerous, or there is nothing more profane than antisemitism. It creates a hierarchy, in which certain racisms are worse than others. [...] "I think it would be a bit problematic if churches had Confederate flags in them. I think it would be a bit problematic if mosques had ISIS flags in them, and yet you go into any random synagogue and there is an Israeli flag. That's f***ed up!"
Memri
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Memri
U.S.-Based Palestinian Writer and Activist Mohammed el-Kurd: October 7, Plane Hijackings, and Suicide Bombings Taught Us That Only Violence Garners World Attention; Synagogues Display Israeli Flags Wh
American activist and TV personality Marc Lamont Hill had a conversation with U.S.-based Palestinian writer and activist Mohammed el-Kurd at a Philadelphia bookshop café on March 10, 2025. El-Kurd said that the events of October 7 taught Palestinians the same lesson as plane hijackings and suicide bombings: that only through acts of violence will they garner world attention. He added, 'I think Palestinian resistance factions are acting accordingly.' El-Kurd explained that in the past, he was careful to distinguish between Israelis or Zionists and Jews. However, he pointed out that Israelis themselves fight under 'what they call a Jewish flag' and claim Israel as the only Jewish state, while critics of Israel are expected to make that distinction. Speaking about the arrest of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, el-Kurd noted that many Jews and non-Jews claimed such acts would not make Jews safer. He argued that this discourse suggests that antisemitism is more evil and dangerous than all other forms of racism. El-Kurd compared the Confederate flag, the ISIS flag, and the Israeli flag, saying that people would find it 'a bit problematic' to have the former two flags in a church or mosque, yet many synagogues display Israeli flags.
