Mohammed el-Kurd: We Must Be Willing to Sacrifice to End Israel’s War
Palestinian writer Mohammed el-Kurd spoke to Jacobin about Israel’s vicious war on Gaza and the daily humiliations and frequent killing that Israel has long inflicted on Palestinians. “We are told time and time again that our death is business as usual.”
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down DuSable Lake Shore Drive, blocking both lanes of traffic in front of US senator Dick Durbin’s residence on January 6, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jacek Boczarski / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Israel’s brutal war on the people of Gaza has thus far had two main consequences. It has revealed to the world the violence and cruelty that underlies the ongoing siege of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank, and it has brought into existence the biggest global antiwar movement in a generation.
Mohammed el-Kurd, the Palestine correspondent for the Nation, spoke to Daniel Denvir for Jacobin Radio’s The Dig podcast about these developments. In a wide-ranging discussion, he outlined the problems with Western narratives about the war, the centrality of Zionism to the settler-colonial project, and the paths forward for a global left committed to ending Israel’s bloody occupation.
The Devaluation of Palestinian Life
Daniel Denvir
Let’s start just with the basics of what’s happening right now: what’s happening right now on the ground in Gaza among Palestinians, how they’re experiencing this assault, and what is Israel’s goal. As you can see it, as Israel’s F-16s pound the Gaza Strip and its tanks roll into Gaza City.
Mohammed el-Kurd
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