Conversation with a Staunch Anti-Zionist

I’m joined in this wide-ranging conversation by

Robert Farrell

, a dedicated anti-Zionist who has been passionate about the topic for more than 25 years. In contrast, I’m a newbie who had neither opinion nor knowledge on the topic until the inexplicable jubilation around October 7th seriously piqued my curiosity. Robert and I obviously have serious disagreements, but I’m extremely grateful for his willingness to talk.

I do regret introducing myself early in the video as the “Arab Zionist”. Both designators are factually true, but my ethnicity has no relevance to the merits of my arguments.

Timestamps:

• 00:10 Beheaded Babies

• 00:39 Robert’s Trivia Game

• 00:50 Child Suicide Bombers

• 01:10 Culture of Jihad

• 01:20 Evaluating IDF’s warfare strategy in Gaza

• 01:35 Distinguishing civilians from combatants

• 01:49 Back to suicide bombers

• 01:57 Yom Kippur War

• 02:08 Big Picture Motivations

• 02:20 Arab Hatred of Jews

• 02:25 Why not move to Jordan?

• 02:30 Jihadism Again

• 02:39 Palestinian sabotage to peace

• 02:45 Zionists are the real bad guys

• 02:59 Fedayeen terrorism “just a scratch”

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Links:

• The Jewish Conspiracy To Change My Mind (Yassine Meskhout)

• Follow-Up On That Jewish Conspiracy (Yassine Meskhout)

• Who Controls The Dirt? (Yassine Meskhout)

• Denial by a thousand cuts (Inverse Florida)

• Conspiratorial Acrobatics (Yassine Meskhout)

• IDF taps chief rabbi who once seemed to permit wartime rape (Times of Israel)

• Use of child suicide bombers by Palestinian militant groups (Wikipedia)

• Palestinian armed groups must not use children (Amnesty International)

• 2004 Global Report (Child Soldiers International)

• Camp Chapman attack (Wikipedia)

• The TV Show that Brainwashed Children (YouTube)

• Clear and hold (Wikipedia)

• The Truth About the Wars (New York Times)

• Israel Is Succeeding in Gaza (Tablet)

• Hamas Official Calls on Stabbing Jews Worldwide [2019] [2021] (MEMRI TV)

• Antisemitism in the Arab world (Wikipedia)

• Student protesters denounce antisemitism amid criticism over pro-Palestinian encampments at college campuses (ABC News)

• Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence and walks back apology (NY Jewish Week)

• Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon (Wikipedia)

• Attempted assassination of Shlomo Argov (Wikipedia)

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Recorded 2025-01-22 | Uploaded 2025-02-25