Episode 17: "The more the US interfere, the more they are hated" | Wadah Khanfar | UNAPOLOGETIC

“I think the Arab leaders are going to be the victims of this genocide in Gaza.”

Wadah Khanfar is the founder and executive director of the Al-Sharq Forum. He is also the former director general of the Al Jazeera Media Network.

We speak to Khanfar about Gaza, the prospect of regional war, what it means to be a Palestinian and an Arab at this moment in time, and how the frustration being felt by Arabs due to “genocide” in Gaza will manifest itself.

Khanfar also recalls his time as a journalist in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the challenges he faced there compare with what journalists in Gaza are going through now. And he speaks about what inspired him to write his book, The first Spring, which is about what drove the strategic goals of the Prophet Muhammad. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:06 Al Ahli hospital bombing set a precedent for Israel getting away with crimes
• 7:56 This "Genocide" will reshape the relationship the Arab world has with the West
• 12:55 Arab leaders will be the victims of this genocide
• 15:10 Arab leaders will be the victims of this genocide
• 21:50 Why the USA cannot win
• 25:35 War on journalism and "doublespeak"
• 29:20 Western journalism courts power and is "racist"
• 33:44 What happened to the Arab Spring and what's next?
• 40:29 Do you miss being a journalist at a time like this?
• 43:36 Growing up in a village in Palestine
• 48:20 Memory of the Nakba and expectations of Liberty as a child
• 54:20 What's the endgame in Gaza and how long will it last
• 57:20 Book about the political strategy of the Prophet Muhammed
• 1:01:51 The nature of the prophetic mission and what it means?
• 1:07:20 Western civilisation is now incapable of rehabilitating itself
• 1:11:20 What is a realistic path to Palestinian liberation?
• 1:14:20 Status of the Palestinian cause after October 7th
• 1:18:00 What would you tell Joe Biden?