Welcome back to KK&F. It’s officially been over two years since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians. As we mark this horrifying continuation of the war crimes Israel is conducting against Palestinians, we think about the shortcomings of mainstream media to prevent us from looking away and imagine what it would truly take to achieve a ceasefire that keeps the safety and rebuilding of Gaza in mind.

Welcome back to KK&F. This week we’re joined by Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat running for US Senate in Michigan. As a doctor, public health official and the son of immigrants, Abdul is truly a unique politician. He has foregrounded ending the scourge of money in politics, securing Medicare for All, and a foreign policy grounded in justice including justice for Palestinians. This conversation comes as the genocide officially turns 2 years old, and as a fragile ceasefire has been implemented by the Trump administration.

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Abdul isn’t afraid to speak truth to power and to remind his base that when AIPAC wins, Americans — and tens of thousands of people in countries suffering and dying from U.S.-made weapons — lose everything. In our conversation with Abdul, we cover the past two years of American coverage and political responses to a genocide in which our government and tax dollars are directly involved. As of just today, a ceasefire of the Israel armed forces brings some hope. But the military isn’t fully ceasing its violent operations in Gaza, and the retreat of the IOF will be slow and partial if the deal continues to go through. Now, according to reporting from The New York Times, Gazans are returning to the north to see what remains of their homes, their communities, their former lives. Ceasefires have failed before, and Israel is demanding Hamas’s total disarmament. In other words, any peace in the region feels shaky, and Palestinians continue to suffer grievously.

How will politicians continue to keep the pressure on the government to cease our support of the genocide, even as a ceasefire may give us a false sense that the struggle has ended? We discuss this important question, as well as many others, with Abdul on this latest episode of KK&F. Thanks for tuning in!

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