Palestinian Israeli peace activists speak out

By Nora Berman
The Forward
December 21, 2023

"'We are blessed and cursed by not having a mother tongue,' said Amira Mohammed, one of the two Palestinian Israeli hosts of the new podcast Unapologetic: The Third Narrative…

"Unapologetic has become popular because it offers its listeners not only a unique point of view during this horrific war, but because Mohammed and Abu Ahmad are willing to criticize Palestinian, Israeli and Western leadership…

"Despite their frustration with the West, Abu Ahmad and Mohammed deliberately chose to conduct their podcast in English, in an attempt to not only have their message heard as widely as possible, but also to reach those Western activists who are taking sides in the conflict…

"'I see with two eyes, Israeli and Palestinian,' Abu Ahmad says in the second episode. The hosts, Abu Ahmad in particular, see Palestinian Israelis as the ‘bridge’ to ending the conflict…

"Abu Ahmad and Mohammed both spoke of how traumatized Israelis and Palestinians are after Oct. 7, and that they are only now beginning to be ready to hear the sorts of conversations that the hosts have on Unapologetic. But their Jewish American audience, which makes up a large part of their listeners, is an essential player in the conversation…"

Unapologetic: The Third Narrative is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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