257: Choosing Love, Humanity and Stopping the Genocide in Palestine with Matt Bowles

<p class="MsoNormal">Learn the history, context & analysis of the genocide being carried out in Palestine & what you can do to help stop it.</p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">____________________________<strong><br /> SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: GALACTIC FED</strong><br /> I use Galactic Fed for SEO and CRO on The Maverick Show website, but they are an end-to-end digital marketing agency that also offers social media, website design, paid media and more. Get Your Free Marketing Plan at <a href= "http://www.galacticfed.com/">www.GalacticFed.com</a> and mention "Maverick" for 10% off your first month of services.<br /> ___________________________</p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"> With a Master’s Degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and 25 years of peace and justice work around the Israel-Palestine conflict, Matt uses this episode to provide some historical and political context for the genocide now being carried out in Palestine, and to provide action items for how you can help stop it.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> He begins by reflecting on genocides around the world in places he has visited, then talks about what is happening right now in Palestine.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Matt explains the effects of Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza,<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Israel’s blockade of food, water, electricity and fuel, and the U.S. role in funding, arming and backing the genocide.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> He then gives a brief history of Israel, including its colonial expansion, military occupation, settler pogroms, abduction and torture of Palestinians, and the blockade of Gaza that has been in place since 2007.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Matt then talks about the history of Palestinian nonviolent resistance, and Israel’s consistently violent response.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> He then explains Israel’s strategic decision to support the rise of Hamas in the late 1980s, Israel’s disregard for international law, and