Being Palestinian in "The Jewish State": A Warning From Within w/ Rami Younis

Rami Younis is a Palestinian journalist, filmmaker, and cultural activist from Lyd, a Palestinian city inside present-day Israel. He co-founded the Hebrew-language news outlet Local Call, the sister publication of +972 Magazine, served as a parliamentary consultant and spokesperson for Palestinian Knesset member Haneen Zoabi, and co-founded the Palestine Music Expo. He also hosted On the Other Hand, a pioneering Arabic-language daily news and political commentary show on Israeli public television, and co-directed the acclaimed sci-fi documentary Lyd, which explores the tragedy that befell his hometown in 1948 while imagining how history might have unfolded differently. In this conversation, Rami reflects on the contradictions of being Palestinian in “the Jewish State,” the challenges of resisting from within Israeli society, what the possibilities and limitations are for Israeli-Palestinian activism, and his warning that Zionism threatens not only Palestinians, but the future of Israelis themselves—and much more. Rami's Journalism in +972 Magazine Lyd - A Sci-Fi Documentary by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland ⭐️PLEASE LEAVE A RATING AND REVIEW OF THE SHOW ❤️ SUPPORT THE SHOW LEAVE A ONE-OFF TIP ON KO-FI BECOME A REGULAR SUPPORTER ON PATREON  🇵🇸GET INVOLVED  JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE CONNECTING GAZA 🎙 LISTEN / WATCH / FOLLOW THE THIN VEIL THE THIN VEIL ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS THE THIN VEIL ON YOUTUBE THE THIN VEIL ON INSTAGRAM ✍️REACH OUT / SEND FEEDBACK [email protected] 👋 FOLLOW EZRA EZRA ON INSTAGRAM EZRA ON FACEBOOK EZRA'S WEBSITE EZRA ON YOUTUBE 🎵 THEME MUSIC BY MAGIC IN THE OTHER MAGIC IN THE OTHER WEBSITE MAGIC IN THE OTHER ON INSTAGRAM MAGIC IN THE OTHER ON YOUTUBE (00:00) - Cold Open: Rami's Warning to Israeli Society (00:55) - Introduction: Meet Rami Younis (03:04) - Living Alongside Israeli Soldiers After Gaza (05:54) - The Contradictions of Palestinian Citizenship (07:51) - Detachment, Numbness, and Gaza (09:20) - Growing Up Palestinian in a Jewish Neighborhood (11:31) - Israel's European Identity and Colonial Mentality (13:03) - Are Palestinian Citizens Equal in Israel? (15:42) - Why Israeli Society Needs to Save Itself (17:36) - Is Netanyahu the Problem—or Israeli Society? (19:30) - Romanticizing the Past and Imagining a Shared Future (23:33) - Why Palestinian Cultural Resistance Matters (25:31) - Lyd: Imagining an Alternative History (26:17) - Normalization vs. Jewish-Palestinian Partnership (28:31) - Rami on Standing Together (29:29) - Israeli Journalists, Privilege, and No Other Land (33:35) - Why Israeli Society Rejects Its Critics (34:57) - A Warning to American Jews and Liberal Zionists (37:14) - Journalism as Palestinian Empowerment (39:25) - The Compromises of Working on Israeli Television (43:49) - Palestinian Privilege and Political Fragmentation (45:32) - Rami's Vision for a Free Palestine (47:39) - Closing Thoughts ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★