Why Israel is 'DISINTEGRATING': Ilan Pappé on the End of Zionism

“Israel is disintegrating from within,” Ilan Pappé says. In conversation with Mehdi Hasan and an audience of paid Zeteo subscribers on Zoom, acclaimed Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé explains why Zionism is collapsing. In an intriguing conversation, the two touched on a wide range of topics, including: - Pappé’s vision for a decolonized state for both Palestinians and Israelis, as discussed in his new book, ‘Israel on the Brink: Eight Revolutions That Could Lead to Decolonization and Coexistence’. - Diet Zionism (“You cannot be a progressive colonizer, and you cannot be a socialist genocider.”) - Whether he believes popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti will be released from Israeli prison - Israel as a settler-colonial project (“If the Jews are indigenous to Palestine, then so are all the Christians and the Muslims in the world.”) - Plus, what Palestinians really want, models for non-violent decolonization, the fallout from alpha-male politics, fighting Nakba denial, …