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AJ+ journalist Mohammad Alsaafin returns to the show for updates on the expanding conflict in Palestine and now Lebanon. We discuss where the war stands, the current position & history of Hamas, the status of the “two state solution,” Israel’s goals in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s strategy, and of course, western media’s shortcomings in covering the war. Plus, just a little on Eric Adams for some levity. 

Find Mohammad’s work at https://www.ajplus.net/home

¡No Pasarán! Matt Christman's Spanish Civil War will be available for order starting Oct. 1st at chapotraphouse.store

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Joshua Peinado

what are the best charities to donate to for lebanon and palestine?

Daniel

Y'all should consider making this episode free. Very informative and in depth discussion.

Andrew Cross

Travis, where you at brother?

Declan Kennedy

will making a good case for anti-Zionist Memri TV

Ardy Rezv

2 state solution 🤣

Geronimo

Why would a rationally acting america *not* support Israel’s actions exactly? Considering israel is America’s bridgehead to the Middle East, tons of mutual investment, while Israel’s enemies are Iran’s allies. The costs have risen massively for America, there’s now way more blowback for supporting israel than anytime since the 1970s (still nothing like the 70s though), but Israel’s military and Mossad are both de facto a part of America, and rule #1 for an empire, you do not leave your client states out to dry even when times are tough against the enemy. Really don’t fuck with this (wrong) idea that america could not *possibly* be rationally supporting israel. For some reason, it *must* be irrational. Disregard how poll after poll shows a plurality of Americans back strong support for Israel. Genocide and Zionism, is what rational American actions look like! Which tells you everything you need to know about the US as it actually exists

Mr Tu Damn Quoque

I feel so sick just 5 minutes in. This might be the second Chapo episode that I simply never actually listen to. The other one was the interview with the filmmakers a month or two back. I lasted 20 minutes before I was weeping hopelessly. I just can't.

Andrew Cross

Zero mentions of fighter jets by Felix or anyone else on this episode

William

Protect your sanity

William

They *hope* their missing relatives are in the torture camps. Fuck me, dude

Graham Saunders

Have you guys considered releasing a PDF version of Matts book for overseas buyers? Shipping and Handling to TERF island is prohibitively expensive, and it would sidestep the availability issues of a limited print run.

Fernslinger

True but I think he mentioned surface to air missiles so he gets half a point deducted.

Fernslinger

The comments section is salt circle against memes so he is much weakened in here.

Fernslinger

Where’s Travis and how will i find out exactly when Felix starts speaking????!!??

christoph.s

Even though the attack on the king David hotel is way more widely known, the assassination of un envoy for Palestine Folke Bernadotte is way more illustrative of what Israel is and always was. He was the the un chosen (Swedish) envoy for Palestine, he also was in. Red Cross President during ww2 he saved at least 20.000 (among them thousands of Jews)people from certain death by Nazi claws. He is honored in yad vashem! And Yitzak Shamir of the lehi Terrorist group ordered his assassination. As a result yitzak Shamir later in the 80s became pm. That is how what you get when you think Israel is about Jewish safety.

MediocreDude

Bro really said "Hezbollah has been walking a really tight rope". Does he know what a tightrope is? Being tighter doesn't make it harder.

Cole

least meticulously annoying chapo patreon commenter

dingbat44

Shutup and pay it's all you're good for to these people. Easily replaceable too.

b-rar

At the end of the day America can't do anything about Israel because we see ourselves in them. Nothing said in this episode about Israel can't also be said with equal truth about the US military ravaging of Iraq and Afghanistan for two-plus decades, and to stop arming Israel would be a tacit admission of our own atrocities

William

So hezbollah is trying to help drain the gas out of the car before netting yay who crashes it into the gas main

Jim Chapman

Adams should have set up a “charitable” foundation like the Clintons. Then, accepting money from foreign governments would have been not merely legal, but commendable, as numerous Democrats have told us.

Luke Witherell

These days, half of the Chapo eps make me want to kill myself.

Alex

This war so changed me. I always thought that Israel had some point. Israel might be doing it all for self defense. The pivotal moment where all my assumptions came crashing down was when i saw a video where IDF was playing kids voices from drone and shooting anyone who would come looking for a distressed kid with that drone. Now dumping bodies of human beings on a semi. This is diabolical Now I think had we had videos of Warsaw Ghetto like we do now, it will still be liquidated as people would have found justifications for Nazis. Not saying all Jews are Nazis but Netenhyau government seems to be committing a war crime.

etienne

calm down my guy OP is saying he wants to pay for a PDF so he doesn't have to deal with the terrible royal mail which is totally reasonable

Travis

Felix begins speaking at 51 seconds today

Graham Saunders

I have no problem paying for the book, its the (estimated, because last i checked there were no details for international shipping on the website unless you actually check out) £20+ for shipping I cant justify. Some of us are on fixed or limited income and can't reasonably afford to pay double the listed cost for a book, no matter how much they want to. Yes, hardcover and gold embossed is sexy as hell, but if the goal is to help Matt and his family out making a cheaper, more easily distributed, version (maybe after the limited high-value print run has expired) would boost sales

Michael NWI

A moment of clarity hit me today on the treadmill at the gym. B.B. Netanyahu was on the TV, does anyone call him the "Philly Fanatic". Perhaps that is an insult to the Fanatic himself. Great episode btw, very informative

TallSquirrel

There's not even a military objective. The IDF is just murdering people. Uncommitted and other such movements should try to block Harris from winning Michigan unless she agrees to an arms embargo. It's now or never. After the election they won't get shit

Nora

I cannot fucking stand Tapper and Bash. I hate that they moderated that debate too.

nati

You can walk blindly in a direction for a long time before you smack your face or fall off a cliff. Western politicians are forcing us all to walk blindly this way in their support of Israel, which is itself acting like a manic depressive with way too many weapons.

Tea for the Tillerman

Yes. Someone in these comments was decrying children’s voices being played from IDF helicopters to lure people out of their homes, Americans did that in Vietnam.

Michael

Remember operation human shield Eric Adams protect the mayor’s SUV too.

Simon

You should make this one public.

T

"Tight" is slang for "cool"

MediocreDude

Homie also threw in "magnitudes of order"

Robert Dragani

“You can’t have a state without a military.” Are y’all not familiar with Costa Rica?

tanmantincan

Agreed, all the Palestine - Israel episodes should free as well 👍

SH

Aside from maybe just being directly violently threatened which is at this stage the only reason I can fathom why we continue to support these insane crimes, this is the best explanation I’ve yet seen.

SH

I had to listen to the filmmakers one twice and cried both times. The lengthy story recounted about hind… I’m tearing up just writing it here. Fuck.

JASON

Yes, Israel is evil and America should invade them. But are you going to do a Megalopolis review show so I can determine if it’s worth ponying up $100 for a sitter?

Jaime Christley

"escalation through de-escalation" hits particularly hard given a certain new season of an acclaimed podcast, recently plugged on The Chapo.

Movie Donkey

Anybody find the clip of Fetterman they were talking about? My searches of Fetterman and protestor came up with almost year old stuff

Matelda

I've thought a lot about Josh Shapiro saying "i LEAN on my FAITH" which i take your word for it is an uncanny way of talking in Judaism. Then saying "and i am PROUD of my FAITH" which is a deadly sin in Christianity. Then not saying what his faith is, despite being proud of it. A lot going on there.

Daniel Schmidt

If you’re reading this I’m going to beat you to buying Matt’s book

Jimmy McMillan

That guy got under that man-boobed ogre's skin. Fetterman is ugly inside and out

Jimmy McMillan

It's really hard not to feel anti-Semitic these days. American corporate media saying Israel represents all Jews and they just have to be allowed to bomb hospitals and commit genocide, is horrible PR

Jimmy McMillan

I'm more surrounded by Christians (that I grew up going to church with) gleefully cheering on the violence Gaza while anticipating the end of the world. I feel no guilt saying fuck those death cult psychopath

El Repugnante

Take a powerful playa with you before you go

Kevin C

They succeeded in killing Nasrallah today and who ever succeeds him like with the Haniyeh assassination will not be as restraint in their approach to fighting Isreal ,god help us all its only going to get worse

Shfifty_five

Hmm let''s check out the new Chapo... *Rage and urge to fedpost intensifies*

Shfifty_five

True but also we can't misrepresent the situation. Aside from younger people, the majority of the diaspora and particularly those with institutional power not only support but agitate for this genocide.

Shfifty_five

lol it literally won't let me like this.

Shfifty_five

We did do some absolutely horrific shit during the Phoenix Program.

Drew

I really wish I could share this with non-subscribers. It's such an important message for normal Americans to get their heads around

🤷🏼‍♀️

Just gotta say Will, you are such a great interviewer. You ask really pointed and concrete questions and just like really get at the meat of the topic. Thanks for interviewing people like this

William

Who asked

mersham has some bad news

looks like they got felix’s bestie… more nasal semiliterate whining to follow im sure

triplevalaska

Is it really a good idea to make fun of a Fetterman for the stroke when yalls own boy had a stroke, guess im not that brave

JASON

Correct. Rare is the Chapo listener unicorn that has kids AND fucks.

Schwartz666

Yup.. cuz one deserved it, and the other is Matt

12345

It's actually very easy to not be antisemitic

Gaz

Cos it isn't. I can compare bread with toast without denying the place of the toaster in the conversation. Go outside.

Schwartz666

My god, what a lumbering, gaped Sasquatch asshole, of a man he is... Big props to dude who ruined his evening. "Never off the clock!"

Axel H.

Being butthurt over them making fun of Fetterman is probably the most baffling reaction to this episode (and there've been a few).

Methew

Hasan nasrallah is warmly received in the kingdom of heaven by smedley butler, John brown, Nelson Mandela, Patrice lumumba, mosadegh etc He refused to separate his security from that of Palestines, he is a hero, a patriot of all mankind I wish we were all as courageous as hasan nasrallah

Methew

This is a fatwa against Jake tapper and Dana bash. I wish we had a functioning justice system but we don’t so, unfortunately an imperfect justice for these crimes can only be administered through a little lump of metal traveling at probably about 2700 fps and that’s just that. That’s just that

Schwartz666

Existential despair is our primary export... and state of being. 🍻

Simon Maraya

PCRF, PRCS, and UNRWA are the reliable mainstream orgs that I know of. Lots of people have Gofundmes set up, you can find plenty by searching Opperation Olive Branch on social media.

Steve D

Tapper is by far the most demonic Philly sports fan. Would rather tailgate with Jim Cramer and Kelly Anne Conway.

Methew

No I don’t fucking think reality is measured in FEET per second

Eliza Epstein

Does anyone have a good follow/link to see some of these headlines or stories in Israel? I’m unfamiliar with the media landscape there.

yap_that_fool

Talk about the flooding in Appalachia please 🙏🙏 supplies are desperately needed and it’s not getting much national attention

Sayyid Bernard

1:09:04 “I don't be playin’ with no damn dreidel” 😂

Violent Delights

Reality is clearly measured in rpm: realities per minute. Or maybe these days replies per minute.

Methew

Reality is measured with the side of your iPhone and a google to see how long your iPhone is. Then u approximate how long your reality is, and add +.5inches after convincing yourself your hard reality is a little longer most of the time

Dick Waglin

Listen, I've lived in Tel Aviv all my life. I've always called Tel Aviv the New York of Israel.

emmy

as someone with genuine brain damage fetterman is making us look bad. #Notallbraindamagevictims

gumb0

Thank you Felix for the dreidel bit. I had a shitty day and the only thing keeping me together was muttering that to myself 🤣

Tyler

the graphic is justification for levelling neighborhoods