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PEACE TALK
Episode 13

Jonathan Sacerdoti and Moataz Khalil interview TIMOR AKLIN, the Arab Israeli Muslim who became Jewish.

Timor has been influential online as he tells the story of his own journey from growing up as an Arab Israeli in Jaffa to becoming a Jewish activist online.



Music: Daniel Green

Artwork: Amir Levy

PEACE TALK
Episode 12

Jonathan Sacerdoti and Moataz Khalil interview LOAY ALSHAREEF, the Arab peace activist and Internet influencer.

Following a strict Muslim upbringing, during which he was taught to hate Israel and Jews, Loay went to France and ended up staying with a Jewish family. He soon learnt to appreciate Judaism, learning Hebrew along the way. 14 years later, he is a leading voice in the new effort to build lasting and meaningful relations between Arab countries and the state of Israel.

PEACE TALK

Episode 11



Jonathan Sacerdoti and Moataz Khalil interview MORDECHAI KEDAR, the Israeli expert in Arabic culture who famously schooled Al Jazeera on the Quran.



Prof Kedar learnt Arabic as a schoolboy and has worked in intelligence and academia since, using his expert knowledge of the Quran, Arabic texts and the Arabic language to better understand the complexities and realities of the Middle East.



In a searingly honest interview he discusses the differences between Western and Arab news stations, the idea of creating a Palestinian Emirates instead of a single Palestinian state and the true war doctrine of Hamas.

00:00 Coming up…

02:22 Introduction to Mordechai Kedar

02:40 How to speak to the Arab media (in Arabic)

05:46 Speaking Hebrew and being Israeli in the Middle East

08:45 How did you come to learn Arabic?

11:20 The Eight State Solution

12:40 Failed Arab states and successful ones

14:33 Can democracy work in the Arab world?

17:13 Islam and war

21:08 How to ensure a Palestinian state doesn't fail

23:14 Gaza and its administrative structure

26:00 Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt

29:00 Causing offence as a communications strategy

31:09 'Al-Aqsa' is not Jerusalem: the history of the Islamic connection to Jerusalem

34:00 Palestinian and wider Islamic attitude to Jerusalem, Israel and Jews

PEACE TALK
Episode 10

Jonathan Sacerdoti and Moataz Khalil interview NAOMI PETEL, a nurse who lived in Kibbutz Nahal Oz and survived the October 7th attack by Palestinian terrorists.

Now living, sleeping and eating in a single room with her three children and her husband, Naomi tells of how the attack changed the course of her life for ever, and how her husband who previously employed and worked alongside 20-40 Palestinian workers from Gaza will never do so again.

Jonathan and Moataz interview Itamar Marcus, Director of Palestinian Media Watch.

Itamar Marcus is a researcher and the founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch, which studies Palestinian society by monitoring and analysing the Palestinian Authority (PA) through its media and schoolbooks.

British-born journalist and international affairs Tom Gross shares his vision predictions for the future of Israel and the Middle East, as well as discussing rising antisemitism around the world, and how the Arab world sees Jews and Israel. Formerly Jerusalem correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph (UK) and the New York Daily News, Tom has spent decades traveling and observing the Middle East, bringing a wealth of knowledge and information to the discussion.