Ethan argues that weaponizing the terminology used to describe the situation in Gaza to attack individuals is counterproductive and does not help those affected.

“And the thing is um >> for whose benefit are you like making her change her one language? You know, it's like like the it's not going to help [ __ ] people in Gaza.”

The state of Israel was founded on a project of settler colonialism intended to displace the indigenous Palestinian population, a policy that continues today through violence and the denial of human r

“The reality was that from, as you say, the middle of the 19th century on, there was an absolute determination to steal the land and get rid of all the indigenous people and they're still trying to do it now.”

The support of Western nations for Israel is rooted in propaganda that encourages Christians to fight wars on behalf of Zionist interests by portraying Muslims as mortal enemies.

“The Zionists got Christians to fight their wars against Muslims and and and for them for the Zionists. And that's what it looks like to me because that's exactly, you know, they knew they were never going to give Palestine a state.”

Resistance against settler-colonial violence is a recognized right under international law and an inevitable consequence of Israeli imperialism.

“And not only is there a resistance network in many circumstances that resistance is legal like it's it's literally legal under >> international law.”