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161: Why is Hamas-Propaganda so effective and what can we do against it?

Episode Summary

Today we talk to David Patterson, chair of Holocaust studies at the University of Dallas, Texas. I met with him online and asked him about the situation at his university with pro-Hamas demonstrations and why Hamas propaganda is so effective in the West. We also talk about the shared history of Western anti-Semitism and that in the Middle East and what needs to be done now to support Jewish citizens. This is our first episode in english. The others are in german, but we might do this again from time to time, so stay tuned.

Episode Notes

Today we talk to David Patterson, chair of Holocaust studies at the University of Dallas, Texas. I met with him online and asked him about the situation at his university with pro-Hamas demonstrations and why Hamas propaganda is so effective in the West. We also talk about the shared history of Western anti-Semitism and that in the Middle East and what needs to be done now to support Jewish citizens.

 

This is our first episode in english. The others are in german, but we might do this again from time to time, so stay tuned.