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Amid ceasefire, Omar El Akkad on the politics that betrayed Gaza

Amid ceasefire, Omar El Akkad on the politics that betrayed Gaza

Update: 2025-10-101
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Acclaimed author Omar El Akkad writes a powerful reflection of Western hypocrisy over Gaza in his book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. We speak to El Akkad on the immense suffering that has occurred over the past two years of Israel's genocidal war and examine how Western liberals failed the people of Gaza.

In this episode: 

  • Omar El Akkad, writer 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, Amy Walters, and Tracie Hunte with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Duha Mossad, Farhan Rafid, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Kylene Kiang. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. 

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Amid ceasefire, Omar El Akkad on the politics that betrayed Gaza

Amid ceasefire, Omar El Akkad on the politics that betrayed Gaza

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