Middle East Politics with Elica Le Bon
This conversation with Elica Le Bon, an Iranian Activist from the UK, was one that was heavily requested by our listeners! As a vocal political commentator on her platforms, Elica has developed a following for her takes on political issues, particularly in the Middle East. In this exchange we speak candidly about traumas as Middle Easterners, what it is like living in the diaspora, what solutions we hope to see, and how the politics of the region has shaped us and our differing perspectives.
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Super interesting talk. Thank you so much, I've learned a lot. From Israel 🇮🇱
This conversation is sheer quality. Thank you Moj and thank you Elica. It's not at all a given that engagement of this nature is happening and being made available to others to hear/watch. I'm Israeli btw.
this was such a balanced, informative and engaging conversation - thank you for bringing elica 💗
Fantastic conversation, and the shared sentiment of curiosity, compassion, and bridge building in this space really gives me hope for the future, in such a bleak time 🙏🏽. Thank you to Moj and Elica.
The nature of this connection is truly inspiring to me ❤️
This was such a great conversation and I'm convinced that the women of SWANA are going to bring us into the awakening we desperately need. We Western Leftists are way behind but I hope we can catch up in time for Iran. 🫶
Elica is a one in a million understanding, logical , rational and intelligent person. If only she was able to influence the brainwashed to see reason and common sense
"Ending the era of unqualified influence"!!!!! As a Jewish person in Germany I am immensely grateful to you both for your bravery and moral clarity
@jakemorrison3028
9 күн бұрын
Auslander Raus includes you too
I feel what Elica says with my blood and flesh. As an Iranian in diaspora I was thinking that perhaps there is something wrong with me when I am looking at the left and pro-Palestinian shenanigans and can’t figure why I have so much issue with them!
Elica just so you know: you are not alone !
I saw the change in real time, and I didn't understand. This really helped me understand her perspective. I am like Moj, don't necessarily agree with everything but I do understand how she got there. Thanks for the insight.
@TheGirlWithTheLighthouseTattoo
Ай бұрын
Whoever liked this comment today, thank you. I needed to rewatch this.
I am delighted with this balanced, well informed, profoundly thought out, intelligent conversation. How can we use Elica’ s base of thought to make it a movement. Count me in ! Thank you Elica and Moj. 😊
we need "unity without uniformity" :) Love it!!
Thanks for the video, really appreciated what both of you had to say. I feel Israel's biggest problem is that it’s losing the P.R. game. Israel releases a few videos a week. It needs to release 5 a day as well as split them up into 10 clips each and upload the 50 shorts to TikTok, KZread, Rumble, etc. They should highlight their effort with humanitarian aid, Hamas weapon stashes, Protecting Gaussians from Hamas, their ground efforts against Hamas stealing or diverging humanitarian aid, their effort in relocating the refugees, their progress against Hamas, etc. They need to be far more interactive than they have been so far. Israel is way behind in getting the word out to the rest of the world. Israel is winning the battles but losing the war. 50 informative videos a day is better than two lackluster videos a week.
Alicia if we are going to talk about one state than Jordan should come to play . Jordan is an Arab state in Palestine. Both Gaza and Judea was to be part of the Jewish state which the Arab invaded and occupied in 1948. Since we Israelis seek solutions we gave up our land for peace but we never got peace . So perhaps it’s time to return the land to Jews and have Arab Palestinians become one state with Jordan .
@Girlforaction
Ай бұрын
So basically ethnic cleansing. Great.
@user-vx3wm4hn5i
Ай бұрын
@@Girlforaction - it was never their land . Israelis GAVE them their own land for peace . Since all they want is to destroy Israel and kill Jews you tell me why Israel should allow them to stay ? Jordan is Arab Palestine they should go live in Jordan
@GrahamCStrouse
19 күн бұрын
@@GirlforactionWhen your neighbors keep trying to kill you you have ever right to tell them to move.
Israelis stand with Iranians! 🇮🇱❤🇮🇷 We share a struggle of the most radical ideas in the Middle East. I would love to see prosperous Palestinians, as jews we're afraid of the Islamic radicals, ones it dies out we would live without borders, as one civilization 💪
Mojtahedzadeh
@johndewey6358
Ай бұрын
How did you determine that?
@TheGirlWithTheLighthouseTattoo
Ай бұрын
@@johndewey6358her last name...? Google it. Le Bon is not her given last name.
Love Elica from israel 🇮🇱. Stay strong girl you are amazing
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It surprises me that you think Israel has gone too hard on Gaza. Considering when you know: 1. What Hamas did on October 7. They do or try to do such things every couple of years, and are stating openly they wanna do it again and again. 2. The IDF tries to conduct this war as humanely as possible, in great contrast to the atrocities that were committed on Israelis on October 7. The civilian per soldier death ratio is unprecedented. 1 in 1. The average in other wars is 1 to 9. They've aided and allowed humanitarian aid, and are warning civilians to evacuate before they attack, even calling them at home, asking, please leave for your own safety.
epicly awesome Iranians in good + bad? Look at the Germans :( -- we re-educated us , there's hope!
✔️ 'promo sm'
she forgot to mention when jews were kicked out from everywhere as she mentioned ,when they came to Palestine..it was not an empty land ..it was called Palestine, and there were people there called Palestinians ,who Gave shelter to the Jews ..
@GrahamCStrouse
19 күн бұрын
That is absolute nonsense.
"Brown people", has she ever been to Iran? "Brown" people... Also, where did Reza go when there where troubles in Iran? Also, also, leftists who support the regime of Iran should look up what happened to the Tudeh party.
@voguishramsh
22 күн бұрын
she looks brown and so do many iranians loooool do u all think ur white?
Elica Le Bon is brilliantly smart and practical. In a liberal free democracy how can very powerful foreign lobbies be prevented from having large scale influence? The only way to do this would be for a country to cease to be a liberal free democracy and become a closed autocratic society. I think this would be an abomination. How would the host prevent Hamas from ruling Gazans by force, killing Gazans and keeping Gaza dirt poor? [I think the solution is to empower anti Hamas Palestinians and to create a large and very powerful Palestinian security force (empower the NSF) and strong Palestinian institutions. And facilitate Palestine becoming an asian tiger economic miracle.]
@GrahamCStrouse
19 күн бұрын
That’s a fantasy.
@AnAn___
19 күн бұрын
@@GrahamCStrouse What is a fantasy?
im sorry elica, there are no 2 nations over here in israel. the point is we have no other party to deal with.. no entity that stand and repersent the "other" nation.. i know its hard to get, and understand.. but if you do not believe in Santa, you should do so from the same reason..
Israel is not Palestine !!
This woman is from the uk, i think she is a lawyer or somthing in politics, she was on peirce morgans show, she is a big propagandist, she is pushed to speak bad about iran. She is making a career out of generating propaganda about iran.
@rankfall15
Ай бұрын
Go do some research on the iranian regime, then talk bad about this beautiful, strong woman!
@tarafreedom2584
25 күн бұрын
You are either an agent of the Islamic regime, a miserable leftist, or a lobbyist of the IRI. This young woman is a human rights activist!
@GrahamCStrouse
19 күн бұрын
go home, little troll.
Is the term Brown People ghetto talk in London? Please look up the race roots of Iranians in the Federal Registry! Please reconsider using that culturally offensive term and only speak for yourself if you choose to use it. Thank you.
@GrahamCStrouse
19 күн бұрын
🍆head. 🙄🙄🙄
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