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Ralph welcomes Rev. Dr. Donald Wagner, National Program Director of Friends of Sabeel\u2014North America, to discuss the ongoing violence in Palestine, the influence that Christian Zionists have on America's Israel policy, and the religious organizations that have refused to collaborate with Israel's modern-day Crusader State. Plus, Ralph answers some listener questions and questions from the RNRH team.

Rev. Dr. Donald Wagner recently retired as the National Program Director of Friends of Sabeel\u2014North America, a nonprofit Christian ecumenical organization seeking justice and peace in the Holy Land through education, advocacy, and nonviolent action. Prior to that position, Rev. Dr. Wagner was a professor of Middle Eastern Studies at North Park University (Chicago) where he also directed the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He has written several books, including Anxious for Armageddon: a Critique of Christian Zionism; Dying in the Land of Promise: Palestine and Palestinian Christianity from Pentecost-2000; Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land.

I believe Netanyahu's endgame is to force the Palestinians out, kill as many as possible. and then expel them into Gaza. Avi Dichter, who is a cabinet member, said, \u201cWe are rolling out the Gaza Nakba\u201d. [The Nakba was the] 1948-49 ethnic cleansing operation. So it's clear what they're doing, and the Biden administration has rehabilitated a criminal in Netanyahu and enabled all this to happen.\xa0

Rev. Dr. Donald Wagner

One of the few things that gives me hope after working on this issue for 45 years is the power of the young American Jewish and global Jewish activists. They're not buying the Netanyahu line. They range from being embarrassed to just angry about what Netanyahu, the A.D.L., and A.I.P.A.C have done to Judaism in blending it with Zionism. So these are the prophetic movements that are taking us back to authentic Judaism and the Torah, which is based on justice\u2014tikkun olam [which means] healing of the world.\xa0

Rev. Dr. Donald Wagner

Clarence Thomas is really the Donald Trump of the Supreme Court.\xa0

Ralph Nader

I think they are reaching a point\u2014the six-justice majority\u2014 of getting a huge backlash\u2026 I dont call for impeachment of Justices very easily. But when in case after case these Justices come down on the side of artificial entities called corporations\u2014which are never mentioned in the Constitution\u2014 against real human beings\u2014whether they\u2019re workers, or victims of different oppressions, or looted consumers\u2026 that is a severe ground for collective impeachment proceedings before the U.S. Senate.

Ralph Nader