Arab states have leverage over US but won't use it, with Dr. Sami Al-Arian

We discuss the latest developments with Professor Sami Al-Arian. He is the director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.

The son of refugees expelled from Palestine in 1948, Al-Arian was for over a decade the target of politically motivated persecution by US authorities.

At the height of the US “War on Terror” in 2003, he was indicted on dozens of counts for alleged support of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Despite the US spending millions of dollars on investigations and a lengthy trial, a federal jury refused to convict Al-Arian on a single count.

As the result of an agreement with Al-Arian to end his family’s ordeal, US authorities eventually dropped charges and deported him to Turkey in 2015.

This is a segment from The Electronic Intifada's livestream on day 713 of the Gaza genocide. Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jon Elmer and Asa Winstanley were joined by Palestinian academic Dr. Sami Al-Arian. You can watch the full show here: https://rumble.com/v6z3jkc-breaking-news-and-analysis-on-day-713-of-the-gaza-genocide-the-electronic-i.html

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