Today, David Osit, filmmaker and director of the movie "Mayor” joins us, to talk about the Mayor of Ramallah and all the challenges for life under the occupation. Today, we also have John from Discourse Podcast join us as a guest host.
The film is available on Virtual Cinema
Show Notes
2:00 - How Ramallah Changed
4:00 - Limitations on the Mayor’s Job
5:01 - City Branding and What it means
7:35 - Municipal Services and the Challenges under Occupation
10:58 - Christmas in Ramallah
11:32 - Connecting with Mussa
13:45 - Meeting with The Prime Minister Abbas
16:24 - Schooling and Universities in Ramallah
18:37 - Daily indignities in Ramallah
“It took them 15 years to get a permit to build a cemetery”
21:03 - American conversation about tone vs conversation in Palestine
24:12 - Repeated oppression in Palestine and the Raid
26:01 - Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy and how it worked in Ramallah
29:13 - What is within Mussa’s power to control?
33:00 - Settlers’ leave their mark
39:10 - How Israel breaks the Oslo agreement
43:15 - Surprising issues in Ramallah
You can find David Osit on twitter
Life in Ramallah with David Osit