Palestinian Journalist Said Arikat DISMANTLES State Department

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Katie Halper

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🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Katie talks to Palestinian journalist Said Arikat about his reporting on Palestine and how he manages to challenge the State Department at their daily press conferences without getting kicked out or not called on! Said Arikat is a Palestinian journalist and Washington bureau chief for Al-Quds, a daily Newspaper which has been published out of East Jerusalem (uninterruptedly) since 1951. In addition to his work as a journalist, Arikat is an adjunct professor at the American University. He served as the United Nations Chief Spokesman in Iraq from 2005-2010. He is a familiar face at U.S. State Department press briefings, where he has engaged in sometimes contentious exchanges with State Department Spokespersons. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps

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0:37.0	I'm going to bring on Saeed Aricot. I'm so excited to have him on because I watch him
0:46.3	frequently. He is a Palestinian journalist and Washington Bureau Chief of Al-Qude's, a daily
0:50.8	newspaper which has been published out of East Jerusalem
0:53.5	uninterruptly since 1951.
0:56.4	In addition to his work as a journalist,
0:58.5	Aricott is an adjunct professor at the American University.
1:01.9	He served as a United Nations chief spokesman
1:04.8	in Iraq from 2005 to 2010.
1:07.6	He's a familiar face at the US State Department press
1:11.0	briefings where he's engaged in sometimes contentious
1:13.9	exchanges with State Department's spokesperson. So without further ado, Saeed Aricott,
1:19.3	hi. Hello there, Kitty. Thank you for having me. Thank you for joining. I'm honored. I have so many questions for you. Why don't you start on telling us about your background? How did you become the journalist that you are today?
1:33.6	Well, that's a very interesting story because,
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