’Why I Quit The State Department Over Gaza’ With Josh Paul + Ashish Prashar + Jen Perelman

Katie talks to Josh Paul, Former Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs of the State Depart, about why he and other government officials resigned. Then Katie talks to Jen Perelman a former zionist turned anti-Zionist running against the very zionist Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Perelman received more than 21,000 votes (nearly 30 percent of the vote) in the 2020 Democratic Party primary. Josh Paul resigned from the State Department in October, 2023 due to his disagreement with the Biden Administration’s decision to rush lethal military assistance to Israel in the context of its war on Gaza. He had previously spent over 11 years working as a Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which is responsible for U.S. defense diplomacy, security assistance, and arms transfers. He previously worked on security sector reform in both Iraq and the West Bank, with additional roles in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Army Staff, and as a Military Legislative Assistant for a Member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee. Josh grew up between London and New York, and holds Masters degrees from the Universities of Georgetown and St Andrews, Scotland. He is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the organization Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and a recipient of the 2023 Callaway Award for Civic Courage. Ashish Prashar is a political strategist, human rights activist, and writer. He was an advisor to the Middle East Peace Envoy and worked for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Middle East and West Africa. He was a press secretary for the Conservative Party and Mayor of London Boris Johnson. Ashish also worked on Obama and Biden’s Presidential Campaigns. Ashish is a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts and sits on the Board of Just Leadership and the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice.