The US Democratic Party’s Moment of Reckoning with Tariq Kenney-Shawa
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Tariq Kenney-Shawa 0:00 I think when we’re looking at candidates running for office in the midterms, when we’re looking at the eventual presidential candidates running for office in 2028, I think we need to pay attention to whether they’re actually supporting initiatives that will […]
Israel’s Scorched Earth Doctrine with Amjad Iraqi
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Amjad Iraqi 0:00 But since October 7th, Israel has really taken a much more severe approach, where the concept of burning the lawn — of really trying to burn everything at its roots, not just in terms of specific military goals, but destroying the […]
The Ceasefire Scam in Gaza — with Jacobin Long Reads
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Yara Hawari 0:00 This ceasefire needs to be understood not as an end to violence or a violent reality for Palestinians, but rather a very different phase of the genocide. Certainly one that doesn’t come with carpet bombardments every day like we saw over […]
De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Layth Malhis 0:00 With de-healthification, we can recenter at least what is happening to the individual, and that is the body and the individual. And that the human is being de-healthified, that their health is what is being targeted and their access to their […]
2025 in Review: Palestine and the Fight for Liberation
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Yara Hawari 0:00 Al-Shabaka’s Rethinking Palestine Podcast produces content that not only speaks to the pivotal moment in the Palestinian struggle for liberation, but also challenges the hegemonic narratives that have allowed the continued settler colonization of Palestine. More recently, the genocide in Gaza […]
Trump’s Colonial UN Resolution for Gaza with Shahd Hammouri
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Shahd Hammouri 0:00 This ultimate contradiction between the UN Security Council, where they are policing the world and where international law and peace and security is whatever the needs of the status quo are, in comparison to an actual logical law — a resolution […]
Spain and the Gaza Genocide with Alys Estape
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Alys Estape 0:00 Unfortunately, spoiler alert, it is not an arms embargo on Israel. This is the main criticism we have as Spanish civil society. It is an important move, but what Spanish civil society has been saying is that words do not stop […]
Europe’s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity with Amira Hala
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Amira Hala 0:00 This moment represents both a significant acceleration and an expansion of longstanding repressive tactics. I think there are continuities and some ruptures in that sense. In the report, we make the argument that current counter-terrorism measures in Europe replicate the logic […]
Palestine State Recognition: Europe’s Response to Genocide
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Diana Buttu 0:00 This policy of recognition has, for people like Mahmoud Abbas, served the two purposes of keeping the Palestinian Authority afloat, while at the same time giving these European powers an out so that they don’t have to do anything. And the […]
