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 […]

Global March to Gaza: Lessons from Egypt with Engy Sarhan

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Engy Sarhan 0:00 I think when we say Gaza is our moral compass, it’s not really an empty slogan. And I think one can always ask, is the action that I’m doing centering the dignity of the Palestinians? I think there’s a responsibility in […]

US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa Joudeh

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.   Safa Joudeh 0:00 Really these distribution points in this aid mechanism are a way to achieve ethnic cleansing in Gaza and of moving the population south. And this is not to mention the use of the foundation or the distribution points as tools […]

Is the Tide Changing on the Genocide in Gaza? With Tariq Kenney-Shawa

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.  Yara Hawari 0:00 I don’t care that Piers Morgan uttered the word genocide. I don’t care that the Guardian published an editorial recognizing the horrific situation in Gaza. I care about the millions of people who have hit the streets consistently in solidarity with […]

Countering Attacks on the Palestine Movement in Europe with Agnese Valenti

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Rethinking Palestine – Podcast Transcript Topic: Defunding and De-risking of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations Guest: Agnese Valenti Agnese Valenti 0:00 All the Palestinian civil society organizations are doing an amazing job, but the problem is the pro-Israeli lobby groups and the network organized by […]

Gaza Reconstruction Reality Check with Abed Kittana

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Abed Kittana 0:00 What we are facing in Gaza is not actually a post-war reconstruction, but rather, as I tend to call it always, it’s an in-war reconstruction or war reconstruction. And beyond the physical destruction, the genocidal war in Gaza also targeted the […]