Palestine in 2022: A Year of Resistance
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Yara Hawari 0:00 In our final podcast episode of the year, we have put together some of our favorite soundbites from all the episodes in 2022. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed putting it all together. We also want to […]
Football in the Middle East with Abdullah Al-Arian
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Abdullah Al-Arian 0:00 When we look at, for instance, what Israel has done through sport, it’s not just using it to deflect attention away from ethnic cleansing, apartheid, or occupation. I think what the Israeli state has explicitly tried to do is use it […]
Latin America and Palestine with Hussein Sameh
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Hussein Sameh 0:00 We will have in Latin America potentially center or left-wing governments in Cuba, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina, and these could provide opportunities at the policy level. But we are still stifled by our leadership in how far […]
The Challenges of Fighting for Palestinian Prisoners’ Freedom
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Milena 0:00 We are all still working. None of the employees of the six organizations — none of them — left their job or retired or wanted to quit, because this designation aims to silence Palestinian voices and we didn’t want to give the […]
From Jenin to Gaza to Nablus: Palestinian Resistance Under Attack
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Ibrahim Fraihat 0:00 The target is the resistance — the concept of resistance — and the resistance movement in Palestine, trying to manipulate a situation between Hamas and Jihad in Gaza and attack, before the Gaza bombing starts, resistance leaders in Jenin, and then […]
Environmental Normalization in Palestine with Inès Abdel Razek
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Inès Abdel Razek 0:00 These projects are not new. The people-to-people projects have been actively promoted and millions have been poured into them after the Oslo agreements. But it has shown that it has not worked, because we’re here today and Israel has only […]
Resisting Palestinian Erasure in Jerusalem with Jalal Abukhater
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Jalal Abukhater 0:00 They want us to feel like we are diminishing in existence in Jerusalem. Our flag is almost banned at every occasion in Jerusalem. Saying you are Palestinian is akin to becoming a criminal. Sometimes, if you express Palestinian identity, they suppress […]
Three Threads of the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Yara Hawari 0:00 I think we should take inspiration from the Palestinian street. We can also do that within Palestinian civil society and Palestinian organizational spaces. It’s about fostering an environment of like-minded organizations that work together, that have clear politics and obvious red […]
Reflections on Palestinian Local Elections with Fadi Quran
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Fadi Quran 0:00 I think Palestinian society at large, particularly the younger generation who are more hopeful, are moving towards that big picture. We want Palestine liberated. We want all Palestinians liberated no matter where they are, and we’re willing to sacrifice and find […]
