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 […]
Maha Abdallah
Maha Abdallah is a graduate teaching assistant and a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp. Her research investigates Zionism, settler colonialism, and the genocide of the Palestinian people. She has authored and co-authored academic papers, reports, and articles on international law and human rights, including in relation to business and human rights in occupied […]
Trump’s Return: Implications for the Palestinian Struggle
On November 5, 2024, the US electorate voted Donald J. Trump for a second term in the 60th presidential election. His victory and return to office after four years follows a turbulent Democratic presidential campaign, which saw President Biden abandon his re-election bid earlier this year and his successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, double down […]
The UK and Its Illusive Arms Embargo
UK arms companies have long profited from selling weapons to Israel, with licenses issued from the British government. Since 2008, these exports have totaled an estimated $740 million, continuing even amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. In protest, a Foreign Office official recently resigned over this policy of continued licensing. Following the Labour Party’s July […]
Malaka Shwaikh
Malaka Shwaikh is an associate lecturer at the University of St Andrews, where she teaches and researches peacebuilding with decolonial and intersectional perspectives. She has over six years of experience in academic and consultancy roles, working at the intersection of prison studies, hunger strikes, peacebuilding, and resilience. Her mission is to challenge the dominant narratives […]
Shahd Hammouri
Shahd Hammouri is a lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory at the University of Kent and Senior Legal Consultant at Law for Palestine. She is the author of the forthcoming Corporate War Profiteering and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2026). Shahid’s work examines public and international economic law from a critical and decolonial perspective. […]
The UK Elections and Palestine with Sara Husseini
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Sara Husseini 0:00 Palestine has actually been a singularly unifying issue. We’ve seen that in the hundreds and thousands of people taking to the streets every week, week in, week out, over the past nine months. People from all communities, struggles, walks of life, […]
Student Organizing & Change-Making on University Campuses
This commentary is based on an episode of Rethinking Palestine, Al-Shabaka’s podcast series, which aired on May 27, 2024. The discussion may be listened to in full here. In April 2024, students at Columbia University set up an encampment on campus grounds in solidarity with the Palestinian people—particularly those in Gaza facing the ongoing genocide. […]
Ireland’s Solidarity with Palestine, with Brendan Browne
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Brendan Browne 0:00 It’s easy to stand up on stage and be seen to be a vocal proponent and a vocal supporter of Palestine and to express your disgust, but it has to yield actual results. There has to be some kind of commitment […]
