Palestine This Week

Friday's terror attack on a Christmas market in Germany raises fresh concerns about the rise of Islamophobia and far-right extremism in Europe. How does this and Israel's war on Gaza highlight the media's biased coverage? This week’s Palestine This Week opens with a detailed look at the situation in Gaza, focusing on several important reports including Human Rights Watch's 184-...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Tel Aviv is altering the shape of the region and occupation forces are gaining ground in Syria, but are these genuine strategic victories or merely temporary gains in an evolving regional landscape? From Gaza's mass killing and starvation by Israel to Syria's transforming political landscape, this episode of Palestine This Week unpacks t...

Rebuilding Gaza, if that is ever allowed to happen, is expected to cost 1150% of the Palestinian economy, what is the future of the Strip and is Israel's continued police of ethnic cleansing and the use of new and internationally banned weapons damaging the ecosystem rendering the land uninhabitable? Palestine This Week begins with an update on Gaza and revelations about Israel’s use of inter...

The end of Israeli exceptionalism? The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.  On Palestine This Week, we are discussing all things arrest warrants following the landmark decision by the International Criminal Court to issue indictments for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne...

Pope Francis calls for Israel to be investigated after the UN Special Committee found Tel Aviv's assault on Gaza was 'consistent with the characteristics of genocide'.  Join us for our latest episode Palestine This Week as we delve into a number of major developments over the last 7 days. A new report by the United Nations Special Committee has concluded that Israel's assault o...

As the world watched to see who would be crowned America's 47th president of the US, Israel announced that Palestinians who had been forced to leave northern Gaza would not be allowed to return. A new Nakba is unfolding in Gaza, but will the new president help smooth Israel's path to annex more Palestinian land?  This episode of Palestine This Week opens with a stark analysis of the emer...

While the world watches on as Americans take to the polls, Palestinians in Gaza fear any new administration will bring no change in policy or effort to stop the genocide being carried out in Gaza. From official policy to media coverage, erasure of Palestine has been ongoing for decades, but after a year of global activism could there be a shift in direction?  Palestine This Week begins by marking...

As Israel destroys vast neighbourhoods in Lebanon and accuses healthcare facilities in the country of providing a cover for Hezbollah storage facilities, South Africa has presented new evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of Israel's intent to commit genocide in Gaza. But will these legal measures stop the occupation state's military manoeuvres? In this this episode of Pa...

The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has lost two leaders in 3 months. How will Yahya Sinwar's death in battle change events on the ground in Gaza? Palestine This Week delves into the assassination of Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar , exploring the contradictory reports surrounding his death and its potential impact on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. The discussion shifts to the alarming...

Israel has called on UN peacekeeping forces to vacate their positions in southern Lebanon or risk coming under attack as it extends its ground invasion into the area. They have refused. Will occupation forces now set their sites on the international task force sent to maintain peace in the area?   The latest episode of Palestine This Week kicks-off with the dire humanitarian situation in northern...

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity rises following his attacks on Lebanon, Yemen and Syria, is he expanding the war to stay in power or is the Zionist dream of Greater Israel becoming a reality? In the latest episode of Palestine This Week, host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani provide a detailed analysis of the first anniversary of Israel's genocidal campaign i...

Israel assassinated Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah in a Beirut suburb on Friday. Since 23 September at least 7 Hezbollah leaders have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, is this the end of the Lebanese resistance group? Or is Israel's very survival reliant on the existence of its enemies? In the latest episode of Palestine This Week, host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani provide an...

Israel is said to have orchestrated the attack on alleged Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, but which ultimately killed civilians including two children. Are its actions in Lebanon pushing the region to war?  In the latest episode of Palestine This Week host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani provide an in-depth analysis of Israel’s shocking attack on Lebanon. The show opens with a detailed look a...

The Jewish Chronicle in the UK, the world's oldest Jewish paper, has been accused of peddling misinformation in an effort to garner support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's genocidal war on Gaza, is this further proof that Tel Aviv hasn't been able to achieve its declared goals in Gaza? In this episode of MEMO's weekly review, host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rab...

Israel has damaged some 25 kilometres of roads in occupied Jenin and killed an American peace activist, but will any of this bring positive change for Palestinians? Or will Israel continue its assaults with impunity? This episode tackles the expansion of Israel’s genocidal campaign into the illegally occupied West Bank, with a focus on Israel's military assaults in Jenin and the tragic killin...

Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is at an all time high, with Israeli ministers backing and arming settlers in an effort to push Palestinians out of their homes and allow for the annexation of their land. But with the head of Israel's security agency Shin Bet referring to this phenomena 'Jewish terrorism', will the policing of settlers be enforced or w...

Join us this week as Nasim Ahmed and Mouin Rabbani reflect on the rising death toll in Gaza, which now stands at over 40,000 - 2 per cent of the population of the Strip - and discuss what this means, while comparing the fatality numbers with recent wars. We're not just sticking to the numbers, we'll be looking at the bigger picture - from the radicalisation of Israeli society to the worr...

Israel hit a shelter school and mosque in Gaza City on Saturday and killed more than 100 Palestinians civilians as they were performing morning prayers, it claims to have killed 19 'militants' but this has already been proven to be untrue. Can Israel continue to spread falsehoods to justify its genocide in Gaza?   This week's Palestine This Week examines the grisly aftermath of Isra...

As the region teeters on the edge of war, we look at how Israel's actions and targeted assassinations over the past week have pushed an already volitile situation even closer to the edge and discuss what options may be on the cards now.  In Palestine This Week, join guest host Usman BUtt and regular guest Mouin Rabbani as we cover Israel's killing spree in Beirut, Gaza and Tehran. In res...

Video footage emerging from Israel shows civilians storming the military base where at least 9 soldiers were being held for questioning over suspected torture of a Palestinian prisoner. The angry mob called authorities 'traitors', while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted 'take your hands off our reservists'. Is Israel now so divided that a civil war is unavoidab...

The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal and Israel must not only end its apartheid policies but also pay reparations to Palestinians. This isn't the first time the ICJ has ruled against Israel, but 20 years after its ruling on the Separation Wall, the structure remains standing and has been expanded. Does internati...

SUBHEAD: Do words have consequences and can speech pave the way to violence? Join us as we discuss how rhetoric in America is making acts of political violence and genocide more likely. As the world gets to grips with the attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump's life, political rhetoric within America deployed by some politicians plays on social tensions and exacerbates polarisatio...

In this episode of Palestine This Week, Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani kick off with a startling report from the Lancet   which forecasts that the death toll in Gaza could hit 186,000 - a staggering 7.9% of the population. The pair also look at claims that Israel is trying to derail a US-backed ceasefire plan and discuss the contentious 'Hannibal directive' used by the Israeli army...

Israel approved 5 new settlement outposts last week and voted in favour of restrictions on the Palestinian Authority, with Tel Aviv already in control of the Palestinian banking system and tax revenues, is the occupation state now looking to take over complete control of the occupied Palestinian territories? This week's Palestine This Week with Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani tackle the w...

 A leaked document shows Israel knew about plans for 7 October attacks in advance, but did not act upon the information, leading to the events on that fateful day.  Did the IDF know about Hamas' 7 October attack plans and did nothing to stop it? A document leaked to the Jerusalem Post seems to show the Israeli military had detailed intelligence about Hamas' plans to carryout 7 October at...