Palestine This Week

Reports from Gaza appear to show the US's humanitarian pier was used to assist in the massacre of Palestinians Israel carried out on Saturday in order to release hostages held in Nuseirat camp. Is this a victory for Tel Aviv or just further proof that Washington has blood on its hands? Join this week's discussion. Up to 275 Palestinian civilians were slaughtered by Israel during its raid...

Time and again since October 2023, Israel has declared areas of Gaza to have been cleared of Al-Qassam fighters, but the Palestinian resistance has reappeared and struck back. Many in Tel Aviv's military intelligence services have warned that destroying the resistance's capabilities is impossible and Israel cannot continue to seek such an outcome from its war on Gaza. Israel, however, in...

Just days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its Rafah offensive, occupation forces targeted tents housing displaced Palestinians, killing at least 35, many of whom were trapped and left to burn to death. Scenes from the attack shook the world, with Israel's staunchest ally, Germany, condemning its actions. Following the ICC and ICJ rulings, are things changing fo...

Will the International Criminal Court's announcement that it seeks to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials bring an end to Israel's bombing of Gaza? Watch Palestine This Week and join the discussion.  In this week’s review, we dive into the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash, examining the implica...

Israel has announced that it has launched a renewed military offensive on the Jabaliya camp in the north of Gaza, an area it had 'cleared' of resistance fighters. Are Hamas fighters gaining strength? Tune in to the latest episode of MEMO’s weekly review show with host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani. In this edition we delve into CNN 's shocking report on the abuse and torture o...

As Israel begins its ground invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, Palestine This Week looks at the timing of the offensive, which has been launched despite a framework for a ceasefire being on the table.  Host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani discuss the talks to agree a truce and what they mean for Palestinians on the ground and, as Israel expands its military attacks on Gaza, what th...

The US has pushed to end college protests calling for an end to the war on Gaza, while delaying plans to sanction Israeli soldiers who are accused of human rights violations against Palestinians. Is America undermining its own freedoms to support Israel's genocide?  This episode of MEMO's review show dives into the crucial events that have shaped the last week, beginning with the latest...

The bodies of more than 280 Palestinians have been found in a mass grave in the grounds of Nasser Hospital in Gaza, most too decomposed  to be identified. With proof of Israel's war crimes once again coming to light, will the US use its powers to protect the occupation state at the ICC? Watch this week's episode as host Nasim Ahmed discusses what measures America can take to help Israel...

  How has Iran's retaliatory strike on Israel changed dynamics in the Middle East and has it done more to help Tel Aviv's standing on an international stage than show Tehran's military might? This week's episode looks at the implications of the manoeuvre and Jordan's defence of Israel. In this week's MEMO review show Nasim Ahmed and his regular guest Mouin Rabbani del...

  The use of the 'Lavender' system to identify alleged Hamas targets in Gaza has led to tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians being killed in air strikes. Is Israel's military technology fit for purpose? Or does accuracy not matter when its real intention is the ethnic cleansing of Gaza? Join Palestine this Week host Nasim Ahmed as he discusses this and over events unfolding in...

Tel Aviv's latest war strategy is the creation of areas in which any person present is considered a 'terrorist' and regarded a 'legitimate' target, including children, toddlers and women.  Tune in to this week's episode of MEMO's weekly review with host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani as they delve into the shocking revelation about Israel's 'kill z...

As Israel blocks UNRWA aid deliveries to northern Gaza, it is not only bombing Palestinians there, but also starving them to death. Are its policies in the enclave now, finally, bringing about a change in the international community's response to its crimes? There has been a lot of change in global politics with regards Gaza over the past week; the UN Security Council voted in favour of a cea...

Palestine This Week raises critical questions about the future of liberal democracy in the Anglosphere as governments grapple with the growing groundswell of support for Palestine and the increasing perception of Israel as a pariah state In this week’s episode of MEMO's weekly review, host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani delve into the growing trend of governments across the Anglosphere a...

Tune in to MEMO's weekly review, where host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani delve into the most pressing issues unfolding in Gaza and the wider Middle East.  In this must-listen episode, they tackle the escalating humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave, dissecting President Joe Biden's plan to build an emergency port and the tragic consequences of the recent US aid airdrop. The...

Join us for this week’s review of Palestine news as host Nasim Ahmed and guest Mouin Rabbani discuss the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, where Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries have led to malnutrition and famine. Israel’s culpability in the recent ‘flour massacre’, in which 117 Palestinians were killed, is examined as the Biden administration refuses to enforce US laws prohibitin...

Join us for this week's review of the major events on Palestine over the past seven days, from the self-immolation of a US soldier protesting against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which conjures harrowing echoes of the protest by a Buddhist monk who turned the tide in Vietnam, to Israel's boycott of a series of hearings held at the International Court of Justice on the legality of the ongoi...

In this week's review we take an in-depth look at the grim situation in Rafah, including Egypt's preparations for an influx of refugees if Israel launches an expected ground assault. We'll examine whether this constitutes the ethnic cleansing everyone feared after 7 October. We discuss the implications of prominent "Israeli moderates" rejecting a two-state solution, underm...

In this week’s review we discuss the controversial new bill in the US Congress seeking to punish South Africa for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice over genocide. We'll also provide the latest updates on the suspension of UNRWA and dig into Israel's dodgy dossier. Looking wider, we'll discuss the eye-opening poll finding 94 per cent in the region see the US as the...

Hello listeners! In this jam-packed episode of Palestine This Week, we'll be diving into the dire and deteriorating situation in Gaza as Israel's assault continues into its fifth month.  With Israel under investigation at the ICJ for alleged breaches of the Genocide Convention, we’ll be asking why there’s been no restraint in its military operation since the World Court issued its ruling...

In this week's MEMO review with Mouin Rabbani we discuss the shocking decision by at least 13 states to suspend funding to UNRWA. What will the ramifications be? Is the suspension of aid a form of collective punishment following the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week? While tensions spread across the Middle East, we also look at the killing of US soldiers in Jordan...

With the Al-Qassam Brigades re-asserting its dominance over northern Gaza, is Israel's withdrawal a sign that it is accepting that it can not eradicate the Palestinian resistance at a time when the occupation state's government is losing support domestically, or is something else at play? Nasim Ahmed and Mouin Rabbani discuss.