Rania Khalek Dispatches

Rania Khalek hosts a special live episode of Dispatches with Lebanese journalist Ghadi Francis. 

Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, his views on the Biden administration and what comes next. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www. Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full epi...

BT’s Rania Khalek sat down with Housam Fares, a Lebanese American man who lost 15 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on south Beirut in late September. His wife Ayat Ayoub explains how her family is displaced across the country. Their town in the south of Lebanon has been totally destroyed by Israeli airstrikes. 

Since Israel’s creation the Zionist project has carried out acts of terrorism against its neighbors in increasingly depraved ways.  To discuss Israeli terrorism and how its impacting Palestine and Lebanon today, Rania Khalek is joined by Professor As’ad Abukhalil for a special live episode of Dispatches.  

Rania Khalek hosts a special live episode of Dispatches with Lebanese journalist Ghadi Francis. 

Israel is trying to invade Lebanon while carpet bombing large swaths of the country. But so far, Hezbollah has demonstrated it is still a strong resistance force despite some recent setbacks. What comes next?   To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek is joined by veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier for a special live episode of Dispatches.  

As Israel unleashes a catastrophic war on Lebanon, many are perplexed by the country’s politics, divisions and potential for civil war.  To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Lebanese medical doctor and public health researcher Anis Germani.  This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www. Patreon...

Israel, with the full backing of the U.S., claims to be massacring civilians in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon in self-defense. Does this have any legal merit? What about the rights of Palestine and Lebanon? To discuss this and more Rania Khalek was joined by longtime human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Membe...

Rania Khalek of Breakthrough News sat down with Cuba’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs during the UN General Assembly. They talked about the US blockade on Cuba, the rise of the right across the Americas, the genocide in Gaza and the dangers it poses to the world, and more. 

Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and carpet bombing attacks on Lebanon have shocked the region and the world. What comes next?   To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek is joined by veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier for a special live episode of Dispatches.  

What’s the history of Israel’s genocidal ambitions and the indoctrination that it requires in the Jewish community? Is Zionism really about protecting Jews or does it actually pose a danger to them? What’s the history of Gaza, Hamas and the timeline of Israel’s violence against them? To discuss this and more Rania Khalek was joined by Zachary Foster, a historian of Palestine.  This is just part of...

The Israelis created a public health crisis in Gaza that has led to the reemergence of polio.  To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Lebanese medical doctor and public health researcher Anis Germany. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www. Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full ep...

Alana Hadid — activist, designed and creative director of the newly-launched Watermelon Pictures — joins Rania Khalek to discuss the Democratic Party’s campaign strategy to suppress and ignore Israel’s genocide in Gaza. 

Rania Khalek was joined by Egyptian activist Rahma Zein to discuss the genocide in Gaza.  This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www. Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.

Rania Khalek hosts a special live episode of Dispatches w/ Ali Abunimah, executive director of the Electronic Intifada and author of “The Battle for Justice in Palestine.” 

To discuss Israel’s intensifying atrocities in Gaza, including its weaponization of rape, Rania Khalek was joined by Miko Peled, the son of an Israeli general and the head of the newly established Palestine House of Freedom in Washington, D.C. Peled is the author of “The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine.” This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for...

Israel’s assassination spree across Iran and Lebanon amidst its ongoing genocide in Gaza has brought the  Middle East closer to the brink of regional war.  To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek is joined by veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier for a special live episode of Dispatches.  

To discuss the recent North Korean treaty with Russia, new threats from the U.S. and the untold history between North Korea and Palestine, Rania Khalek was joined by Ju-Hyun Park, a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, an anti-imperialist organization of Koreans in the U.S. for Korean  reunification and national liberation. They are also engagement editor at The Real News. This is...

To help us understand the view from Lebanon about the genocide in Gaza, Rania Khalek was joined by influential journalist Ghadi Francis. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www. Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.

Nine months into an active genocide in Gaza, Rania Khalek is joined by Mouin Rabbani, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies.

How did the US end up with a two-party dictatorship? Are Trump and Biden really the only options? Does lesser evil voting work? If it’s meant to prevent the worst case scenario, then how come it didn’t prevent the genocide in Gaza? Is third party voting really as useless and fascist enabling as Democrats say?  To discuss this and more Rania Khalek was joined by BT’s Eugene Puryear.  This is just p...

To discuss the Zionist movement’s untold history of collaboration with fascism, including Nazi Germany, Rania Khalek was joined by Tony Greenstein, a longstanding Jewish anti-Zionist, Marxist and anti-fascist activist from the UK and author of “Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation.” Watch the extended version of this interview on our Patreon....

Is the fierce resistance to the genocide in Gaza a sign of an imperialist system in crisis? What are the various anti-imperialist fronts aligned against the US around the world and what is China’s role? What are the characteristics and contradictions of the US-led imperialist order and in what ways are the chickens coming home to roost in the imperial core?  To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek...

Israel's leadership looks increasingly irrational and desperate as they seek to escalate on all fronts, eyeing Lebanon next. What would an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah look like in the Levant and across the region? To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier. Watch the extended version of this interview on our Patreon....

To discuss Israel’s holocaust in Gaza, Rania Khalek was joined by journalist Abby Martin, creator and host of The Empire Files.  Watch the extended version of this interview on our Patreon. Become a member at https://www. Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.