Red Inverted Triangle Podcast

A conversation Muna Haddad, a Palestinian human rights lawyer and a PhD candidate in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London. Her research examines Israel’s settler-colonial abuse of the Palestinian dead body and the limits of International Law. This conversation discusses Muna's recent paper in The Journal of Palestine Studies titled " For Palestinians, Even Death Is No Escape from I...

What is the working definition of antisemitism published by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)? And just how dangerous is adopting such a definition in federal and local governments as well as academic institutions?! How has been anti-Semitism weaponised, throughout history, to maintain the Zionist project and the state of Israel?   Listen to this incredibly important intervie...

Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute. He is an award-winning author. He has authored four books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel. Parsi’s latest book – Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy (Yale University Press, 2017) – reveals the “behind the scenes” story to the nuclear deal with Iran. He is a...

Sydney University academics Professor John Keane and Dr Nick Riemer have been taken to the Australian Federal Court, as their own colleagues lodged an antisemitism complaint against them. The reason: Being outspoken against the state of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. "Opinions expressed in this conversation are personal and do NOT reflect the opinions or policy of the University of Sydney." John Keane...

Dr Mitri Raheb is a Palestinian pastor, theologian and author of many books including ‘Decolonising Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible’. Founder and President of Dar Al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, Palestine. Former pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church. 

Mouin Rabbani is a Palestinian-Dutch analyst and commentator on Palestinian Israeli affairs.  Former Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria and Special Advisor on Israel- Palestine with the International Crisis Group.

Diana Buttu is a Palestinian Canadian lawyer, former advisor to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation PLO, citizen of Israel and host of the podcast This Is Palestine.

Dr Ghada Karmi is a Palestinian doctor, activist, academic and writer. Author of many books including ‘One State’ and ‘In Search of Fatima’. Dr Ghada reflected on the ongoing genocide in Palestine, provided commentary on the recent recognition of the state of Palestine by some Western countries and gave us a few cues on how to mobilise for an envisioned free and liberated Palestine. 

Conversation with Rami Khouri. A Palestinian-American academic and journalist. Founder of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), at the American University of Beirut. A Harvard Nieman Journalism Fellow, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Fellow of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs in Arab East Jerusalem, and...

Rev Dr Sizer is a retired Christ Church Vicar and a member of Jewish Network for Palestine. Author of “Christian Zionism: Roadmap to Armageddon” and “Zion’s Christian Soldiers: The Bible, Israel and the Church”. The conversation explores the following important questions: - What is the relationship between the secular nationalist ideology of Zionism and the theological concept of the restoration o...

Professor Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and political scientist and professor at the University of Exeter. A former senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa and author of many books including “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” and “Lobbying for Zionism on both sides of the Atlantic”.

This is the second part of the conversation with investigative journalists Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon who both have written extensively on the inner workings of the Israel lobbying organisations in Australia. Their writings can be found on Michael West Media .

A discussion on how deeply intrenched the global military industrial complex is in the Australian politics and academic institutions, and on the direct and indirect complicity of the Australian government in arming the genocide in Gaza. Margie Pestorius is a long time activist a co-founders of “Wage Peace”. She has been involved in anti-military work since the first gulf war. In 2016 she walked in...

Exploring the intricacies and inner workings of the Israel lobbying organisations in Australia and their influence on politics and media. Discussion with renowned Australian journalist Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon.  Wendy Bacon is an independent investigative journalist and lifelong radical activist. She has investigated miscarriages of justice, deaths in custody, News Corp’s coverage of climate...

Co-founder of "Boycott from Within", "Anarchists Against the Wall" and current member of "Palestine Action"

Yara Hawari is a Palestinian political analyst and commentator, co-director of Al-Shabaka. Yara completed her PhD in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, where she taught various undergraduate courses and continues to be an honorary research fellow. In addition to her academic work, which focused on indigenous studies and oral history, she is a frequent political commentator writing f...

Peter Slezak is a Jewish anti-Zionist, honorary associate professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He spoke about the ‘rise’ of anti-Semitism in Australia and the recent Universities Australia (UA) endorsement of the new controversial anti-Semitism definition. During this interview Peter, he inadvertently misquoted Randa Abdel Fattah's words in an interview she cond...

Rabbani is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, where he also hosts the Connections podcast, co- hosts the Long Form Conversations podcast, and edits its Quick Thoughts feature. He is also Contributing Editor of Middle East Report. Former Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria

Abdaljawad Omar is a Palestinian academic from Al-Bireh, Palestine. He is a regular contributor to Electronic Intifada and Mondoweiss. His work explores questions of colonialism, resistance, and ideology, with a focus on Palestine. 

Dr. Lana Tatour is a senior Lecturer in Global Development at the University of New South Wales. She works on Palestine, human rights, settler colonialism and race. Her coedited book, Race and the Question of Palestine, is forthcoming with Stanford University Press in June 2025. Dr. Lana spoke about the current state of affairs in Palestine and how it reflects on the local Australian political, ac...

Nagham Abu Samra is a Palestinian karate champion from Gaza who had a dream of representing Palestine in sport international platforms. However, her life was cut short by the Israeli genocide in Gaza. "Nagham of Gaza" is a documentary and a theatrical play written and directed by Palestinian award-winning filmmaker Ala'a Al Qaisi, that chronicles Nagham Abu Samra's life. In this conversation, Ala'...

Dr. Salman Abu Sitta is a Palestinian public figure and the founder and president of the Palestine Land Society, London, dedicated to the documentation of Palestine's land and People. A Nakba survivor and author of “Atlas of Palestine” and “Mapping my Return”. We spoke about the Palestinian right or return and the situation in Gaza in light of the recent Trump announcement of owning Gaza and ethni...

Zionism: The weaponization of Jewish trauma and anti-Semitism in the service of apartheid and empire. Professor Haim is an anti-Zionist Israeli Jew. Author of ”An Army Like No Other: How the Israel Defence Force Made a Nation”.

Dr. Azzam is a Palestinian British academic and political activist, the chairman and Editor in Chief of 'Alhiwar' dialogue TV Channel. Author of several books on the Middle Eastern and Islamic politics, including "Islam and Secularism in the Middle East" and “Hamas: Unwritten Chapters”.

Matt Kennard is a British independent investigative journalist, author and Co-founder and chief investigator at Declassified UK, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. Author of several acclaimed books including “Irregular Army” (2012), “The Racket” (2015), and co-author (with Claire Provost) of “Silent Coup” (2023) Matt was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative J...