The Electronic Intifada

Dr. Mona El-Farra is the Health Chair of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip and a member of the Union of Health Work Committees. Dr. Mona is also the director of Gaza Projects for the Middle East Children's Alliance (mecaforpeace.org) Photo: Ashraf Amra / APA Images

Dealing with a problem like the COVID-19 pandemic consists of three major pillars: diagnosis and identification of infected patients, protection of healthcare workers, and treatment, Dr. Tarek Loubani tells The Electronic Intifada Podcast. "In Gaza, those three pillars of a response to an infectious pandemic like this, not one of them is intact." Guests: Dr. Tarek Loubani, Reidun Garapick Photo: P...

On episode 15 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, filmmaker and journalist Abby Martin, joined by her lawyer, Gadeir Abbas, discusses her recent free speech lawsuit against the state of Georgia and its anti-BDS law. Later in the episode, activist and writer Tony Greenstein explains the state of anti-Zionist politics following the struggle over the UK Labor party. Read more here: https://electronic...

In Episode 14 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, Nora and Asa welcome back As'ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University Stanislaus and a commentator on Middle East politics, to the show to discuss the aftermath of US president Donald Trump's assassinations of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of Iraqi militias that were instr...

On episode 13 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, Nora and Asa are joined by Ali Abunimah to discuss the most significant stories of 2019. "We have no option but to hold onto hope and to keep struggling for the world we want to live in," Ali says. "We see Palestinians holding on, we see that spirit of steadfastness still there and we see people around the world" advocating for Palestinian rights,...

Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin joins Nora and Asa to talk about the production of her documentary film, Gaza Fights for Freedom. Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since 30 March, 2018. Read more on this episode here: https://electronicintifada.net/blog...

Lana Ramadan, international advocacy director of the Palestinian prisoners' support organization Addameer, joins Nora and Asa to talk about a recent raid on their office by Israeli forces, current conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and those under administrative detention, and the work that Addameer does to hold Israel accountable. For more information, read: https://electronici...

We speak with political analyst Diana Buttu, former negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization and a Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, to talk about the outcome of the Israeli elections and the prospects for equality for Palestinians inside Israel and under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Music: "Ana Mish Politi" by Tamer Nafar (https://www...

Professor and writer As'ad AbuKhalil joins us to talk about Israel's election and prospects for justice for Palestinians. We also discussed what's behind Israel's recent attacks against Lebanon, Syria and Iraq; the solidification of the US-Israel-Saudi alliance and the Saudi-Qatari sectarian agitation campaign; and the ongoing war on Yemen. Plus, Asa gives us an update on being barred from the upc...

On episode 8, we speak to attorney Radhika Sainath of Palestine Legal about a significant win in the fight for Palestine rights advocacy on US campuses. Later in the broadcast, we discuss Siegebreakers – a new novel set in Gaza – with its author, Justin Podur. Image: Ahmad Awad, who graduated in 2017, is one of five students who successfully sued Fordham University over its refusal to allow the es...

On episode 7, Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley host a discussion about Act. IL, an online influence campaign funded by the Israeli government. They are joined by Michael Bueckert, who's been behind some of the most vital research on the group, publishing much of it to his @AntiBDSApp Twitter account(https://twitter.com/antibdsapp). Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barro...

On episode 6 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by EI contributor Hamza Abu Eltarabesh in Gaza. Abu Eltarabesh talks about the recent devastating attacks on Gaza by Israeli occupation forces and the ongoing struggle for the Palestinian right of return after 71 years of expulsion. Following the interview with Abu Eltarabesh, we feature e...

On episode 5 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by researcher and activist Stephanie Skora. Skora's recent report, "Pride with Prejudice" questions the activities of A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel group that claims to be concerned about gay, lesbian and transgender rights. The report demonstrates how the group relies on donors who have su...

This week on The Electronic Intifada Podcast, co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by Hatem Bazian, a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and chair of American Muslims for Palestine. Bazian talks about being the target of a black ops intimidation campaign reportedly organized by Psy-Group, an Israeli intelligence firm staffed by former Mossad agents, which s...

Podcast Episode 3: Demolishing the two-state fantasy This week on The Electronic Intifada Podcast, hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by their colleague Tamara Nassar to discuss Israel’s recently increasing policies of rampant home demolitions and erasure of Palestinian villages. We also focus on the increasing collaboration between Israel and dictatorial Gulf states. Show n...

For the second show in our new podcast format, hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone Project and co-host of the excellent Moderate Rebels podcast. Read more about this episode here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-2-how-israel-helps-latin-american-death-squads As someone with long history with The E...

Joining Nora Barrows-Friedman as co-host for the first time is her colleague and fellow reporter Asa Winstanley. This week we take a deeper look at Asa’s latest investigative article, “Fake Labour accounts fueling ‘anti-Semitism crisis’,” which went viral soon after publication. We discuss how the story came about and the wider background of events in the UK Labour Party over the last few years. W...

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Student supporters of Palestinian rights resist smears, repression and intimidation from UCLA administration, Zionist groups and local lawmakers; Professor Rabab Abdulhadi is vindicated in a fight against a lawfare suit intending to keep her silent. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-las-israel-lobby-fails...

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: University of Michigan punishes professor for refusing to write a recommendation letter for a student wishing to study abroad in Israel; Major Jewish communal organizations fund far-right wing, Islamophobic and homophobic groups. Guests: - Radhika Sainath, staff attorney, Palestine Legal - Stephanie Skora, researcher Read more here: https://elect...

The US and Israel have long exchanged programs to share practices of police militarization, mass surveillance, violent repression of communities and movements that both governments define as a threat, and racial profiling. Plus: A Palestinian American secretly recorded her interrogation by Israeli officers at Ben Gurion airport. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman...

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: The Episcopal Church takes action to support Palestinian rights; Germany implements municipal and national crackdowns on Palestine activism. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-episcopal-church-votes-refuse-profits-israeli-crimes (Photo: Members of the Episcopal Church join a protest outside an immigrant d...

Activists with the Virginia Campaign for Human Rights talk about how they are fighting the proposed changes by Israel advocacy organizations that deliberately distort or omit Israel's historic and current violations of Palestinian rights. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israel-lobby-seeks-erase-occupation-virginia-schoolbooks (Photo: Israel's illeg...

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Human rights activists keep up pressure on Philadelphia Orchestra over its Israel tour; Ehud Barak protested in San Francisco. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/philadelphia-orchestra-teams-israeli-soldiers

Dr. Tarek Loubani describes being shot in the legs by Israeli sniper as Gaza hospitals are forced to improvise with lack of basic supplies. Photo courtesy of Tarek Loubani (in blue scrubs, in a photo taken on 11 May. His colleague, Mousa Abu Hassanein, second from right, was shot and killed on 14 May). Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-clearly-marked-gaza...

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: A report from the Great March of Return, after Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza; excerpts of talks by Ghada Karmi, Joseph Massad, Ilan Pappe and Salman Abu Sitta. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/horrific-unprecedented-israel-massacres-almost-60-palestinians-gaza (Photo: Palestinian prot...