This Week In Palestine

In today’s political climate, few terms are thrown around with as much force, and as much confusion, as antisemitism and anti‑Zionism . They are often spoken in the same breath, treated as interchangeable, or used to shut down conversations before they even begin. But these two concepts are not the same, and understanding the difference between them is essential for anyone who cares about truth, j...

In this week’s episode, we turn our attention to a conversation that has been stirring debate across global media and academic circles alike—a recent analysis by journalist and political commentator Ali Abunimah , titled “Israel’s Catastrophic Failure.” This discussion arrives at a moment when the region is still trembling from the aftershocks of the Gaza war, and when the political landscape of t...

Today, we begin with a question that cuts deeper than headlines:  What is the war on Gaza really about? They want you to believe it’s religious.  They want you to believe it’s ancient hatred or a sudden eruption of violence.  But look closer.  Think deeper.  Because nothing about this war feels spontaneous, accidental, or purely reactive. Was this truly a retaliation for October 7th—  or was Octob...

Today, we begin with honesty.  We are witnessing an architecture of erasure,  a project where history is rewritten with bulldozers and bombs.  The world watches; some in silence, others in open complicity.  But here, on this program, we refuse silence. We ask the question the world keeps avoiding:   How long must a people suffer before their humanity is finally recognized as sacred. To help us pee...

This collection of words, testimonies, and scripts is not simply a broadcast—it is a record of truth. Today we traced the crimes of settlers in the West Bank, the genocide unfolding in Gaza, and the silence of governments that enable Israel’s destruction. We named Zionism for what it is: an ideology of erasure, a system of violence that has brought misery and insecurity to millions.   We remembere...

As always, we turn our gaze to Gaza.  not only to the bombs that fell,  not only to the ceasefire that never came,  but to the plans whispered in Washington and echoed by Donald Trump. Trump’s vision for Gaza is not peace.  It is profit.  It is reconstruction for investors,  skyscrapers rising over rubble,  contracts signed over graves. And he is not alone.  He is supported by guarantor states tha...

The 56th Annual National Day of Mourning – Plymouth, MA The 56th Annual National Day of Mourning was held on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025, at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Since 1970, Indigenous people and allies have gathered here each year to mourn ancestors lost to colonization and to challenge the myth of Pilgrims and Native harmony. The tradition began when Wamsutta Frank Jam...

Today, we turn our attention not to headlines, but to the human question of neighborliness. Too often, Palestinians are spoken of as if they are unworthy reduced to caricatures, painted as “bad neighbors,” or dismissed as a threat. Cities like Dearborn, Michigan, with its vibrant Arab and Palestinian community, are stigmatized as places of hostility rather than celebrated as centers of resilience...

Sixty Flags Over Gaza: The Global Complicity in Genocide Today, we begin with a question that refuses to die: Why has the world ganged up on Palestine? Why have more than sixty countries—powerful, wealthy, and self-proclaimed defenders of human rights—lined up behind Israel as it wages a campaign of annihilation against a besieged, stateless people? This is not just war. This is genocide. And it i...

Before we begin today’s episode of This Week in Palestine , we must pause to mark a political moment that reverberates far beyond city limits. Zohran Mamdani has just been elected mayor of New York City—a victory that defies precedent, expectation, and the machinery of power itself. He didn’t just win an election.  He dismantled a narrative. Mamdani defeated billionaires, lobbyists, and even the s...

Antisemitism has long been a real and dangerous form of hatred—but today, Zionist institutions increasingly weaponize the term to silence Palestinian advocacy and discredit righteous voices calling for justice. This introduction explores how that distortion works, and why it matters. Let’s begin with clarity. Antisemitism is real. It is a centuries-old hatred that has led to unspeakable violence,...

Today’s episode is a reckoning. A reflection. A refusal to forget. We begin with the cost of truth. Not the abstract kind. But the kind paid in blood, in exile, in silence shattered by airstrikes. The kind carried by journalists who filmed through rubble, by families who buried their children, by voices that refused to be erased. We bring you the words of Norman Finkelstein—scholar, son of Holocau...

Today’s episode is not just a broadcast.  It’s a reckoning.  It’s a memorial.  It’s a refusal to forget. We begin with the names of journalists—those who stood between the world and the abyss, armed only with cameras, microphones, and the audacity to document genocide.  Saleh Aljafarawi.  Mohammad Al-Salhi.  Ibrahim Lafi.  Saeed Al-Taweel.  Salam Mema.  Roshdi Sarraj.  Samer Abudaqa.  Mohammed Qre...

After two years of relentless war, staggering loss, and global outrage, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has taken effect. Brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump and shaped through negotiations in Egypt, Qatar, and the UN, this deal marks the first phase of a 20-point framework aimed at halting violence in Gaza and initiating resolution. The immediate terms: cessation of hostilities...

There is a chasm—wide and unforgiving—between those who speak truth at great personal cost and those who hide behind titles, paychecks, and polite silence. In every generation, we are given a choice: to stand with justice, even when it threatens our comfort, or to retreat into the safety of complicity, hoping history won’t notice. Brave people do not wait for permission. They do not ask whether it...

TWIP-250928 In this interview titled "Susan Abulhawa: Gaza Will Define Humanity’s Future" , Palestinian-American novelist and activist Susan Abulhawa joins journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on Out Loud for a searing, emotionally charged conversation about Gaza, resistance, and the moral crossroads facing humanity. Abulhawa speaks with unflinching clarity, refusing euphemisms and half-truths....

In this compelling episode of Downstream , host Ash Sarkar sits down with historian Rashid Khalidi , author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. Their conversation offers not just historical insight, but a piercing indictment of colonialism, propaganda, and the systems of occupation that continue to shape Palestinian li...

In the halls of Congress, where policy is supposed to reflect the will of the people, a shadow looms large—one cast not by voters, but by lobbyists. At the center of this influence stands the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a lobbying powerhouse whose reach has transformed the landscape of U.S. politics. While AIPAC presents itself as a bipartisan advocate for strong U.S.-Israel...

The history of the Palestinian people is deeply rooted in the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the Torah and Bible, the land now known as Palestine was home to ancient Semitic peoples—Canaanites, Philistines, and Israelites—whose cultures, languages, and traditions shaped the region long before the rise of modern nation-states. Cities like Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron are c...

To Benjamin Netanyahu, the term antisemitism has become a political weapon—used not to protect Jewish communities from genuine hate, but to silence criticism of Israel’s policies, especially its military aggression and apartheid system. In recent years, Netanyahu has labeled international prosecutors, student protesters, and even heads of state as “antisemites” simply for condemning Israel’s actio...

TWIP-250824 Over the past century, Arab regimes have repeatedly failed the Palestinian people—through broken promises, political calculations, and a deepening alignment with Western and Israeli interests. The betrayal began in 1948, when seven Arab states declared war on the newly formed Israeli state but were swiftly defeated. That military failure exposed not only strategic weakness but also a l...

Judaism and Zionism are often conflated, but they are fundamentally distinct—one is a faith, the other a political ideology. Judaism is a centuries-old spiritual tradition rooted in ethics, law, and community. It teaches values of justice, compassion, and remembrance, and has survived exile, persecution, and diaspora through resilience and cultural depth. Zionism, on the other hand, emerged in the...

So Netanyahu just announced plans to occupy Gaza. After months of siege, starvation, and relentless bombardment, Israel’s Prime Minister has made it official: Gaza is to be taken over—militarily, politically, and permanently. This is not a security plan.  This is a blueprint for colonization. For decades, Gaza has been treated as an open-air prison.  Two million Palestinians have lived under block...

In moments of crisis, truth becomes a battleground. And nowhere is that more evident than in the discourse surrounding Palestine. For decades, questioning Israel’s policies, its occupation, its military actions, its treatment of Palestinians, has been met with swift and calculated accusations of antisemitism. This tactic isn’t new. It’s a well-worn strategy designed to shut down uncomfortable conv...

Today, we’re confronting a difficult but urgent truth. Many Christians continue to support Israel unconditionally refusing to entertain discussion, dismissing alternative viewpoints, and placing Israel above Palestine, even as a genocide unfolds before their very eyes. With images of suffering and destruction livestreamed from Gaza, this silence is not accidental, it’s deliberate, and it’s devasta...