Understanding Israel Palestine

Documentary filmmaker Maurice Jacobsen speaks about his efforts to tell Gaza’s stories amid the carnage and destruction of Israel’s onslaught. Maurice works with a team of Gazan filmmakers called the […] The post We All Live in Gaza: Reporting from the Rubble appeared first on KKFI .

Dr. Noam Perry of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) joined the show this week to discuss his organization’s research into the business of military occupation and apartheid in Palestine/Israel […] The post The Israeli-American Business of Occupation and Apartheid with Dr. Noam Perry appeared first on KKFI .

Co-host Margot Patterson talks with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where she directs the New Internationalism Project, focused on U.S. mllitarism, tthe […] The post US. Militarism Raises Risk of Wider Mideast War appeared first on KKFI .

The Rev. Dr. Robert Smith joined the program this week to discuss his scholarly work on Christian Zionism and his activism for Palestinian liberation. An enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw […] The post Christian Zionism, Palestinian Liberation, and Indigenous Solidarity with Rev. Dr. Robert Smith appeared first on KKFI .

The Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, historian Rashid Khalidi discusses the current Israel-Hamas war in the context of the past century of Israeli settler colonialism […] The post The War in Gaza through the Prism of History: An Interview with Rashid Khalidi appeared first on KKFI .

Josh Paul worked at the  U.S. State Department for 11 years, serving as director in its Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. In this role he was responsible for U.S. defense diplomacy, […] The post The Unfettered Pipeline of U.S. Weapons to Israel appeared first on KKFI .

After over 11 years working as a Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Josh Paul resigned from the State Department. In this role he was responsible for U.S. defense […] The post The Unfettered Pipeline of US Weapons to Israel with Former State Dept. Insider Josh Paul appeared first on KKFI .

Understanding Israel Palestine airs a conversation with three historians of the Holocaust discussing how since Oct. 7 the Holocaust has been invoked by Israeli leaders with accompanying calls for mass […] The post Hijacking Memory: The Holocaust and the Siege of Gaza appeared first on KKFI .

Professor Barry Trachtenberg, the Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University, talks about turmoil on college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war, critical concerns about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, […] The post Anti-Semitism Today: Perceptions, Politics and Realities appeared first on KKFI .

Tala Nasir, lawyer at Addameer, Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association sheds light on the issue of the Palestinian political prisoners. Addameer, the Arabic word for conscience, is a Palestinian […] The post Who Are the Palestinian Political Prisoners with Tala Nasir appeared first on KKFI .

Khaled Elgindy, director of the program on Israeli-Palestinian Affairs at the Middle East Institute, discusses mounting violence in the West Bank, the crack-down on free speech inside Israel, the ongoing […] The post U.S. Policy on Gaza a Run-Away Train with No Brakes or Destination appeared first on KKFI .

The Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, historian Rashid Khalidi discusses the current Israel-Hamas war in the context of the past century of Israeli settler colonialism […] The post The War in Gaza through the Prism of History: An Interview with Historian Rashid Khalidi appeared first on KKFI .

In his 2011 book Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations: 1820-2001, Professor Ussama Makdisi  of University California Berkeley wrote, “No matter how one turns the kaleidoscope of US-Arab […] The post Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations with Prof. Ussama Makdisi appeared first on KKFI .

Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh of Bethlehem University discusses the longue durée of the progressive Zionist colonization of the Holy Land. He highlights the current siege-like situation in the ghetto of Bethlehem […] The post 100 Years of Zionist Colonization of the Holy Land: The Longue Durée with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh appeared first on KKFI .

Independent film-maker Maurice Jacobsen speaks about efforts he and long-time Palestinian colleagues in Gaza have been making to document the war in Gaza. He has been posting on the Internet […] The post Telling Gaza’s Story appeared first on KKFI .

Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied by Israel since 1967, Michael Lynk discusses international law as it applies to the war in Gaza between […] The post International Law and the War in Gaza appeared first on KKFI .

Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab-American Institute, discusses Arab-Americans’ outrage at the Biden administration’s announcement Sept. 27th that it is accepting Israel into the U.S. visa waiver program, a […] The post Visa Waiver for Israel Violates Arab-Americans’ Rights appeared first on KKFI .

The Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel joined Understanding Israel Palestine this week to share about his journey from his childhood in Palestine to Atlanta. He was born in the Christian village […] The post From the Nakba until Now: A Palestinian-Christian Perspective on the Holy Land with Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel appeared first on KKFI .

A report by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East concluded that 2023 promises to be the most violent year since 2005. The UN report also called attention […] The post Is Israel an apartheid state: three experts weigh in appeared first on KKFI .

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla movement was launched in 2006 after a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) proposed chartering a boat to sail from New York to Gaza to […] The post Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Rock the Boat appeared first on KKFI .

Eyal Hareuveni of the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem discusses how and why Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank face a chronic shortage of water. He is the author of […] The post Water Apartheid in Israel-Palestine appeared first on KKFI .

In this episode Hamed Qawasmeh describes the work of the Hebron International Resource Network (HIRN), a collective coordinated by him that helps Palestinians facing threats from the Israeli occupation such […] The post Mutual Aid and Palestinian Sumud: the HIRN Model appeared first on KKFI .

Writer, anthropologist and activist Jeff Halper, co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, talks about the conpletion of the conquest of Palestine, the dire choices facing Palestinians, now restricted […] The post Palestinians Face Desperate Choices appeared first on KKFI .

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla movement began with a 2006 email from a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement sent to other volunteers struggling with how to bring to the attention […] The post Breaking the Siege of Gaza: Freedom Flotillas since 2008 appeared first on KKFI .

Yousef Munayyer, Senior Fellow and head of the Palestine/Israel Program at the Arab Center in Washington, D.C., discusses the complexity of Israel’s internal fissures, changing battlefield dynamics between Israelis and […] The post Israel’s Identity Crisis; Palestinians’ Predicament appeared first on KKFI .