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"This podcast sheds light on the daily struggles faced by Palestinians since the loss of their homeland. We bring you in-depth discussions and factual insights into the suffering endured by the indigenous people under a fascist state that continues to expand and claim their lands."
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When the Story Becomes the Weapon Today, we open with the reality the world keeps trying to rename. On Saturday, Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least thirty‑two Palestinians—lives added to the more than five hundred already lost during what officials insisted on calling a “ceasefire.” A ceasefire in name only. One that never reached the families sheltering in shattered buildings, never reached the children sleeping under tarps, never reached the wounded waiting for medical care that...
Today, we open with a conversation that cuts straight through the noise. Across social media and mainstream platforms, polished narratives about Israel’s history circulate with confidence, often delivered by high‑profile commentators who speak with certainty but not always with accuracy. One of the loudest among them is Ben Shapiro, whose claims about the origins of the conflict, the Nakba, and Palestinian history have reached millions. But reach does not equal truth. And that brings us to St...
What we are witnessing today is a moment many anticipated, and one that others are only now beginning to grasp. Gaza, in the eyes of powerful political and financial actors, is being treated less like a home for two million people and more like a prize handed to the highest bidder. The narrative emerging from the Trump circle, echoed by the wealthy investors around him, frames Gaza as a future development project. According to the plan associated with Jared Kushner, reconstruction will begin ...
We all agree that antisemitism is wrong. There is no debate on that point. Hatred toward Jewish people, or toward any community because of who they are, is unacceptable. It is a moral failure and a danger that must be confronted wherever it appears. But acknowledging that truth does not mean ignoring how the word antisemitism is sometimes used in ways that have nothing to do with protecting Jewish communities. Increasingly, the accusation is deployed as a political tool, a way to silence crit...
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, justice, and honest public discourse. Antisemitism is a form of hatred. It is prejudice, discrimin...
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 the Middle East is shifting in ways that even seasoned analysts struggle to fully grasp. Abunimah’...
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 October 7th the spark that activated a plan already drawn in the shadows...
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 peel back the layers of this crisis, we’re bringing you a rare meeting...
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 remembered the fallen children like Hind Rajab, doctors who healed under fire, journalists who carrie...
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 that remained silent, by senators like Ted Cruz who cl...
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 James of the Wampanoag Nation was prevented from delivering a speech that told the truth about genoc...
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 and care. But what does it truly mean to have a Palestinian as a neighbor? Would they throw trash...
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 is not being committed in isolation. It is being funded, armed, and politically shielded by a glo...
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 sitting president’s preferred candidate. He did so not by softening his stance, but by sharpen...
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, discrimination, and genocide—most horrifically in the Holocaust. It must be condemned wherever it...
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 Holocaust survivors, and lifelong defender of Palestinian rights. His recent speech at the Islamic Cente...
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 Qreiqeh. Ismail Alghool. And the ...
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, release of Israeli hostages, freeing of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, and partial withdra...
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’s convenient. They speak because silence is betrayal. These are the whistleblowers, the journali...
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. She calls the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza what it is: genocide, colonialism, and betrayal—not just by I...
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