Rethinking Palestine
Rethinking Palestine is a podcast from Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, a transnational think tank that brings together Palestinians from across the globe to produce critical policy analysis and craft visions for a liberated, self-determined future. Host Yara Hawari engages with a range of Palestinian analysts to discuss recent developments and long-standing questions facing Palestinians worldwide.
Episodes
49 episodes
A Year of Ongoing Genocide in Gaza with Tareq Baconi
Al-Shabaka Board President Tareq Baconi and Co-Director Yara Hawari reflect on one year since the start of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Together, they discuss its ramifications on the Palestinian liberation movement, the region, and beyond.
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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38:40
Reflections on the Current Moment in Palestine with Makdisi Street
In this episode, our host Yara Hawari joins hosts of the Makdisi Street podcast Saree, Ussama and Karim Makdisi to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza, intra Palestinian-Israeli politics and more.This episode is co-published with the <...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:04:00
A Region on the Cusp of War with Abdullah Al-Arian
Abdullah Al-Arian joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the heightened tensions in the region as the Israeli regime expands its aggression on multiple fronts.
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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29:28
The UK Elections and Palestine with Sara Husseini
Sara Husseini joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the recent British elections, the role Palestine and the Israeli genocide in Gaza played in the election results, and the challenges facing pro-Palestine activism under the new Labour government.
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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22:48
Palestinian Genocide Survivors in Egypt
Ali, a humanitarian worker from Gaza now in Egypt, joins host Yara Hawari. He speaks on the experience of Palestinians from Gaza in Egypt as they maneuver the different legal, financial, and social hardships of their forced displacement.
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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22:34
The Student Intifada on US Campuses with Samer Alatout
Samer Alatout, Al-Shabaka policy analyst and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins host Yara Hawari to speak about his experience at a student encampment, where he was assaulted and detained by police. Alatout also touches on ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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33:41
Ireland's Solidarity with Palestine, with Brendan Browne
Brendan Browne joins host Yara Hawari to explore the historical solidarity between the Irish and Palestinian peoples, and discuss how the Irish government's policy towards Palestine fails to reflect grassroots demands against the Israeli genoci...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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30:45
Israel’s Disinformation Apparatus with Tariq Kenny-Shawa
Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka’s US policy fellow, joins host Yara Hawari to discuss Israel’s information warfare tactics, used to influence public perception of its ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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28:40
Settler Colonial Spillover in the West Bank with Fathi Nimer
Fathi Nimer, Al-Shabaka Palestine policy fellow, joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the acceleration of Israeli settler colonialism in the West Bank amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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23:11
The Arab World and Gaza Genocide with Elham Fakhro
Elham Fakhro joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the reactions of Arab peoples and their governments to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, placing them within the historical and contemporary context of Arab normalization with the Israeli regime.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:19
Palestine in 2023: Unfolding Nakba and Genocide
In this episode of Rethinking Palestine, host Yara Hawari highlights a selection of key excerpts from our discussions with previous guests throughout 2023. Together, they shed light on the Palestinian experience under settler colonialism as wel...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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30:22
"From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free," with Maha Nassar
Maha Nassar joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the historical significance of this popular slogan, used by Palestinians and their allies as they protest the assault on Gaza and ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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23:46
Countering Repression of Palestine Solidarity in the US & Europe
Layla Kattermann (European Legal Support Center) and Diala Shamas (Center for Constitutional Rights) join host Yara Hawari to discuss the crackdown on pro-Palestine solidarity across the US and Europe and ways their organizations are working to...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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31:12
The Palestinian Authority's Revolving Door with Alaa Tartir
Alaa Tartir joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the revolving door/al-bab al-dawaar, a critical component of PA-Israeli security coordination. They situate the policy within the wider “collaboration paradigm" and examine its disruptive i...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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21:18
Countless Palestinian Futures with Danah Abdulla & Sarona Abuaker
Danah Abdulla and Sarona Abuaker join host Yara Hawari to talk about their discussion-based game, “Countless Palestinian Futures.” They explain how the project seeks to challenge colonial temporal domination and stimulate imagination around Pal...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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33:16
Challenging the British Anti-Boycott Bill with Ben Jamal
Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the UK’s anti-BDS bill targetting pro-Palestine activism. They discuss the broader repercussions of the proposed policy and ways in which the PSC and ot...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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28:56
Liberal Zionism: A Veneer for Settler Colonialism with M. Muhannad Ayyash
M. Muhannad Ayyash joins host Yara Hawari to discuss liberal Zionism and the dominant role it plays in Zionist ideology. He exposes its essential function of providing the settler colonial project with the veneer of enlightened, Western civiliz...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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33:06
Prison Hunger Strikes in Palestine with Basil Farraj
In light of the death of political prisoner Khader Adnan, Al-Shabaka analyst Basil Farraj joins host Yara Hawari to discuss Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes. Farraj explains how hunger strikes function as a resistance tactic, allowing pris...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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19:27
The "Pro-Democracy" Israeli Protests with Ameer Makhoul
Ameer Makhoul joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the ongoing Israeli protests against Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government. Makhoul provides a sobering analysis of the so-called pro-democracy protests in the context of the Israeli regime’s ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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32:59
Confronting Energy Poverty in Gaza with Asmaa Abu Mezied
Asmaa Abu Mezied joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the energy crisis in Gaza, situating it within the context of the Israeli regime’s unrelenting blockade and repeated attacks on the besieged enclave. Abu Mezied also explains how the internatio...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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24:14
US Embassy Plans on Stolen Palestinian Lands with Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the US plan to build a new embassy on a plot of land in Jerusalem owned by multiple Palestinian families, including Khalidi’s. They also discuss the systemic Israeli theft of Palestinian lands be...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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21:25
Challenging Anti-Boycott Laws in the US with Tariq Kenney-Shawa
Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka's US policy fellow, joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the escalating legal attacks on the right to boycott in the US led by the Israeli regime's defenders. He highlights the multifaceted nature of this assault on ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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19:17
Palestine in 2022: A Year of Resistance
In this episode of Rethinking Palestine, host Yara Hawari highlights the best bits of all our episodes in 2022 to give you a round-up of how Palestinian analysts and experts reflected on the most important events in Palestine this year.
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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36:40
Football in the Middle East with Abdullah Al-Arian
Abdullah Al-Arian joins host Yara Hawari for a timely discussion about football in Palestine and the wider Arab region, exploring the sport's historical and current roles in anti-colonial movements and grassroots organizing.
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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28:37
Latin America and Palestine with Hussein Sameh
Hussein Sameh joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the historical and contemporary relationships between Palestine and Latin America. They also touch on the latest wave of left-wing leadership in the region and its implications for the Palestinian...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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32:28