Rethinking Palestine

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• Palestinian Intellectual History with Sabri Jiryis 25.06.2026 15мин

  Palestinian scholar, lawyer, and former director of the Palestine Research Center, Sabri Jiryis, joins this episode to discuss the historical significance of the Center and its archives, as well as his seminal work, The Foundations of Zionism, recently translated into English for the first time.
• War, Political Economy, and Palestine 28.05.2026 35мин

  In this episode, we're joined by Palestinian scholars Diana Buttu and Adam Hanieh to analyze what this moment reveals about the architecture of the US empire, the regional order being remade in real time, and what it means for the Palestinian liberation struggle at the center of it all.
• The US Democratic Party's Moment of Reckoning with Tariq Kenney-Shawa 29.04.2026 32мин

  Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka's US policy fellow, joins our latest episode to unpack the widening divide between the US Democratic Party's elite and its voting base over the ongoing Gaza genocide, military aid to the Israeli government, and support for Zionism.
• Israel's Scorched Earth Doctrine with Amjad Iraqi 31.03.2026 40мин

  Amjad Iraqi, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group and Al-Shabaka policy member, joins our latest episode to explore the regional chaos that the US-Israeli war against Iran has created and the Israeli strategy behind it.
• The Ceasefire Scam in Gaza — with Jacobin Long Reads 25.02.2026 41мин

  Last October, the Trump administration announced a ceasefire deal in Gaza after two years of relentless carnage. Since the deal was announced, Israel has continued to occupy much of Gaza, and its forces have killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has launched his so-called Board of Peace to administer Gaza without any input from Palestinians. Having received a blank check for his scheme from the UN Security Council, Trump now presents the Board of Peace as an alternative to the UN itself. In this collaborative episode of Rethinking Palestine, Al-Shabaka Co-Director Yara Hawari joins Jacobin's Long Reads for an update on conditions in Gaza and the wider international context. Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast, hosted by features editor Daniel Finn, looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine's longform writers.
• De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis 29.01.2026 30мин

  Layth Malhis discusses the concept of "de-healthification" as the governing logic of health under settler colonialism: the systematic degradation, obstruction, and weaponization of the very conditions that make health of the Indigenous population possible.
• 2025 in Review: Palestine and the Fight for Liberation 22.12.2025 30мин

  We close 2025 with curated highlights from this year's most powerful conversations. From the complexities of Palestinian politics to global responses to Gaza's genocide, this episode captures the moments that defined the struggle for justice over the past twelve months.
• Trump's Colonial UN Resolution for Gaza with Shahd Hammouri 27.11.2025 34мин

  International law expert Shahd Hammouri examines the details and far-reaching ramifications of UN Security Council Resolution 2803, which endorses US President Donald Trump's colonial plan for Gaza amid the ongoing genocide.
• Spain and the Gaza Genocide with Alys Estape 27.10.2025 23мин

  Alys Samson Estape, spokesperson for the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine in Spain (RESCOP), unpacks the Spanish government's rhetoric and actions around the genocide in Gaza amid mass grassroots mobilization.
• Europe's Proscription of Palestine Solidarity with Amira Hala 30.09.2025 40мин

  Amira Hala joins us to discuss the European Legal Support Center's latest report, which exposes and contextualizes the systematic repression tactic of proscription against pro-Palestinian solidarity activism in Europe.
• Palestine State Recognition: Europe's Response to Genocide 27.08.2025 58мин

  In this episode, Al-Shabaka policy analysts Diana Buttu, Inès Abdel Razek, and Al-Shabaka's Co-Director Yara Hawari, are interviewed by Al-Shabaka's commissioning editor Dina Hussein on the recent wave of  Palestine State recognition by several European powers as a policy response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This podcast episode was originally recorded in June 2025.
• Global March to Gaza: Lessons from Egypt with Engy Sarhan 29.07.2025 32мин

  Egyptian researcher and activist Engy Sarhan joins this month's podcast to unpack the recent Global March to Gaza—offering critiques and urgent lessons for the international solidarity movement with Palestine.
• US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa Joudeh 24.06.2025 23мин

  Al-Shabaka policy analyst Safa Joudeh joins co-director Yara Hawari to discuss the privatization of aid and security, and how the Israeli regime and the United States weaponize humanitarian assistance as a tool for ethnic cleansing and colonization.
• Is the Tide Changing on the Genocide in Gaza? With Tariq Kenney-Shawa 29.05.2025 39мин

  Al-Shabaka's US policy fellow, Tariq Kenney-Shawa, joins Co-Director Yara Hawari to examine whether mainstream media and political discourses are shifting their stances on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and what those changes could mean for potential accountability.
• Countering Attacks on the Palestine Movement in Europe with Agnese Valenti 29.04.2025 39мин

  Agnese Valenti of the European Legal Support Center joins Yara Hawari to examine how Israeli regime-backed NGOs are driving coordinated attacks on Palestinian civil society and pro-Palestine solidarity movements across Europe.
• Gaza Reconstruction Reality Check with Abed Kittana 31.03.2025 35мин

  Palestinian architect and researcher Abdalrahman Kittana, who has been actively engaged in discussions and initiatives on Gaza's reconstruction, joins Yara Hawari to examine the various reconstruction plans and their feasibility amid Israel's ongoing genocide.
• Gaza Ceasefire Challenges & Future Scenarios in Palestine 14.02.2025 44мин

  In this episode, Yumna Patel, Yara Hawari, and Abdaljawad Omar discuss the precarious ceasefire and different future scenarios in Gaza and wider Palestine. This is the third and final episode in a collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.
• Trump and Israel's Plans for Gaza with Diana Buttu 09.02.2025 38мин

  Diana Buttu and Mondoweiss's Yumna Patel discuss the challenges facing the ceasefire in Gaza in the context of the Trump administration and its support for Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and Palestine. This is the second episode of a three-part collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.
• Palestinian Authority's Jenin Invasion Amid Gaza Ceasefire 26.01.2025 34мин

  Yara Hawari and Mondoweiss's Yumna Patel break down the latest developments in Jenin and across the West Bank within the context of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and recent ceasefire. This is the first episode of a three-part collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.
• Palestine in 2024: A Year of Israeli Impunity & Genocide 23.12.2024 27мин

  In this episode of Rethinking Palestine, Yara Hawari highlights the key discussion points with our guests in 2024 as the Israeli regime's settler colonial genocide has continued unabated across Palestine.