Soheir Asaad, Mariam Barghouti, and Ahmed Abu Artema, Palestinian activists from ’48 Palestine, the West Bank, and Gaza, share their reflections and analysis of the current situation on the ground across Palestine, and what recent moments of popular resistance mean in the broader context of the Palestinian struggle.
Michael Arria on the legacy of Madeleine Albright, and an interview with Palestine Legal’s Zoha Khalili about the group’s 2021 year-in-review report.
Phil Weiss and Yakov Hirsch discuss the cultural sources of pro-Israel movements in American politics. Hirsch examines what he calls “hasbara culture” – the ways that a discourse of Jewish victimhood has conquered Jewish, Israeli, and even American political culture.
Adam Horowitz speaks to Lana Tatour about the Amnesty International apartheid report and the need to understand Israeli apartheid in the context of settler-colonialism.
Phil Weiss talks with Terry Rogers about the political and moral challenges involved when privileged American activists engage in the movement for Palestine.
Michael Arria speaks with JVP Action’s Beth Miller about the impact of the Abraham Accords, and recent congressional efforts to enhance them.
Michael Arria speaks to Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian-American peace activist, human rights lawyer, and now candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan.
Sahar Francis, the General Director of the Ramallah-based group Addameer, warns that the Israeli government’s efforts to undermine Palestinian civil society organizations may just be beginning.
In November, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney delivered a city proclamation in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Michael Arria speaks with Jude Husein, one of the local organizers who helped make it happen.
Phil Weiss talks to Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa about her latest book, AGAINST THE LOVELESS WORLD. Adam Horowitz talks to organizers of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival.