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Rethinking Palestine
Hosted by Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · EN
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.
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The US Democratic Party's Moment of Reckoning with Tariq Kenney-Shawa
4w ago00:32:00Tap to summarizeTariq 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.
Transcribe →Israel's Scorched Earth Doctrine with Amjad Iraqi
Mar 3100:40:00Tap to summarizeAmjad 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.
Transcribe →The Ceasefire Scam in Gaza — with Jacobin Long Reads
Feb 2500:41:02Tap to summarizeLast 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.
Transcribe →De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis
Jan 2900:30:44Tap to summarizeLayth 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.
Transcribe →2025 in Review: Palestine and the Fight for Liberation
Dec 2200:30:44Tap to summarizeWe 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.
Transcribe →Trump's Colonial UN Resolution for Gaza with Shahd Hammouri
Nov 2700:34:59Tap to summarizeInternational 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.
Transcribe →Spain and the Gaza Genocide with Alys Estape
Oct 2700:23:49Tap to summarizeAlys 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.
Transcribe →Europe's Proscription of Palestine Solidarity with Amira Hala
Sep 3000:40:13Tap to summarizeAmira 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.
Transcribe →Palestine State Recognition: Europe's Response to Genocide
Aug 2700:58:54Tap to summarizeIn 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.
Transcribe →Global March to Gaza: Lessons from Egypt with Engy Sarhan
Jul 2900:32:21Tap to summarizeEgyptian 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.
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