Rethinking Palestine
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
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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May 30, 2022 • 36min
Three Threads of the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
Critical connections and interdependence are key for any liberation movement. Aline Batarseh of Visualizing Palestine and Tamara Ben-Halim of Makan join host Yara Hawari to explore how the work of their organizations intersects with that of Al-Shabaka, and how we can collectively build stronger communities in the struggle for justice, freedom, and equality.Support the show
Apr 25, 2022 • 30min
Reflections on Palestinian Local Elections with Fadi Quran
Fadi Quran joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the main outcomes of the recent Palestinian local elections and the historical role of municipalities in Palestine. They also discuss the value of elections under military occupation and settler colonialism.Support the show
Mar 28, 2022 • 24min
Reimagining Palestinian Health and Education with Yara Asi
Yara Asi joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the Palestinian health and education sectors within the context of the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Support the show
Feb 24, 2022 • 19min
Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid with Saleh Hijazi
Saleh Hijazi, Al-Shabaka analyst and Deputy Regional Director - MENA at Amnesty International, joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the organization's new report on Israeli apartheid, the settler-colonialism framework, and the Palestinian right to self-determination.Support the show
Jan 27, 2022 • 35min
Ongoing Resistance in the Naqab with Riya Al-Sanah
Riya Al-Sanah joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the latest escalation by the Israeli regime against Palestinian Bedouin communities in the Naqab, and to situate it within the context of ongoing settler-colonial ethnic cleansing across colonized Palestine.Support the show
Dec 20, 2021 • 40min
Palestine in 2021: Victories and Challenges
In this episode of Rethinking Palestine, host Yara Hawari highlights the best bits of all our episodes in 2021 to give you a round-up of how Palestinian analysts and experts reflected on the most important events in Palestine this year. Support the show
Nov 25, 2021 • 23min
Palestine Under Surveillance with Mona Shtaya
Mona Shtaya joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the highly invasive mass surveillance of Palestinians by the Israeli regime in light of recent hacking and spying reports. They explore the impact of such tactics on the work of activists and human rights defenders as well as the consequences on Palestinians' daily lives.Support the show
Oct 28, 2021 • 29min
Tourism in Service of Israeli Settler Colonialism with Halah Ahmad
Halah Ahmad joins Yara Hawari to discuss how tourism, specifically religious tourism, has been a key pillar of the Israeli settler-colonial project, legitimizing and expanding the theft of Palestinian land, since the first Zionists settled in Palestine.Support the show
Sep 28, 2021 • 32min
Incarcerating Palestine in Life and Death with Randa Wahbe
Randa Wahbe joins host Yara Hawari to discuss Palestinian political prisoners in the wake of the Gilboa prison break, and explain how Israel’s military prison system serves as a key pillar of the regime’s settler-colonial project.Support the show
Aug 27, 2021 • 34min
US Military Aid to Israel with Nadya Tannous
Nadya Tannous joins host Yara Hawari to discuss US military aid to Israel and its vital role in sustaining the colonial project in Palestine as well as in shaping US’s imperial and capitalist interests in the Middle East.Support the show
