Occupied Thoughts
Occupied Thoughts by FMEP
From the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Occupied Thoughts amplifies the voices of FMEP grantees and partners, offers critical framing, and promote new ideas and new angles on the many issues connected to achieving justice, security, and peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
FMEP works to defend and support Palestinian rights, end Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and ensure a just and secure future for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP advances this goal through its grants program, public programming, and research. www.fmep.org
FMEP works to defend and support Palestinian rights, end Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and ensure a just and secure future for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP advances this goal through its grants program, public programming, and research. www.fmep.org
Episodes
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Feb 24, 2020 • 13min
FMEP Grantee Spotlight: 7amleh, A Digital Rights Champion
FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Alison Carmel about the important work 7amleh is doing in Palestine and Israel to protect the digital rights of Palestinians.
Find out more about 7amleh here: https://fmep.org/resource/grantee-spotligh…-rights-champion
Jan 31, 2020 • 26min
"What Israel can Learn from the American History on Race" w/ Peter Beinart & Prof. Yael Sternhell
Peter Beinart is joined by Tel Aviv University Professor Yael Sternhell to have a deep and rich conversation about how teaching about the history of race and inequality in the United States leads to important, sometimes explosive, conversations with her students.
Jan 20, 2020 • 31min
The Joint List & the Worries of Palestinian Citizens of Israel w/ Peter Beinart & Aida Touma Sliman
FMEP non-resident fellow Peter Beinart discuss a range of issues impacting Palestinian citizens of Israel with the highest ranking woman on the Joint List, MK Aida Touma Sliman.
Dec 12, 2019 • 23min
"Trump's EO & the Campaign to Silence Palestinian Activism" w/ Peter Beinart & Dima Khalida
Peter Beinart is joined by Dima Khalida (Founder and Director of Palestine Legal)to discuss the Trump Administration's recent Executive Order regarding antisemitism on college campuses.
Nov 22, 2019 • 42min
"Seeing Palestine & Listening to Palestinian Youth" w/ Peter Beinart & Salem Barahmeh
Peter talks to Salem Barahmeh - one of the creators behind a new virtual reality app taking people inside key places in Palestine - about the power of seeing and hearing stories of the Palestinian experience. The two also investigate the trends in political thought of Palestinian youth.
Nov 14, 2019 • 36min
Occupied Thoughts: "Israeli Annexation & The Settler Agenda" w/ Peter Beinart and Lior Amihai
FMEP Non-Resident Fellow Peter Beinart is joined by Lior Amihai, Executive Director of Yesh Din, to discuss Israel's ongoing de facto annexation of West Bank land, and the role violent settlers play in advancing that goal.
Nov 8, 2019 • 35min
Occupied Thoughts: What Happened to the Israeli Left? w/ Peter Beinart & Shaqued Morag
Occupied Thoughts: What Happened to the Israeli Left? w/ Peter Beinart & Shaqued Morag by Occupied Thoughts by FMEP
Nov 5, 2019 • 48min
Occupied Thoughts: "What is Israel Doing in Gaza, and Why?" w/ Peter Beinart & Tania Hary
FMEP non-resident fellow Peter Beinart is joined by Tania Hary (Gisha) to discuss the reality facing Palestinians living in Gaza, and how Israel's blockade is driven by several goals by the state of Israel to shape the prospects and nature of a future of a Palestinian state.
Sep 23, 2019 • 42min
Occupied Thoughts: The Bedouin in the Negev, w/ Peter Beinart & Tal Avrech
In this new episode of Occupied Thoughts (recorded 9/20/19) - recorded days after Israel's recent election - Peter Beinart explores the situation of Israel's Bedouin citizens in the Negev. He is joined by Tal Avrech, of the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF), an Israeli NGO working to achieve full civil rights and equality for all those living Negev/Naqab.
Aug 1, 2019 • 43min
With US Elex on the Horizon, Where's Isr-Pal Discourse Going? W/ Lara Friedman & Peter Beinart
Peter & Lara discuss how Israel-Palestine is playing into the current political discourse across the political spectrum in the United States.
