Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal

James North, Editor at Mondoweiss, discusses his recent article, “Awful ‘NYTimes’ article glorifies an Israeli Mossad agent who helped murder an innocent man. Why?” He also highlights the Times' current shameful tactics to deliver “feel-good” articles on Israel at all costs. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/03/awful-nytimes-article-glorifies-an-israeli-mossad-agent-who-helped-murder-an-innocent-man-why/

Faisal Saleh, founder of the Palestine Museum US, discusses the recent successful exhibits featuring Palestinian artists at the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts of Rome and the groundbreaking Collateral Event at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia. In 2023, Palestine will be in Venice again in an architectural event hosted by the European Cultural Centre in an exhibit - From Palestine: Our Past, Our Future.

Orly Noy, Chair of the executive board of the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem, discusses the recent pogroms committed by Colonial Settlers in the Palestinian town of Huwara, the incitement that ensued by members of the Knesset, and collaboration by the Israeli Defense Forces.

Legal scholar Diana Buttu discusses Israel's "revocation" law that would strip "disloyal" Israeli Palestinians of their citizenship. She also talks about the Palestinian Authority's failure to hold Israel accountable by dropping a resolution to call a vote in the UN Security Council regarding the illegality of Israel's settlement expansion; agreeing instead to a “political-security” meeting.

Dr. James Cavallaro discusses how the State Department withdrew the Biden administration’s nomination of him to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights due to tweets he had posted about Israel’s human rights violations and Apartheid practices towards Palestinians. Cavallaro is co-founder and Executive Director of the University Network for Human Rights. He teaches courses on human rights law and practice at Wesleyan University, Yale Law School, and UCLA Law School.

Dr. Anis Germany discusses the humanitarian crisis in Syria due to international sanctions, as the death toll from the 7.8 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria last week rises above 36,000 — and it is expected to continue to go up as rescuers find more bodies in the destruction.

Dr. Lara Sheehi, Professor of Clinical Psychology at George Washington University’s Columbian College, describes the hateful attacks and bogus charges of antisemitism lobbed against her, by organized pro-Israel groups. Although charges of any discriminatory practices towards students were dismissed following a thorough intra-university review, in an exceptional decision, GWU agreed to undertake an outside investigation. Jess & Jamal examine Israel's fifth consecutive week of demonstrations in what the media describes as rallies for democracy.

Jess & Jamal discuss why recent attacks on Palestinians have increased and why 2023 will witness violence spiking under Israel's new far right government. An Israeli group is raising tax-exempt funds in the US and funneling it to Israeli terrorists. Will there be an investigation by the US Department of Justice?

Former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth discusses the reasons why Dean Elmendorf rescinded his fellowship offer at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. After a major public and academic outcry, Elmendorf reversed his shameful decision, but many questions remain unanswered. Jess & Jamal revisit previous cases when academic institutions succumbed to the Israeli lobby and its surrogates by penalizing professors who criticized Israel's Apartheid and other human rights violations against Palestinians.

Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, recently awarded the Jere L. Bacharach Service Award of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), discusses recent escalation of attacks against free speech in academia. Jess and Jamal decipher two recent polls one conducted in Israel, the other in the US, dealing with racism and antisemitism.