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December 5, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,194)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Sari Bashi on the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza; 3) Reem Alsalem on “No Peace Without Accountability” - From Ceasefire to Justice
  
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have three segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine highlighting the Israeli genocide and catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, and the ongoing Israeli destruction and attacks in the West Bank, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) Sari Bashi, Israeli American human rights lawyer, former program director at Human Rights Watch, and co-founder of the group Gisha, speaking with Democracy Now! about the Israeli announcement that it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of the so called so called "ceasefire", but only open in one direction: for Palestinians to exit. In this interview the Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says the move validates fears that Israel’s goal is to “continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.”

3) The remarks of Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, speaking at a briefing organized by The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People titled “No Peace Without Accountability” - From Ceasefire to Justice.

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November 28, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,193)

The Electronic Intifada Radio: Craig Mokhiber on UNSC 2803, Ali Abunimah on Sexual Torture of Palestinians, Donya Abu Sitta on return of medical patients, and Jon Elmer on the ongoing destruction of Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the latest episode from The Electronic Intifada:

On November 17th, the United Nations Security Council adopted the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza. Resolution 2803 effectively makes the United States and Israel the joint rulers of Gaza, aided by complicit governments from the region and around the world. Former senior UN human rights official and international human rights lawyer, Craig Mokhiber, joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to discuss the resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council and what may come next.

Ali Abunimah reports on Palestinians from Gaza, recently released from Israeli detention, who have given harrowing descriptions of sexual torture by their Israeli captors.

The Electronic Intifada's contributor, Donya Abu Sitta, reports on the return of medical patients who had been receiving treatment outside of Gaza. Amid the joy and relief of their families, these patients come back to a landscape of utter destruction and a collapsed health care system with limited access to basic medication and treatments.

On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer covers the latest exchange of fallen captives and the Israeli military's use of the Yellow Line as pretext to continue destroying eastern Gaza.

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November 21, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,192)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Ralph Wilde on UN Resolution 2803 that Imposes Illegal "Trusteeship" Over Palestinians; 3) CAIR's Lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have three segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine highlighting the Israeli genocide and catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, and the ongoing Israeli destruction and attacks in the West Bank, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.
  
2) UN Resolution Imposes Illegal Trusteeship Over Palestinians - The United Nations Security Council passed resolution 2803 on November 17, 2025, that endorses President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza, which backs the creation of an international force and places Trump in control of Gaza. Ralph Wilde, a leading international law academic and practitioner, a professor of international law at the University College London, provides an analysis (via Middle East Eye) explaining the resolution attempts to codify "trusteeship" over Gaza, a colonial arrangement that breaches the Palestinians' right to self-determination, and is in breach of the fundamental norms of international law, and is therefore legally invalid.

3) CAIR Files Lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, filed a joint federal lawsuit with the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) against Texas Governor Greg Abbott for designating CAIR a foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organization. CAIR has strongly condemned the action, calling it a "publicity stunt masquerading as a proclamation" that has "no basis in fact or law". The organization stated the governor does not have the unilateral authority to label American institutions as terrorist groups. Many politicians, organization, and individuals condemned the proclamation and defended CAIR and its work over the years. On November 20, 2025, CAIR filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the enforcement of the proclamation, arguing it is unconstitutional and defamatory. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will listen to a portion of the press conference CAIR held on November 20 after filing the federal lawsuit, discussing the joint federal lawsuit with MLFA, the Muslim Legal Fund of America. We will hear from Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR National Deputy Director, and Charles Swift, MLFA's department head for civil litigation and criminal defense, and lead attorney in the lawsuit.

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November 14, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,191)

Bearing Witness: A Soldier and a Survivor in Dialogue on Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air a conversation titled "Bearing Witness: A Soldier and a Survivor in Dialogue on Gaza", a conversation that took place during ArabCon 2025. ArabCon is the National Arab American Convention, an annual gathering hosted by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the largest Arab American grassroots organization in the U.S. It brings together thousands of Arab Americans and allies to discuss and address political, social, and cultural issues through workshops, panels, and networking events. The convention also serves to celebrate Arab American identity, build solidarity, and promote social justice for the community.

ArabCon 2025 was held in September 2025 in Dearborn, Michigan, and it included many discussions and conversations. One of them was titled "Bearing Witness: A Soldier and a Survivor in Dialogue on Gaza". It was a conversation with Hani Almadhoun, Co-Founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen, and Anthony Aguilar, Former Green Beret; Whistleblower, who worked with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The moderator was Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director, UNRWA USA.

Hani Almadhoun
Hani Almadhoun is the Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, where he mobilizes resources to sustain UNRWA’s life-saving work for Palestine refugees. In response to the deepening crisis in Gaza, he also co-founded the Gaza Soup Kitchen with his brother, Chef Mahmoud, a grassroots effort that provides hot meals and direct aid to thousands of displaced families — including his own. Hani has become a leading voice for Gaza in American media, with op-eds in CNN, The Hill, The Nation, and the LA Times, and appearances on MSNBC, BBC, PBS, Newsmax, and CNN. He has also taken this advocacy to the halls of power, meeting with senior officials at the White House, Congress, and the State Department to push for humanitarian relief and protection for Palestine refugees.

Anthony Aguilar
Anthony Aguilar was commissioned into the United States Army from West Point. He served for 25 years in the Army as a combat Infantry Officer and as a Special Forces (Green Beret) Officer. Over his military career, he deployed to Iraq 3 times, Afghanistan 3 times, Syria, Tajikistan, Jordan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. He is a highly decorated, combat veteran and has earned a Purple Heart (wounded in combat), a Bronze Star for Valor in Combat (similar to the Israeli Medal of Courage) and an Army Commendation Medal for Valor in Combat (similar to the Israeli Medal of Distinguished Service). He was in Gaza working under GHF from 17 May 2025 through 26 June 2025.

Mara Kronenfeld
As the Executive Director of UNRWA USA, Mara Kronenfeld leads the strategic vision, operations, and fundraising efforts of the nonprofit organization that supports the humanitarian and human development work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Middle East. With over 20 years of experience in international development, Mara is a Fulbright Scholar and an expert in designing, implementing, and leading youth development programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

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November 7, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,190)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Lily Greenberg Call on "Government Complicity in Genocide"; 3) Yanis Varoufakis on "Capitalism and Related Structural Dynamics Behind the Genocide"; 4) Ussama Makdisi on "Root Causes Drawing on Historical Perspective"
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have a few segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine highlighting the Israeli genocide and catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, and the ongoing Israeli destruction and attacks in the West Bank, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.
  
2) Government Complicity in Genocide - Lily Greenberg Call, the first Jewish-American political appointee to resign from the Biden-Harris administration over its policies in Gaza, speaking at the Gaza Tribunal Final Session held in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2025. Her talk is titled "Government Complicity in Genocide".

3) Capitalism and Related Structural Dynamics Behind the Genocide - Yanis Varoufakis, economist, politician, and activist representing Greece's MeRA25 party and DiEM25, addressing the capitalist dynamics fueling and reinforcing the genocide of the Palestinian people, at the Gaza Tribunal Final Session held in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2025. His talk is titled "Capitalism and Related Structural Dynamics Behind the Genocide".

4) Root Causes Drawing on Historical Perspective - Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History at UC Berkeley, addressing why Palestinians have been systematically dehistoricized and rendered a people without history or ethical importance, at the Gaza Tribunal Final Session held in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2025. His talk is titled "Root Causes Drawing on Historical Perspective".

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October 31, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,189)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Francesca Albanese's New Report "Gaza Genocide: a collective crime"; 3) ACC remarks by Hamzah Saadah, Dr. Waleed Gaber, and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have three segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine highlighting the Israeli genocide and catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, and the increased Israeli colonizers and soldiers attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.
 
2) "Gaza Genocide: a collective crime" - Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, presenting her most recent report titled "Gaza Genocide: a collective crime" to the United Nations General Assembly on October 28, 2025. The new report documents that the ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel. Framed by colonial narratives that dehumanize the Palestinians, this livestreamed atrocity has been facilitated through Third States’ direct support, material aid, diplomatic protection and, in some cases, active participation.
 
3) ACC Gala Remarks - The Arab American Cultural and Community Center (ACC) in Houston, Texas, the 4th largest city in the United States, held its Annual Unity & Friendship Gala on October 25, 2025, under the theme "Gathered in Spirit, United for Peace". This year's gala held special significance by paying tribute to and highlighting a city cherished in the hearts of Arabs around the world: Al Quds – Jerusalem. The gala was amazing, and it featured a photographs section displaying incredible photographs of Jerusalem taken by Hanan Awad and Mohamed Badarne, two Palestinian photographers whose work showcases the essence of Palestine and her people. Through their lenses, they have captured the timeless beauty and spirit of Jerusalem. The gala was a landmark celebration, recognizing exceptional individuals whose contributions have profoundly impacted the community.  This year’s ACC honorees were Dr. Mahmoud Rabie (Outstanding Community Service Award, Dr. George Zaibaq (Lifetime Achievement Award), Lina Sabouni (Influential Women Award), and Honesty Environmental Services (Business Philanthropy Award). During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air some of the remarks delivered at the ACC Gala, including portions of the remarks delivered by Hamzah Saadah, Palestinian-American activist and content creator who was the Master of Ceremony, portions of the remarks delivered by Dr. Waleed Gaber, President of the Arab American Cultural and Community Center, and the remarks of the keynote speaker Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.

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October 24, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,188)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) ICJ Ruling by Judge Iwasawa Yuji on Israel’s Obligations; 3) Soumaya Ghannoushi's Opinion on "Stolen lives: Every freed Palestinian carries the weight of their people's struggle"; 4) Avi Shlaim on Zionist Settler-Colonialism
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have several segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada

2) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory ruling, read by Judge Iwasawa Yuji, ICJ President, on October 22, 2025, on Israel’s obligations in the occupied Palestinian territories that Israel must support UN relief efforts in Gaza, including those conducted by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), regarding Israel’s legal responsibilities towards UN agencies and other international organizations operating in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

3) An Opinion by Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics, on "Stolen lives: Every freed Palestinian carries the weight of their people's struggle".

4) Avi Shlaim, Jewish History Professor, and one of the world’s leading Middle East historians, speaking on Zionist Settler-Colonialism at the Gaza Tribunal Final Session on October 23, 2025.

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October 17, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,187)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) National March for Palestine Remarks by Ben Jamal, Jeremy Corbyn, and Denise Gough; 3) Noura Erakat at UNSC's Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security 
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have several segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada

2) National March for Palestine - On October 11, 2025, an estimated 600,000 people attended the National March for Palestine in London, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in the UK, to show their support for freedom and justice for Palestine. During this episode, we will air some of the remarks delivered at that event, including the remarks of Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jeremy Corbyn, Member of the British Parliament, and Denise Gough, an Irish actress, who visited the occupied West Bank recently.

3) Noura Erakat, a Palestinian-American human rights attorney and author, delivered a speech at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, addressing how Israel’s ongoing Nakba in Gaza intends to destroy the Palestinian people in violation of the Genocide Convention, and detailing how attacks on the reproductive capacity of Palestinian women and girls collectively aim to eliminate the possibility of a Palestinian future, in four stages.

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October 10, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,186)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Greta Thunberg's Remarks; 3) The great betrayal by David Hearst; 4) Chris Gunness on October 7 lies 
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have several segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada

2) Greta Thunberg's Remarks - Swedish activist who was onboard the Global Sumud flotilla that Israel intercepted in international waters and kidnapped the activists onboard including Greta
 
3) "The great betrayal: Why Arab and Muslim rulers backed Trump's Gaza plan" by David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye
 
4) Chris Gunness, former chief spokesperson for UNRWA commentary to Double Down News on October 7 lies, spread by Apartheid Israel

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October 3, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,185)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Reactions to Israel's & Trump's 20-points "peace plan" for Gaza by Ava Warriner & Soumaya Ghannoushi with Middle East Eye, Diana Buttu, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, and Josie Guilbeau; 3) Medea Benjamin's speech at CAIR
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have several segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

We will also talk about an Israeli American plan, or so called "peace plan" announced by President Trump highlighting some of their plans for the occupied and destroyed Gaza Strip. We will listen to several commentaries and reactions to that plan from different sources and experts, including:

2) Explanation of what the 20-points so called "peace plan" is by Ava Warriner with Middle East Eye.

3) Opinion for Middle East Eye by Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics, on Trump's plan, calling it “Colonial arrogance dressed as peace”.

4) Portion of an interview Democracy Now! conducted with Diana Buttu, Palestinian human rights attorney, and former adviser to the negotiating team of the Palestine Liberation Organization, on Trump's plan, describing it as "Repackaging of Genocide'.

5) Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Palestinian author, journalist, and Editor-in-Chief at the Palestine Chronicle, on the appointment of Tony Blair to govern Gaza.

6) Medea Benjamin, political activist and co-founder of CODEPINK speaking with Josie Guilbeau, a former U.S. intelligence officer and anti-war activist about Trump's plan.

7) Medea Benjamin's talk at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 2025 Annual Banquet. Medea Benjamin is a peace activist, author, and co-founder of CODEPINK: Women For Peace and Global Exchange, known for her fearless advocacy for human rights on Capitol Hill and beyond.

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September 26, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,184)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) “Gaza Resists, Gaza Remains” Panel: Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Mosab Abu Toha, and Hani Almadhoun
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have two segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) On August 29th through 31st, 2025, the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine was held in Detroit, Michigan, attended by over 4600 people with thousands more joining them online. The conference slogan was “Gaza is the Compass”. There were many great speakers covering critical and timely topics, and we are going to share during this episode of Arab Voices the remarks delivered at the “Gaza Resists, Gaza Remains” panel. This panel brings together Palestinian speakers to discuss life in Gaza amid genocidal attempts to erase it. The speakers will speak to how Gaza’s doctors, nurses, aid workers, journalists, engineers, writers, and civil defense teams continue to work under fire, protect life, and uphold dignity in the midst of a U.S.-backed, Israeli-led campaign of genocide. I will air the remarks of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a world-renowned surgeon with academic posts at Imperial College London University, Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian poet and author, and Hani Almadhoun, co-founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen & Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA-USA.

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September 19, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,183)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) UN Report by Navi Pillay: Israel has committed genocide in Gaza; 3) Human rights situation in Gaza and across the occupied Palestinian territory by Francesca Albanese & Irene Khan
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have three segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) New UN Report: Israel has committed genocide in Gaza - The remarks of Navi Pillay, Chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, announcing on September 16, 2025, that an independent UN report had concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

3) Human rights situation in Gaza and across the occupied Palestinian territory - The remarks of Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, and the remarks of Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression delivered at a press conference on the human rights situation in Gaza and across the occupied Palestinian territory, held in Geneva on September 15, 2025.

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September 12, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,182)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It." by Senators Chris Van Hollen & Jeff Merkley
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have a couple of segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast: A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon traveled recently to Israel, the West Bank, the border of Gaza, Jordan, and Egypt on a fact-finding mission to better understand the various forces shaping the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza and to press for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the hostages. On September 11, 2025, both Senators held a press conference to release a new report they have compiled detailing their findings on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, following their recent fact-finding trip, and their conclusion was detailed in a report titled “The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It.” During this episode of Arab Voices, we are going to air most of their remarks delivered at that press conference, followed by some questions and answers.

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September 5, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,181)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Remarks of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Mahmoud Khalil at the People’s Conference for Palestine: Gaza is the Compass
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have a couple of segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast: A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) People’s Conference for Palestine: Gaza is the Compass - On August 29 through 31, 2025, the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine was held in Detroit, Michigan, attended by over 4600 people with thousands more joining them online. The conference slogan was “Gaza is the Compass”. There were many great speakers covering critical and timely topics, and we are going to share during this episode of Arab Voices a couple of the remarks delivered at that conference, including the remarks of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress, and Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate of Columbia University who was unlawfully detained for 104 days by the Trump administration for his Palestine advocacy.

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August 29, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,180)

1) Tom Fletcher & IPC Report on Famine in Gaza; 2) Wesam Ahmad on Israel's Attacks on the Healthcare Infrastructure; 3) Apartheid Israel's abduction of U.S. citizen/minor Mohammed Ibrahim & calls to get him released; 4) Greater Israel Explained  
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have several segments.

1) The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system reported that more than half a million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are experiencing famine, with the number due to rise to more than 640,000 by the end of September. This famine is a direct result of Apartheid Israel’s forced starvation, and prevention of food and other life necessities from entering the Gaza Strip, not even baby formulas, while at the same time continuing its genocide, war crimes, atrocities, and slaughter of the Palestinians living in the Gaza strip. During this episode, we will air the remarks of Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaking on that topic.

2) In May 2025, a historic Gaza Tribunal, a gathering of international experts and human rights defenders united to expose and address the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, was held in Sarajevo. There were several speakers at that tribunal, and we had aired some of them over the past weeks on this program, and during this episode of Arab Voices, We will air another talk delivered at the International Law Chamber about Specific Acts. We will listen to Wesam Ahmad, speaking on behalf of Al Haq organization about Israel’s Attacks on the Healthcare Infrastructure.

3) On August 26, 2025, the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, held a press conference to demand on behalf of 100 state and national coalition partners, that the U.S. State Department and Florida’s elected officials call on the Israeli government to immediately release Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian American citizen from Florida who has been held without trial in an Israeli prison for more than 6 months. The coalition that consists of U.S. faith-based, human rights and civil rights organizations has signed a letter urging the U.S. government to act immediately to secure the release of Mohammed Ibrahim, an American citizen who was unjustly imprisoned by the Israeli military. We are going to air most of the remarks delivered at that press conference, including the remarks of Wilfredo Ruiz, CAIR-Florida Communications Director, Hiba Rahim, CAIR-Florida Deputy Executive Director, Zeyad Kadur, uncle of Mohammed Ibrahim, Megan Amer, CAIR-Florida Policy Director, Rev. Andy Oliver, Pastor of Allendale United Methodist Church, Samuel Ronen, Progressive Jewish Coalition of Tampa Bay, Matthew Levine, Tampa Democratic Socialists of America, Ahmad Alkowni, Partners for Palestine, and Leali Shalabi, Community Organizer and Journalist.

4) “Greater Israel Explained: The Israeli plan to conquer the Arab world” by BreakThrough News

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August 22, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,179)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Remarks of Dr. Mustafa Barghouti & Deputy Angelo Bonelli at the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP) Inaugural Conference 
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,179), we will continue to highlight the ongoing Israeli genocide, slaughter, war crimes, forced starvation, atrocities, destruction, and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, including Gaza, ignored by the corporate media.

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast: A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) We will air some of the opening and closing remarks, including the official closing statement delivered at the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP) inaugural conference held recently in London in July 2025. We will air the remarks of Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian physician, activist, secretary general and co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and president of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees, and the remarks of Deputy Angelo Bonelli from Italy, as well as the official closing statement of the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP) inaugural conference, read by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti.

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August 14, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,178)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Senator Chris Van Hollen's Interview with Retired Army Veteran & Green Beret Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar about what he witnessed in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have two segments:
 
1) Electronic Intifada Newscast: A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) A conversation between United States Senator Chris Van Hollen and Retired U.S. Army Veteran & Green Beret Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar, about what Anthony Aguilar witnessed first-hand in Gaza while working as a security contractor for the so called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), that proved to be a U.S./Israeli death trap for Palestinians desperately looking for food amid Apartheid Israel’s forced starvation of over 2.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. In that conversation, Aguilar reveals that an Israeli officer ordered them to shoot starving Palestinian children at the so called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid site.

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August 7, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,177)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Soumaya Ghannoushi on Palestinian State Recognition; 3) Gaza Tribunal-Specific Acts by Professor Maryam Jamshidi & Dr. Mimi Syed
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have three segments:
 
1) Electronic Intifada Newscast: A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine, including the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) Middle East Eye Commentary/Opinion by Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics. Ghannoushi shares her perspective on recent declarations by some states considering recognition of a Palestinian state. She argues: “A state that needs its oppressor’s permission to exist is not a state – it’s a diplomatic mirage sold over mass graves.”

3) Gaza Tribunal – Highlights: We feature two speakers from the May 2025 International Law Chamber Panel focused on Specific Acts:
• Professor Maryam Jamshidi, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School, speaking about the Protection of Civilians.
• Dr. Mimi Syed, an American emergency medicine physician and assistant clinical professor at the University of Washington and Washington State University, shares her firsthand testimony as a volunteer physician in Gaza.

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July 31, 2025 Audio (Episode # 1,176)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) “Our Genocide” Report by B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI): Yuli Novak, Kareem Jubran, Aseel Abu-Ras, and Dr. Guy Shalev
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have two segments:
 
1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) published a new report naming Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide. In the new report titled “Our Genocide”, B’Tselem describes the emergence of a genocidal regime in Israel, aimed at the destruction of Palestinian society in Gaza. Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) published a legal-medical analysis documenting the deliberate and systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system. Both organizations called on Israelis and the international community to take immediate action to stop the genocide, using all tools available under international law.

Both B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel held a press conference on July 28, 2025, to present their “Our Genocide” report. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks delivered at that press conference. We will hear from Yuli Novak, Executive Director of B’Tselem, Kareem Jubran, Director of Field Research at B’Tselem, Aseel Abu-Ras, Director of the Occupied Territories Department at Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), and Dr. Guy Shalev, Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI).

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July 24, 2025 Audio  (Episode # 1,175)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Mosab Abu Toha, and others on the Crisis in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have two segments:
 
1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine.
 
2) We will air some of the remarks delivered at the emergency press conference held at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2025, on the Crisis in Gaza, organized by Doctors Against Genocide, where participants, including Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Palestinian Writer and Poet Mosab Abu Toha, several doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals representing the global coalition of healthcare workers called on President Trump to end the forced starvation and killing fields in Gaza, and demanded a shutdown of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution deathtraps.

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July 17, 2025 Audio  (Episode # 1,174)

Emergency Conference on Palestine: Dr. Thaer Ahmad's Testimony, Conference Measures, and Francesca Albanese
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air some of the remarks delivered at the Emergency Conference on Palestine held in Bogotá, Columbia July 15 and 16, 2025, organized by the Hague Group on the Genocide in Gaza.
 
It was a coalition of cross-regional states gathered at that conference agreed to six coordinated diplomatic, legal and economic measures to restrain Israel’s assault on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and defend international law at large. Jointly convened by the governments of Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs, the Emergency Conference of The Hague Group, brought together 30 states from Africa, Asia, Europe, as well as North America and South America to move beyond words of condemnation — and to take collective action grounded in international law.

We will air the testimony of Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Palestinian-American emergency physician from Chicago, who volunteered at Gaza Hospitals during the genocide. He spoke about the devastation he observed in Gaza.

We will also share the measures announced in the joint Statement on the Conclusion of that conference where States announced unprecedented measures to halt the Gaza genocide, read by Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Colombia.
 
After that, we will air the remarks Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, delivered at a press conference she held in Bogotá, Colombia, while attending the Emergency Conference on Palestine, and some of the questions and answers, including her reaction to the US imposed sanctions against her.

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July 10, 2025  (Episode # 1,173)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Habba, Abu Irshaid, McCaw, Sarah, Benjamin, and Feldman on Netanyahu's Visit to the U.S.
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, I will have two segments:
 
1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) We will air some of the remarks delivered at a press conference held on July 7, 2025, organized by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), in collaboration with CODEPINK, the Council on American-Islamic Relations 9CAIR), and the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House. We will hear from Mohammed Habba with American Muslims for Palestine, Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Executive Director of American Muslims for Palestine, Robert McCaw, Director of Government Affairs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Sarah with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Medea Benjamin, Cofounder of CODEPINK, and Rabbi Dovid Feldman. The organizers demanded the following:
1. That Israel immediately implement an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire.
2. That the United Nations and credible humanitarian agencies be given unrestricted access to all of Gaza through all crossings, and construction material to be allowed into Gaza.
3. That the U.S. terminate all funding to the GHF and open investigations into its role in the massacre of aid-seeking civilians.
4. That any postwar arrangement in Gaza be defined by Palestinians, not imposed by any foreign power.

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July 3, 2025  (Episode # 1,172)

1) Ambassador Majed Bamya at the UNSC on the Catastrophe and Genocide in Palestine; 2) Francesca Albanese with a new report “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide”
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,172), we will have two segments:
 
1) The remarks of Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, speaking at the UN Security Council on June 30, 2025, on the catastrophic situation in occupied Palestine, the ongoing Israeli genocide in the occupied and destroyed Gaza Strip.
 
2) Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council on July 3, 2025, at its 59th session, about the newly released report “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide”, which addresses the evolving economic and structural dimensions of Israel’s occupation and its impact on the Palestinians. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air her remarks, and the reactions to that report from the State of Palestine and several non-governmental organizations.

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June 26, 2025  (Episode # 1,171)

1) Remarks from Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Dr. Noor Abdalla, & Mahmoud Khalil on his Release; 2) Rev. Munther Isaac & Tony Deik Respond to Ted Cruz with "Are Christians Supposed to Support Israel?” Interview
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,171), we will have two segments:
 
1) We will air some of the remarks delivered at a special rally held in New York City on June 22, 2025, welcoming the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil after he spent 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center. We will air the remarks of Professor Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, the remarks of Dr. Noor Abdalla, Mahmoud’s wife, and the remarks of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate from Columbia University, who is a legal residence in the US, and married to a US citizen, who was taken into custody in early March for his activism and speaking for Palestinian rights.

2) We will air an interview the Reverend Munther Isaac, who now has a podcast titled “Christ at the Checkpoint”, conducted with Tony Deik, a Palestinian biblical scholar and theologian from Bethlehem, Palestine, on the topic "Are Christians Supposed to Support Israel?”. In that interview, they discuss the controversial interview between Tucker Carlson and US senator Ted Cruz where Cruz argued that Christians are commanded, based on Genesis 12:3, to support and “bless” the political state of Israel. During the interview, Ted Cruz told Tucker Carlson “I was taught from the Bible, those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel will be cursed, and from my perspective, I want to be on the blessing side of things.” Munther and Tony respond to Cruz’s claims and give a proper explanation of Genesis 12:3, the meaning of blessing, and how it applies to us today.
 
Rev. Munther Isaac hosts Palestinian theologians, clergy, and leaders for conversations that highlight and empower the voice of Palestinian Christians. Conversations range from discussing the life of Palestinian Christians under occupation, and their perspectives and theological reflections about the Palestine question.
 
Tony Deik is a Palestinian biblical scholar and theologian from Bethlehem, Palestine. He is a member of the leadership team of the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation, lecturer in Biblical Studies at Bethlehem Bible College, and research associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Tony’s research interest revolves around the biblical text, its ancient meaning, and its modern relevance especially in contexts of oppression and marginalization.

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June 19, 2025  (Episode # 1,170)

Israel's War of Aggression on Iran; New UN Report on Gaza; and Israel's Ongoing Genocide in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,170), we will have several segments:
 
1) Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics, with an opinion for Middle East Eye titled “A colonial reckoning: How Israel's war on Iran reopens old wounds”.

2) During the June 18, 2025, episode of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales spoke with a couple of experts on the subject matter. They interviewed Mohammad Marandi, professor of English literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran in Iran, who took part in nuclear negotiations in 2015, and Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for HuffPost. We will their interview during this episode.

3) The remarks of Navi Pillay, Chair of the United Nations International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory presented on June 17, 2025, at the UN Human Rights Council on the findings of a new report that examined violations of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and possible international crimes relating to attacks against educational facilities and religious and cultural sites in Gaza.

4) Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian author and poet, on the catastrophic situation in Gaza, an interview conducted with Democracy Now! on June 18, 2025.

5) During the previous episodes of Arab Voices, we talked about and aired some of the remarks and testimonies delivered at the historic Gaza Tribunal held in Sarajevo in May 2025. During this episode, we will air the testimony of Shireen Mustafa Abdelqader Safey (read by Professor Susan Akram), a 40-year old Palestinian from the southern Gaza Strip.

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June 12, 2025  (Episode # 1,169)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Remarks and Testimonies from Canadian Doctors who volunteered at Gaza Hospitals
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,169), we will have several segments:
 
1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) On May 28, 2025, a press conference organized by Doctors Against Genocide was held in Ottawa, Canada, at which a member of parliament, Canadian doctors, and health-care workers returning from volunteering at Gaza hospitals shared their eyewitness accounts. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will listen to the remarks and testimonies of Heather McPherson, Member of Parliament (NDP), Maysa Hawwash, Palestinian-Canadian healthcare professional, and one of the founding leaders of  Doctors Against Genocide, Dr. Deirdre Nunan, Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Sarah Lalonde, CCFP-EM, Cree health board, Dr. Yipeng Ge, Family Doctor, Dr. Mohammad Rizwan Minhas, Sports and ER Medicine, Eye Witness Gaza, and Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo, PhD, Eye Witness Gaza.

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June 5, 2025  (Episode # 1,168)

1) Dr. Noura Erakat on the Palestinian Nakba, 2) Congressman Al Green on Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza, 3) The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal by Dr. Penny Green, 4) Dr. Nimer Sultany on Genocide
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,168), we will have several segments:
 
1) Dr. Noura Erakat, a Professor of Africana Studies and the Program of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, author, and co-founding editor of Jadaliyya, addressed the United Nations on May 15, 2025, commemorating the 77th anniversary of the start of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba, in which she highlighted the shortcomings of international law in stopping Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air her remarks.

2) We will air the remarks of Congressman Al Green, who represents the ninth Congressional District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives, delivered on the house floor on May 14, 2025, opposing ethnic cleansing in Gaza and opposing providing more funds to Israel.

3) On May 29, 2025, the Gaza Tribunal Public Assembly concluded in Sarajevo with the reading of its Final Declaration, known as The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal. This historic document brings together months of testimonies, legal analyses, and moral witness to affirm what the world must no longer deny: a genocide is taking place in Gaza. The declaration calls upon global civil society, states, and institutions to uphold their obligations under international law, reject complicity, and mobilize for justice. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will share the official Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal, read by Dr. Penny Green, Professor of Law and Globalisation at Queen Mary, University of London and a Director of the International State Crime Initiative, who is a Steering Committee member for the Gaza Tribunal.

4) We will air the remarks of Dr. Nimer Sultany, a Palestinian legal scholar and Reader in Public Law at SOAS University of London, delivered at the Gaza Tribunal during the Nakba and Colonial Genocide panel, held on May 26, 2025.

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May 29, 2025  (Episode # 1,167)

Ongoing Genocide in Gaza: 1) Ambassador Majed Bamya; 2) Dr. Feroze Sidhwa; 3) Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan; 4) Professor Richard Falk; 5) Dr. Fady Joudah
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,167), we will have several segments:
 
1) Ambassador Majed Bamya: On May 23, 2025, Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, spoke at a UN Security Council session and we plan to air his remarks. Ambassador Bamya called on the international community to "dare and do what is necessary" to stop the genocide in the Gaza Strip, urging immediate action to protect civilians.

2) Dr. Feroze Sidhwa: At another UN Security Council meeting, held on May 28, 2025, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a general, trauma, and critical care surgeon, who volunteered in Gaza, delivered a testimony about Gaza and what he witnessed there, and we plan to air his testimony.

3) Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan: A pediatric intensive care doctor with Medical Aid for Palestinians, who spent months in Gaza in 2024 and 2025, spoke at the European Union parliament on April 28, 2025, about Gaza and what she witnessed there, and we plan on airing her remarks.

4) Professor Richard Falk: A new and historic Gaza Tribunal, a gathering of international experts and human rights defenders united to expose and address the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, was held May 26-29, 2025, in Sarajevo. There were many great speeches and remarks delivered at that tribunal, and we plan on airing some of them over the next few weeks, and will be airing the opening remarks of Professor Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur and professor emeritus of international law at Princeton during this episode of Arab Voices.

5) Dr. Fady Joudah: During previous episodes of Arab Voices, we aired some of the remarks delivered at the Gaza Habibti exhibition held in Houston, Texas in May 2025, including the remarks of Jehad Abusalim, Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, and an accomplished speaker and writer, commemorating the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, and the remarks of Dr. Rola ElFarra, a Palestinian physician from Gaza, speaking about the ongoing Israeli genocide, and the murder of approximately 170 family members in Gaza by Israel since October 2023. The day after she spoke at the Gaza Habibti exhibition, Dr. Fady Joudah, Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator, who won numerous awards and recognitions over the years, delivered a special poem referencing Dr. Elfarra’s ordeal, and another poem titled “Truth is never finished”, and we plan to air both poems during this episode of Arab Voices.

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May 22, 2025  (Episode # 1,166)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Jehad Abusalim on the 77th Anniversary of the Nakba & Israel's Ongoing Genocide in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,166), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Jehad Abusalim, Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, and an accomplished speaker and writer, whose work has been featured in the Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, The Nation, Journal of Palestine Studies, and Vox, among other publications, spoke at the opening night of “My Beloved City, Gaza Habibti” exhibition held in Houston, Texas on May 15, 2025, commemorating the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air his remarks.
 
Jehad Abusalim is from the city of Deir el-Balah in the Gaza Strip, where he grew up and lived for most of his life.

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May 15, 2025  (Episode # 1,165)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Tom Fletcher on the Catastrophe in Occupied Palestine; 3) Dr. Rola ElFarra on the Genocide in Gaza & Israel's Murder of 170 Family Members
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,165), we will have 3 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
  
2) Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations, delivered a briefing on May 13, 2025, at the UN Security Council about the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, and Israel’s blocking of humanitarian aid, including food, water and medicine to 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air his remarks.
 
3) The remarks of Dr. Rola ElFarra, a Palestinian physician from Gaza, based in Houston, Texas, about the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, and the murder of approximately 170 family members in Gaza by Israel since October 2023. Dr. ElFarra spoke at the “My Beloved City, Gaza Habibti” reception, held on May 14, 2025.

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May 8, 2025  (Episode # 1,164)

1) My Beloved City, Gaza Habibti Exhibit; 2) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 3) Journalists Message by Ahmad Bassam; 4) Lara Elborno; 5) Ahmed Alnaouq
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,164), we will have 5 segments:
 
1) We will talk about the upcoming multimedia exhibition My Beloved City, Gaza Habibti that presents a powerful exploration of life in Gaza through the work of over 20 photographers and photo journalists from Gaza, six short films, poetry readings, and live music. This photo exhibit is a tribute to the people of Gaza, and offers an intimate look at the lives of individuals and communities in Gaza. My Beloved City, Gaza Habibti will be held May 15-24 at MATCH Midtown Arts & Theatre Center, 3400 Main Street, Houston, Texas.

2) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
3) Palestinian Journalists message to the world on World Press Freedom Day delivered from Gaza by Palestinian Journalist Ahmad Bassam.

4) Lara Elborno, Palestinian-American international lawyer and activist speaks via Double Down News about how “Not a single corporate media outlet has reported on how Israel has systematically beheaded Palestinian children on a daily basis for the last 18 months. Yet everyone of these outlets spread propaganda about 40 beheaded babies which never took place".

5) The Palestinian Return Centre organized and held an international conference titled "Naming Genocide: The Global Responsibility for Gaza" on February 22, 2025, in London. Several legal experts, advocates, voices from Gaza, and others, participated in the conference to discuss the ongoing crisis and the urgent need for international accountability. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks of Ahmed Alnaouq, a UK-based Gaza journalist and founder of We Are Not Numbers, speaking at the panel titled “Voices from Gaza – Lived Realities and Resilience Amid Genocide”.

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May 1, 2025  (Episode # 1,163)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh's remarks at the ICJ representing Palestine
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,163), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) While Apartheid Israel continues its genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, with complete blockade, preventing food, medicine, water and other life necessities from entering the Gaza Strip where 2.3 million Palestinians live, and at the same time banning UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees in Gaza and other places, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The hearings were held the week of April 28, 2025, at The Hague in the Netherlands in Europe. Several experts spoke at the hearings, and during this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks of Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, who was representing Palestine.

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April 24, 2025  (Episode # 1,162)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Lara Elborno on "Genocide and International Law: Obligations and Accountability"
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,162), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) The Palestinian Return Centre organized and held an international conference titled "Naming Genocide: The Global Responsibility for Gaza" on February 22, 2025, in London. Several legal experts, advocates, voices from Gaza, and others, participated in the conference to discuss the ongoing crisis and the urgent need for international accountability. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks of Lara Elborno, a Palestinian-American international lawyer and activist based in Paris, delivered during her participation in the panel "Genocide and International Law: Obligations and Accountability" at that conference.

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April 17, 2025  (Episode # 1,161)

1) "We Love Life" Palestinian Benefit Weekend; 2) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 3) Remarks of Lara Elborno & Dr. Nimer Sultany at "Naming Genocide: The Global Responsibility for Gaza"
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,161), we will have 3 segments:
 
1) Reminder about the "We Love Life" Palestine Benefit Weekend, organized by the Palestinian American Cultural Center that will be held April 19-20 at the Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park, in Houston. More information about it is at www.WeLoveLifeHouston.com.
 
2) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide & ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
3) The Palestinian Return Centre organized and held an international conference titled "Naming Genocide: The Global Responsibility for Gaza" on February 22, 2025, in London. Several legal experts, advocates, voices from Gaza, and others, participated in the conference to discuss the ongoing crisis and the urgent need for international accountability. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the opening remarks delivered at that conference by Lara Elborno, a Palestinian-American international lawyer and activist based in Paris, and the remarks of Professor Nimer Sultany, a Reader in Public Law at SOAS University of London, during his participation in the panel "Genocide and International Law: Obligations and Accountability".

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April 10, 2025  (Episode # 1,160)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Senator Bernie Sanders on the Catastrophe in Gaza & Blocking Arms Transfer to Israel; 3) Message from Mahmoud Khalil's Family at the National March on Washington
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,160), we will have 3 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide & ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Senator Bernie Sanders introduced recently Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to block the transfer of over 35,000 2,000lb bombs to Israel. Senator Sanders spoke on the Senate floor on April 3, 2025, about the catastrophic situation in Gaza, and the reasons he introduced the resolutions to block the arms transfer to Israel. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air most of the remarks he delivered on the Senate floor. Fourteen Senators joined Senator Bernie Sanders’s Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, but the resolutions of disapproval did not pass. Senator Sanders has also introduced nine other JRDs to block more weapon transfers to Israel.

3) On April 5, 2025, a historic National March on Washington was held, demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, an immediate ceasefire, and also an end to the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian students and activists. Nearly 300 organizations supported the historic March that was attended by thousands of people from across the US. Several prominent speakers delivered remarks at the March, and during this episode of Arab Voices, we will air a statement from Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, read by Jasmine. Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian-American and a legal resident in the US, and a student graduate of Columbia University, remains in custody by the Trump administration, for speaking against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

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April 3, 2025  (Episode # 1,159)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Interview with Francesca Albanese on Justice, Complicity, and International Law
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,159), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Interview with Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, on the topic of Justice, Complicity, and International Law. The discussion was conducted by Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Editor-in-Chief at the Palestine Chronicle, and Romana Rubeo, its Managing Editor, during The Floodgate Podcast, a production of the Palestine Chronicle.
 
Has international law collapsed in Gaza? What does American complicity mean for Palestinians under Israeli siege? And is the United Nations powerless in the face of genocide? In this wide-ranging conversation, Albanese breaks down the role of international law and the failures of the global system.

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March 27, 2025  (Episode # 1,158)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) "Global 195" Initiative by Tayab Ali; 3) Testimonies on Israeli Sexual Abuse and Rape of Palestinians
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,158), we will have 3 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, and other developments in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) The new “Global 195” initiative launched by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), a worldwide legal coalition dedicated to holding accountable Israeli and dual national individuals alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The initiative establishes a global network of accountability, which will ensure that domestic and international legal mechanisms are utilized to pursue individuals suspected of war crimes, wherever they may be. The coalition will simultaneously work within multiple jurisdictions to apply for private arrest warrants and initiate legal proceedings against those implicated. The scope of Global 195 includes individuals who have fought in the Israel Defense Forces, as well as figures spanning the entire Israeli military and political chain of command, from senior policymakers to operational personnel, who are directly or indirectly responsible for violations of international law. We will hear more information on the “Global 195” initiative from ICJP Director Tayab Ali in the UK, announcing the initiative at the international press conference held on March 18, 2025.

3) We will also listen to testimonies delivered at the public hearing held on March 11, 2025, organized by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem & Israel. The Commission of Inquiry held its third round of Public Hearings to gather testimony from victims of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence committed by the Israeli forces and Israeli settlers. We will hear from Kifeya Khraim, International Advocacy Officer at Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling, and also from a Women Human Rights Defender Witness, about shocking, despicable, and horrifying treatment of Palestinians, especially women by the Israeli occupation soldiers, including sexual abuse, violence, rape, and more.

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March 20, 2025  (Episode # 1,157)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter; 3) Filing of Federal Lawsuit; 4) CAIR's 2025 Civil Rights Report "Unconstitutional Crackdowns"
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,157), we will have 4 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, covering the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, and other developments in occupied Palestine, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Mahmoud Khalil’s "Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana".

3) The filing of a federal lawsuit by the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), alongside the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), and the law firm of Dratel & Lewis on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil and 7 other Columbia University students against Columbia University and the House Committee on Education and Workforce regarding the Congressional request to disclose thousands of student records. We will hear from Lamya Agarwala, CAIR-NY Supervising Attorney, Amy Greer, Dratel & Lewis Associate, Gadeir Abbas, CAIR Senior Litigation Attorney, and Afaf Nasher, CAIR-NY Executive Director.

4) Remarks from Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Civil Rights Attorney and National Deputy Director of CAIR, Nihad Awad, Executive Director and co-founder of CAIR, and Farah Afifi, Research and Advocacy Coordinator at CAIR, about the newly released Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 2025 Civil Rights Report "Unconstitutional Crackdowns," revealing that Islamophobia in the U.S. has reached record levels, with viewpoint discrimination against pro-Palestine advocates emerging as a major driver. The report reveals that speaking out against Israel’s apartheid, occupation, and genocide came at a cost in 2024, with crackdowns replacing public debate.

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March 13, 2025  (Episode # 1,156)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Briefs from members of Mahmoud Khalil's Legal Team, and several Columbia & Barnard Faculty, Jewish Community Leaders, and Immigrant Rights Advocates Condemning ICE Detention of Khalil, and Demanding his Immediate Release
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,156), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) We will talk about Palestinian-American Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student from Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents on March 8, 2025, revoking his permanent residency (Green Card) at the order of the US Secretary of State, and is working on deporting him form the United States, for speaking against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, a clear violation to the first amendment and free speech. A federal Judge on March 11, 2025, temporarily blocked the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, who is being held in a detention center in Louisiana, although he was living in and arrested in New York.

We will hear briefs & remarks delivered at two press conferences from members of his legal team (Ramzi Kassem, Co-Director & Founding Director of Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) Project, and a member of Mahmoud's Legal Team, Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center of Constitutional Rights, and a member of Mahmoud's Legal Team, and Shezza Abboushi Dallal, Staff Attorney with the CLEAR Project who will read a statement from Mahmoud's wife), and we will also hear from several Columbia & Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, and immigrant rights advocates (Michael Thaddeus, Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University, Donna Lieberman, President & CEO of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Yinon Cohen, Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University, Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University, & Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies, Shaun Abreu, New York City Council Member, Nara Milanich, Chair of the Department of History at Barnard College, representing the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Marianne Hirsch, William Peterfield Trent Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender at Columbia University, Jason Klein, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, and Jamie Beran, Bend the Arc CEO), condemning ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, and demanding his immediate release.

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March 6, 2025  (Episode # 1,155)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank); 2)  Soumaya Ghannoushi on Gaza & Trump's Plan; 3) Daniel Levy on Gaza; 4) Dr. Fady Joudah's "Dedication" Poem
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,155), we will have 4 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Commentary by Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics, explaining to Middle East Eye how Israel’s assault on Gaza is not just a war but a deliberate attempt to erase its history, culture, and identity, and how Gaza has survived for thousands of years and it cannot be erased by Trump and Israel.

3) The remarks delivered at the United Nations by Daniel Levy, former Israeli negotiator sharing his vision on what’s happening in Gaza and the future.

4) A special poem titled “Dedication” by Dr. Fady Joudah, Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator, who won numerous awards and recognitions over the years.

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February 27, 2025  (Episode # 1,154)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank); 2) DAWN's Historic & Unprecedented Referral to the ICC to Investigate & Prosecute President Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,154), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) DAWN, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes democracy, the rule of law, and human rights for all of the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, submitted a historic and unprecedented referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking an urgent investigation and prosecution of former President Biden, State Secretary Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for aiding and abetting war crimes, forced displacement, and genocide in Gaza. DAWN’s 172-page submission to the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, lays out the legal basis for investigating Biden, Blinken, and Austin for aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes, forced displacement, and genocide in Gaza. The filing says U.S. officials were fully aware that Israel would use the weapons they approved for mass killings and targeted attacks on civilians, and argues these US officials must be held accountable for their roles in these crimes. Prepared with the support of ICC-registered lawyers and other war crimes experts, the submission details a pattern of deliberate and purposeful decisions by these officials to provide military, political, and public support to facilitate Israeli crimes in Gaza; this support included at least $17.9 billion of weapons transfers, intelligence sharing, targeting assistance, diplomatic protection, and official endorsement of Israeli crimes, despite knowledge of how such support had and would substantially enable grave abuses.

On February 24, 2025, DAWN held a press conference to provide further details about their submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In this episode, we will air the remarks delivered at that press conference, and some of the questions and answers that followed. We will hear from Raed Jarrar, DAWN’s Advocacy Director, Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN’s Executive Director, Reed Brody, International Legal Expert and DAWN Board Member, and Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq organization in occupied Palestine.

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February 20, 2025  (Episode # 1,153)

Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank); and remarks delivered at the UK Rally for Palestine
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,153), we will have 2 segments:
  
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) We will air some of the remarks delivered at the Rally for Palestine and a response to Trump's ethnic cleansing plan held on February 15, 2025, in London in the UK and attended by more than 175,000 people, including the remarks of Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, Jenin, Palestinian activist with the Palestinian Youth Movement, organizer, and story teller, Daniel Wernberg from Jewish Bloc, Yara Eid, Palestinian journalist and Human Rights Advocate from Gaza, Hamza Stitan, a British-Palestinian from Gaza, Zarah Sultana, a British politician and a Member of Parliament, Jeremy Corbyn, a British politician and a Member of Parliament, who will also read a message from Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, and the remarks of Owen Jones, British newspaper columnist, commentator, journalist, author and political activist.
 
The rally was organized by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Date:

February 13, 2025  (Episode # 1,152)

Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank; Omar Baddar on Trump's Gaza Plan; David Hearst on Trump's Gaza Plan & his SHOCKING Plan for Greater Israel
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,152), we will have 4 segments:
  
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Omar Baddar, Palestinian American political analyst and member of the National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute, discussing on Democracy Now! Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip from its Palestinian inhabitants and occupy it. Baddar says “There's no question that even though the entire region would reject it … the fundamental reality is that we are heading to the complete destruction of Palestinian society in Gaza as a matter of status quo.”
 
3) An opinion piece on Trump’s plans for Gaza titled “If Trump tries to take over Gaza, Palestinians will die where they stand” from David Hearst, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye.
 
4) David Hearst exposing Trump’s SHOCKING Plan for Greater Israel at Double Down News.

Date:

February 6, 2025  (Episode # 1,151)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Dr. Riyad Mansour & Francesca Albanese on Trump's Gaza announcement; 3) Hani Almadhoun on the situation in Gaza; 4) Ahmed Alnaouq's testimony; 5) Joint Statement on Palestine by The Hague Group
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,151), we will have 5 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Reactions to President Trump’s announcement about the US occupying Gaza and ethnically cleansing the Palestinians from it by Dr. Riyad Mansour, Ambassador of the State of Palestine at the United Nations, and Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

3) The remarks of Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA-USA, and Co-Founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen, delivered on February 5, 2025, on the situation in Gaza during the meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP).

4) The testimony of Ahmed Alnaouq, Journalist and Writer from Gaza, and Co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, on Israel's Genocide in Gaza delivered at The Hague Group on January 31, 2025.

5) The inaugural Joint Statement on Palestine issued on January 31, 2025, by The Hague Group, a group of nine nations from the global south (Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa), formed to protect and uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement was read on behalf of The Hague Group by Zane Dangor, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa.

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January 30, 2025  (Episode # 1,150)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon); 2) Palestine Legal's Statement on Trump's Executive Order; 3) Interview with Abed Ayoub
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,150), we will have 3 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Lebanon, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Palestine Legal's Statement on Trump's Executive Order aiming to Punish Protests of Israel's Genocide in Gaza, and promote Anti-Palestinian Discrimination.

3) Interview with Abed Ayoub, National Executive Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), conducted by Ali Abunimah and Nora Barrows-Friedman with the Electronic Intifada about the US government’s escalating attack on those who speak up for Palestinian rights, and what can be done to protect ourselves individually and collectively.

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January 23, 2025  (Episode # 1,149)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Remarks of Francesca Albanese and Gabi Kaplan at European Palestinian Network Conference
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,149), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) The remarks of Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, speaking about “Justice and International Law: Where Palestine Stands”, followed by questions and answers, and the remarks of Gabi Kaplan, Coordinator of European Jews for Palestine (a new network of Jewish collectives in Europe in solidarity with Palestine), delivered at the European Palestinian Network Conference, held on January 11, 2025, in Denmark. During the previous episode of Arab Voices, we aired the remarks of Palestinian Journalist Wejdan Abu Shammala, who spoke at that conference.

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January 16, 202  (Episode # 1,148)

1) Gaza Ceasefire; 2) Gaza Journalists' Message by Abubaker Abed; 3) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 4) Wejdan Abu Shammala at European Palestinian Network Conference; 5) Dr. Rania Masri at Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,148), we will have several segments:
 
1) Gaza Ceasefire announcement between Hamas and Apartheid Israel, and the catastrophic situation in the occupied and destroyed Gaza Strip.

2) Palestinian Journalists’ message from Gaza by Abubaker Abed, Palestinian journalist and commentator in Gaza.

3) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
4) The remarks of Palestinian Journalist Wejdan Abu Shammala from Gaza, who lost over 200 members of her family during the current genocide, delivered at the European Palestinian Network Conference.
 
5) Dr. Rania Masri, a long-time activist and organizer, speaking at the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, which concluded its three-year investigation of the United States weapons makers, and charged them with conspiring to commit War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide, all in violation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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January 9, 2025  (Episode # 1,147)

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza); 2) Remarks of Rik Peeperkorn, Tanya Haj Hassan, and Riyad Mansour at UNSC on the Health System in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,147), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) We will air some of the speeches delivered at the United Nations Security Council Emergency Meeting on Israel’s attacks on the healthcare system in Gaza, describing the horrific situation there, and the perspectives of healthcare workers in Gaza. We will air the remarks of Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for the West Bank and Gaza, Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, Medical Practitioner at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and Dr. Riyad Mansour, Ambassador of the State of Palestine at the United Nations.

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January 2, 2025  (Episode # 1,146)

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Miko Peled & Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy on the Genocide in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,146), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) The remarks of both Miko Peled, Israeli-American activist and author, and Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy, president of the Oxford Union debating society, delivered on November 28, 2024, at the historic Oxford Union debate titled “This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide”.
 
During the previous episode of Arab Voices, archived on our website ArabVoices.net, we aired the remarks of Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian writer, author, and human rights activist, delivered at the same debate.

Date:

December 26, 2024  (Episode # 1,145)

1) Christmas Message from Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac & Dr. Husam Zomlot; 2) “Christ is still in the Rubble” by Rev. Munther Isaac; 3) Susan Abulhawa on the Genocide in Gaza; 4) Francesca Albanese on Israel’s Crimes in Gaza
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,145), we will have 4 segments:
 
1) Joint message from the Reverend Dr. Munther Isaac, a Palestinian Christian Theologian in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, and Dr. Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to the people of the UK and all who celebrate Christmas.

2) Special Christmas Message by the Reverend Dr. Munther Isaac, titled “Christ is still in the Rubble”, delivered in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine on December 20, 2024.

3) The remarks of Susan Abulhawa, a prominent Palestinian writer, author, human rights activist, and founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, delivered at the historic Oxford Union debate in the UK on November 28, 2024, about the Genocide in Gaza.

4) The remarks of Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, on the scale of Israel’s crimes committed in Gaza, in a message for Double Down News.

Date:

December 19, 2024  (Episode # 1,144)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) New Federal Lawsuit against State Department for Violating Leahy Law to Provide Arms to Israel
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,144), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) On December 17, 2024, Palestinian families devastated by the Israeli human rights violations in Gaza and the West Bank filed a federal lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenging the State Department's arbitrary and capricious failure to implement the Leahy Law prohibiting U.S. assistance to abusive Israeli security forces. The lawsuit documents how the State Department has created unique, insurmountable processes to evade the Leahy Law requirement to sanction abusive Israeli units, despite overwhelming evidence of their human rights violations. These violations include torture, prolonged detention without charge, forced disappearance, and flagrant denials of the right to life, liberty, and security, such as genocide, indiscriminate and deliberate killings, and deprivation of items essential to survival, including food, water, fuel, and medicine.

The lawsuit was supported by DAWN, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes democracy, the rule of law, and human rights for all of the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

On the same day the federal lawsuit was filed, DAWN held a press conference about the lawsuit, and we are going to air some of the remarks delivered at that press conference, including the remarks of Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN's Executive Director, Josh Paul, former State Department official and current DAWN Fellow, Bruce Fein, Attorney for the Plaintiffs, and we will also hear from the Palestinian Plaintiffs Ahmed Moor, Said Assali, Hadeel Assali, and Shawan Jabarin.

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December 12, 2024  (Episode # 1,143)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) "What we know so far about the new offensive in Syria"
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,143), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) "What we know so far about the new offensive in Syria", a segment from last week’s Electronic Intifada livestream, in which Ali Abunimah, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jon Elmer, and Asa Winstanley held a great discussion about the unfolding situation in Syria.

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December 5, 2024  (Episode # 1,142)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Amnesty International on the Genocide in Gaza, 3) Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan's experience in Gaza, 4) Juliet Stevenson on Gaza
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,142), we will have 4 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) Amnesty International, the world’s oldest and largest grassroots human rights organization, released a new research report on December 4, 2024, titled “You Feel Like You Are Subhuman”: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza. In its research, Amnesty International cites that it has found sufficient basis to conclude that the government of Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air Amnesty International’s explanation of how it arrived at this conclusion and its call to world governments to stop the genocide.

3) We will air the speech of Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor with Medical Aid for Palestinians, delivered on November 30, 2024, at the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee meeting, sharing a harrowing account of her experiences working in Gaza, where she witnessed the devastating humanitarian crisis.

4) On November 30, 2024, several organizations in the United Kingdom, organized the annual National Demonstration for Palestine demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and to stop arming Israel. More than 125,000 people attended the demonstration, and several speakers delivered remarks at the event. We will air today the speech of Juliet Stevenson, an award-winning renowned actor.

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November 28, 2024  (Episode # 1,141)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza & Lebanon); 2) Canadian Healthcare Workers Testimonies on Gaza; 3) Bisan Owda on the Catastrophe in Gaza; 4) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on the Dehumanization of Palestinians, and the Surge in anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic Hate Crimes
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,141), we will have 4 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza and Lebanon summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) Bisan Owda, Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker, in Gaza, who is well known world-wide for documenting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, speaking about the catastrophic situation there.
 
3) “EyeWitnessGaza”, a group of Canadian healthcare workers including doctors, nurses, and medical professionals, who volunteered on medical missions to Gaza over the past year, held a news conference on November 26, 2024, to share their eyewitness account and experience in Gaza, and call for an end to the ongoing genocide there. We will air the remarks delivered at that press conference, and they include Dr. Yipeng Ge, Dr. Yara Abou-Hamde, Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo, Dr. Sheikh Noor Ul Amin, Dr. Mohammad Rizwan Minhas, and Dr. Ben Thomson.

4) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on the constant dehumanization of Palestinians, and the recent surge in anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic hate crimes in the United States.

Date:

November 21, 2024  (Episode # 1,140)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Palestine & Lebanon); 2) Senator Bernie Sanders on Blocking Weapons Sales to Israel; 3) Ambassador Majed Bamya on the U.S. Veto against UNSC Resolution on Gaza
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,140), we will air the latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
We will also air the remarks of Senator Bernie Sanders making a case on the Senate floor on November 20, 2024, to block the sale of weapons to Israel, and describing the horrific situation in Gaza, and we will also air the speech of Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations delivered on November 20, 2024, after the U.S. used its veto power against a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

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November 14, 2024  (Episode # 1,139)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) “Trajectories of U.S. Middle East Policy Continuity and Change”
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,139), we will air the latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza and Lebanon summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

We will also air some of the remarks delivered on November 12, 2024, during an online panel hosted by Jadaliyya titled “Trajectories of U.S. Middle East Policy Continuity and Change”, which is part of a new project under the title "U.S. in the Middle East", a collaborative project presented by the Arab Studies Institute, Georgetown - Qatar, and Security in Context, co-sponsored by Gaza in Context Project.
  
The featured speakers are:
  
Mouin Rabbani, a researcher, analyst, and commentator specializing in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He has previously served as Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Head of Middle East with the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and Senior Middle East Analyst and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group. Rabbani is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya.
 
Jamil Mouawad, Assistant Professor of Politics and Policy at the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut - AUB. He is a founding member of the Beirut School for Critical Security Studies.
 
The moderators were Bassam Haddad, Founding Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, and Omar Dahi, co-editor at Jadaliyya, a Professor of Economics at Hampshire College and Founding Director of Security in Context, a research network on peace, conflict, and international affairs.
 
There were further discussions between the moderators and the guest speakers, and you can watch that online at www.jadaliyya.com.

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November 7, 2024  (Episode # 1,138)

US Elections, “Greater Israel Explained: The Israeli plan to conquer the Arab world”, and the Ongoing Crisis in Gaza & Lebanon
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,138), I will talk about the US elections, and the ongoing catastrophe in the Middle East, created by Apartheid Israel, funded and supported by the United States. I will air several remarks including Palestinian author and journalist Ramzy Baroud’s take on what to do on the day after the US elections, Trump’s comments about “Tiny Israel” and was that a hint of what to come under his administration (more land grab and annexation by Apartheid Israel?), and on that comment, I will air a segment titled “Greater Israel Explained: The Israeli plan to conquer the Arab world” by Break Through News. We will also listen to Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the catastrophe in Gaza and Lebanon, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri on the Systemic Starvation and Destruction In Gaza, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory with her new report "Genocide as colonial erasure", and Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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October 31, 2024  (Episode # 1,137)

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October 24, 2024  (Episode # 1,136)

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) "The Unending War on Palestinian Children" by Dr. Heidi Morrison, with opening remarks by Dr. Hanan Hammad, and short poems by Dr. Fady Joudah
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,136), we will air the latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza, and Lebanon from over the past few days summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

We will also air several remarks delivered on October 17, 2024, at “The Unending War on Palestinian Children” event organized by the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies at the University of Houston. We will air the opening remarks of Dr. Hanan Hammad, Arab-American Educational Foundation (AAEF) Chair in Modern Arab History & Director of the AAEF Center for Arab Studies at the University of Houston, and will also air a series of short poems read by Dr. Fady Joudah, Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator, who won numerous awards and recognitions over the years. In addition, we will air part 1 of the main speaker’s remarks, Dr. Heidi Morrison, Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin La Cross, who specializes in modern Middle East and the global history of childhood. We plan on airing part 2 of Professor Morrison’s talk during the next episode of Arab Voices.

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October 17, 2024  (Episode # 1,135)

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) EI Interview with Abubaker Abed in Gaza; 3) Dr. Ramzy Baroud at Gaza War March
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,135), we will bring you the latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon from over the past few days summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman, followed by an interview you don’t want to miss with Abubaker Abed, Palestinian journalist and commentator in the occupied Gaza Strip, conducted by Ali Abunimah and Nora Barrows-Friedman with the Electronic Intifada.
 
We will also air the remarks of Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Palestinian author and journalist, delivered at the Gaza War March in Seattle. It was a passionate call for justice, freedom, and accountability and to join the popular resistance.

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October 10, 2024  (Episode # 1,134)

1) 76+ Years of Ethnic Cleansing & Atrocities, 12+ Months of Intensified Genocide & War Crimes Against the Palestinians, 2) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast; 3) Remarks by Vivian Khalaf and Dr. Nada Flaifl on the Genocide in Gaza & PCRF's Work
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,134):

1) We will talk about the ongoing genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and slaughter of Palestinians in occupied Palestine by Apartheid Israel

2) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank, and Lebanon from over the past few days summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
3) We will air some of the remarks delivered at the 2^nd Annual Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) benefit dinner held in Houston, Texas. We will air the remarks of Vivian Khalaf, PCRF’s Chairwoman of the Board, talking about the genocide in Gaza and PCRF’s work, and also air the remarks of Dr. Nada Flaifl, a Palestinian health professional and humanitarian aid worker from Gaza, who volunteers with PCRF as an Emergency Medical Response Coordinator in Gaza.

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October 3, 2024  (Episode # 1,133)

Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast; and “Gaza Through My Lens” speaking tour with Motaz Azaiza
  
The Israeli genocide and war crimes against the Palestinians continue in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank non-stop, and as if these war crimes, atrocities, and the slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians are not enough for Apartheid Israel, it has expanded its attacks and war crimes to other countries, by bombing Lebanon, causing death and destruction in multiple cities, including the Capitol Beirut, and has also been bombing Syria, and that is not the first time. Apartheid Israel has also carried out multiple assassinations in different countries including Iran, Lebanon, and Syria over the past few months. As long as Israel continues to receive almost endless supplies of arms and enjoys full impunity for all its war crimes and atrocities in multiple countries, supported and funded mainly by the United States, it does not look like the ongoing catastrophe will end any time soon, and the Israeli actions will continue to endanger the entire region and cause even more death and destruction!

During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,133):

1) A recap of the latest news from over the past few days summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman (Electronic Intifada Newscast).

2) UNRWA USA, an independent nonprofit organization that supports the work of UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, organized and hosted a multi-city “Gaza Through My Lens” speaking tour with Motaz Azaiza, the Palestinian photojournalist who risked his life to bring Gaza's truth to the rest of the world. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air some of the remarks delivered at the Houston event on September 29, 2024. We will air the remarks of Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director of UNRWA USA, Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist, Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Associate Professor of History and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies at Rice University, and also air the poem “Dedication” read by Dr. Fady Joudah, Houston-based Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator, who won numerous awards and recognitions over the years. That poem is from his collection […].

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September 26, 2024  (Episode # 1,132)

The Ongoing Israeli Genocide against the Palestinians, the Israeli Attacks/Atrocities against Lebanon, and the Introduction of Legislation by Senator Bernie Sanders to Block Arms Sales to Israel
  
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,132):

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a recap of Palestinian & Lebanese news from over the past few days summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) The speech of Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered on September 20, 2024, at the United Nations Security Council during an emergency session on Lebanon after the explosions of hundreds of pagers and other electronic devices in Lebanon. In his speech, Volker said, “International humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby-trap devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects”.

3) Lebanon’s remarks delivered by Mohammad Najib Mikati, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, on September 25, 2024, at the general debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly of the UN on the Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

4) The speech of Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, delivered on September 24, 2024, at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

5) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s remarks on the House floor delivered on September 19, 2024, about the genocide in Gaza.

6) The speech of Senator Bernie Sanders, delivered on September 18, 2024, on the Senate floor about the horrific situation in Gaza and the West Bank, and why he is introducing legislation to block the sale of over 20 billion dollars of offensive arms to Israel, which he did on September 25, 2024.

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September 19, 2024  (Episode # 1,131)

Israeli Attack on Lebanon; EI Newscast; ArabCon 2024 Remarks by Dr. Adam Fahs, Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, and a Poem by Dr. Fady Joudah; Dr. Riyad Mansour at UNGA
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (#1,131):
 
1) “Israel Is Trying to Provoke a War With Lebanon” by Kei Pritsker, a New York-based journalist and activist with BreakThrough News
 
2) A recap of Palestinian news from over the past few days summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman (Electronic Intifada Newscast)

3) Eyewitness account of Dr. Adam Fahs, an orthopedic surgeon based in Detroit, Michigan, who in December 2023 embarked on a critical medical mission to Gaza with Rahma Worldwide. He delivered his account of what he witnessed in Gaza during the Bearing Witness: Medical Professionals on the Gaza Genocide panel discussion at the ArabCon 2024, the National Arab American Convention of ADC.

4) Remarks by Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, Director of Development and Expansion at ADC, delivered at the “Palestine Will Be Free! Rally” during ArabCon 2024, the National Arab American Convention of ADC.

5) Dr. Fady Joudah, an award-winning Palestinian American Poet and Physician, based in Houston, Texas, reading one of his poems, “Habibi Yamma” at the “Palestine Will Be Free! Rally” during ArabCon 2024, the National Arab American Convention of ADC.

6) The speech of Dr. Riyad Mansour, Ambassador of the State of Palestine at the United Nations, delivered at the historic 10th Emergency Special Session at the UN, at which the State of Palestine presented its first resolution as a follow-up on the International Court of Justice advisory opinion, declaring Israel’s presence unlawful. One day after his speech, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on September 18, 2024, demanding that Israel bring to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and do so within 12 months. The resolution also identifies the obligations of Israel, all States, and the United Nations and spells out concrete measures to advance accountability and achieve compliance.

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September 12, 2024  (Episode # 1,130)

Electronic Intifada Newscast, Medea Benjamin on Aysenur Ezgi Eygi's murder, Sarah Friedland on Gaza Genocide, Yuli Novak at UNSC, and National March for Palestine's remarks in the UK
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,130), we will continue to talk about the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine by Apartheid Israel. We will air the latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a recap of Palestinian news over the past few days, Medea Benjamin’s remarks on the murder of American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, Sarah Friedland’s acceptance speech at the Venice International Film Festival that brought attention to the genocide in Gaza (Friedland, a Jewish-American filmmaker, won awards for Best Director, Best First Film, and Best Actress for her film “Familiar Touch”), and the speech of Yuli Novak, Executive Director of B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, delivered at the United Nations Security Council. We will also air some of the remarks delivered at the National March for Palestine held recently in the UK and attended by more than 125,000 people. We will air the remarks of Fran Heathcote, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union in the UK, Ismail Patel, Chair of Friends of Al Aqsa, Iqbal Mohamed, Independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Raghad Altikriti, Chair of Muslim Association of Britain, Myriam François, Journalist & Filmmaker, and a statement from Jeremy Corbyn, independent MP for Islington North in the UK.

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September 5, 2024  (Episode # 1,129)

Muslim Resignees Speak: How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian Racism Fuel Biden Administration’s Gaza Policy
 
It has been nearly 11 months since Apartheid Israel started escalating at unprecedented levels its ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians in the destroyed and occupied Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, which started over 76 years ago, and not on October 7, 2023. What we have been witnessing 24/7 since October 7, is the mother of terrorism, the mother of war crimes, the mother of genocide, the mother of atrocities, committed by the mother of apartheid, Israel, funded and supported by a few Western countries, but mainly the United States. None of these war crimes and atrocities will stop as long as Apartheid Israel continues to receive arms, money, support, impunity, and protection from the United States.

During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,129), we will air a recording of an event the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, held on August 28, 2024, titled “Muslim Resignees Speak: How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian Racism Fuel Biden Administration’s Gaza Policy”. During the event, former US Interior Department official Maryam Hassanein and former State Department diplomat Hala Rharrit spoke with CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell and Robert McCaw, Director of Government Affairs at CAIR, about their perspectives on the role of Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian, and anti-Arab racism in shaping U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. Both resigned from the government earlier this year in opposition to the U.S. support for the Gaza genocide.

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August 29, 2024  (Episode # 1,128)

State Rep. Ruwa Romman's Speech, and “Chicago DNC Protesters Stand with Palestine and Demand the End of US Arms Shipments to Israel”
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,128), we will air the speech of Ruwa Romman, Georgia State Representative, who was one of the speakers on a list submitted by the Uncommitted National Movement to the Harris campaign to speak about Palestine, but the DNC rejected anyone from the uncommitted list to speak.
 
We will also air a segment from Capitalism, Race, & Democracy program created by Pacifica radio. The segment is titled “Chicago DNC Protesters Stand with Palestine and Demand the End of US Arms Shipments to Israel”. It includes reporting on that topic from Pacifica's Steve Zeltzer and Ann Garrison, an interview with Dan Kovalik, author of "The Case for Palestine, Why It Matters and Why You Should Care," about the sidelines of the Union Park rally on the first day of the convention, and the segment also includes an interview with independent journalist Jack Poulson, who along with Lee Fang, broke the story of leaked documents that show a former general counsel of the Democratic National Committee secretly advised the Israeli government on how to avoid registering its PR commando unit under the US Foreign Agents Registration Law.

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August 22, 2024  (Episode # 1,127)

Hani Almadhoun, Zaha Hassan, Dr. Nabeel Rana, and Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan remarks at different events while the DNC was taking place
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,127), we will air some of the remarks delivered at different events held while the Democratic National Convention was taking place, the support of the US to the genocide in Gaza, the catastrophic situation there, and eyewitness accounts from doctors who volunteered in Gaza over the past few months.
 
The Arab American Institute (AAI), organized special events throughout the week in Chicago, to make sure that those in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) know that Americans want the killing in Gaza to stop. Several panels were held, and we are going to share some of the remarks delivered at some of the panels, including the remarks of Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA-USA, and cofounder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, talk about UNRWA-USA, the murder in Gaza of his brother and his family by American-supplied weapons to Israel, and the catastrophic situation in Gaza.

We will also air the remarks of Zaha Hassan, writer, an analyst on Palestinian affairs, human rights attorney, and fellow at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaking at another AAI panel during the DNC about why we don't hear about the legal rules that are applicable to Israel's occupation of Palestine from US policymakers, and the law and Israel-Palestine conflict resolution.

Uncommitted Voters' Delegates held a press briefing on the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, at which several doctors shared what they witnessed while volunteering in Gaza during that press briefing, and we will air during this episode the remarks of Dr. Nabeel Rana, a vascular surgeon from North Carolina.

Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a physician who volunteered in Gaza, delivered at the first-ever panel on Palestinian rights at the Democratic National Convention a testimony of what she witnessed in Gaza (recorded by Democracy Now!), and we plan on airing her remarks.

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August 15, 2024  (Episode # 1,126)

1) Robert Inlakesh on Torture & Rape of Palestinian Prisoners &  why the US continues to see Israel as the victim; 2) Shahd Hammouri on Genocide and the Law, and Rima Kapitan on Suppression of Speech on US Campuses
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,126), we will talk about the torture and rape of Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces and held in the Israeli Sde Teiman Concentration Camp. We will listen to Robert Inlakesh with the Palestine Chronicle explain the real reasons behind Israel's decision to arrest ten Israeli occupation soldiers accused of participating in the gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner, and he will also discuss the state of Israeli society. Inlakesh will also discuss Washington's position in the face of increased tensions in the region, and why the US continues to see Israel as the victim, despite the ongoing war crimes, atrocities, and genocide it is committing, and calls Israeli actions “self-defense”.

During the second segment, we will also air the remarks of Professor Shahd Hammouri on Genocide and the Law, and Rima Kapitan on Suppression of Speech on US Campuses. These remarks were delivered at the “World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza”, held at the University of Houston in April 2024, organized by Scholars Against the War on Palestine.

Shahd Hammouri is a lecturer in Law at Kent Law School in the UK. Her current research takes on a critical approach to assess the discourse of business and human rights, particularly in the context of war. She also writes about the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa Region, as well as critical theory. Her work has been featured on a wide range of platforms including Rehla, Al Jummhuryia, 7iber, Jadaliyya, Critical Legal Thinking, TWAILR Reflections, and EJIL Talk!
 
Rima Kapitan is a lawyer with Kapitan Gomaa Law in Chicago. She specializes in employment litigation, consulting, and advocacy, and represents professors in appeals of tenure denials, litigating civil rights cases in the university setting, and providing consulting for faculty governance bodies. She has spoken on the topic of academic freedom at scholarly conferences and panels. She also previously served as Managing Partner of a seven-attorney law firm.

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August 8, 2024  (Episode # 1,125)

“The Algebra of Genocide” by Chris Hedges, and Feda Abdelhady-Nasser on the Crisis in Palestine
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,125), we will air the remarks of Feda Abdelhady-Nasser, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, delivered on July 31, 2024, at the United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the situation in the Middle East after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

We will also air the keynote speech titled “The Algebra of Genocide” by Chris Hedges, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist, best-selling author, and activist, delivered in April 2024 at a special event on establishing a Palestine Center for Public Policy in the United States, which conducts policy studies focused on measurable and transparent data-driven changes in public policy, media, and opinions on Palestine in the United States.

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August 1, 2024  (Episode # 1,124)

Interview with Ilan Pappé on regional developments, assassinations, torture, Zionism & Imperialism, Israel lobbies in the US & UK, and more, by the Electronic Intifada
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,124), we will air portion of an interview the Electronic Intifada conducted on July 31, 2024, on day 299 of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, with world-renowned historian and author Ilan Pappé, on the latest regional developments and his new book, "Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic". In that interview, Ali Abunimah and Nora Barrows-Friedman with the Electronic Intifada discuss with Pappé the recent assassinations conducted by Israel, the torture of Palestinians, Zionism and Imperialism, Israel lobbies in the US & UK, and more.

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July 25, 2024   (Episode # 1,123)

ICJ's Advisory Opinion, and Protest in Washington, D.C. 
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on July 19, 2024, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, delivered by Nawaf Salam, President of the International Court of Justice.

We will also air some of the remarks delivered at the rally held in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2029, to protest Apartheid Israel’s War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit and talk at the U.S. Congress. We will air the remarks of Ayah Ziyadeh with American Muslims for Palestine, Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Reverend Adriene Thorne, Senior Minister at the Riverside Church in New York, Rabbi David Feldman, Nihad Awad, Executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Mohammed Abdelsalam, President of the Palestinian American Organization Network, Ahmad Abuznaid, Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), Krys Cerisier with CODEPINK, Claudia De la Cruz, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Rabbi Esther Azar, with Jewish Voice for Peace, and Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for President, activist, medical doctor, and environmental health advocate.

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July 18, 2024   (Episode # 1,122)

Israel's Campaign of Starvation, Genocide, and Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza
 
A panel of United Nations independent experts, including Dr. Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food and University of Oregon Professor of Law, declared recently that famine has spread throughout the Gaza Strip, and accused Israel of engaging in a campaign of starvation and genocide in Gaza.

During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,122), we will air a talk by Dr. Michael Fakhri about why Starvation in Gaza is Genocide, delivered at the University of Oregon on June 14, 2024, at an event organized by the University of Oregon Palestine Coalition.

We will also air an interview Democracy Now! conducted on July 10, 2024, with Palestinian physician and activist Dr. Mustafa Barghouti in which he says “what we see today is a purposeful act of starvation” and that the real intention of the Israeli government has never changed, and that is the “total ethnic cleansing of all of Gaza”.

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July 11, 2024   (Episode # 1,121)

Debunking Israeli Propaganda in Rafah - Interview with Ramzy Baroud (PC Podcast)
 
As we enter the 10th month of non-stop Israeli genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, inflected on the besieged and now destroyed Gaza Strip where 2.3 million Palestinians live, the world continues to be silent with the only action is that of support to Apartheid Israel, especially from the United States that continues to provide money and arms to fund the ongoing Israeli atrocities and the Israeli settler colonial project in occupied Palestine.

The war crimes happening in the Gaza Strip are beyond description. Even Israeli Occupation Soldiers are confessing they are told to shoot and kill everyone, including civilians, children, babies, and the elderly.

During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,121), we will air a podcast from the Palestine Chronicle titled "Debunking Israeli Propaganda in Rafah - Interview with Ramzy Baroud". In this podcast, Robert Inlakesh discusses Israel's invasion of the southern Gaza City of Rafah and the reality of the Palestinian Resistance on the ground with Palestinian author and journalist Ramzy Baroud, in an attempt to debunk Israeli propaganda.

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July 4, 2024   (Episode # 1,120)

1st Segment: Zionism, Christian Zionism, and a Call to Lament and Repentance of Christian Zionism
 
A talk by the Reverend Dr. Munther Isaac, Palestinian Christian Theologian, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, and the Academic Dean of Beth Bible College, delivered on June 11, 2024, at the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington DC, about Zionism, describing it as an ideology that leads to Colonialism, Ethnic Cleansing, Apartheid, and Genocide, and also talks about Christian Zionism. During his talk, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac calls for repentance from Racism, Christian Zionism, and Apathy & Lack of Compassion.
 

2nd Segment: Gaza Genocide, Palestinian Struggle for Independence & Freedom, and a Message of Defiance & Hope
 
A talk by Dr. Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, delivered on June 21, 2024, at the UK public service trade union, UNISON, during the UNISON 2024 Conference, speaking about the genocide in Gaza, the catastrophic situation in occupied Palestine, and delivering a message of defiance and hope. He also talks about the relations with the UK, and the historic Palestine-UK trade union ties.

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June 27, 2024   (Episode # 1,119)

Justifying Slaughter: How the Cult of Messianic Zionism Conquered the West, by Thomas Suárez
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,119), we will air a talk by Thomas Suárez titled “Justifying Slaughter: How the Cult of Messianic Zionism Conquered the West”. The recording was made possible by Media Education Foundation.
 
Acclaimed author and researcher Thomas Suárez, a former West Bank resident and faculty member of Palestine’s National Conservatory of Music, appeared at UMass-Amherst on April 16, 2024, to talk about the historical roots of Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the complicity of Western governments in manufacturing consent to the continuing horrors unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank, and what it will take to fundamentally transform Israel’s current apartheid policies and liberate the Palestinian people.
 
Suárez, who is also a professional concert violinist and world-renowned cartographer, is the author of four books based on exhaustive archival research into the history of Zionism, Zionist terror, and Israel’s formation.
 
Thomas Suárez's most recent book is Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea, which Noam Chomsky called "a damning story, heavily documented ... far too revealing to be tolerated." His previous book, State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel, was praised by the eminent Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as “a tour de force that looks boldly at the impact of Zionism on Palestine and its people in the first part of the 20th century,” and “the first comprehensive and structured analysis of the violence and terror employed by the Zionist movement, and later the state of Israel, against the people of Palestine.”

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June 20, 2024  (Episode # 1,118)

Debunking "Screams Before Silence," Sheryl Sandberg’s 7 October "mass rapes" film, with Ali Abunimah
 
The ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children), and injured more than 86,000 others since October 7, 2023, has been sold to the world partially based on Israeli lies that Hamas fighters committed sexual acts during their attack on October 7, 2023. Israel used that lie to slaughter Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and destroy it.

Billionaire former Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg released a film purporting to document the mass rapes Israel claims were carried out by Hamas fighters on October 7. This film, called “Screams Before Silence”, is being heavily promoted by several US politicians, the Israeli government, and countless lobby groups and media figures.

During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,118), we will air a podcast from the Electronic Intifada titled Debunking "Screams Before Silence," Sheryl Sandberg’s 7 October "mass rapes" film. In that podcast, Ali Abunimah, Director of the Electronic Intifada, breaks down Sandberg’s film and shows how it is full of fabrications, distortions, and lies, and does not present any credible evidence to support Israel’s atrocity propaganda.

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June 13, 2024  (Episode # 1,117)

Gaza Genocide in Context by Ussama Makdisi, Abdel Razzaq Takriti, and Avi Shlaim
 
Apartheid Israel’s genocide continues non-stop throughout the occupied and destroyed Gaza Strip killing over 48,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023 (mostly women and children), including at least 11,000 unaccounted for, presumed killed under the rubble of their homes throughout the Gaza Strip. Over 85,000 Palestinians have been injured by the ongoing Israeli war crimes. In the occupied West Bank, the situation is getting worse by the second with ongoing Israeli atrocities, incursions, destruction, land theft, home demolitions, and murder of Palestinians, performed by the Israeli occupation army and Israeli colonizers. It is Israeli state terrorism in its highest form, funded, supported, and protected by the United States, that grants Apartheid Israel full impunity for whatever war crimes it commits!
 
During the previous episode of Arab Voices, we aired some of the remarks delivered at the “World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza”, held at the University of Houston in April 2024, organized by Scholars Against the War on Palestine. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks delivered at the “Gaza Genocide in Context” panel at that forum by Professors Ussama Makdisi, Abdel Razzaq Takriti, and Avi Shlaim.
 

Dr. Ussama Makdisi is professor of History and Chancellor's Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously professor of History and the first holder of the Arab­American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. He has published award-winning books and highly cited articles on Ottoman and Arab history as well as on US-Arab relations and US missionary work in the Middle East. His most recent book is Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World (2019).
 

Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti is associate professor of History and Arab­American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies at Rice University. He is a historian of Palestinian and Arab anticolonialism, revolutions, intellectual currents, and political movements. Along with many contributions to major scholarly journals and edited collections, he is the author of Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976 (2013). He is co­author (with Karma Nabulsi) of the digital humanities project The Palestinian Revolution (2016).
 

Professor Avi Shlaim is Emeritus fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford, emeritus professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. One of the world’s leading Middle East historians, and one of the founders of the new Israeli history, he is an award-winning author of multiple books, including a recently published autobiography Three Worlds: Memoirs of An Arab Jew (2023).

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June 6, 2024   (Episode # 1,116)

Majed Bamya at the UNSC on the Genocide in Gaza; and Jehad Abusalim & Taher Herzallah at the "People's Conference for Palestine"
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,116), we will air the remarks of Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations delivered at the United Nations Security Council on May 29, 2024, on the Genocide unfolding in the Gaza Strip.
 
We will also air the remarks of Jehad Abusalim, Executive Director of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, and the remarks of Taher Herzallah, Associate Director of Outreach & Grassroots Organizing for American Muslims for Palestine, delivered on May 24, 2024, at the People’s Conference for Palestine held in Detroit, Michigan.

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May 30, 2024   (Episode # 1,115)

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Mnar Adley, and Dr. Mustafa Barghouti at the "People's Conference for Palestine"
 
Despite the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice calling on Israel to halt its attack on Rafah, Apartheid Israel continued to escalate its attacks on Palestinian civilians staying in tents after being forced out of other areas in the Gaza Strip to Rafah (declared by Apartheid Israel as a “safe zone”, which was a lie). There is simply no “safe zone” in the occupied Gaza Strip, but only a Genocide zone. Since October 7, 2023, Apartheid Israel has committed numerous massacres in the Gaza Strip killing more than 47,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children), including more than 11,000 missing under the rubble, and injuring more than 81,000 Palestinians, while it is also increasing its attacks and atrocities throughout the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,115), we will air some of the remarks delivered at the historic “People’s Conference for Palestine”, held in Detroit, Michigan May 24-26, 2024, endorsed by numerous organizations, and included many speakers, panels, and discussions on Palestine. We will air the remarks of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Mnar Adley, an award-winning journalist, and founder and director of MintPress News, and Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, secretary general and co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and president of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees.

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May 23, 2024   (Episode # 1,114)

Apartheid Israel's Genocidal Intent and Genocidal Conduct in the Gaza Strip by Adila Hassim and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
 
Apartheid Israel’s unprecedented and horrific attack on the Gaza Strip that has been ongoing 24/7 since October 7, 2023, destroying the Gaza Strip, and murdering more than 46,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children (including at least 11,000 presumed murdered that are still under the rubble), and injured more than 78,000. What we are witnessing 24/7 live is genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing, planned and committed by Zionist Israeli war criminals.
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,114), we will air special remarks delivered at the hearing held at the International Court of Justice on May 16, 2024, after South Africa filed a new and urgent request over the Israeli attack on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. We will air the powerful remarks of Advocate Adila Hassim, a prominent lawyer and one of the advocates representing South Africa, speaking on the genocidal conduct of Israel, and the remarks of South African lawyer and legal scholar Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, speaking on the genocidal intent of Israel.

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May 16, 2024   (Episode # 1,113)

The ONGOING Palestinian Nakba, and an interview with Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb about "1948: Creation and Catastrophe"
 
As Apartheid Israel continues its genocide and war crimes in the Gaza Strip non-stop 24/7 since October 7, 2023, killing over 35,000 Palestinians, most of them children and women, and injuring more than 78,000, with more than 11,000 still missing under the rubble throughout the Gaza Strip and are presumed killed, western media and some politicians keep repeating that the crisis started on October 7, 2023, ignoring the catastrophic situation Palestinians have been in since 1948 throughout occupied Palestine, and not just in the Gaza Strip. In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,113), we will talk about the ongoing Palestinian Nakba (Arabic word for Catastrophe), that started over 76 years ago, as this month marks the 76th anniversary of the Nakba.
 
On May 15, 2024, on the 76th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba and resistance to Israeli Apartheid, Radio Free Palestine launched on several stations across North America, 24 hours of programming from radio stations and producers across 5 continents, and during this episode of Arab voices, we will air a special edition of the weekly program Middle East in Focus that airs on our sister station KPFK in Los Angeles, California, in which program co-host Estee Chandler interviews Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb about her documentary film, 1948: Creation and Catastrophe, which tells the story of the establishment of the state of Israel through the eyes of the people who lived it and were affected by it.
 
Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb is a professor of media studies and the graduate coordinator of the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). She is the recipient of the 2020 CSUSB Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activities Award and the 2019-20 Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Faculty Mentor Awardees. She also won the 2019 Rebuilding Alliance “Story Teller” Award. Her research interests include digital communication, digital resistance & decolonization, social justice, and diasporic communities. Her research has appeared in national and international publications, such as the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and Arab Studies Quarterly, and has been presented at national and international conferences. Her documentary 1948: Creation & Catastrophe was screened at over 20 film festivals and at universities and community organizations throughout the world. The film, co-produced and co-directed with Andy Trimlett, focuses on the year 1948 and its catastrophic consequences for the Palestinian nation which has originated from her field work in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. The film won the Jerusalem International Film Festival’s 2019 Special Jury Award in the Feature Documentary category. She is working currently on a study of Palestinian digital resistance and decolonizing digital spaces. She was the producer and lead researcher of the documentary 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime which centered the three young Muslims murdered in Chapel Hill in 2015 in its discussion of the state of hate crimes, Islamophobia and racism in the United States. The film had its global premier at the Doc NYC Film Festival in November of 2023 and won the Subject Matter Grant for Audience Outreach and Impact Efforts.

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May 9, 2024   (Episode # 1,112)

Ongoing Genocide against the Palestinians by Apartheid Israel, and Drs. Nimer Sultany & Noura Erakat on "Law and the Genocide"
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,112), we will continue to talk about the ongoing horrific genocide, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing committed by Apartheid Israel against the Palestinians, armed, supported, and funded by the United States government using US tax payers’ money. A genocide that since October 7, 2023, has killed over 35,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children), injured more than 78,000, and left most of the Gaza Strip destroyed! Over 11,000 Palestinians are missing and presumed killed under the rubble.
 
We will also air the remarks of Dr. Nimer Sultany, and Dr. Noura Erakat, delivered a panel titled "War and the Genocide" during the "World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza", a transnational forum on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and urgently needed academic responses from across the globe, was held at the University of Houston on April 6-7, 2024. The forum was organized by Scholars Against the War on Palestine, a transnational coalition that brings together faculty, researchers, and graduate students to end the century-long colonial war on Palestine. The forum featured panels on law, medicine, history, theology, gender, education, and international politics, with nearly 50 expert speakers participating in person and online.
    
Dr. Nimer Sultany is a reader in Public Law at SOAS, University of London Law School. His research areas are public law, legal and political theory, comparative constitutionalism, public international law, and human rights law. He has authored numerous articles in leading legal journals and his book, Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring (2017) was awarded the inaugural ICON-S book prize.
 
Dr. Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. Her research interests include human rights law, humanitarian law, national security law, refugee law, social justice, and critical race theory. She is an editorial committee member of the Journal for Palestine Studies and a co-founding editor of Jadaliyya. She is the author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (2019).

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May 2 2024    (Episode # 1,111)

1st Segment: Protests at Universities across the US to end Israel’s Genocide in Gaza & to Divest from Israel
 
We will talk about the protests by thousands of students and faculty (Muslims, Christians, Jews, and others) at dozens of universities and colleges across the United States calling for an end to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, an immediate ceasefire, and calling on universities to divest from Israel. Many of the universities called local and state police to disperse the peaceful protests. Hundreds of students, and some faculty, were arrested at various colleges. In this episode of Arab Voices, we will listen to:
 

Ammer Qaddumi, a Palestinian-American student at UT Austin, and a member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, who was arrested by Texas State Troopers at UT Austin, explaining what happened, the reason they are protesting, and the protestors’ demands. Several Jewish Students from Columbia University who were arrested while peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza at Columbia University. Senator Bernie Sanders on the accusation of Benjamin Netanyahu that protestors at US colleges are anti-Semitic. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on sending militarized police and snipers to stop students from exercising their first amendment rights, and questioning why there is more outrage over the anti-war protests than the genocide in Gaza and the killing of over 35,000 Palestinians. Congressman Jamaal Bowman on the arrest and removal of protestors from the campus of Columbia University. David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, an independent online news organization, on the parallels between the anti-Vietnam war protests in 1968 and the ongoing global demonstrations against the Gaza war.

2nd Segment: Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s remarks at the "World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza"

Palestinian feminist activist, and Chair in Global Law at Queen Mary University of London, Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, whose research focuses on law, society, and crimes of abuse of power, spoke during the “Theology of Empire” panel at the "World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza", a transnational forum on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, held at the University of Houston on April 6-7, 2024, organized by Scholars Against the War on Palestine. During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air her remarks. Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was arrested by Apartheid Israel on April 18, 2024, in occupied Jerusalem, and was released the next day.
 

3rd Segment: Farah Afify on "Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate"
 
We will listen to Farah Afify, Research and Advocacy Coordinator at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and co-author of the new report “Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate“, revealing at a press conference held in April 2024 the findings and recommendations from the newly released report, documenting 8,061 complaints received by CAIR nationwide in 2023, showing even higher spike than after Trump’s Muslim Ban. According to the report, nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year. The report notes that the 2023 wave of anti-Muslim incidents was a 56 percent jump over the previous year and surpassed even the period following the implementation of President Trump’s Muslim Ban, which saw a 32 percent jump over the previous year.

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April 25 2024   (Episode # 1,110)

Congressman Al Green on the protests unfolding at college campuses, standing with Palestine, why he voted NO on "The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024", recognizing Palestine as a State without the need to get Israel’s permission, and more.
 
The United States government approved sending over 26 billion US taxpayers' dollars to Apartheid Israel as it continues its genocide in the Gaza Strip, despite the not-so-good economic situation in the United States, where that money is needed more than ever. Israel, of course, is happy to get that so it can continue to slaughter Palestinians and destroy the Gaza Strip in its entirety, in addition to expanding Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. Those Israeli actions have been protested worldwide by various governments and countless organizations and individuals, including many Jews in the US and abroad.

Students on college campuses in the US and other countries have been peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip and have been calling for an immediate ceasefire. Several universities have called state and local police to disperse the peaceful protestors, and many were arrested including students at Columbia University, and UT Austin.

Congressman Al Green, serving the 9th Congressional District of Texas, spoke at an event at the Arab-American Cultural & Community Center in Houston, Texas, on April 24, 2024, where he talked about the protests on college campuses, standing with Palestine, supporting peaceful non-violent protests, and media coverage of the protests. He also talked about why he voted NO on "The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024", and the fact that there is no money specified for Palestinians in that bill. He also called for a two-state solution and called on the US to recognize Palestine as a State, without the need to get Israel’s permission.

Dr. Hashem El-Serag, a Palestinian-American physician from Gaza based in Houston, Texas, spoke at that event about Gaza, and Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti, associate professor of History and Arab American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies at Rice University, delivered the closing remarks.

During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,110), we will air those remarks.

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April 18 2024   (Episode # 1,109)

Remarks of Drs. Nabulsi, Abu-Sittah, and Desai at the “World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza”
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,109), we will air the remarks of Dr. Karma Nabulsi (University of Oxford), Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah (Imperial College London & King’s College London), and Dr. Chandni Desai (University of Toronto), delivered at the "World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza", a transnational forum on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and urgently needed academic responses from across the globe, that was held at the University of Houston on April 6-7, 2024. It was organized by Scholars Against the War on Palestine, a transnational coalition that brings together faculty, researchers, and graduate students to end the century-long colonial war on Palestine. The forum featured panels on law, medicine, history, theology, gender, education, and international politics, with nearly 50 expert speakers participating in person and online. The panels included “Gaza Family Testimonies, Scholasticide and Palestinian Academic Experiences in Gaza, Medical Testimonies from Gaza, The Gaza Genocide in Context, The World is with Palestine: Reflections from Sister Struggles, Theology of Empire, Law and the Genocide, Regional Context: Imperialism and Resistance in the Arab World, Reflections on Transnational Organizing, and Palestine is a Feminist and Queer Anti-colonial struggle.
    
Dr. Karma Nabulsi is the Jarvis Doctorow Fellow and Tutor in Politics at St Edmund Hall, and the Library Fellow at Oxford University. Her research is on 18th and 19th century political thought, the laws of war, and the contemporary history and politics of Palestinian refugees and representation. She is widely published in scholarly and popular journals. She recently completed a digital humanities programme sponsored by the British Academy that was developed with scholars, museums, research institutes, and universities across the global south, providing a bilingual open-access research and teaching resource. The online course and research materials cover the Palestinian liberation movement, during the anti-colonial era of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
 
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah is a world-renowned surgeon with academic posts at Imperial College London University. A British Palestinian, he has worked as a war surgeon in numerous conflict zones including Syria, Yemen, Iraq, South Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip. He is Clinical Lead for the Operational Trauma Initiative at the World Health Organization’s EMRO Office and serves on the board of directors of INARA, a charity dedicated to providing reconstructive surgery to war-injured children in the Middle East, and on the Board of Trustees of the UK-based Medical Aid for Palestinians.
 
Dr. Chandni Desai is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. She is working on her first book tentatively titled Revolutionary Circuits of Liberation: The Radical Tradition of Palestinian Resistance Culture and Internationalism. Desai has published in the Journal of Palestine Studies; Race and Class; Curriculum Inquiry; Decolonization; Indigeneity, Education and Society and several anthologies. Desai is the host of the Liberation Pedagogy Podcast.

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April 11 2024   (Episode # 1,108)

“World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza”: Drs. Takriti, Joudah, Ageel, and Loubani
 
The “World Academic Forum for Palestine: Genocide in Gaza”, a transnational forum on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and urgently needed academic responses from across the globe, was held at the University of Houston on April 6-7, 2024. It was organized by Scholars Against the War on Palestine, a transnational coalition that brings together faculty, researchers, and graduate students to end the century-long colonial war on Palestine. The forum featured panels on law, medicine, history, theology, gender, education, and international politics, with nearly 50 expert speakers participating in person and online. The panels included “Gaza Family Testimonies, Scholasticide and Palestinian Academic Experiences in Gaza, Medical Testimonies from Gaza, The Gaza Genocide in Context, The World is with Palestine: Reflections from Sister Struggles, Theology of Empire, Law and the Genocide, Regional Context: Imperialism and Resistance in the Arab World, Reflections on Transnational Organizing, and Palestine is a Feminist and Queer Anti-colonial struggle.
 
During this and future episodes of Arab Voices, we plan to air most of the remarks delivered at that important and historic forum.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,108), we will air the opening remarks by Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti, associate professor of History and Arab American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies at Rice University, and one of the main organizers for the forum, a poem read by Dr. Fady Joudah, an award-winning Palestinian American physician and poet based in Houston, Texas, the testimony of Dr. Ghada Ageel, a visiting professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, who lost over 280 members of her extended family in Gaza, and the testimony of Dr. Tarek Loubani, a physician and associate professor at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, who made several trips to Gaza to provide medical care, where he has been arrested and shot by the Israeli occupation army.

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April 4, 2024   (Episode # 1,107)

The Ongoing Genocide by Apartheid Israel in the Gaza Strip
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (#1,107):
 
An update on the ongoing Israeli Genocide, War Crimes, Slaughter, Ethnic Cleansing, and intentional starvation in the Gaza Strip.
 
The hypocrisy of Western governments and their rush to criticize Apartheid Israel for murdering foreign aid workers in Gaza with World Central Kitchen, but have been silent on Israeli genocide against Palestinians for the past 180+ days that killed more than 33,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children), and injured more than 76,000!
 
Israel’s ongoing atrocities in several other countries including Syria and Lebanon (is Israel trying to provoke a wider war in the Middle East, while getting more bombs from the Biden administration?)
 
Human Rights Watch new investigation revealing Apartheid Israel targeted and murdered 106 Palestinian civilians including 54 children in one building in Gaza.
 
Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian physician specializing in emergency medicine, who has helped provide emergency trauma care in Gaza for over 40 years, including at Al-Shifa Hospital, making remarks on the destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital.
 
The remarks of Sarah Abushaar, an Arab-American, and a graduate of Harvard University, on the Genocide in Gaza.
 
The remarks of Dr. Luigi Daniele, who teaches and researches international criminal law and international humanitarian law at Nottingham Law School, delivered at the side event held in parallel to the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, organized by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, titled “Understanding Genocide: The Case of Gaza”.
 
“Easter Vigil for Gaza” Sermon by Reverend Dr. Munther Isaac, Palestinian Christian Theologian, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, and the Academic Dean of Beth Bible College, delivered on March 30, 2024.

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March 28, 2024   (Episode # 1,106)

Ongoing Genocide in Gaza: Remarks by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Yumna Patel, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Francesca Albanese, Dr. Nicola Perugini, and Hamdi Shaqoura
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1106), we will continue to talk about the catastrophic situation in the occupied and destroyed Gaza Strip, and the famine threatening thousands of Palestinians as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide and blockade of food, medicine, clean drinking water, and other life essentials from reaching the 2.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. We will air recent remarks for:

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the unfolding genocide and famine in Gaza

Yumna Patel, Palestine News Director at Mondoweiss, on the famine in Gaza

Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, on Security Council resolution 2728 calling for an immediate ceasefire

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, presenting her report "Anatomy of a Genocide" during the 55th session of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council

Dr. Nicola Perugini, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh in the UK, and Hamdi Shaqoura, Deputy Director for Program Affairs at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, on “Understanding Genocide: The Case of Gaza”, delivered at a side event held in parallel to the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, organized by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

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March 21, 2024   (Episode # 1,105)

Professor Noura Erakat on Israel's legal manipulation to erase Palestinians
 
Apartheid Israel continues its genocide, war crimes, slaughter, and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip at an unprecedented rate killing more than 32,000 Palestinians (mostly women and children), injuring more than 75,000, and destroying most of the Gaza Strip, in just over the past 5 months, making the Gaza Strip uninhabitable. Israel has been attempting very hard and for many years, not just after October 7, 2023, to erase Palestinians.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (#1,105), we will air a couple of segments from The Chris Hedges Report, in which journalist, author, and commentator Chris Hedges interviews Professor Noura Erakat on Israel's legal manipulation to erase Palestinians.
 
From The Chris Hedges Report:
 
Time and time again, the human rights attorney Noura Erakat writes, we see evidence of the laws assumed insignificance in the dispossession of Palestinians. Great Britain remained committed to establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine despite its legal duties as the Mandatory Power to shepherd local Arab peoples to independence. The Permanent Mandates Commission remained committed to the incorporation of the Balfour Declaration into the Mandate for Palestine, in contravention of the Covenant of the League of Nations, which, in discussing the disposition of the communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire stated that the wishes of these communities must be a primary consideration. The United Nations proposed partition of Palestine without legal consultation and in disregard of the existing populations well-being and development, which the same Covenant had declared to be a sacred trust of civilization. Zionist militias established Israel by force, without regard to the Partition Plans stipulated borders. The United Nations accepted Israel as a member despite the states violation of the nondiscrimination clauses of the Partition Plan and of the UN's own condition that Israel permit the return of forcibly displaced Palestinian refugees.
 
The very origins of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Erakat continues, suggest that it is characterized by outright lawlessness, and yet conflicts have been as defined by astute attention to law and legal controversy as this one. Do Jews have a right to self-determination in a territory in which they did not reside but settled? Are Palestinians a nation with the right to self-determination, or are they merely a heterogeneous polity of Arabs eligible for minority rights? Did the United Nations have the authority to propose partition in contravention of he will of the local population? Are the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip occupied, as a matter of law, that is, are they recognized as such by law? Does Israel have the right, in law, to self-defense against Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories? Do Palestinians have the right to use armed force against Israel? Is the route of Israel's Separation barrier, built predominantly in the West Bank, illegal? Is Israel and apartheid regime?
 
Joining Chris Hedges to discuss these issues, examined in her book Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, is the human rights attorney and assistant professor at Rutgers University Noura Erakat.

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March 14, 2024   (Episode # 1,104)

"War on Gaza: impact on Palestinian women and children" by Dr. Rola ElFarra, Feda Abdelhady Nasser, Laila Baker, and Alexandra Saieh
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,104), we will air some of the remarks delivered at the special event titled “War on Gaza: impact on Palestinian women and children”, held on March 13, 2024, organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, a committee mandated by the United Nations General Assembly. We will air the remarks of Feda Abdelhady Nasser, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Laila Baker, Regional Director for the Arab States at the United Nations Population Fund, and Alexandra Saieh, Head of Humanitarian Policy & Advocacy at Save the Children International. We will also air a personal perspective presentation by Dr. Rola ElFarra, a Palestinian-American physician from Houston, Texas. She is the Director of the Center for Health & Biosciences at Rice University's Institute of Public Policy, and an Associate Professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Rola ElFarra has family in the Gaza Strip (150 of her relatives have been killed including 90 women and children during the current Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip).