The Electronic Intifada Podcast

Why does Israel seek to destroy UNRWA?

Former UNRWA official Lex Takkenberg explains willingness of Western countries to play along with Israel’s attacks on vital UN agency. 

Day 173 roundtable: The battle for al-Shifa Hospital

Weekly news roundup (01:09); Ali Abunimah on the latest collapse of Israel’s “mass rapes” fraud (21:33); Jon Elmer analyzes Palestinian armed resistance in Gaza and West Bank (01:00:03); Discussion with Abdaljawad Omar on Palestinian resistance (01:49:14). 

Day 166 roundtable: Ilan Pappé, starvation as a weapon

Ilan Pappé on the genocide in Gaza and the end of Zionism (13:32); Dr. Ben Thomson on treating patients in Gaza (01:16:51); Jon Elmer on the US Army’s operation to build a pier in Gaza City and videos from the Palestinian resistance (01:49:39); A discussion on latest events (02:35:00); and a news report (01:07). 

Day 159 roundtable: Ramadan genocide

Walaa Sabah on her family in Gaza (13:12); Palestine Action’s Huda Ammori on sustained interventions against UK complicity in Israel’s genocide (33:30); Jon Elmer’s latest analysis of Palestinian armed resistance (01:08:48); Group discussion on 7 October incidents of “friendly fire” and Gaza port (01:31:17); Nora Barrows-Friedman’s news update (01:00). 

Day 153 roundtable: How the media aids genocide

Pediatric specialist Dr. Arham Ali on working at the NICU in a Gaza hospital (15:27); Bryce Greene on how the media launders Israel’s lies (34:26); Jon Elmer on Palestinian resistance in Gaza (01:23:00); and a news update (01:16). 

Day 145 roundtable: John Mearsheimer, resistance and famine

Journalist Abubaker Abed live from the Gaza Strip (0:44); John Mearsheimer on US policy on Israel (21:26); Nora Barrows-Friedman with a news update (01:09:59); Ali Abunimah on recent developments in New York Times’ “mass rapes” hoax (01:23:47); and military analysis by Jon Elmer (01:40:29). 

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