Understanding Israel Palestine

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Understanding Israel Palestine

Understanding Israel/Palestine advocates for a fair and even-handed U.S. foreign policy that recognizes the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis. The program offers multiple perspectives through interviews with journalists, scholars, policy experts and activists to clarify the underlying issues that are often obscured by mainstream media. 

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Part 8 of "What Is Zionism?" Divisions Within Zionism

    Send us a text Shaul Magid, visiting professor of modern Judaism at Harvard Divinity School, discusses his views and personal experience of Zionism, a movement that he says was from its very inception beset by internal divisions. Magid lived in Israel for a decade. He talks to Margot Patterson about the 1940s when World War II transformed Zionism from an ideology into a means of survival and describes his own evolving perspectives on Zionism. Magid is the author of several books on Jewish mys...

    29 min

  2. 21 FEB

    Part 7 of "What is Zionism?": Zionism after October 7th

    Send us a text What is the spectrum of Zionism in modern-day Israel? How has this changed over time, especially since October 7? And what forces are driving the continuation of the current ceasefire deal? Ori Goldberg, a political analyst and academic based in Israel, joined the show to answer these questions.

    28 min

  3. 15 FEB

    Part 6 of "What Is Zionism?": The Principles and Politics of Liberal Zionism

    Send us a text Historian Michael Brenner discusses the secular roots of Zionism, the stance of Liberal Zionists and the shrinking space Liberal Zionism occupies in Israel today. A professor of Jewish history and culture at the University of Munich, Brenner also holds the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at the American University in Washington D.C. There he is also the directer of the Center for Israel Studies. He is the author of numerous books on Jewish history, includin...

    29 min

  4. 7 FEB

    Part 5 of "What is Zionism:" Christian Zionism, a Theology of Western Empire

    Send us a text Though Christian Zionism precedes Jewish Zionism by almost two centuries, this fact is often overlooked in discussions of Palestine and Israel. In this illuminating discussion with Prof. Robert Smith (Chickasaw), he defines Christian Zionism, pinpoints its historical origins, and connects this to the interplay between theology and Western empire in the past and present.

    29 min

  5. 31 JAN

    Can the Gaza Ceasefire Last?

    Send us a text A retired CIA officer, senior fellow at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University and author of several books on U.S. foreign policy, Paul Pillar discusses his recent article on why the ceasefire in Gaza is unlikely to last. He says the political realities in Israel militate against making the ceasefire anything but a temporary pause and explain Israel's escalating attacks in the West Bank, the continued presence of Israeli troops in Lebanon and Syria and Israel'...

    29 min

  6. 25 JAN

    The Gaza Genocide in Historical Perspective

    Send us a text For centuries, Western countries have been attacking indigenous peoples and stealing their land in an ongoing process of settler colonialism, engendering resistance and international solidarity. Mazin Qumsiyeh returns to the show to place the Gaza genocide into this historical continuum.

    28 min

  7. 18 JAN

    Remembering Jimmy Carter's Thoughts on Palestine

    Send us a text Following his death on Dec. 29th, 2024, President Jimmy Carter received accolades for his many achievements, among them his key role in the 1978 Camp David peace agreement between Israel and Egypt. But little attention has been paid to President Carter's efforts to make peace between Israelis and the Palestinians despite the ongoing war in Gaza. An international human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Christian Palestinian organization Friends of Sabeel Nort...

    29 min

  8. 10 JAN

    Internationalism, Palestine, and the Fall of Assad

    Send us a text How should those committed to human rights and Palestinian liberation analyze the geopolitics of the Middle East? What does it mean to be an internationalist when it comes to the question of Palestine and the fall of Assad? Answering these questions is Joseph Daher, author of Syria after the Uprisings, The Political Economy of State Resilience; Hezbollah: the Political Economy of Lebanons Party of God; and Marxism and Palestine.

    28 min
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Understanding Israel/Palestine advocates for a fair and even-handed U.S. foreign policy that recognizes the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis. The program offers multiple perspectives through interviews with journalists, scholars, policy experts and activists to clarify the underlying issues that are often obscured by mainstream media. 

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  • Creator
    KKFI 90.1 FM
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    89
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    Clean
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    © 2025 Understanding Israel Palestine
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