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Palestine This Week with Nasim Ahmed is a weekly analytical review of the biggest stories coming out of Palestine.

  1. 3d ago

    9/11 at 25 — Why Israel Fuels Islamophobia | Palestine This Week

    In this episode we speak to Muhammed Shehada about his clash with the Board of Peace and his concern that it is burying evidence of genocide in Gaza. We unpack revelations in the Haaretz that Benjamin Netanyahu was warned in advance of the 7 October attack. Marking twenty-five years since 9/11, we look at how the War on Terror emboldened Israel, and at the rise in Islamophobia since — fuelled by Israel-linked groups working in alliance with the far right. We close on Britain’s sanctions against Israeli settlement products, the ferocity of the backlash, and how easily measures like this can be circumvented. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction & Overview 00:01:29 The Board of Peace and the burying of genocide evidence 00:10:43 The warning Netanyahu buried: what the UAE told him before 7 October 00:20:50 When Hamas offered all the hostages — and Washington refused 00:34:14 Twenty-five years on: how the War on Terror emboldened Israel 00:40:44 Inside the Middle East Forum's Muslim surveillance database 00:46:09 Israel, the far right, and the manufacture of Islamophobia 00:56:30 Britain's settlement sanctions: symbolism or substance? 01:04:17 How Jewish institutions were absorbed into the Greater Israel project

    9/11 at 25 — Why Israel Fuels Islamophobia | Palestine This Week

  2. Sep 9

    Israel’s Campaign Trail Runs on Cruelty Towards Palestinians | Palestine This Week

    In this episode of Palestine This Week, we look at Israel’s election campaign and how politicians are competing to run the most hateful campaign in an effort to win support from an increasingly radicalised Israeli public. We also discuss the push to expel Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Israel’s efforts to win US backing for its plans, allegations of apartheid against Palestinian students in Israeli universities, Britain’s proposed sanctions on illegal settlements, Nicaragua’s case against Germany at the ICJ and concerns over the future of UNRWA. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 01:40 Israel’s Election and the Politics of ‘Vice Signalling’ 08:05 Israel’s Annexation Camp Versus the Control Camp 18:24 Israel Seeks Trump’s Support to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza 23:31 Blair Asked the PA to Remove Palestine from Textbooks 28:05 Apartheid in Israeli Academia After 7 October 29:57 Labour’s Sanctions on Israeli Settlements 39:46 Britain Owes Palestine 46:47 Why Nicaragua Is Taking Germany to the ICJ Over Gaza 50:47 The Future of UNRWA and the Race for UN Secretary-General 56:20 Is X Shadow-Banning Pro-Palestine Accounts?

    Israel’s Campaign Trail Runs on Cruelty Towards Palestinians | Palestine This Week

  3. Sep 2

    Is Evidence of Genocide in Gaza Being Erased? | Palestine This Week

    In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine allegations that evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is being removed by Trump's "Board of Peace", South Africa’s latest submission to the ICJ over Israel’s non-compliance with provisional measures and growing scrutiny of illegal settlements and settler violence in the occupied West Bank. We also look at Britain’s economic ties to companies linked to settlements, Israel’s vast arms export industry, US punishing Kurds over the Iran war and the suppression of pro-Palestine voices on X, including MEMO. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 01:24 Board of Peace accused of destroying evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza 05:13 UN Security Council hears damning testimony on the Board of Peace and Gaza aid 10:24 Has Israel returned to its pre-7 October policy of containing Hamas in Gaza? 16:27 South Africa documents Israel’s non-compliance with ICJ provisional measures 23:23 UK public contracts raise questions over economic ties to illegal Israeli settlements 32:31 Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attacks UK measures targeting illegal Israeli settlements 40:58 US Congress moves to penalise universities that boycott Israeli institutions 46:58 Israel exports six times more weapons per capita than the US 51:38 US military aid to Kurds reportedly at risk over refusal to join plans against Iran 54:39 X accused of suppressing pro-Palestine voices as MEMO becomes latest target

    Is Evidence of Genocide in Gaza Being Erased? | Palestine This Week

  4. Aug 27

    Israel Is Its Own Worst Enemy | Palestine This Week

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  5. Aug 19

    ‘The Board of Peace’ Or ‘Broker of Deceit’ | Palestine This Week

    In this episode of Palestine This Week, we begin with Jared Kushner’s meetings with Hamas political leader Khalil Al-Hayya and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking what the talks mean for the future of the Gaza ceasefire. We revisit the long-debunked claim that Palestine was sparsely populated before early Jewish settlement and ask why this version of history continues to resurface. We also look at changes to Saudi school textbooks, including the removal of the phrase “Muslims will never give up Jerusalem”. The episode also looks at settler violence in the occupied West Bank and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s decision to describe Israeli settlers as “terrorists” after American citizens were besieged by Israeli settlers. Finally, we discuss a false quotation attributed to an Iranian commander that travelled from social media into Israeli media, Benjamin Netanyahu’s rhetoric and ultimately political debate in Washington. What does the episode tell us about the use of manufactured intelligence to build the case against Iran? And as Israel becomes increasingly isolated in parts of Europe and the US, why is Netanyahu’s government building closer ties with far-right governments and movements across Latin America and elsewhere? 01:33 Kushner’s Gaza talks with Hamas and Netanyahu 12:41 Revisiting claims about early Jewish settlement in Palestine 21:50 Saudi Arabia removes Jerusalem pledge from school textbooks 30:24 Huckabee calls Israeli settlers “terrorists” 33:52 Israel accused of laundering false intelligence on Iran 39:36 Iran MOU expires as US regional goals fall short 44:08 Israel deepens ties with the global far right

    ‘The Board of Peace’ Or ‘Broker of Deceit’ | Palestine This Week

  6. Aug 12

    Israel Defies Trump as a New Regional Bloc Begins to Emerge | Palestine This Week

    In this episode of Palestine This Week, we begin with Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Trump’s Gaza plan and the growing power of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. We also discuss the emerging Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan security alignment, shifting Gulf politics and Israel’s efforts to manufacture evidence against Iran with the aim of inciting US bombing of the Islamic Republic. The conversation then turns to how Washington’s longstanding alliance with Israel continues to shape US policy in the Middle East, the role of Islamophobia in sustaining that relationship. 1:15 Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza plan: Is Hamas a politically useful bogeyman? 08:11 Why is Trump allowing Netanyahu to defy and undermine him? 13:55 Has Israel lost control of its settlers in the occupied West Bank? 20:09 Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye: Is a new Muslim strategic bloc emerging? 22:46 Has Saudi Arabia accepted the limits of US power after the Iran war? 27:15 Are new fault lines emerging between Saudi Arabia and the Abraham Accords states?32:25 How Israel manufactured evidence of an Iranian nuclear threat 37:44 Robert Kagan, US Islamophobia and the blowback from America’s support for Israel

    Israel Defies Trump as a New Regional Bloc Begins to Emerge | Palestine This Week

  7. Aug 5

    Gaza Ceasefire Falters as Trump Remains Trapped in Israel-First Agenda | Palestine This Week

    In this episode of Palestine This Week, we are joined by Palestinian political analyst Muhammad Shehada to examine the major developments of the past seven days. The episode covers the latest Hamas-Israel ceasefire negotiations, the role of Gaza in exposing dark money and foreign influence in US politics, Israeli-funded efforts to “poison” AI-generated information and important legal victories protecting anti-Zionist speech in the UK and Germany. We also discuss why Israel and the US are being mentioned in connection with the Ceuta migration crisis, as well as the debate sparked by Green Party plans to twin Greater Manchester with Ramallah and the history of terrorism in Palestine. 1. Latest developments in the Hamas-Israel ceasefire negotiations 2. Gaza is the "ultimate revealer" 3. Israeli-funded efforts to “poison” AI-generated information 4. Legal victories in the UK and Germany 5. Israel, the US and the Ceuta migration crisis 6. Green Party plans to twin Greater Manchester with Ramallah and the origins of terrorism in Palestine

    Gaza Ceasefire Falters as Trump Remains Trapped in Israel-First Agenda | Palestine This Week

  8. Jul 28

    Israel’s War on International Law | Palestine This Week

    In this week’s episode, we begin with the growing normalisation of rhetoric aimed at erasing Palestinian identity and ask how Israel’s war on Gaza could reshape the global politics of genocide. We also explore the deepening crisis within Zionism, the surge in settler violence across the occupied West Bank and the future of the International Criminal Court following the removal of its chief prosecutor. The discussion also considers Zohran Mamdani’s call for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest, Washington’s escalating hostility towards international institutions that challenge Israel and the strategic calculations surrounding a Saudi-US nuclear deal tied to normalisation with Israel. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 00:46 The Normalisation of Calls to Erase Palestinian Identity 10:55 How Gaza Could Redefine the Global Politics of Genocide 17:48 Has Zionism Reached the Edge of the Abyss? 28:08 Settler Violence Surges Across the Occupied West Bank 33:55 Karim Khan’s Removal and the Future of the ICC 42:51 Zohran Mamdani’s Bid to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu 47:36 The US Targets International Institutions Challenging Israel 52:05 The Saudi-US Nuclear Deal and Normalisation with Israel

    Israel’s War on International Law | Palestine This Week
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