The Bitching Semites

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Rasha and Yael shatter stereotypes with real and provocative conversations on Israel-Palestine and the effects of a decades-long occupation. Hosted by two Semitic ladies, a Palestinian-American humanitarian aid worker and an Israeli-American peace activist, trying to make sense of it all.

  1. 04/22/2024

    Episode 14: Repentants are Worthier than the Righteous

    In this episode, Dr. Anat Matar, an Israeli philosopher, author and activist, joins us to discuss Academia for Equality, Israeli society's reaction to the genocide in Gaza, administrative detentions, the recent arrest of Palestinian scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, and more.

    1h 4m

  2. 04/12/2024

    Episode 13: Irish-Palestinian Solidarity

    In this episode, we are joined by Irish activist Clare Holohan to discuss her experiences visiting Palestine, the grassroots group Mothers Against Genocide, Israel's uniquely inhumane system of detaining Palestinian child prisoners, and the effect the genocide will have on both Irish and U.S. elections.

    50 min

  3. 04/05/2024

    Episode 12: Aid Worker Assassinations

    In this episode, we are joined by Dr. John Kahler, a retired pediatrician and co-founder of MedGlobal who recently traveled to Gaza to help provide care in clinics around Rafah. We discuss the massive suffering in Gaza, the assassinations of the seven World Central Kitchen workers, and tried to understand why the world cared so much about children in Ukraine but not children in Palestine.

    58 min

  4. 03/29/2024

    Episode 11: Trauma Junkies

    Yael and Leor recently attended a 'victimhood bash' and lived to tell the tale. Tune in for some serious venting!

    1h 2m

  5. 03/22/2024

    Episode 10: Left Wing Mizrachi Activism

    In this episode, we are joined by Tom Mehager, a Mizrachi left wing activist living in Tel Aviv, to discuss the Refusenik movement and progressive Mizrachi activism. We also touch on how little progressive activists in Israel know about the degree to which the American Jewish establishment sabotages their cause.

    1h 12m

  6. 03/15/2024

    Episode 9: Yousef Srouji and 'Three Promises'

    In this episode, we are joined by Yousef Srouji, a Palestinian filmmaker and director of the award-winning film, "Three Promises," which has gained recent international attention. We discuss Yousef's film and its connection to the Second Intifada, life in Ramallah, and how much Yael and his mother have in common.

    1h 16m

  7. 03/09/2024

    Episode 8: Unhardening Israeli Hearts

    Dr. Ori Goldberg joins us this episode to discuss the Israeli mindset, relating to the genocide in Gaza and the occupation as a whole, as well as Israelis' relationship with denial and context.

    1h 31m

  8. 03/02/2024

    Episode 7: Ongoing Childhood Trauma

    In this episode, we are joined by Asim, a childhood trauma psychologist living in Nablus, to discuss the true burden the Israeli occupation takes on people, especially children.

    49 min
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Rasha and Yael shatter stereotypes with real and provocative conversations on Israel-Palestine and the effects of a decades-long occupation. Hosted by two Semitic ladies, a Palestinian-American humanitarian aid worker and an Israeli-American peace activist, trying to make sense of it all.

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