Podcasts about Ramallah

On this episode of The Jason Jones Show, Jason speaks with Rev. Dr. Fadi, an Anglican minister in Ramallah, about the history and identity of Palestinian Christians. He discusses the deep Christian roots in the land, the impact of Christian Zionism, and the historical relationship between Palestinians and Jewish refugees after World War II. Rev. Dr. Fadi also offers perspective to American audiences on Zionism, antisemitism, and the political use of ideology in today's debates.

Recently, the Jewish Federation of North America released a poll they conducted last year that shows that while 88% of respondents said they “believe Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state,” only 37% identified as “Zionist.” A small number identified as “anti-Zionist” and “non-Zionist,” 7% and 8% respectively, with a plurality answering “not sure” (18%) or “none of these” (30%). These numbers are confusing; they seem to indicate that while Zionist identification is waning—perhaps due to the stink of the term amid the genocide—the underlying commitment to a Jewish state, albeit one paradoxically imagined as “democratic,” is not. At the recent Conference on the Jewish Left at Boston University, nearly every presentation discussed or confronted questions about the terms “Zionist” and “anti-Zionist,” and whether they had enough of an agreed-upon meaning within the community to be useful terms to organize around. On this episode of On the Nose, editor-in-chief Arielle Angel speaks with Ari Lev Fornari, senior rabbi at Kol Tzedek in Philadelphia; Dove Kent, interim executive director of Diaspora Alliance and former executive director of Jews For Racial and Economic Justice; and Fadi Quran, the senior director at Avaaz and a Ramallah-based strategist and organizer. They try to make sense of the recent polling numbers and discuss different strategic considerations about using the Z-word in organizing contexts, including how to welcome newcomers to the Palestine liberation movement without coddling them.Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”Media Mentioned and Further ReadingJFNA Survey of Jewish Life since October 7 – Zionism Findings“The ‘Zionism' gap: What JFNA data really shows about Jews, Israel and Zionism today,” Mimi Kravetz, JTACombined Jewish Philanthropies' 2025 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study“Do American Jews Really Know What ‘Zionism' Means?,” Mira Sucharov, HaaretzJewish Electorate Institute July 2021 National Survey of Jewish VotersSynagogues Rising2026 Conference on the Jewish Left sessions on YouTubeTranscript forthcoming.

Le ruspe arrivano quando il rumore delle bombe smette di occupare i titoli. A Beit Liqya, a sud-ovest di Ramallah, i bulldozer israeliani entrano tra serre e abitazioni palestinesi e iniziano a demolire case e strutture agricole. Un'operazione registrata come intervento ordinario. La guerra, qui, assume la forma della gestione quotidiana del territorio. Mentre Gaza continua a vivere tra macerie e sfollamenti permanenti, la Cisgiordania cambia lentamente volto. Le demolizioni restringono spazio abitabile, interrompono economie familiari, trasformano villaggi in territori provvisori. Ogni muro abbattuto produce uno spostamento forzato che raramente diventa notizia internazionale. La violenza perde spettacolarità e diventa procedura. Nelle stesse ore emerge un dato che pesa più di molte dichiarazioni diplomatiche. Il Committee to Protect Journalists certifica che il 2025 è stato l'anno più letale mai registrato per l'informazione: 129 operatori dei media uccisi nel mondo, ottantasei collegati alla guerra di Gaza. Due terzi delle morti risultano attribuite alle operazioni israeliane. Raccontare questo conflitto resta una delle attività più pericolose esistenti, e ogni voce che scompare riduce ciò che il mondo riesce a vedere. La pressione sul racconto continua anche lontano dal fronte. Il ministero della Difesa israeliano dispone la chiusura di cinque piattaforme mediatiche palestinesi attive a Gerusalemme Est. Meno immagini circolano, meno testimonianze sopravvivono, più semplice diventa trasformare la guerra in narrazione controllata. Intanto, negli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump dichiara pubblicamente conclusa la guerra e sostiene che tutti gli ostaggi sarebbero tornati a casa. La giornata si richiude dove era iniziata: tra polvere e ruspe. Gaza resta sospesa dentro questa distanza crescente tra parole ufficiali e realtà che continua a consumarsi davanti agli occhi di chi riesce ancora a raccontarla. Poi Londra. Ai BAFTA 2026 la BBC trasmette l'evento in differita e taglia dal discorso del regista Akinola Davies Jr la frase “Free Palestine”. Nella stessa serata va in onda un insulto razziale urlato in platea. L'emittente si scusa il giorno dopo. I corpi restano, le parole spariscono. Anche questo entra nel diario. #LaSveglia per La NotiziaDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-sveglia-di-giulio-cavalli--3269492/support.

David Daoud explains Israeli "policing" on the Lebanon border using quadcopters and stun grenades to deter Hezbollahand allow displaced northern residents to safely return. 12.1917 RAMALLAH

On this episode of The Jason Jones Show, Jason speaks with the Mayor of Ramallah about the city's history, its strong Christian heritage, and its role as a young and dynamic center shaping Palestine today. He discusses coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Ramallah, while also describing the daily challenges Palestinians face, including checkpoints, restrictions, and violence that disrupt ordinary life. The mayor invites Americans to connect directly with Palestinians—through conversation or visits—to move beyond headlines and recognize their shared humanity.

ESSENTIEL, le rendez-vous culture présenté par Sandrine Sebbane. Elle reçoit Joann Sfar pour sa dernière BD « Terre de Sang - Le temps du désespoir » aux éditions Les arènes BD À propos du livre : « Terre de Sang - Le temps du désespoir » paru aux éditions Les arènes BD Nous vivrons était le livre de l'après-pogrom du 7 octobre, Que faire des Juifs ? une réflexion sur l'histoire du judaïsme et de l'antisémitisme, avec une dimension à la fois historique, personnelle et charnelle. Avec Terre de sang, Joann Sfar s'éloigne de la chronique immédiate et de la fresque didactique. Il tend l'oreille aux voix palestiniennes, arabes, bédouines, dans le tumulte d'un conflit insoutenable. Il reprend ici le flambeau du reportage dessiné et parcourt des villes fracturées sur une planète à bout de souffle : Venise, Paris, Ramallah, Naplouse, Hébron, Jérusalem, Tel-Aviv... Aux massacres, aux idéologies, aux mécanismes de haine, il oppose le dialogue qui, même lorsqu'il semble impossible, reste un acte politique puissant. Sfar s'ancre dans la BD du réel, poétique, violente, fraternelle, qui ne sauve rien, mais n'abandonne personne. Joann Sfar est né à Nice en 1971. Il publie sa première bande dessinée en 1994 et signe par la suite plus de 130 titres, dont Petit Vampire, Donjon, Klezmer, Nous vivrons, Que faire des Juifs ?... Histoires pour la jeunesse ou érotiques, heroic fantasy, introspection ou reportage, il visite tous les genres avec un talent unique.

L'iftar tra le macerie circola nelle stesse ore in cui la parola “ricostruzione” viene pronunciata nei palazzi. Una famiglia palestinese stende una tovaglia sopra i detriti della propria casa distrutta, divide pane e zuppa mentre alle spalle restano ferri piegati e cemento frantumato. La scena racconta più di qualunque vertice internazionale. Sul terreno la cosiddetta tregua continua a perdere pezzi. Amnesty International Italia e Greenpeace Italia, davanti a Palazzo Chigi e alla Farnesina, hanno denunciato oltre 600 palestinesi uccisi dall'avvio del cessate il fuoco del 9 ottobre 2025, tra cui più di 100 bambini, e almeno 1.620 violazioni registrate fino al 10 febbraio 2026 tra raid aerei, colpi di artiglieria e sparatorie. I numeri sono contenuti nei loro documenti diffusi il 19 febbraio. Intanto il ministero della Difesa israeliano ribadisce, con dichiarazioni riprese da Anadolu Agency, che le forze resteranno nella “zona di sicurezza” di Gaza senza limiti temporali. Sullo sfondo, lo studio pubblicato su The Lancet Global Health e ripreso da Reuters il 19 febbraio stima 75.200 morti violente tra il 7 ottobre 2023 e il 5 gennaio 2025. Il 56,2% appartiene a donne, bambini e anziani: circa 42 mila persone. È una fotografia statistica che attraversa governi e conferenze, e che resta sul tavolo mentre si discute di gestione internazionale della Striscia. La Cisgiordania aggiunge un altro capitolo. Reuters riferisce dell'uccisione di un diciannovenne palestinese con cittadinanza statunitense vicino a Ramallah, in un episodio attribuito a coloni israeliani. Versioni divergenti, indagini annunciate, tensione che sale. Tra i comunicati sul futuro di Gaza e le immagini delle tende, la distanza resta misurabile. La famiglia che rompe il digiuno tra i calcinacci continua a vivere dentro quella distanza. Ogni giorno.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-sveglia-di-giulio-cavalli--3269492/support.

« Trump fixe à l'Iran un ultimatum début mars et déploie des troupes supplémentaires », annonce Die Welt. Le quotidien allemand assure aussi « qu'une attaque potentielle est également en préparation depuis l'Allemagne et l'Europe ». La pression monte d'encore d'un cran et pourtant « Trump refuse d'expliquer les raisons d'une éventuelle offensive ni pourquoi elle devrait se produire maintenant », remarque le New York Times. « Rarement dans l'histoire moderne, les États-Unis se sont préparés à mener un acte de guerre majeur avec si peu d'explications ou de débat public », ajoute le quotidien américain : « bien qu'il soit largement obsédé par le programme d'armement nucléaire, le président américain a, avec ses conseillers, évoqué bien d'autres justifications pour une offensive militaire : protéger les manifestants que les forces iraniennes ont tués par milliers le mois dernier, détruire l'arsenal de missiles que l'Iran peut utiliser pour anéantir Israël ou encore mettre fin au soutien de Téhéran au Hamas et au Hezbollah ». « Les objectifs de Washington sont encore flous », analyse également l'Orient-le Jour. « Si une offensive iranienne se limitant à des installations nucléaires ou balistiques a été présentée à Donald Trump, explique le journal francophone libanais, une campagne pour éliminer un certain nombre de dirigeants politiques et militaires est également sur la table ». Le choc en Grande-Bretagne Arrêté hier matin et libéré dans la soirée, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, apparaît en photo dans de nombreux journaux, à l'arrière d'une voiture, les yeux écarquillés. Le Times est en émoi et titre : « L'arrestation d'Andrew provoque la plus grave crise constitutionnelle du siècle. Le roi doit faire face à une menace bien plus grande que celles qu'ont connu tous ses ancêtres de l'époque moderne ». Le quotidien britannique remarque que le roi Charles « a publié une déclaration personnelle sans précédent », estimant que « la justice devait suivre son cours ». C'est dans le cadre de l'affaire Jeffrey Eipstein que l'audition de l'ex-prince a été organisée hier. Les liens d'Andrew Mountbatten Windsor avec le pédo-criminel américain sont connus, mais tout n'a sans doute pas encore été mis à jour. « Certains courriels », précise le Guardian, « semblent indiquer qu'Andrew Mountbatten Windsor l'ex-prince a communiqué à Epstein des rapports confidentiels sur des visites officielles à Hong Kong, au Vietnam et à Singapour ». L'arrestation de l'ex-prince fait du bruit jusqu'aux États-Unis où le New York Times parle d'un fait « sans précédent dans l'histoire britannique moderne ». Quant au Wall Street Journal, il estime « que la Grande-Bretagne a le mérite d'insister sur le fait que nul est au-dessus des lois ».  « Condamnation à mort » La situation est toujours aussi catastrophique dans la bande de Gaza. C'est comme souvent le journal d'opposition Haaretz, hostile à la politique du Premier ministre Benyamin Netanyahu, qui tire la sonnette d'alarme et titre : « Comment les tribunaux israéliens condamnent à mort des enfants palestiniens atteints d'un cancer ».  Il s'agit plus précisément d'une tribune signée Tirza Leibowitz, directrice des programmes de l'association Médecins pour les droits de l'Homme – Israël. Elle prend l'exemple de Mohamed, « un petit garçon atteint d'un cancer, qui vit à Ramallah depuis 2022, mais dont l'adresse est enregistrée à Gaza, ce qui a suffi à un juge israélien pour lui interdire de recevoir un traitement contre le cancer en Israël, rendant sa mort inévitable, accuse Tirza Leibowitz, selon laquelle Mohamed partage ainsi le sort de 18 500 patients à Gaza, privés de traitements indispensables ». « Pourtant à seulement une demi-heure de Ramallah, précise encore la directrice de l'ONG, les médecins du centre médical Shaba sont prêts à soigner le petit Mohamed ». Soulignant ainsi que des médecins israéliens restent mobilisés pour recevoir des patients palestiniens.

Even by the most extreme “Romeo and Juliet” standards, Sari Bashi’s romance and marriage to her partner, Osama, has overcome impossible odds. When the two met in 2006, she related on the Haaretz Podcast, “It was very confusing for both of us, both because of the overwhelming social taboos, and the fact that it was also literally illegal for us to meet up together.” The two met after he had been “trapped” for six years in the city of Ramallah, where he was pursuing a career in academia. Registered as a resident of Gaza, where he was born, travelling elsewhere in the West Bank – or abroad – meant that the authorities would send him back to Gaza. Bashi had recently founded the human rights organization Gisha, and was assisting him gain permission from the Israeli authorities to study for his doctorate abroad. Bashi’s new book “Upside-Down Love” – written diary-style from both Bashi’s and Osama’s perspective – chronicles the story of the logistics of their courtship, like a date in which they took a hike in a West Bank countryside and “as we encountered more and more settlers with guns, it became apparent that I had an identity and a language that was common with the people who terrified him.” But despite the ongoing identity and security challenges, their love persevered. Bashi, who is also the newly appointed executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, talks about their life as a family in the West Bank – and the evolving complicated identities of their two Palestinian Jewish children, as she watches them “engage more in a process of trying to assert who they are. I think it'll change probably a million times before they become adults.” Read more: A Jewish Mom and a Palestinian Dad Raise a Family Full of Endless Contradictions Browse the Umm Forat column (2019-2022) in Haaretz Israeli Human Rights Groups Tell UN That Israel Increased Use of Torture During Gaza WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La guerra entra in classe. A Gerusalemme Est con le uniformi, a Ramallah con le gomme da cancellare. Il 4 febbraio Israel Hayom ha anticipato un progetto del Home Front Command: riservisti arabofoni, in divisa, dentro una scuola pilota palestinese per lezioni di “emergency awareness”. Avvio a maggio, coordinamento con municipio e comitati dei genitori. The New Arab ha ripreso la notizia. L'esercito spiega che è educazione civile. L'immagine è un soldato davanti a un banco. Nelle stesse settimane, documenti diffusi da Quds parlano di una lettera del 19 gennaio 2026 del ministro dell'Istruzione Amjad Barham al ministro delle Finanze e di un incontro del 27 gennaio con funzionari europei: richieste di modifiche ai manuali, dalla prima alla decima classe. Rimozioni e sostituzioni: l'inno nazionale in prima, riferimenti ai prigionieri, formule su Gerusalemme, mappe, termini storici. Palestine Chronicle e MEMRI rilanciano. Bruxelles, nei testi pubblici sugli aiuti, parla di riforme e condizionalità, senza elenchi di pagine. Intanto Gaza continua a contare. Fonti mediche palestinesi parlano di centinaia di vittime dopo l'entrata in vigore del cessate il fuoco indicata a ottobre; i numeri restano senza verifica indipendente e senza distinzione tra civili e miliziani. L'Unicef segnala 37 bambini uccisi dall'inizio del 2026. Un ospedale diventa campo di contesa. Medici senza frontiere interrompe attività al Nasser di Khan Younis dopo segnalazioni di uomini armati nell'edificio; la direzione respinge e chiede di ritrattare. La neutralità si discute in corsia. Uniformi tra i banchi, parole che spariscono dai libri, corsie che si svuotano. La battaglia per Gaza si gioca anche qui: chi insegna, cosa si può dire, quali mappe restano appese. La pace viene pronunciata nei comunicati. La guerra decide il lessico. #LaSveglia per La NotiziaDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-sveglia-di-giulio-cavalli--3269492/support.

L'émission 28 minutes du 12/02/2026 Joann Sfar dessine l'après 7-Octobre, entre Paris, Ramallah et Tel-Aviv Le dessinateur, mais aussi écrivain, réalisateur et professeur à l'École des Beaux-Arts, Joann Sfar, publie “Terre de sang. Le temps du désespoir”, aux éditions Les Arènes. Ce troisième livre vient clore le cycle commencé avec “Nous vivrons” et “Que faire des Juifs ?”, consacrés aux conséquences du 7 octobre 2023. Il explorait la résurgence de l'antisémitisme dans la société française, tout comme sa continuité dans l'histoire mondiale. Avec ce nouvel opus, sous la forme d'une BD reportage, le dessinateur est allé à la rencontre des habitants du Proche-Orient, à Ramallah, Naplouse, Hébron ou encore Jérusalem. Affaire Epstein : un lent poison pour la démocratie ? Plus de trois millions de documents déclassifiés, 2 000 vidéos et des dizaines de milliers d'images mises à la disposition de tous : l'affaire Epstein a pris une nouvelle dimension le 30 janvier. En novembre 2025, le Congrès américain a approuvé à une large majorité la loi sur la transparence des dossiers Epstein, promulguée, peu après, par Donald Trump. En juillet 2019, Jeffrey Epstein est arrêté et accusé, notamment, de diriger un vaste réseau de prostitution de mineurs. Il meurt en prison quelques semaines plus tard sans jamais avoir été jugé. Aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni ou encore en Norvège, la déclassification de ces dossiers révèle des liens entre Jeffrey Epstein et des hauts-responsables. En France, l'ancien ministre de la Culture, Jack Lang, a démissionné de la présidence de l'Institut du monde arabe après l'ouverture d'une enquête du Parquet national financier pour ses liens avec le criminel sexuel. Alors que Laurence Fournier Beaudry et Guillaume Cizeron viennent de remporter l'or olympique en danse sur glace, Xavier Mauduit nous raconte l'histoire de la jeune patineuse Lidwine canonisée par le pape Léon XIII. Marie Bonnisseau s'intéresse au retrait par l'administration Trump du drapeau arc-en-ciel du Stonewall National Monument, à New York, lieu emblématique de la défense des droits de la communauté LGBTQI+. 28 minutes est le magazine d'actualité d'ARTE, présenté par Élisabeth Quin du lundi au jeudi à 20h05. Renaud Dély est aux commandes de l'émission le vendredi et le samedi. Ce podcast est coproduit par KM et ARTE Radio. Enregistrement 12 février 2026 Présentation Élisabeth Quin Production KM, ARTE Radio

Giacomo Longhi"Vita appesa"Atef Abu SaifAlessandro Polidoro Editorewww.alessandropolidoroeditore.itUn romanzo potente e attuale che racconta cosa significa vivere nella Striscia di Gaza.In un campo profughi della Striscia di Gaza, la vita di Na‘im, tipografo che stampa i manifesti dei giovani martiri, viene spezzata da un proiettile. La sua morte segna l'inizio di una storia che intreccia tragedia privata e destino collettivo: il figlio Salim, rientrato dall'Italia dove lavora come ricercatore, deve fare i conti con un passato che credeva di aver lasciato alle spalle e un presente che lo reclama. Tra la fidanzata di un tempo, Giaffa, e l'inattesa ricomparsa di Nataly, ex compagna ora giornalista, Salim si muove in un labirinto di affetti, lutti e scelte difficili. Attorno a lui prendono forma le vicende degli amici di sempre – chi sceglie la resistenza, chi una carriera nel grande «panificio di notizie» che è Gaza, chi sogna l'estero, chi scala le gerarchie del potere – mentre il passato riaffiora nei racconti della vecchia generazione, fatti di sconfitte e tenacia. Dal ricordo della Nakba alle Intifade, dalle serate letterarie nei caffè alle prigioni, dai tunnel sotterranei all'economia dell'assedio, dalla speculazione edilizia ai movimenti di protesta civile, il romanzo ci trascina negli ingranaggi di Gaza, una «macchina della vita».Traduzione dall'arabo di Lorenzo Declich e Daniele Mascitellia cura di Giacomo Longhi Alberti«Chi vede la morte ha paura di una cosa: essere dimenticato. Anche durante un genocidio le persone sanno l'importanza delle parole e della scrittura». Originario del campo profughi di Jabalia, nella Striscia di Gaza, dove è nato nel 1973, Atef Abu Saif si è laureato in Lin­gue e Letteratura inglese all'Università di Bir-Zeit di Ramallah e ha con­seguito un master presso l'Università di Bradford (UK) e un dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Politiche e Sociali presso l'Istituto Universitario Europeo di Firenze. È autore di cinque romanzi, tra i quali Una vita sospesa, finalista del Premio Internazionale per la Narrativa Araba 2015. Nel 2014 ha curato l'antologia The Book of Gaza (Comma Press), composta da dieci racconti brevi di scrittori della Striscia. Già portavoce del partito di Fatah e Ministro della cultura della Palestina dal 2019 al 2024, si trovava nella Striscia di Gaza per un breve viaggio di lavoro quando Israele ha lanciato la sua offensiva il 7 ottobre 2023: per sessanta giorni ha testimoniato in presa diretta la violenza della guerra e le devastanti perdite di vite umane e le sue cronache – poi confluite nel doloroso Diario di un genocidio (Fuoriscena, 2024) – sono state pubblicate dalle principali testate giornalistiche internazionali.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. In the wake of reports that suggested that planned nuclear talks set for the end of the week were unravelling, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei "should be very worried." Magid describes the media storm and what may be in store on Friday in Oman -- if the talks do indeed take place. Last week, Magid was able to get his hands on a draft resolution laying out the powers of various bodies tasked with managing postwar Gaza under US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative. We hear how it appears to limit the significance of a panel, including Turkey and Qatar, that had sparked worries in Israel. We also learn about the current activities of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, or NCAG, which is still sitting in Cairo. Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas said Monday that elections will be held on November 1 for the Palestinian National Council, the parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Magid explains why this may not be the big deal it appears to be. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: US-Iran talks back on track after Trump warns Khamenei ‘should be very worried’ Board of Peace proposal appears to relegate Gaza panel with Turkey, Qatar to ‘advisory’ role Palestinian Authority’s Abbas calls first-ever direct PLO parliament elections Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Podwaves and Ari Schlacht. IMAGE: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DOPPELTE HEIMAT, DOPPELTES EXILSie stammen aus dem gleichen Land, ja, demselben Staat: Israel. Doch die eine ist israelische Palästinenserin, der andere jüdischer Israeli. Alena Jabarine ist in Hamburg geboren, Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus in Haifa. Beide leben heute in Deutschland. Ist die zweite Heimat wichtiger als die erste? Wieso hat der eine im Nahen Osten einen Staat, mit dem er sich kritisch auseinandersetzen kann. Und die andere nicht? Wo fühlt man sich seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 und dem Krieg in Gaza einheimisch?Alena Jabarine und Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus erörtern im Gespräch mit Tessa Szyszkowitz, wie es ist, heute in Deutschland als Palästinenserin oder als Israeli wahrgenommen zu werden. Und wie schwierig es, in zwei Heimaten (nicht) richtig zu Hause zu sein. Alena Jabarine, geb 1985 in Hamburg, ist Deutsche und Palästinenserin mit deutscher und israelischer Staatsbürgerschaft. Sie arbeitete als Journalistin in Deutschland bevor sie 2020 nach Ramallah zog und dort zwei Jahre lang für eine Stiftung arbeitete. Ihr Buch Der letzte Himmel erschien im Mai 2025 bei Ullstein.Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus, geb 1987, ist in Haifa in Israel aufgewachsen. Seit 2011 lebt er als Autor und Übersetzer in Berlin. Seine Artikel erscheinen in Sueddeutscher Zeitung und taz. Sein erster Roman Birobidschan stand auf der Longlist zum deutschen Buchpreis 2023. Sein neuer Roman Keinheimisch erschien im September 2025 bei Ullstein.Tessa Szyszkowitz, geb 1967, in Stuttgart, ist eine österreichische Autorin und Journalistin, die in London lebt. Sie arbeitet für den Falter, ihre Artikel erscheinen auch im Tagesspiegel und der NZZamSonntag. Ihr jüngstes Buch: “Echte Engländer – Britain and Brexit” (2018). Sie erhielt im November 2025 den britischen FPA Media Award for Best Story of the Year.

À compter de ce samedi 1er février, l'Unrwa, l'agence de l'ONU pour les réfugiés palestiniens, va être contrainte de réduire de 20% ses opérations dans la région, faute de dons suffisants. Le Liban en est l'illustration. Dans les douze camps de réfugiés que compte le pays, les Palestiniens dépendent de l'agence onusienne pour l'éducation, la santé et la gestion des infrastructures. Ces coupes budgétaires mettent en péril encore un peu plus l'avenir de ces réfugiés, dont les ancêtres ont dû fuir leurs terres au moment de la création d'Israël en 1948. De notre correspondante de retour de Chatila, Dans les ruelles étroites du camp de Chatila, un chaos de fils électriques ne laisse passer que quelques rayons de soleil. Noha et Kaouthar viennent de récupérer leurs enfants de l'école Ramallah de l'Unrwa, dont les coupes budgétaires sont sur toutes les lèvres. Noha Mouhaisin, une mère de famille de 44 ans, est habitante de Chatila. Elle a cinq enfants. « Je devais faire une opération nécessaire et urgente, ils m'ont dit qu'ils ne pouvaient pas la prendre en charge. Si je n'avais pas trouvé des gens pour m'aider, j'y serais passée honnêtement, car c'était sérieux. Et les étudiants, c'est la même chose : nos enfants risquent de perdre leur éducation. Nous, on veut qu'ils soient éduqués. Jusqu'où va-t-on tomber ? », se demande-t-elle. Cette autre habitante de Chatila, âgée de 45 ans, explique sa situation. « Mon fils a un handicap et je recevais une aide de 50 dollars tous les trois mois, et même ça, ils nous l'ont enlevée. Ça nous aidait vraiment », souligne Kaouthar el Hayek, mère de quatre enfants et couturière de formation. « Il manque 220 millions de dollars de budget à l'Unrwa » Au Liban, les réfugiés palestiniens sont privés de nombreux droit,s comme l'exercice de métiers qualifiés ou l'accès à la propriété et aux services publics. À cause de ces restrictions, 80% d'entre eux vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté. L'Unrwa est leur seul filet de sécurité. Mais, l'agence doit réduire de 20% ses opérations et ses salaires. Dorothée Klaus, directrice de l'UNRWA au Liban, s'alarme de ces conséquences : « Il manque 220 millions de dollars de budget à l'Unrwa sur son budget global et nous n'avons pas reçu d'indication selon laquelle il pourrait y avoir des solutions pour combler ce déséquilibre budgétaire. Ici, au Liban, il n'y a absolument pas d'alternative à l'Unrwa. Les réfugiés dépendent de nous. Sans nous, il n'y aurait plus d'éducation pour 70% des enfants palestiniens qui vont dans nos écoles, plus de soins pour les 200 000 patients qui dépendent de nos hôpitaux et centres de santé primaire. » À lire aussiL'ONU dévoile son plan de réforme et de réduction budgétaire, avec des conséquences pour ses membres « En finir avec l'Unrwa, c'est en finir avec le dossier des réfugiés » Au-delà de l'humanitaire, l'Unrwa revêt une importance politique pour les Palestiniens, synonyme de droit au retour. Car de génération en génération, l'agence leur délivre une carte de réfugiés. Un symbole que cherche à détruire le gouvernement de Benyamin Netanyahu, fort de représentants de l'extrême droite israélienne. Khaled Abou Nour, membre du comité populaire affilié à l'Organisation de libération de la Palestine à Chatila, réagit : « Bien sûr, les Israéliens se disent que tant que l'Unrwa existera, il y aura des réfugiés palestiniens. En finir avec l'UNRWA, c'est en finir avec le dossier des réfugiés, et c'est ce qui se passe en Palestine, en particulier à Jérusalem, où le siège de l'Unrwa a été détruit. Et à Gaza, où ils empêchent l'Unrwa de faire entrer de l'aide. Tout ça est une manière pour eux d'essayer d'en finir avec la question des réfugiés palestiniens, et d'en faire des citoyens lambda que l'on peut expulser n'importe où dans le monde. » Face à l'urgence, l'Unrwa en appelle au soutien des pays donateurs. À lire aussiDestruction des bâtiments de l'Unrwa à Jérusalem: «Israël piétine les règles les plus élémentaires du droit international»

À compter de ce samedi 1er février, l'Unrwa, l'agence de l'ONU pour les réfugiés palestiniens, va être contrainte de réduire de 20% ses opérations dans la région, faute de dons suffisants. Le Liban en est l'illustration. Dans les douze camps de réfugiés que compte le pays, les Palestiniens dépendent de l'agence onusienne pour l'éducation, la santé et la gestion des infrastructures. Ces coupes budgétaires mettent en péril encore un peu plus l'avenir de ces réfugiés, dont les ancêtres ont dû fuir leurs terres au moment de la création d'Israël en 1948. De notre correspondante de retour de Chatila, Dans les ruelles étroites du camp de Chatila, un chaos de fils électriques ne laisse passer que quelques rayons de soleil. Noha et Kaouthar viennent de récupérer leurs enfants de l'école Ramallah de l'Unrwa, dont les coupes budgétaires sont sur toutes les lèvres. Noha Mouhaisin, une mère de famille de 44 ans, est habitante de Chatila. Elle a cinq enfants. « Je devais faire une opération nécessaire et urgente, ils m'ont dit qu'ils ne pouvaient pas la prendre en charge. Si je n'avais pas trouvé des gens pour m'aider, j'y serais passée honnêtement, car c'était sérieux. Et les étudiants, c'est la même chose : nos enfants risquent de perdre leur éducation. Nous, on veut qu'ils soient éduqués. Jusqu'où va-t-on tomber ? », se demande-t-elle. Cette autre habitante de Chatila, âgée de 45 ans, explique sa situation. « Mon fils a un handicap et je recevais une aide de 50 dollars tous les trois mois, et même ça, ils nous l'ont enlevée. Ça nous aidait vraiment », souligne Kaouthar el Hayek, mère de quatre enfants et couturière de formation. « Il manque 220 millions de dollars de budget à l'Unrwa » Au Liban, les réfugiés palestiniens sont privés de nombreux droit,s comme l'exercice de métiers qualifiés ou l'accès à la propriété et aux services publics. À cause de ces restrictions, 80% d'entre eux vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté. L'Unrwa est leur seul filet de sécurité. Mais, l'agence doit réduire de 20% ses opérations et ses salaires. Dorothée Klaus, directrice de l'UNRWA au Liban, s'alarme de ces conséquences : « Il manque 220 millions de dollars de budget à l'Unrwa sur son budget global et nous n'avons pas reçu d'indication selon laquelle il pourrait y avoir des solutions pour combler ce déséquilibre budgétaire. Ici, au Liban, il n'y a absolument pas d'alternative à l'Unrwa. Les réfugiés dépendent de nous. Sans nous, il n'y aurait plus d'éducation pour 70% des enfants palestiniens qui vont dans nos écoles, plus de soins pour les 200 000 patients qui dépendent de nos hôpitaux et centres de santé primaire. » À lire aussiL'ONU dévoile son plan de réforme et de réduction budgétaire, avec des conséquences pour ses membres « En finir avec l'Unrwa, c'est en finir avec le dossier des réfugiés » Au-delà de l'humanitaire, l'Unrwa revêt une importance politique pour les Palestiniens, synonyme de droit au retour. Car de génération en génération, l'agence leur délivre une carte de réfugiés. Un symbole que cherche à détruire le gouvernement de Benyamin Netanyahu, fort de représentants de l'extrême droite israélienne. Khaled Abou Nour, membre du comité populaire affilié à l'Organisation de libération de la Palestine à Chatila, réagit : « Bien sûr, les Israéliens se disent que tant que l'Unrwa existera, il y aura des réfugiés palestiniens. En finir avec l'UNRWA, c'est en finir avec le dossier des réfugiés, et c'est ce qui se passe en Palestine, en particulier à Jérusalem, où le siège de l'Unrwa a été détruit. Et à Gaza, où ils empêchent l'Unrwa de faire entrer de l'aide. Tout ça est une manière pour eux d'essayer d'en finir avec la question des réfugiés palestiniens, et d'en faire des citoyens lambda que l'on peut expulser n'importe où dans le monde. » Face à l'urgence, l'Unrwa en appelle au soutien des pays donateurs. À lire aussiDestruction des bâtiments de l'Unrwa à Jérusalem: «Israël piétine les règles les plus élémentaires du droit international»

I ugens Radio Information afslører vi hidtil ukendt viden om Lars Findsen-sagen. Vi tegner også et portræt af hjernen bag de stadig mere brutale deportationer i USA, og så anmelder vi en hjerteskærende dokumentar om den femårige palæstinensiske pige Hind Rajabs alt for korte liv. --- Ved et hidtil mørklagt retsmøde i 2022 erkendte Lars Findsen, at han havde bekræftet kabelsamarbejdet med USA over for to journalister. Det fremgår af en aktindsigt, Information har fået i retsbogen, hvis indhold hidtil har været ukendt for offentligheden, fordi retsmødet foregik bag dobbelt lukkede døre. Anton Geist og Sebastian Gjerding fortæller, hvad den afsløring betyder for vores forståelse af sagen – og så runder vi selve kabelsamarbejdet, der med USA's nye uforudsigelige kurs fremstår i et noget andet lys nu, end da aftalen blev indgået. Drabene på to tilsyneladende uskyldige mennesker i Minneapolis, USA, har udløst sorg og bølger af vrede protester over metoderne i Trumps immigrationspolitik. Mathias Sindberg udlægger den voksende modstand mod de maskerede ICE-agenter og grænsebetjente og tegner et portræt af hjernen bag den stadig mere brutale udvisningspolitik, vicestabschef i Det Hvide Hus Stephen Miller – eller som Vanity Fair tidligere har omtalt ham: 'Mørkets engel'.  Og endelig skal det handle om hybriddokumentaren Hind Rajabs stemme, der er bygget op om et autentisk opkald til alarmcentralen i Ramallah i januar 2024. På lydklippet hører man den femårige palæstinensiske pige Hind Rajab, fanget i Gaza i en bil under beskydning fra det israelske militær. Bilens seks øvrige passagerer, alle familiemedlemmer, er allerede skudt og dræbt, og mens nødhjælpsarbejderne taler pigen til ro, forsøger de at få en ambulance frem til hende. Men ambulancen når aldrig frem. “Et uomgængeligt mesterværk,” siger vores anmelder Lone Nikolajsen om filmen, som vi taler om sidst i programmet.

durée : 00:12:45 - Journal de 7 h - L'attaque date de samedi soir dernier en Cisjordanie, dans le village bédouin de Murmas, entre Jérusalem et Ramallah. Des véhicules et des bâtiments ont été incendiés et une docteure en sciences de l'éducation d'une quarantaine d'années raconte avoir frôlé la mort.

durée : 00:12:45 - Journal de 7 h - L'attaque date de samedi soir dernier en Cisjordanie, dans le village bédouin de Murmas, entre Jérusalem et Ramallah. Des véhicules et des bâtiments ont été incendiés et une docteure en sciences de l'éducation d'une quarantaine d'années raconte avoir frôlé la mort.

Contemporary artist Jumana Emil Abboud respirits water sources from Palestine to Wales, drawing on folklore, oral storytelling, and memories of dispossession and resistance, in her ongoing series of collaborative workshops and performances, The Water Diviners (2020-).Jumana Emil Abboud's exhibition is at Mostyn in Llandudno until 22 February 2026.Artes Mundi 11 continues at venues across Wales until 1 March 2026, with the winner announced at the National Museum Cardiff on 15 January 2026.For more from Mostyn, hear artist ⁠Taloi Havini⁠, winner of Artes Mundi 10, on the connections between extractive industries in the Pacific Islands and Wales. and their work documenting the environmental damage caused by colonial, and patriarchal, relations with land, in Habitat (2017): pod.link/1533637675/episode/e30bd079e3b389a1d7e68f5e2937a797And contemporary and performance artist ⁠Paul Maheke⁠, as he moves between France, Congo, and Canada, and explores the ‘archive of their body' through drawing and dance, in Taboo Durag (2021): ⁠pod.link/1533637675/episode/56020e3b6ddd4b59c15296540a140bd1 ⁠Read into Alia Farid's embroidered tapestry series Elsewhere (2023), at Chisenhale in London, and the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, in recessed.space: recessed.space/00232-Alia-Farid-at-Henie-Onstad-KunstsenterFor more from curator Rachel Dedman, listen to the episode about an UNRWA Dress from Ramallah, Palestine (1930s)⁠: pod.link/1533637675/episode/92c34d07be80fe43a8e328705a7d80cbAnd read into the exhibition, Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery, at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge and the Whitworth in Manchester, in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/textiles-in-cambridge-palestinian-embroidery-at-kettles-yardFor more from Siren Songs: Water as told by Artists at the Villa Medici in Rome (2025), read about Yannis Maniatakos and Zeljko Kujundzic, in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/men-at-sea-yannis-maniatakos-and-zeljko-kujundzicAnd on water as archive, history, and method, listen to curator Eleanor Nairne on Julianknxx's Chorus in Rememory of Flight (2023) at the Barbican, and Professor Paul Gilroy, on The Black Atlantic (1993-Now) in Plymouth.PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic.Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠⁠⁠Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/empirelines

WESTCHESTER AND THE AMERICANIZATION OF JUDAISM Colleague Josh Hammer. Growing up in a secular Jewish environment, dropping out of Hebrew school, and the later discovery of conservatism and Edmund Burke leading to religious observance. NUMBER 21936 RAMALLAH

La poétique du souvenir avec Yasmine Hamdan (Liban) et Christine Zayed (Palestine). (Rediffusion) Yasmine Hamdan est notre 1ère invitée pour la sortie de son 3ème album I Remember I Forget Yasmine Hamdan a d'abord surgi sur la scène musicale avec la formation indie électronique pionnière Soapkills, formée avec Zeid Hamdan dans le Beyrouth de la fin des années 90. Le répertoire entêtant et irrévérencieux du duo ainsi que ses visuels auront rayonné créativement à travers le monde arabe et au-delà, culminant avec une anthologie en 2015. Après s'être installée à Paris en 2005, la musicienne collabore avec le producteur Mirwais (ex-Taxi Girl et producteur de Madonna) pour le projet Y.A.S., à l'origine d'un album dansant et raffiné, Arabology, paru chez Universal en 2009. Depuis, elle s'est fait un nom au-delà des frontières en tant qu'autrice-compositrice et productrice solo, entrelaçant avec élégance des univers éloignés comme la poésie, la pop et la tradition panarabe, l'electronica, la soul ou encore la guitar music. Elle a collaboré avec des cinéastes de tous horizons tels que Elia Suleiman, Jim Jarmusch (chantant notamment à l'écran dans le film de 2013 Only Lovers Left Alive), Daniele Arbid ou Ghassan Salhab, et a joué au sein de projets collectifs majeurs comme Africa Express. En solo, Yasmine Hamdan a sorti un premier disque en 2013, Ya Nass, un en 2017, Al Jamilat, et à présent son troisième album I Remember I Forget, co-produit aux côtés de son collaborateur de longue date Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague). La mémoire est une force sans pareille. I Remember I Forget [Je me souviens que j'oublie] succède à deux disques solo salués à l'international, Ya Nass (2013) et Al Jamila (2017). L'album scelle la réputation de Yasmine Hamdan en tant que conteuse talentueuse, performeuse captivante et défricheuse indépendante. L'artiste polyglotte, née à Beyrouth et installée à Paris, a toujours mêlé dans sa musique l'intime, le poétique et la politique, souvent avec un humour vif, puisant ses influences dans les dialectes et sonorités du monde pan-arabe et d'ailleurs. C'est plus que jamais le cas sur ce nouvel album, un ensemble de chants de beauté et de fureur légitime, forgé dans le tumulte de crises mondiales, notamment l'explosion en 2020 du port de Beyrouth et l'effondrement économique du Liban (désastre financier qui aura protégé l'élite aux dépens du plus grand nombre). Dans un monde moderne de plus en plus fracturé, les prises de parole de Yasmine Hamdan semblent plus vitales que jamais. «Pour cet album, je voulais m'attacher à un lieu spécifique — et il fallait que ce soit le Liban», explique Yasmine Hamdan. «Mon lien avec le Liban et ce qui lui est arrivé a constitué le terreau à partir duquel j'ai commencé à écrire et composer l'album. Cependant, au fur et à mesure du processus créatif, cet endroit est devenu un symbole, une métaphore, une catharsis pour ce qui se passe plus largement dans le monde et à travers l'expérience collective.»  «En dépit de la douleur ressentie devant ce qui est infligé à mon lieu de naissance, s'est installé peu à peu un sentiment de tendresse, de familiarité, ce qui m'a apporté de l'espoir et de l'inspiration. Beyrouth a certainement continué à être généreuse avec moi», raconte-t-elle. Yasmine Hamdan s'est ainsi attelée à l'écriture des chansons, renouant pour l'occasion avec un collaborateur de longue date, Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague). I Remember I Forget a été produit sous la tutelle de leurs labels respectifs, Hamdanistan et Kwaidan, et paraît chez Crammed Discs / [PIAS]. Titres joués durant l'entretien : I Remember I Forget, Shmaali, Shadia et The Beautiful Losers. ► Album I Remember I Forget (Crammed Discs / [PIAS] 2025). Site Yasmine Hamdan - Bandcamp. YouTube. Actu concert 18 mars, Paris Le Trianon.   Puis la #SessionLive reçoit Christine Zayed pour l'album Kama Kuntu. Née dans une famille mélomane de Palestine, élevée entre Jérusalem et Ramallah, Christine Zayed est une chanteuse, une compositrice et une instrumentiste, virtuose du qanûn. Elle a été initiée dès son plus jeune âge à la musique arabe classique et contemporaine, ainsi qu'à la musique traditionnelle palestinienne. Son répertoire s'appuie principalement sur la musique arabe classique, basée sur le maqam (la science et la pratique de l'improvisation modale arabe), et sur la poésie arabe, en particulier la poésie palestinienne contemporaine. Ses compositions, fortement ancrées dans la tradition, sont résolument contemporaines, recherchant les chemins de la modernité dans le croisement avec d'autres univers musicaux. Elle vit et travaille en France depuis quelques années et collabore à de multiples projets, notamment au sein de l'Ensemble Chakâm ou du groupe Atine. Elle se produit en solo ou en trio avec le flûtiste Sylvain Barou et le percussionniste Habib Meftah interprétant un répertoire que l'on retrouve dans son premier album, Kama Kuntu («Ce que j'étais»). On y croise plusieurs invités, notamment Piers Faccini. Titres interprétés au grand studio : - Avant que je photographie les oiseaux, Live RFI - Animal, Feat. Piers Faccini, extrait de l'album  - Ghalimi Live RFI. Line Up : Christine Zayed (qanûn, chant), Sylvain Barou (flûtes, duduk) et Habib Meftah (percussions) Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît Letirant. ► Album Kama Kuntu (T-Rec 2024). Site - YouTube. Actu concerts : 11 décembre – Festival NoBorder, Brest // en trio + 12 décembre – Le Chenal, Porspoder // dans le cadre de NoBorder // en trio.

La poétique du souvenir avec Yasmine Hamdan (Liban) et Christine Zayed (Palestine). (Rediffusion) Yasmine Hamdan est notre 1ère invitée pour la sortie de son 3ème album I Remember I Forget Yasmine Hamdan a d'abord surgi sur la scène musicale avec la formation indie électronique pionnière Soapkills, formée avec Zeid Hamdan dans le Beyrouth de la fin des années 90. Le répertoire entêtant et irrévérencieux du duo ainsi que ses visuels auront rayonné créativement à travers le monde arabe et au-delà, culminant avec une anthologie en 2015. Après s'être installée à Paris en 2005, la musicienne collabore avec le producteur Mirwais (ex-Taxi Girl et producteur de Madonna) pour le projet Y.A.S., à l'origine d'un album dansant et raffiné, Arabology, paru chez Universal en 2009. Depuis, elle s'est fait un nom au-delà des frontières en tant qu'autrice-compositrice et productrice solo, entrelaçant avec élégance des univers éloignés comme la poésie, la pop et la tradition panarabe, l'electronica, la soul ou encore la guitar music. Elle a collaboré avec des cinéastes de tous horizons tels que Elia Suleiman, Jim Jarmusch (chantant notamment à l'écran dans le film de 2013 Only Lovers Left Alive), Daniele Arbid ou Ghassan Salhab, et a joué au sein de projets collectifs majeurs comme Africa Express. En solo, Yasmine Hamdan a sorti un premier disque en 2013, Ya Nass, un en 2017, Al Jamilat, et à présent son troisième album I Remember I Forget, co-produit aux côtés de son collaborateur de longue date Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague). La mémoire est une force sans pareille. I Remember I Forget [Je me souviens que j'oublie] succède à deux disques solo salués à l'international, Ya Nass (2013) et Al Jamila (2017). L'album scelle la réputation de Yasmine Hamdan en tant que conteuse talentueuse, performeuse captivante et défricheuse indépendante. L'artiste polyglotte, née à Beyrouth et installée à Paris, a toujours mêlé dans sa musique l'intime, le poétique et la politique, souvent avec un humour vif, puisant ses influences dans les dialectes et sonorités du monde pan-arabe et d'ailleurs. C'est plus que jamais le cas sur ce nouvel album, un ensemble de chants de beauté et de fureur légitime, forgé dans le tumulte de crises mondiales, notamment l'explosion en 2020 du port de Beyrouth et l'effondrement économique du Liban (désastre financier qui aura protégé l'élite aux dépens du plus grand nombre). Dans un monde moderne de plus en plus fracturé, les prises de parole de Yasmine Hamdan semblent plus vitales que jamais. «Pour cet album, je voulais m'attacher à un lieu spécifique — et il fallait que ce soit le Liban», explique Yasmine Hamdan. «Mon lien avec le Liban et ce qui lui est arrivé a constitué le terreau à partir duquel j'ai commencé à écrire et composer l'album. Cependant, au fur et à mesure du processus créatif, cet endroit est devenu un symbole, une métaphore, une catharsis pour ce qui se passe plus largement dans le monde et à travers l'expérience collective.»  «En dépit de la douleur ressentie devant ce qui est infligé à mon lieu de naissance, s'est installé peu à peu un sentiment de tendresse, de familiarité, ce qui m'a apporté de l'espoir et de l'inspiration. Beyrouth a certainement continué à être généreuse avec moi», raconte-t-elle. Yasmine Hamdan s'est ainsi attelée à l'écriture des chansons, renouant pour l'occasion avec un collaborateur de longue date, Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague). I Remember I Forget a été produit sous la tutelle de leurs labels respectifs, Hamdanistan et Kwaidan, et paraît chez Crammed Discs / [PIAS]. Titres joués durant l'entretien : I Remember I Forget, Shmaali, Shadia et The Beautiful Losers. ► Album I Remember I Forget (Crammed Discs / [PIAS] 2025). Site Yasmine Hamdan - Bandcamp. YouTube. Actu concert 18 mars, Paris Le Trianon.   Puis la #SessionLive reçoit Christine Zayed pour l'album Kama Kuntu. Née dans une famille mélomane de Palestine, élevée entre Jérusalem et Ramallah, Christine Zayed est une chanteuse, une compositrice et une instrumentiste, virtuose du qanûn. Elle a été initiée dès son plus jeune âge à la musique arabe classique et contemporaine, ainsi qu'à la musique traditionnelle palestinienne. Son répertoire s'appuie principalement sur la musique arabe classique, basée sur le maqam (la science et la pratique de l'improvisation modale arabe), et sur la poésie arabe, en particulier la poésie palestinienne contemporaine. Ses compositions, fortement ancrées dans la tradition, sont résolument contemporaines, recherchant les chemins de la modernité dans le croisement avec d'autres univers musicaux. Elle vit et travaille en France depuis quelques années et collabore à de multiples projets, notamment au sein de l'Ensemble Chakâm ou du groupe Atine. Elle se produit en solo ou en trio avec le flûtiste Sylvain Barou et le percussionniste Habib Meftah interprétant un répertoire que l'on retrouve dans son premier album, Kama Kuntu («Ce que j'étais»). On y croise plusieurs invités, notamment Piers Faccini. Titres interprétés au grand studio : - Avant que je photographie les oiseaux, Live RFI - Animal, Feat. Piers Faccini, extrait de l'album  - Ghalimi Live RFI. Line Up : Christine Zayed (qanûn, chant), Sylvain Barou (flûtes, duduk) et Habib Meftah (percussions) Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît Letirant. ► Album Kama Kuntu (T-Rec 2024). Site - YouTube. Actu concerts : 11 décembre – Festival NoBorder, Brest // en trio + 12 décembre – Le Chenal, Porspoder // dans le cadre de NoBorder // en trio.

STALEMATES IN GAZA AND LEBANON Colleague Jonathan Schanzer. Jonathan Schanzer discusses the stalemate regarding the last hostage in Gaza, the fragmented control of the territory, and threats in Lebanon and Syria. NUMBER 3 1937 RAMALLAH

Dr. Munther Isaac is a Palestinian pastor, theologian, author, and activist. He has an MA from Westminster Theological Seminary and a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Munther is the pastor of Hope Evangelical Church in Ramallah, Palestine, and the Director of the Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice. Munther is also the author of several books including the recently released: Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza. Music in this episode:Rejoice! by Evan Wickham. From Christmas Music Vol. 2 O Holy Night by Evan Wickham. From Christmas Music Vol. 2Used with Permission Evan's YoutubeEvan's Site Christmas Nativity Story Animation by M_Y_G. Licensed through Envato.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief, Prince Turki bin Faisal, spoke with Magid on Sunday and said that Riyadh is currently not even entertaining the idea of normalizing relations with Israel and will only do so if Jerusalem begins acting like a “normal country.” We hear how Israel could behave more "normally" and what else the royal family member said. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee held a rare meeting with Palestinian Authority Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh in Ramallah last Wednesday to discuss ongoing tensions in the West Bank. We speak about the fraught US-PA ties and how this meeting comes on the heels of increased cooperation surrounding ceasefire efforts in the Gaza Strip. And finally, US Vice President JD Vance claimed in an interview on Sunday that almost no Americans are antisemitic and that concerns about antisemitic voices are raised as a way to avoid discussing “a real backlash to a consensus view in American foreign policy” on Israel. Magid delves into this thorny issue, even as attacks against Jews in the US continue to be at a high since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: Ex-Saudi intel chief to ToI: Riyadh will consider normalization when Israel acts normally Huckabee holds rare meeting with PA official to discuss West Bank tensions — officials Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites Vance: Almost no Americans are antisemitic, real issue is ‘backlash’ to US policy on Israel Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Podwaves. IMAGE: Illustrative: Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal talks to the Associated Press in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, we hear reviews of two films: the 2019 "An Officer and a Spy," a film by controversial director Roman Polanski on the Dreyfus Affair, which is now playing in the United States, and the shattering documentary, "The Voice of Hind Rajab." But the pair opens the program by honoring director-actor Rob Reiner, who was slain over the weekend alongside his wife, Michele. We learn about his early acting work and hear about many of his groundbreaking films that have become enduring classics. Hoffman tells us about Polanski's cinematic childhood and early adult life -- he barely survived the Holocaust and his wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson family. We then hear how Polanski skipped out on the sentencing after pleading guilty to engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue, and has lived outside of the US ever since, but still working consistently. And after all that, we learn about the merits of the film, "An Officer and a Spy." The final movie discussed is potentially even more controversial to several listeners, "The Voice of Hind Rajab." The film portrays the attempts of the Ramallah-based Red Crescent to send an ambulance to save the six-year-old Hind, who is trapped in a war zone in northern Gaza in a car with her family, who are all dead. Using the actual soundtrack from the terrified girl's phone calls for help, the film is a carefully crafted re-enactment of the impending tragedy. Hear which film(s) got a seal of approval on this week's The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by the PodWaves and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a video message that he has approved the largest energy deal in Israel’s history. The natural gas deal with Egypt is worth NIS 112 billion ($34.7 billion), of which NIS 58 billion ($18 billion) will go into public coffers. Magid gives insight into the slow rollout of this massive deal. Magid reported yesterday that the US has secured commitments from Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany to have their leaders join US President Donald Trump on the Board of Peace that will oversee the postwar management of Gaza. We review the significance of the names that are currently not on the list and the ambiguous mandate of the International Security Force -- including an apparent walk-back from forcing Hamas to disarm. On Sunday, hundreds of Palestinians attended protests across the West Bank against the Palestinian Authority’s new prisoner payment system. Does this public anger indicate that Ramallah is moving ahead with the Western-pushed welfare reform, or is it all smoke and mirrors, as Israel's Foreign Ministry alleges? In the annual Hanukkah party on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that Congress “is becoming antisemitic,” as the “Jewish lobby” is no longer the strongest in Washington. Though he wasn't given a White House latke this year, Magid agrees to set the scene and delves into statements made at the celebration.Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: ‘Historic moment’: Netanyahu announces $34.7 billion natural gas deal with Egypt Six countries have committed to joining Trump’s Board of Peace, say officials ISF will not fight Hamas, say US officials, who still seek to deploy force next month Palestinians protest PA prisoner payment reform, in apparent sign of implementation At White House Hanukkah party, Trump laments ‘Jewish lobby’ no longer most powerful Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Podwaves. IMAGE: A view of the platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the Israeli northern coastal beach of Nasholim, on August 29, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Schanzer analyzes the "murky" killing of US servicemen in Syria, attributing it to jihadist elements within the government's security forces. He describes the situation in Gaza as a deadlock where Hamas remains armed because no international force, other than the unacceptable option of Turkey, is willing to intervene. 1938 RAMALLAH

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Senior officials from the US, France and Saudi Arabia are set to meet in Paris today amid fears that Israel could embark on a new military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon after a December 31 deadline to disarm the Iran-backed terror group passes, a diplomatic official told The Times of Israel on Tuesday. We have seen an uptick in tensions over the past few weeks. Fabian takes us back to early October to give context for what is currently happening on the ground. In one of his first moves, new Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Itai Ofir decided today to close a criminal case against a senior reserves officer who was facing charges over his involvement in the circumstances that led to the deaths of a soldier and a civilian researcher in southern Lebanon in November 2024. Fabian was in the area when this occurred and fills us in. Israeli settlers torched a vehicle and sprayed graffiti in a West Bank village near Ramallah overnight, according to Palestinian media. The suspected crime took place in Ein Yabrud. The conflict in the West Bank, always at a low boil, but are appearances deceiving in that it seems to be on a higher flame in the past several weeks? After Palestinian media reported a series of Israeli airstrikes in eastern Gaza City, the IDF said it is conducting routine activity to demolish Hamas infrastructure in the Israeli-controlled area. In addition to the tunnel demolitions, there are almost daily incidents in which Gazans attempt to cross the Yellow Line from the Hamas-ruled side. Fabian gives several scenarios for the attempted crossings. Earlier in the month, Fabian visited Hamas’s “most complex” tunnel network in the Gaza Strip, where, eventually, the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin were recovered. He was killed and abducted by the terror group in 2014, and it transpires that he was held some two kilometers from the Israeli border. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: US, French, Saudi officials to meet in Paris about preventing renewed war in Lebanon IDF postpones planned strike on alleged Hezbollah site as Lebanese army searches it IDF drops charges against reserve officer over deadly Lebanon incident last year Settlers said to torch vehicle, spray graffiti in attack on West Bank village Scouring massive labyrinth under Rafah, IDF just missed finding Hadar Goldin’s body Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Podwaves. IMAGE: An officer with the elite Yahalom unit is seen inside a tunnel in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip, where the body of Lt. Hadar Goldin was held, December 8, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join host Manya Brachear Pashman for a powerful conversation about Red Alert, the Critics Choice Award-nominated Paramount+ docu-series that confronts the October 7 Hamas massacre with unflinching honesty. Producer Lawrence Bender (Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting) shares why this project couldn't wait—launched in real time to push back against denial, disinformation, and a world struggling to absorb the scale of the tragedy. Bender reflects on the courage and trauma of the ordinary Israelis whose stories anchor the series, including survivors like Batsheva Olami, whose resilience changed the production team forever. Hear how filming during an active war shaped the storytelling, the emotional toll on everyone involved, and why capturing these true accounts is essential to ensuring October 7 is neither minimized nor forgotten. Key Resources: AJC.org/Donate: Please consider supporting AJC's work with a year-end gift today. Right now, your gift will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, making double the impact. Every gift matters. Every dollar makes a difference in the fight for a strong and secure Jewish future. Listen – AJC Podcasts: Architects of Peace The Forgotten Exodus People of the Pod Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript of the Interview: [Clip from Red Alert] Manya Brachear Pashman:   Academy Award nominated film producer Lawrence Bender has quite a repertoire for both feature films and documentaries: Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bastards, Good Will Hunting and Inconvenient Truth. In fact, his works have earned 36 Academy Award nominations.  His most recent TV miniseries is a more personal project on the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, Paramount Plus began streaming a four episode series called red alert about the attack on festival goers, innocent passers by and families waking up to terrorists inside their Israeli homes that day, a tragedy that many of us, either on this podcast or listening have watched with overwhelming grief for the last two years. Lawrence is with us now to talk about how he grappled with this attack on Israel and the rise of antisemitism that followed.  Lawrence, welcome to People of the Pod. Lawrence Bender:   Thank you, Manya, it's good to be here.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   So that clip that we played at the top of this episode, it's one of the few clips in English. Most of the dialog in this show is in Hebrew with subtitles. But that scene is a woman, Bathsheba and her two daughters. They're walking across a field trying to return home, and her son has been taken. Her husband is gone. This series weaves together her story and three or four other ordinary civilians fighting for their lives on October 7, 2023. You know, as someone personally who's been immersed in this subject matter for two years, to be honest, I had to muster the energy to watch this, and I'm so glad that I did. But why are, I mean, as we're still waiting for the last hostage to be returned, why was it important for this show to air now? Lawrence Bender:   Well, thank you so much for doing this with me, and thank you for playing that clip. I have to tell you first, I love that clip. I love that scene because one of the things about the show and the stories that we portrayed is that even with the horrific things that happened on that day, people still were able to fight back. People were still able to be strong. A mother with her daughter and her infant stood in the face of a terrorist and stood him down in real life, this happened.  Now, not everybody was so fortunate, and her husband Ohad was not fortunate, and her son was taken hostage, as you mentioned, but it does show her personal power in this horrific situation. And I just thought, you know, this woman is a real hero. I've spent a lot of time with her, Batsheva Olami, she's really an extraordinary human in all ways. So thank you for playing that clip.  So in terms of the show, I felt on October 8, it's just amazing how quickly, before Israel did anything, the entire world quickly turned against the very people who were the victims and having spent subsequently, a lot of time with people on the set, because, as you mentioned, this show was about real people, and those real people spent a lot of time on the set with us. And the very people that were traumatized, felt isolated, they felt alone, and they're the very ones that need to be loved, that need to be hugged, they need to be supported. Anyway, I just felt like I needed to do something fast to try to show the world what really happened. AndRed Alert is the result of that. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Do you fear that the world has already moved on? Lawrence Bender:   Oh, that's a good question. It feels like we've passed a tipping point, actually, in terms of Jew hatred and anti-Israel and antisemitism. Even as we are now trying to have a peace process, right, that somehow we are stumbling forward, and if that's going to happen, people need to understand why we're here and why we're here happened on October 7. And if you watch the show, hopefully you're pulled into the show, and you have a, you know, you have an emotional journey, and then you understand, oh, this really happened. And you understand that's the truth. And only when you really understand the truth of October 7 do I really think that you can really get some sort of peace. Manya Brachear Pashman:   So is this different from other historical events? You know, a lot of movies and television shows commemorate historical events, like the Holocaust, for example, but they happen years later. They're made years later. I kind of call it the never forget genre. But is October 7 unique in that it's not a question of whether people will forget or move on. It's a question of whether they believe that this present is actually true. Lawrence Bender:   That's right, there's the deniers. There's people that just don't know. There's people that forgot, maybe you know, there are people who I know that I had to explain. Like, you know, it's interesting. As an example, when you see the show and you see all these Hamas terrorists invading the kibbutz, and Ohad says to her, his wife, Bathsheva, he whispers in her ear, I just saw about 20 terrorists, and someone said to me, who's not unintelligent, I didn't realize there are that many. I didn't realize that. And if you're not really paying attention, maybe you don't really know. And look, they're the haters, haters which are never going to change. But I think there's a large group of people that just don't really understand, and they're the ones that I feel we have a shot at showing this to and having a conversation with. Manya Brachear Pashman:   In fact, are you actually introducing or experimenting with a new genre of truth or facts in the face of fiction. Lawrence Bender:   I guess that's true. I mean, this just happened. And some people ask over this last, you know, when I released, and we were paramount, released the show. You know, I've been asked a question, is it too soon? And my answer is, I feel like it's not soon enough. And I felt like immediately I needed to work on something, and this is the result of that. For me, personally, there are many collaborators of people on this show that incredible Israeli partners, my American partners. I mean, there's a lot of amazing people that came together to work on this, to make this show, but we really felt like time was of the essence, because the world was shifting so quickly, we wanted this to get out there, to show the world what really happened. Manya Brachear Pashman:   One of the reasons I'm pressing you on this, this was not a fiction film. This was based in reality. You said you met Bathsheba, the actors prepared for their roles by meeting with the very real people who they were portraying in this show whose stories they were recreating. I'm curious what some of the takeaways were for you, for your colleagues, from your encounters with these victims, with these survivors, and did anything about the production ever change after they got involved? Lawrence Bender:   It was truly a life changing experience for myself, but really for everyone involved, of course, myself and my partner, Kevin Brown and Jordana Rubin, and we were basically the only non Israelis that were full time producing the show. And everyone else was a citizen of the country. Everyone else, you know, was affected dramatically, everything but from like our key grips brother ran the kibbutz Raim, where we filmed that area that was a kibbutz overrun by terrorists, right? His brother survived. So it was really like every single person at some point, you know, we call it triggered, but it really happened quite often where you have a scene and people just have to stop for a second and take a moment, whether it's an actor finishing a scene or a crew member, you know, partaking in the making of the scene. But lots of things happen. I'll tell you one story which was, you know, quite interesting. We're working at the Nova festival scene, and one of the actors, Moran, her niece, was on vacation in Greece, and her niece told her, if a red headed police woman shows up on the set, she's the one who saved my life. And indeed, her name was Bat, she showed up, and we said, we need you to meet somebody. And we FaceTimed Moran's niece with Bat, and the young lady she's like in her early 20s, said, You're the one who saved my life. You're the one I was hiding by your feet while you were firing. And we asked, Did you remember the people that you saved? And she said, I really only remember the people I didn't save. You really felt the pain that she is still at that point a year and a half later, this is. In April, May, suffering from what she went through. RPG hit nearby her. She went flying through the air. She had had half reconstructive surgery, on and on and on. It was obviously an extremely traumatic day for her to you know, a moment where there's a woman on the set whose daughter was murdered, and someone on my crew, actually, Mya Fisher, has said, you know, there's someone here I want to introduce you to. It's after lunch. And I spent some time with her, and I asked her, you know, like, how do you go? Fine, I can't, you know, I can't imagine losing my son in this way. It's just unimaginable. And I asked her, do you have a rabbi? What do you do to survive?  And it was a very difficult emotional exchange. And sometime later, she had sort of retold that encounter to somebody else on the set who came to me and said, you know that woman you're talking to. She told me what happened, you know this conversation? And she said, You know this Hollywood producer came all the way from California, she doesn't know me, from Adam, and sat down with me for an hour to hear my story, and it clearly meant a lot to her. And again, you realize that the very people who are traumatized directly are not getting the love, are so isolated and people are against them, and it made me feel even more determined to tell these stories for the world to understand.  Every day we had these type of difficult, emotional and to be honest, I was extremely honored every time I met someone. I spent every Saturday night at Hostage Square because we were making the show, I got to spend time backstage with all the families who had loved ones in the tunnels. There was a deep dive into this. Now, I have to tell you, on the other hand, the filming while a war is still going on is quite it's like things you don't have to think about normally, right? So, as an example, we were in a town and we're shooting a shootout. We're filming a shootout between the IDF actors and the Hamas actor. They're actors. I keep saying they're actors, right? Because they are actors. But the mayor and the chief of police in the town were extremely worried, because they look real, right? They look like real people. And unfortunately, the cemetery is littered with people who have been murdered and killed by the Hamas. And all the other men who are there, they have guns, they carry, and if something's happening, they're going to run towards the problem. So he's worried, what if someone walks by, or someone's up in a building. He looks down and they see an actor who looks like Hamas, they are going to shoot him. So we literally had speakers every 10 yards, like all up and down the street, and every like 15-20 minutes, saying, don't worry, in Hebrew, of course, this is a movie, everything's okay. We had a drone up in the air, never coming down, on a tether with a police officer. They're a full big screen watching case someone walks down the street.  We dressed up the Hamas actors as they're walking from the holding area to the area where they're filming, we put them in these kind of white hazmat-like suits so that they couldn't confuse them, and when they got done filming, we put them right back in these hazmat white suits and brought them back to the holding area. We all had to dress up, and we had to wear these very, very light blue shirts the entire crew, so nobody looked like anything but a crew member. It was something, right?  Manya Brachear Pashman:   I did not even think about that. I mean, I knew that you had filmed on location in Israel, and I knew you had filmed during the war. In fact, I was going to explain to listeners who don't know Red Alert is what Israelis call the sirens and the phone alerts when there are rockets being fired upon Israel and they have time to seek shelter. I was going to ask you if you had been there during a red alert and had to seek shelter, but I didn't even think about the possibility of people confusing the filming with actual war activity. I imagine you were there during a red alert, and did have to seek shelter, yes? Lawrence Bender:   so there's different types of alerts in the south. We did shoot in the guys called the Gaza envelope. We shot within less than a mile away from the Gaza border. So a scene that comes soon after the one that you showed. They're resting under a tree, and we are in the Gaza envelope. And this is a scene where they're running from the Hamas. They're running, they're bare feet, and they're out of breath, and they stop under this tree that's hot, and so forth. And you can hear, just a mile away, the war going on in Gaza. Hear the bombs and everything, and we weren't worried about we're going to be attacked, but it was eerie hearing a war go on, and we're filming a scene where they're running from that war, right?  So it was dramatic every week or so still at that point, the Hamas would lob a missile bomb into southern Israel and an alert would go off. You have 15 seconds to. Get into. So we had to bring these portable concrete safe rooms with us so that crew, at any given moment can run quickly into one of these concrete things. We couldn't always do it. So there's always this conversation, and by the way, it costs a lot of money, so everything you're always carrying these things. There's a lot of planning that went on. But I have to tell you, as an American showing up in Israel for the first time after October 7, I wasn't used to these alarms going off, so we were fortunate that while we were filming in the south, no missiles were lobbed at us. However, my first day there, I'm in a meeting on the eighth floor. It was a Friday morning. I got in there on a Thursday evening, 10 o'clock in the morning, the alarm goes up. I mean, just like that, right? And it's loud.  And you have these buzzers. Everyone's phone is buzzing, not like the Amber Alerts we have, like, really buzzing loud. And everyone stops and looks at me, and they apologize to me. They apologize and they go, Oh, we're really sorry, but it's an alert. We have to go into a safe room. Oh, don't worry, it's just from the Houthis. It takes eight minutes to get here. Now it's an intercontinental ballistic missile. These are real big missiles. They can really do bad damage. Don't worry, the Iron Dome usually gets them. It's really okay. So we go, you know, we go into and they pick up their danish and their coffee, and of course, I take out my cell phone and I'm videotaping. And then we go in there, and when it's off, we go back to the meeting. The meeting starts as if it never happened. And then they stop, and they go, Oh, how was that for you? And then I just didn't realize, what with the emotion that was going on because we're not used to having missiles shot at us. It's not normal. And I started to bubble up with emotion, and I had to, like, stop myself, I didn't want to cry in front of all these people that I barely knew. So I had to suppress my feelings. Like, don't worry, it's okay. You're having a normal reaction, right? And that happened quite often while I was there.  Now, you do get used to it. And the last night I was there, I was having dinner outside, tables outside, you know, in restaurants everywhere. So we're having a typical outside dinner, and they're handing the fish, and the alarm goes off, and we go, let's eat. And we don't go into the restaurant where they're called maamads. You don't go into the safe room. So that's kind of the quote, unquote normal life. Now you imagine here in the United States we get a missile from Mexico or Canada or wherever. No one's going to put up with that. That's just insane. It's insane what people in Israel have to go through. Manya Brachear Pashman:   it really is. But it's interesting that you've kind of adopted the nonchalance that your colleagues had at the very beginning of the trip, and wow, certainly no apologies. I want to know if there's a missile headed my way. Thank you. It does sound like October 7 changed you personally. And I'd like to know as a progressive Jew, on what level did it change you as a human being. I mean, how did it change you the most? Lawrence Bender:   I've been an active Jewish person for maybe 20, somewhere, 2025, years. I went to Israel My first time. I was ready. As far as I'm concerned. I was too old already to go for the first time. It was like 2003 I went with the Israeli policy forum, and we met with a lot of people there, and we ended up going to Ramallah, met with Abu Mazen, we went to Cairo and met with the president there, Barak, and met with a lot of people in Israel and so forth. And I've been involved one way or another for quite a while. But of course, October 7 was dramatic. Of course, I was safe in my house in Los Angeles, but I still watched in horror. And of course, October 8, it's just hard to understand what happened. It was the latent antisemitism, Jew hatred, that sits there. I still don't quite understand that.  It feels like antisemitism never went away, but it was underneath, and it just gave a good excuse to come out, and now the world is where it is. So yeah, for me, I became much more active than I was before. It became much more important to me, my Jewishness, my relationship to Israel. I want to protect Israel as much as I have that power to you know, whatever my ability is, like a lot of people, I know it's become a really important part of my existence, and it's like a new chapter in my life. I'm absolutely looking for more Jewish or Israeli projects. You know, I'm looking to do as much as possible in this area. Manya Brachear Pashman:   A number of your colleagues in Hollywood have proposed boycotting Israeli film festivals, institutions, projects, they're going the opposite direction that you are. And I'm curious if you had difficulty finding an American network to air this series, and what do you say when you confront colleagues who do want to boycott and are hostile toward Israel? Lawrence Bender:   You know, there's different groups of people. They're the true haters. I don't think that you can ever even have a conversation with them. There are people who just don't understand, and there's people you can and there are people who you know they're trying to be good people. They're trying to understand, like, What don't you understand about women being brutally raped and murdered? It's a little hard for me to understand that, actually. But there are a lot of good people who just are either confused or got too much of the wrong message.  But the one thing I would say straight up is, let's take an analogy. You know, there's very few people that I know that you see on TV, on any news show, that is very empathetic with the regime in Iran as an example, right? That means a brutal regime. If you're a liberal or if you're a conservative, there's very few people who support that regime here in this country, right? But they don't boycott their filmmakers, right? They actually give their filmmakers Academy Awards. So why is that with Israel? I feel like there's something very misguided here in Hollywood. Now, we got really lucky when it came to distribution. I just have to say, because we were supposed to go out to sell the show like it was fully financed from equity and from Keshet, who's the local Israeli. This is the biggest network in Israel, by the way. It's the biggest drama in Israel in the last decade. It really performed well there. But now we're going to go sell it here in the United States and the rest of the world, and it's early September, which is our deadline to do that, and Israel bombs Qatar, and then this boycott letter is signed. And I have to tell the investors. You know, it's like, this is not a good time. We cannot go sell. We're just gonna fail, and there's no second chances.  And you know, I was getting into dramatic arguments with my investors because they really felt strong. You got to be like that character in your show, the police officer is going to save his wife and you know, nothing's going to stop you. And I said, Yes, I'm with you. I developed that character I know in the Middle East arguments. I was at Skip Brittenham's memorial. Skip is like this beautiful man who was like the Mount Rushmore of lawyers here in LA. He's just a great human and one of those guys that wants to make deals, not just take everything and have the other guy get nothing. He was just like a he's just a real mensch, right? And well, loved anyway. Unfortunately, he passed, but I was at his memorial, and I ran into David Ellison. Now, I know David a little bit, not well, but I know him a little bit, and I also know that, you know, he loves Israel, from what I've read and so forth. And so I went up to him and said, Hey, man, we talked. I said, you got to know what I'm doing. And it probably got three words out of my mouth, and you can see him go, I'd love to see this. This sounds amazing, and sounds like it's exactly the timing we need.  And we sent him the material, and he watched every episode himself, and then he gave it to Cindy Holland, who runs paramount, plus his main person. And you know, they said, we do this. We want this. It would be an honor to be your partner in this is actually quite humbling. And it was an incredible moment for us to have David Ellison, Cindy Holland, say, hey. You know, we want this now. Then they said, We need to drop it. We want to drop all the episodes on October 7? Well, by the time they got those episodes, it was like two weeks to go before October 7, or a couple days before, because we couldn't give it to them in the midnight before October 7, obviously. And they had pretty much final picture edit, but we had temporary sound, temporary music, temporary effects, and so we had to work double triple shifts to get it done. But of course, we did. Manya Brachear Pashman:   This actually reminds me of a conversation I had with playwright, screenwriter, Oren softy for the Forgotten Exodus, which is a podcast series we did about Jews from the Middle East. He spoke about his father's side of the family, which hails from Aleppo, Syria, and he shared a lot of his frustrations with the modern anti Israel movement and sentiments in Hollywood, the protests which he's been trying to combat in theater and on the stage. And he actually said that investors had pulled out of a film project about Israel when tensions flared. So it's interesting to hear your investors took the opposite approach, but he told me in our conversations, he told me that being Jewish is about stepping up. That's how he sees it. It's about stepping up. And I'm curious if that rings true to you, and do you feel like this series and your plans to do more, is that your way of stepping up? Lawrence Bender:   Hmm, that's beautiful, and I'm so glad to hear you recount that story with him. I'd love to talk to him about that I feel like, without really understanding that it's built into me genetically, right? My grandparents, far as you go back, my family is Jewish, right? From Romania, from Hungary, from Minsk Belarus. So it's the way that you're brought up as a Jew. It's just always been a part of our lives, and we're pretty much taught that that's part of being Jewish, right? So, you know, I've always felt like it's important for me.  Now I tell you, you know, it's interesting, and I think about as we're talking so in the 90s, when I was getting started, and I was actually doing pretty well this one year, I had Good Will Hunting and Jackie Brown and a price above Rubens, those three movies, and things were going well, but I felt like something was missing in my life. And then we screened Good Will Hunting and Camp David in 1998 and it was an amazing moment. And that was like one of these light bulb moments for me. You know, I met the President and Mrs. Clinton and Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense, Sandy Berger and the Chief of Staff and Senate Majority Leader, and on and on, right? They're all there.    And it was Matt Damon, Ban Affleck, Gus Van Zant, Robin Williams, et cetera, et cetera, right? And I felt like these guys are making a difference, and that's what was missing in my life. And so since 1998 I've been always looking for ways that I'm and that's that's that becomes like a more of a fulfilling way of living right for myself. So yes, I would answer that. That's a long way to get to yes. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Wow, Camp David, that's awesome. Lawrence, thank you so much for joining us and for talking about the impetus behind this series. I encourage everyone to take some time, brace yourself emotionally, but do sit down and watch Red Alert. It is really quite worthwhile. Thank you so much. Lawrence Bender: Thank you. Manya Brachear Pashman:   If you missed last week's episode, be sure to tune in for my conversation with AJC colleague, Dr Alexandra Herzog, the granddaughter of Chaim Herzog, Israel's Irish born sixth president. She shared how an attempt by Dublin officials to strip her grandfather's name from a community park illustrates how criticism of Israel can veer into an effort to erase Jewish memory. As I mentioned in my conversation with Lawrence, it took some degree of wherewithal to watch Red Alert, as we've spent the last two years on this podcast speaking with the families of hostages, former hostages themselves, and survivors of the October 7 massacre. I've wanted nothing more than to make sure their voices are heard. We end this week's episode with the voice of Orna Neutra, the mother of Omer Neutra. Orna recently spoke at the AJC Long Island meeting, shortly after the return of her son's remains more than two years after his death, followed by a word from AJC Long Island Director Eric Post. Orna Neutra: When Omer was taken, our world collapsed. But something else happened too. People stood up. People showed up. And many of you here showed up. This community, the broader Long Island Jewish community, AJC, our friends, colleagues, neighbors, complete strangers, carried us. You wrote, you marched, you advocated, you pressured you called you consoled and refused to let the world look away. To our personal friends and honorees here tonight, Veronica, Laurie, and Michael, your leadership has not been symbolic. It has been practical, steady and deeply felt by our family.  Like you said, Veronica, on the first days when we were barely understanding what was going on, you connected us to Senator Schumer's office, and Michael, you helped us write a letter to the White House on October 8, and that was the first sign from hostage families that the White House received. We know that Secretary Blinken had the letter in his hands on October 8, indicating that Omer was probably a hostage.  And AJC as an organization, beyond your many actions and advocacy, I want to specifically acknowledge your DC team. It was mentioned here tonight, throughout our many, many, many visits to Capitol Hill, AJC professionals were instrumental. They arranged meetings, they walked us through endless hallways, opened doors, prepared us and stood beside us, and they're still doing that for us, and we will see them this week. Always professional, with purpose and humanity, and we will never forget that. Over these two years, we learned something essential: that when Jewish families are in danger, the responsibility belongs to all of us, across movements, across generations, across continents. This work is the work that AJC does every day. This is the work that everyone here in this room understands. Eric Post:  Since the horrors of October 7, AJC has been empowering leaders around the world to take action against antisemitism and stand with Israel. But we cannot succeed alone. Please consider supporting AJC's work with a year-end gift today. Right now, your gift will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, making double the impact.  Every gift matters. Every dollar makes a difference in the fight for a strong and secure Jewish future. Donate at AJC.org/donate – that's www - dot - AJC - dot org  slash donate.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN YEMEN?HEADLINE 1: Saudi Arabia is providing the Palestinian Authority with a $90 million grant.HEADLINE 2: Three Israeli soldiers were wounded in two separate attacks yesterday.HEADLINE 3: The IDF raided the offices in Ramallah and Hebron of an organization called the Union of Agricultural Work Committees.---FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow, filling in for Jonathan Schanzer, provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Southern Transition Council Special Representative Amr Al-Bidh.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief---Featured FDD Pieces: "Trump is right to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood" - Edmund Fitton-Brown, The Spectator"Japan Has Changed How the World Must Think About Taiwan" - Craig Singleton, The New York Times"Africa 2025: Things Fall Apart" - Clifford D. May, Foreign Podicy

En Cisjordanie occupée, les enfants sont sur-représentés parmi les victimes de l'occupation militaire israélienne. Cinquante mineurs palestiniens ont été tués depuis le début de l'année 2025, la plupart par l'armée. Plus de 2 000 enfants et adolescents ont été arrêtés depuis les attaques du 7-Octobre, pour des séjours plus ou moins prolongés dans les prisons israéliennes, où ils subiraient des sévices dénoncés par les principales ONG de défense des droits humains. RFI est allé à la rencontre de Bassam : il a 17 ans et a été libéré dimanche 23 novembre, après six mois de détention dans la prison israélienne d'Ofer. De notre correspondant à Ramallah, Sous le regard de sa mère, Bassam soulève son t-shirt sous lequel les marques, sur son corps amaigri, racontent la prison israélienne. « J'ai encore les traces des coups, les marques des menottes. Pendant trois mois, je ne pouvais pas sentir mes mains. C'est le résultat de la maladie qu'on attrape en prison, la gale », témoigne-t-il. Le jeune homme de 17 ans a été arrêté pour avoir jeté des pierres sur une jeep de l'armée, puis condamné après des aveux contraints : « Ils m'ont interrogé pendant trois jours pour m'arracher des aveux. Ils menaçaient ma mère. Toute cette pression, surtout quand il parlait de ma mère, cela m'a détruit. J'ai eu peur pour elle, alors j'ai fini par avouer. Pour qu'ils ne lui fassent rien. » Prison ou pas, Bassam est un adolescent. Comme de nombreux jeunes de son âge, il vit et rêve football. « J'ai fourré un bout de drap dans une chaussette et j'ai serré autour avec un bout de tissu. Je l'ai cousue et j'ai commencé à jouer avec, comme un petit ballon. Un truc pour m'entraîner et jouer au foot dans la cellule », détaille-t-il. Des rêves qui n'ont pas leur place dans les cellules de la prison. « Le gardien m'a dit : "Toi, tu n'es pas au Camp Nou, tu n'es pas au Bernabeu", et il a commencé à me frapper en répétant : "Ici, ce n'est pas un terrain de jeu, ce n'est pas dans un stade." Moi, je me disais : avec tout ce que j'invente juste pour réussir à vivre un peu, ils me frappent quand même », se souvient-il. Pour avoir, lui aussi, jeté des pierres sur une jeep de l'armée israélienne, le frère de Bassam a été tué d'une balle dans la tête, en 2018. Il avait 16 ans. Son sourire juvénile est encadré sur les murs du salon. Sami, 15 ans, fan de football... abattu par un sniper À Kufr Aqab, près de Ramallah, un autre rêveur de ballon rond a été fauché par un tir de sniper, vendredi 21 novembre. Il s'appelait Sami et il avait 15 ans. « Il jouait sur sa trottinette électrique avec ses amis et son cousin, ils faisaient le tour du quartier, ils étaient contents. Ils ont entendu qu'il y avait une incursion de l'armée, alors comme n'importe quel jeune, par curiosité, ils sont allés voir. Le sniper a tiré et la balle l'a frappé dans le dos », raconte sa mère avec douleur. Celle-ci nous ouvre la chambre du garçon. Sur son lit, soigneusement pliée, sa tenue complète de l'équipe palestinienne de football. « Ils l'ont aussi arraché à ses frères et sœurs. Chaque matin, en se réveillant, ils respirent son odeur sur ses vêtements restés à la maison, et cela leur rappelle sa présence. C'est la seule chose qui nous aide à supporter son absence », confie-t-elle. Comme tous les vendredis, Sami aurait dû se rendre à l'entrainement. « Comme n'importe quelle mère palestinienne, je vivais dans la crainte : est-ce que mon fils va rentrer à la maison ou non ? Chaque fois qu'il quittait la maison, je le confiais à Dieu », se lamente-t-elle. Secouée de sanglots, la mère serre contre son cœur, les chaussures imbibées de sang que son fils portait, ce jour-là. À lire aussiL'armée israélienne lance une «vaste opération» dans le nord de la Cisjordanie

This episode invites you to a conversation Ulrike Lühe has with Ahmed Abofoul, international human rights lawyer at the Palestinian NGO Al-Haq. Speaking from his deep experience documenting grave violations against Palestinians under Israeli occupation, Ahmed reveals the challenges and stakes of building an evidentiary record amid protracted conflict and state obstruction. The methodological rigor of Al-Haq's evidence collection—including on-the-ground fieldwork, open-source investigations, and advanced digital tools employed in a joint project with Forensic Architecture—ensures their documentation is admissible in courts and withstands political pressure and scrutiny. Ahmed reflects on the contextualising of discrete violations within broader patterns of occupation and apartheid is essential for understanding and legally characterising the situation. While digititilisation enhances accessibility and verification, he reminds us that it brings unique risks under occupation, requiring careful balance between transparency and the protection of sources and witnesses. About: Ahmed Abofoul is a Gaza-born international lawyer and Senior Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer at Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human rights organisation based in Ramallah. Now based in The Hague, he specialises in documenting violations of international law and advocating before global accountability mechanisms. With extensive field and legal expertise, Abouful is recognised for his meticulous work supporting justice for Palestinians. More Information: Al Haq home page / Forensic Architecture Investigation Unit / Forensic Architecture home page The 3-part series “Can the record be trusted?” explores the prospects and challenges of human rights documentation and archives in the digital age, with speakers from an international expert workshop that took place at Queens University Belfast in November 2024.

À Jérusalem, ce jeudi 13 novembre 2025, à la sortie de la ville, après la colonie de Ramot, nous vous proposons une illustration de la colonisation rampante. Trois villages palestiniens vivent isolés du reste des territoires palestiniens et ils ont appris qu'ils étaient désormais situés sur « une zone de jonction », qui change leur statut et leurs papiers de résidence.  De notre correspondante à Jérusalem, La petite école de Nabi Samuel est en préfabriqué, Nawal Barakat y enseigne les mathématiques. Elle a appris en septembre dernier que son village de 300 habitants avait changé de statut. L'organisme israélien chargé d'administrer les territoires palestiniens occupés, le Cogat lui a délivré un nouveau permis pour qu'elle puisse vivre chez elle. « Nous sommes allés chercher ces nouveaux permis, ce sont des cartes à puces magnétiques de couleur orange. Ce permis, c'est juste pour entrer et sortir du village. Ça nous inquiète beaucoup. Nous ne savons pas ce que signifie "Nouveau résident" inscrit sur la carte, s'inquiète Nawal. Je suis ici chez moi, et les habitants du village aussi, nous sommes nés là. Pourquoi me dit-on "nouveau résident" ? Cette phrase est ambiguë. On ne sait pas vraiment ce qui se passe. » Une carte magnétique qui fait office de permis de résidence Nabi Samuel n'est pas le seul village concerné par les nouvelles règles. Beit Iksa se trouve six kilomètres à vol d'oiseau. En voiture, c'est plus compliqué. Le jour de notre reportage, impossible de passer, les militaires israéliens interdisent l'accès aux étrangers. Nous avons rendez-vous avec un conseiller municipal, Imad Zayed qui nous rejoint donc de l'autre côté du check point, au bord de la route. Imad Zayed explique qu'il sort toujours de chez lui avec une série de cartes dans son portefeuille : « Chaque personne a besoin de trois choses : une carte d'identité, la nouvelle carte magnétique qui est un permis de résidence et l'enregistrement sur l'application appelée le coordinateur al Monasseq. C'est sur le téléphone. L'autorisation est valable pendant un an. Cette carte orange, sans l'autorisation sur l'application, ne vaut rien. Mais sans cette carte, je ne peux pas entrer non plus. » Une « annexion administrative » Ces Palestiniens coincés entre la ligne verte de 1967, le mur de séparation et les colonies, étaient habitués aux restrictions de déplacement, mais les nouvelles mesures les isolent davantage et rendent leur quotidien encore plus compliqué pour se déplacer ou faire entrer des marchandises dans le village. De facto, Israël a récupéré 20 km² de territoire. Pour Salah Al Khawaja, activiste contre la colonisation à Ramallah, toute cette bureaucratie a un objectif très clair : « Aujourd'hui, avec la politique de Ben-Gvir, Smotrich et Netanyahu, les trois villages sont traités différemment du reste des territoires palestiniens. Il y a une annexion administrative. Une annexion administrative, cela signifie que les règles changent comme ce nouveau statut de résident, même pour ceux qui sont nés dans le village Nabi Samuel. » Salah estime que c'est une façon de briser le rêve d'un État palestinien.

In this episode of our "Gaza & the World" series, Helena Cobban talked with Dr. Ghada Karmi about the intersection of the genocide in Gaza and the shifting global balance of power. Dr. Karmi is a British-Palestinian who had a strong career in London as a physician and a medical historian; then between 2002 and 2023 she published four  thoughtful books that explored not only her own personal experiences as a member of the Nakba generation and a justice activist, but also the broader realities faced by Palestinians inside and outside the homeland. Her most recent work of non-fiction was One State:  The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel. Dr. Karmi described the unprecedented groundswell of popular support for Palestinian rights the British public has displayed since October 2023, which she contrasted with the continued pro-Israel stance of the British government and many of the country's elite institutions. She detailed her role as a juror of conscience at the Gaza People's Tribunal in Istanbul, where she and others weighed the extremely harrowing testimonies of Israel's atrocities in Gaza. She was unequivocal: the underlying cause of the Palestinians' suffering is Zionism, which must therefore, she argued, be dismantled— which would not be the same as the physical destruction of Israel or its people. She was deeply skeptical of the wisdom of striving for a two-state solution, seeing it as perpetuating the destructive ideology of Zionism. She called instead for the reconstitution of pre-Zionist Palestine and the establishment of a single democratic state for all. She also described some of the experiences she had had while working as a consultant for the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, back in 2005.She recognized the significance of the hopeful shifts among younger generations and new political actors in the West but warned that time is running out for Palestinian rights and existence. Support the show

PREVIEW. Inside Gaza: Estimates of Hamas's Remaining Combat Forces and Fighter Pay. Ahmad Fouad Alkhatib of the Atlantic Council discusses the situation inside the half of Gaza where Hamas maintains control using the power of the gun. Based on contacts on the ground, he is highly skeptical of estimates claiming 15,000 to 30,000 Hamas troops. His personal estimate, shared by military intelligence contacts, places the number of combat-effective militants at no more than 3,000 to 5,000. Hamas allegedly offers its fighters $20 to $25 a day. RAMALLAH

Israel Seeks Reliable Multinational Force to Prevent Hamas Resurgence in Gaza. David Daoud discusses Israel's primary concern regarding a multinational force in Gaza: ensuring its reliability to prevent Hamas's resurgence or rearmament. Hamas is reasserting control and slow-rolling the recovery of remaining hostages' bodies to establish the ceasefire. US drones monitor adherence to the ceasefire. Israel has ended the emergency status in the south, signaling a slow return to normal life. 1939 RAMALLAH

Palestine's olive harvest season started this month, and quickly became the target of Israeli settler attacks. A viral video this week showed a mob violently chasing Palestinian olive pickers in an occupied West Bank town north-east of Ramallah. A masked man is seen striking a woman with a club in the field, knocking her to the ground. In another town, farmers trying to harvest their groves were met by gunfire from Israeli soldiers, who are known to offer protection to settlers. These incidents are not new but the UN has documented a 13 per cent increase in settler attacks this year compared to the same period last year. In addition to violence and vandalism, farmers are now also facing the threat of Israeli annexation. In this episode of Beyond the Headlines, host Nada AlTaher speaks to Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Abbas Milhem, executive director of the Palestinian Farmers' Union. They discuss the recent rise in assaults and the impact of Israel's land grab policies on Palestinian agriculture.

Despite jubilation in Gaza following the ceasefire with Israel, the future of more than two million Palestinians is still far from secure. Talks have kicked off in Egypt to decide a post-war governance plan for Gaza, but Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti will not be among Gaza's transitional leaders. Imprisoned since 2002, he's considered a terrorist by Israel. Christiane speaks with Barghouti's son, Arab, who joins the program from Ramallah.  Also on today's show: Colin Hanks, Director, “John Candy: I Like Me”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ceasefire in Gaza is just four days old, and already there are signs of tension: Hamas says it's handed over all the hostages remains it can access, without specialist equipment. Israel is restricting aid in retaliation. Meanwhile, Israel returned 120 bodies of Palestinians held during the war, some of which show signs of abuse and beating. And with Hamas reasserting its authority in brutal fashion against ordinary Palestinians there are also growing questions around the future governance of Gaza. Nasser al-Kidwa is a well-known Palestinian politician, nephew of Yasser Arafat and former Foreign Minister for the Palestinian Authority. In recent years he's worked on a peace plan alongside former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Al-Kidwa joins Christiane from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.  Also on today's show: Rebecca Miller, Director, "Mr. Scorsese"; Democratich Senator Mark Warner  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HEADLINE: Released Palestinian Prisoners and Mideast Instability GUEST NAMES: Ahmad Sharawi, Bill Roggio SUMMARY: Ahmad Sharawi and Bill Roggio discuss the risks associated with Israel's release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including senior Hamas, Fatah, and Islamic Jihad figures. They argue these terrorists will likely rejoin militant movements, providing crucial replacement leadership. Concerns are raised about monitoring them, especially those deported to countries like Qatar or Turkey. The conversation also covers stability risks in Syria, particularly regarding ISIS and Turkish intervention. 1950 RAMALLAH

durée : 00:14:51 - Journal de 8 h - Au sixième jour du cessez-le-feu dans la bande de Gaza, les Palestiniens rencontrés par notre envoyée spéciale à Ramallah (Cisjordanie occupée) se sentent oubliés par la communauté internationale et sont inquiets pour l'avenir.

HEADLINE: Critical Analysis of the Gaza Hostage Exchange and Path to Peace GUEST NAME: John Bolton SUMMARY: The Gaza hostage exchange deal is criticized for lacking a path to the necessary Hamas disarmament, raising doubts about the plan's next stages. The release of 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, many hardened by prison, significantly boosts radicalism. Iran, responsible for arming Hamas, is likely to continue supporting terrorist proxies if it revives its nuclear program. 1938 RAMALLAH

Italy's Rising Diplomatic Status Amid Economic Headwinds GUEST NAME: Lorenzo Fiori Lorenzo Fiori details Italy's enhanced diplomatic role, noting that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been invited to the Israel-Gaza peace agreement signing. Italian carabinieri are already training local police near the Rafah border. Meloni has friction with French President Macron over migration policy and Africa. Italy's production index has fallen below mid-2021 levels due to weak internal demand and the highest energy costs in Europe. Mr. Trump restored Columbus Day, and AC Milan owner Cardinale received honorary Italian citizenship. 1936 RAMALLAH

Trump's Diplomatic Triumph: Expanding the Middle East Peace Consensus GUEST NAME: Conrad Black Conrad Black discusses the ceasefire deal between Gaza, Hamas, and the Israeli Defense Forces. He praises President Trump for his astute diplomacy in attracting sympathy from Arab states and non-Arab Muslim countries apart from Iran, such as Indonesia and Pakistan. Black considers this the greatest diplomatic success in the Middle East since the establishment of the state of Israel. The consensus, achieved by expanding the negotiating scope, is that established states are preferable to terrorist operations. 1936 RAMALLAH

Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Hostages, Disarmament, and Hamas's Reach into Europe Guest: Joe Truzman Joe Truzman details the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, which center on the release of the remaining 48 hostages (living and deceased) within 72 hours, potentially in exchange for a significant number of Palestinian prisoners, including convicted terrorists. The central obstacle to peace is Hamas's refusal to disarm, viewing it as tantamount to surrendering their identity. Fighting has lessened, with Israel toning down air strikes, possibly to show goodwill to President Trump. Truzman emphasizes that if Hamas retains its arms, another conflict is inevitable. He also notes the rise in reported Hamas plots in Europe, something uncommon historically, indicating the organization may be branching out its operations and feeling emboldened, as seen in the recent deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester. 1937 RAMALLAH

Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Hostages, Disarmament, and Hamas's Reach into Europe Guest: Joe Truzman Joe Truzman details the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, which center on the release of the remaining 48 hostages (living and deceased) within 72 hours, potentially in exchange for a significant number of Palestinian prisoners, including convicted terrorists. The central obstacle to peace is Hamas's refusal to disarm, viewing it as tantamount to surrendering their identity. Fighting has lessened, with Israel toning down air strikes, possibly to show goodwill to President Trump. Truzman emphasizes that if Hamas retains its arms, another conflict is inevitable. He also notes the rise in reported Hamas plots in Europe, something uncommon historically, indicating the organization may be branching out its operations and feeling emboldened, as seen in the recent deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester. 1950 RAMALLAH

Has the techno industry failed Palestine? Sama', the world's most famous Palestinian DJ, talks about Israel's genocide in Gaza and how the music industry—and some of her peers in techno—have failed Palestine. The most deeply divisive topic of the year is undoubtedly Israel's genocide in Gaza. The issue has prompted some artists to step boldly into the political ring and others to shield their professional identities from scrutiny and public discourse, with each camp drawing fierce backlash. After a brief summer hiatus, the RA Exchange returns with a new season, launching with Palestinian DJ Sama' Abdulhadi, who addresses all this and more in a charged interview. The Ramallah-born artist has since gone on to tour non-stop internationally, regularly appearing alongside some of her idols growing up, such as Richie Hawtin and Nicole Moudaber. She's also no stranger to RA: in 2023, she graced the cover of this magazine and, just this summer, contributed to our drop of RA.1000 anniversary mixes. This interview, though, is the most outspoken Abdulhadi has ever been. She shares her take on what's happened since October 7th, including her assessment of how and where the music industry, and her peers, have fallen short; the pressure she feels to be a global spokesperson for Palestine; why she feels that the revolutionary spirit has drained from a subculture built from resistance; and how, despite it all, she retains a sense of optimism and forward momentum. Listen or watch the episode in full. -Chloe Lula