Rafeef, Tayla and Tom from CJPME dive into the realm of what it means to be Palestinian. They explore all aspects of Palestinian culture and art as well as history and heritage to encourage Palestinian pride and engagement. They are frequently joined by Palestinian guests to shed insight and perspective on new and thought-provoking topics. This podcast is a project of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East - CJPME (www.cjpme.org) - and seeks to advance its mission to empower all ...
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Rethinking Palestine is a podcast from Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, a transnational think tank that aims to foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination. We draw upon the vast knowledge and experience of the Palestinian people, whether in Palestine or in exile, to put forward strong and diverse Palestinian policy voices. In this podcast, we will be bringing these voices to you so that you can listen to Palestinians sharing their analysis wherever you ...
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News and views regarding the Palestinian situation. Bringing listeners the untold side of the Palestinian/ Israeli conflict.
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Palestine Deep Dive: Connecting Palestinian realities to Western audiences. We are a bold new media platform challenging the mainstream, committed to empowering and maximising the impact of Palestinian voices.
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A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
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A Palestinian-American Lawyer & Jewish-American comedian break down the latest Palestine-related news with commentary & interviews every week.
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Listen to lively stories and inspiring interviews about the history and cultural heritage of Palestine and the ongoing Palestinian struggle for justice and equality. Every Monday a new episode. Subscribe to the mailing list for a weekly update so you never miss an episode. All social media links (facebook, instagram and youtube) and to subscribe to the mail chimp are in one place, easy, on the website www.storiesfrompalestine.info The music for this podcast was made by Zaid Hilal, Palestinia ...
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PeaceCast is a podcast produced in Washington by Americans for Peace Now, the sister-organization of Israel’s preeminent peace movement, exploring issues and trends relating to peace and security for Israel, focusing on Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians and efforts to resolve it. If you care about Israel, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, about Israel’s future as a democracy and a Jewish state, this podcast is for you. Episodes feature experts, activists, advocates and scholars w ...
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'This Is Palestine' is a podcast that highlights people, issues, and events around Palestine. We bring you stories from the ground in Palestine, and we speak with experts and activists to bring you unique perspectives and analysis about Palestine from across the world. This podcast is a project of the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU).
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PAX Palestine Podcast is a podcast that features interviews with some of the local Palestinian partners of PAX, a peace organization based in the Netherlands. PAX works together with committed citizens and partners to protect civilians against acts of war, to end armed violence, and to build a just peace. In Palestine PAX supports local partners in building resilient communities, promoting human security and equality in the political, cultural and social domain, and in fighting the injustice ...
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Peace Tribe Rising is all about empowering the peacemakers and people who are committed to living together in peace. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be viewed as a battle between two tribes with competing religious, national, and historical narratives and identities. We are empowering a new, shared identity: the Peace Tribe. Together, we are unfolding a future of reconciliation, peace and human rights for all the people of the holy land. We come from a wide range of backgrounds: Israeli ...
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Showcasing the latest developments in the realm of academic and professional research and literature, about the Middle East and global affairs. We discuss Israeli, Arab and Palestinian society, the Jewish world, the Middle East and its conflicts, and issues of global and public affairs with scholars, writers and deep-thinkers.
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This podcast unpacks the history and the current conditions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It also touches upon the Bible's role in this conflict, in politics, and in life in general. Finally, biblical interpretation and theology, including the investigation of the person of Jesus, are explored.
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From the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Occupied Thoughts amplifies the voices of FMEP grantees and partners, offers critical framing, and promote new ideas and new angles on the many issues connected to achieving justice, security, and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP works to defend and support Palestinian rights, end Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and ensure a just and secure future for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP advances this ...
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The life of The Local Palestinian, documenting the journey to achieve his lifetime aspirations. On this marathon called life, those who are patient will prosper. The goal is to impact the world, and the legacy will come with it. Follow me on my journey.
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Palestinians Podcast is a new venture to bring Palestinian narratives to a larger podcast and radio audience. We’re aiming to “re-humanize” Palestinians in the mainstream media through the telling of true and compelling stories told by Palestinians all over the world. We hope that you join us in this journey of learning more about Palestinian culture, people, and the mutual struggles, joys, and successes of everyday life.
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The International Solidarity Movement Podcast


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The International Solidarity Movement Podcast
The International Solidarity Movement
Welcome to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) podcast. ISM is a Palestinian-led group which - for more than 20 years - has provided an important platform for international volunteers to join and support the popular resistance against Israel's colonial occupation of Palestine. This podcast has been made by ISM volunteers, aiming to amplify voices from the Palestinian struggle - and raise awareness of ISM's work. Find out more about ISM at www.palsolidarity.org
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Author and human rights activist, Miko Peled, aims to shine a light on under-reported Palestinian experiences through conversations with the brave human rights defenders living in Palestine, Israel, and the diaspora. Free Palestine! Follow @MikoPeled | www.mikopeled.com
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Palestinian refugee.
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Views, voices, chews and tunes from a new generation of Palestinian American activists. Tune in to hear a Pali perspective on politics, organizing, arts, food, and culture. Free Palestine, save Israel and defend the Americas.
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A podcast about music, and politics as told by musicians who sing about politics
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A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world. www.americanprestigepod.com
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The Deep End Podcast is a weekly podcast where we interview journalists and comedians in Israel.
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Podcast by Kobi Cohen
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Broadcaster Nick Grimshaw and Michelin star chef and restaurateur Angela Hartnett invite you to join their weekly dinner parties for more riotous fun and hilarious, unfiltered chat. Angela’s passion for good, honest food and the best ingredients shines through as she prepares more easy and delicious Waitrose recipes, sharing her tips and tricks with Nick and her audience. This series, Nick and Angela will be joined by Dame Prue Leith, radio presenters Scott Mills, Rick Edwards and his wife, ...
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What’s trending today? We bring you the latest social media trends from the Middle East and around the world. Don’t forget to subscribe.
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Ron Stockton was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for 48 years. His specialty was non-western politics and political change. He taught classes on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion and Politics, the Politics of Revolution, Non-Western politics, and American politics. He also taught in the Honors Program, focusing upon foundational readings from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has an interest in religion and politics and in the role of religio-et ...
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Three times per day, we bring you the news in under three minutes.
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A podcast that explores and analyses the social, cultural and political trends that shape the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international struggle and Texas, the South, & the West. The weekly show is live on Youtube @ 7 Central with Griscom streams on Tuesday afternoon.
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Current affairs, media analysis, alternative media.
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Exploring the importance of dialogue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Cover art photo provided by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@mbrunacr
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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1993-1996)


Alistair Cooke on Bill Clinton’s first term. The Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords, gays in the military, the North American Free Trade Agreement and attempted healthcare reform.
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Current affairs, media analysis, alternative media.
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An independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world. Radio stations are free to use our audio with attribution.
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World Football at the Women's World Cup


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World Football at the Women's World Cup
BBC World Service
Stories from the biggest tournament in women's football.
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Host Vinita Srivastava dives into conversation with experts and real people to make sense of the news, from an anti-racist perspective.
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Newer episodes: Katie Miranda interviews people who have overcome major obstacles in their lives and have gone on to do great things. Older episodes: Katie Miranda interviews scholars, journalists, authors and activists engaged in the struggle for Palestinian freedom.
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We tell stories from the fault lines that separate Americans. Peabody Award-winning public radio producer Trey Kay listens to people on both sides of the divide.
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Trending Middle East


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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Stories from Palestine


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Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 3 : Media training for Palestinian youth
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This is the third and last part of a trilogy that I made for Pax Palestine Podcast about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this last episode Anwaar, who works…
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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. It's thirty years since the Oslo Accords were signed. This agreement in 1993 aimed to bring about peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. So this week, we're bringing you stories from Israeli and Palestinian history. We hear about attempts at …
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All Things Palestinian


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Ussama Makdisi: Narrating our Middle Eastern History
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In this episode, Rafeef, Tayla, and Tom are joined Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Palestinian-American scholar and academic, currently a Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. Dr Makdisi is the author of several books and publications on sectarianism, Ottoman and Arab history, US-Arab relations, and US missionary…
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Palestine Deep Dive


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#80 Why Palestinian Voices Must be Respected in Britain Today | Live with Ben Jamal
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Picking up from where we left off in our June show “Defending the Right to Boycott: Confronting the UK’s Anti-BDS Bill”, (covered here in Al Jazeera) we’ll be learning whether the UK government has indeed been paying attention to British-Palestinians who have been voicing their deep concerns about the moral and legal legitimacy of this Bill, or whe…
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THIS IS REVOLUTION >podcast


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TIR PRESENTS PHILOSOPHY FOR THE PEOPLE ft. BEN BURGIS Ep. 25: G.A. Cohen on Israeli Condemnations of Palestinian Terrorism
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Let's take at is a given that terrorist attacks targeting civilians are never justifiable. Does it follow that everyone has an equal right to condemn them? G.A. Cohen didn't think so. Read Ben's Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/benburgis/p/look-whos-talking-ga-cohen-on-israeli?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web About TIRThank you for supp…
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The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is ageing and his ruling Fatah party is deeply unpopular. There have been protests against him and the Palestinian Authority. Many Palestinians feel the PA has lost legitimacy. There’s no plan for how to choose a successor to Mahmoud Abbas and any candidate is likely to be controversial. There’s a risk that a…
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Us & Them


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Trust: East Palestinians Not On The Same Track
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In the aftermath of a disaster, people search for assistance and answers. Since a rural Ohio train derailment sent toxic material into the air, soil and water earlier this year, people in East Palestine have needed help. Some look to the government for that support, while others aren’t sure who to trust. In this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay …
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American Prestige


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News - Weakened Palestinian Authority, Niger Expels French Ambassador, Coup in Gabon
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Danny plays Ed McMahon to Derek’s...You don’t know who these people are, anyway. This week: the Palestian Authority continues to lose control in the West Bank (0:30); an update on the Sudan conflict (5:22); Niger expels the French ambassador while Algeria tries to play peacemaker (7:58); the coup in Gabon (11:34); Russia makes a shock announcement …
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The Palestine Pod


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Civil Rights Violations at UIC with Soha Khatib
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This week Lara and Michael sit down with student and activist Soha Khatib, a senior at UIC and board member at Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at her University. We discuss the events that led up to her and her classmates teaming up with Palestine Legal to file a civil rights lawsuit against the University for their disparate treatment of P…
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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PeaceCast


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296: Crooked Timber: Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin’s New Book on Israeli Democracy
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Recording of a September 21st 2023 APN webinar with Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin.
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Front Row


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Live from the Contains Strong Language festival
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Front Row opens this year’s Contain’s Strong Language festival live in Leeds. Nick Ahad talks to Detectorists star Toby Jones about his stage adaptation of Italo Calvino’s If On A Winters Night A Traveller, to the festival poet and rapper Testament about 50 Years of Hip Hop and the choreographer and artist Katja Heitmann about turning the everyday …
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Ethnic Armenians seek guarantees, India suspends visa service in Canada
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Here at Don’t Call Me Resilient, we’re busy prepping new episodes for you…Each week, we’ll be taking our sharply focused anti-racist lens to the news stories unfolding around us. We'll be talking to experts, activists and people living these stories …to bring you a deeply contextual view of what’s happening here in Canada … and around the world. So…
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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The Inquiry


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Why is life expectancy falling in America?
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The life expectancy of Americans has fallen in recent years after a long period when it had been increasing. There are a number of factors which contribute to the fall. The Covid pandemic, with over 1m deaths, made a significant impact on lowering the average life expectancy. In comparison with other peer countries, the USA also did not return to p…
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Trending Middle East


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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Protests in New York, Sunak announces U-turn on several UK net zero policies
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Front Row


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Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed, Dmitry Glukhovsky's The White Factory
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Writer Joan Smith and art historian Katy Hessel review a retrospective exhibition of the performance artist Marina Abramovic at the Royal Academy and a new ITV drama about the Yorkshire ripper, The Long Shadow.The Russian journalist, novelist and now playwright Dmitry Glukhovsky talks about his stage drama The White Factory telling the story of the…
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THIS IS REVOLUTION >podcast


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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 504: Homeless Sweeps and Tough on Crime Laws
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Another Black female mayor is facing her own massive challenge in the statewide unhoused crisis; embattled San Francisco mayor London Breed, promised to clean up San Francisco, but she does face some progressive challenges. Former socialist district attorney Chesa Boudin was antithetical to Breed’s tough on crime rhetoric, so before he could comple…
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Tension rising between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Mali fighting continues
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Trending Middle East


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Left Reckoning


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136 - Unaccountability In Texas & The Right Vs Equality w/ Matt McManus
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Hey friends! We are back this week with another episode of Left Reckoning. First up we are going to be talking Ken Paxton's acquittal and how Texas is where accountability goes die. Next up we have Matt McManus @MattPolProf on to talk about his new book The Political Right and Equality out from Routledge, we talk about the philosophical base of the…
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Dish


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The Whitehalls, plaice with buttery capers & shallots and a rosé
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Nick and Angela welcome Michael and Hilary Whitehall to DISH HQ. Before making his name as Jack Whitehall’s TV travel companion, Michael Whitehall had an illustrious career as a theatrical agent and producer. His clients included Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender. He and Hilary met while she was in search of new repre…
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Balagan


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Episode 11 - World Jewry need to step up in support of Israeli Democracy with Yossi Klein Halevi
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On this episode, I spoke to Yossi Klein Halevi, an American Israeli, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem author, and a known Zionist speaker. In our conversation, we discussed his history, coming from supporting Meir Kahana and the Jewish Defence League(JDL) in the US to being one of the biggest opposers to Kahana and his i…
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Front Row


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Carlos Acosta on the Black Sabbath ballet; Birmingham arts funding; the business of British fashion
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Birmingham Royal Ballet is celebrating the city’s pioneering heavy metal band in a new production, Black Sabbath – the Ballet. Tom Sutcliffe talks to the director of BRB Carlos Acosta about how the marriage of apparently conflicting cultures came about. He also hears from the composer and arranger Christopher Austin on adapting the music for contem…
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Israel Policy Pod


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Previewing the Bibi-Biden Meeting and a Holiday Recap
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On this week’s episode, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Director of Policy Research Shira Efron for a wide-ranging conversation about the Oslo Accords’ 30th anniversary last week, the historic Supreme Court hearing …
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Dispute in Nagorno-Karabakh, India expels Canadian diplomat
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E115 - US Democracy Promotion in Venezuela w/ Timothy Gill
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Timothy Gill, assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, joins Danny and Derek for a discussion of how the US has attempted to undermine foreign governments, particularly Venezuela, by way of democracy promotion. They discuss the role of government groups like the United States Agency for Internatio…
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Canada expels top Indian diplomat, Search ends for $100m jet in US
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Trending Middle East


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UN struggling to cope with disasters and wars, Sultan Al Neyadi returns to UAE - Trending
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Al Jazeera News Updates


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Tuesday Breakfast


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First Nations Music Special, Reimagining Footscray Hospital, Fight Against Seismic Blasting, Multilingual LGBTQIA+ Terminology, Global Grooves for Women
7.15: First Nations music segment// 7.30: Footscray resident Angela Ashley-Chiew on the community campaign to reimagine a better future for the old Footscray hospital site. Follow them on Instagram @reimaginingfootscrayhospital// 7.45: Lisa Depeller from OCEAN on the campaign to stop seismic blasting in the seas off Victoria as well as the rally th…
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Front Row


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Jane Austen fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live
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From the enduring legacy of Colin Firth’s wet shirt to the colourful extravagance of Bridgerton, costumes have always been central in period dramas. But how much does adaptation match up to reality when it comes to regency fashion? To discuss this - and what’s revealed by the closet of the real-life Austen - Samira is joined by Hilary Davidson, aut…
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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 503: The Unfulfilled Potential of the March on Washington ft. Paul Prescod
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This year marked 60 years since the March on Washington, and there is a bipartisan acceptance of the event as a monumental step forward for Black Americans for the struggle for civil rights. While Martin Luther King’s iconic speech for many is understood as a call for collective understanding to get beyond racial differences and come together as on…
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