'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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Views on the Current State of Politics with a dab of Profanity featuring That Guy Named Shane. Giving it to straight with no chaser right out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
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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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Israel Palestine debates and rants to actually find a solution for peace, Israeli Politics, and Life in Israel while confronting and combating Anti Semitism, Anti Israel, and Anti Zionist propaganda. 💸🙏♥️Support My Work: Make a Donation Or Become A Monthly Subscriber To Enjoy Exclusive Content Ko-fi.com: https://ko-fi.com/mylifeinisrael Patreon.com: https://patreon.com/MyLifeInIsrael PayPal: https://paypal.me/MyLifeInIsrael Bitcoin: 15vHgodUTcmonZjeVYqEo9Px1PemUrCshu Ethereum: 0x7a7aC0912c44 ...
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Jenin in the Aftermath of Israel’s Military Attacks
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Amidst Israel’s genocide unfolding in Gaza, its military is escalating a relentless campaign of aggression across the Palestinian West Bank, marked by a daily barrage of military operations. Since October 2023, Israel has killed at least 760 Palestinians, including 165 children, and injured 6,300 others in both the West Bank and Jerusalem. Israel h…
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Israel's Control of the Palestinian Economy
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Since 1948, Israel has imposed policies and measures to control and hamper the Palestinian economy. In this episode of “This is Palestine,” host Diana Buttu speaks to Ali Hamdallah, a prominent Palestinian economist and analyst. Buttu and Hamdallah discuss the various ways Israel intentionally targets and controls the Palestinian economy to obstruc…
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Israel Used me as a Human Shield: The Story of Waleed
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Can you imagine being used as a human shield? In this episode of “This is Palestine,” we hear the horrifying testimony of “Walid,” a Palestinian doctor in Gaza who was kidnapped by the Israeli military and used as a human shield.Host Diana Buttu breaks down Israel’s long-held policy of using Palestinians as human shields as she shares the terrifyin…
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Education Under Genocide: Palestinian Initiatives to Maintain Education in Gaza
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In this episode of This is Palestine, host Diana Buttu takes us to the heart of Gaza, where education—once the cornerstone of Palestinian resilience—is under siege. Meet Salma, a 12-year-old student who dreams of becoming a journalist, and Fatima, a university student who refuses to give up on her education despite Israel’s relentless bombings, dis…
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What's Law Got To Do With It: Breaking Down the ICJ
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In this episode of “This Is Palestine” host Diana Buttu speaks with award-winning Palestinian-American law professor George Bisharat about utilizing international justice mechanisms to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes.For over 10 months, Palestinians have been forced to endure Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and attacks on the Palestini…
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In this episode, host Diana Buttu shares the horrifying details about one of Israel's secret torture camps or Israeli prisons, Sde Teiman, through the words of a Palestinian journalist from Gaza, Muhammad Arab. Muhammad's story is conveyed to Buttu through his lawyer, Khaled Mahajneh. Mahajneh is a Palestinian lawyer who has spent most of his legal…
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Aylul: Surviving the Nuseirat Massacre as a One-Day-Old Newborn
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In this episode of “This is Palestine”, we hear the heartwrenching story of baby Aylul, a baby born during Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Aylul’s story is one of tens of thousands of children born to Palestinian mothers who are being forced to experience pregnancy and childbirth as they try to survive Israel’s genocide. It is estimated that there are 5…
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Anti-Palestinian legislation in Congress Unpacked
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In this episode of “This Is Palestine,” host Diana Buttu speaks to Josh Ruebner, the director of IMEU’s new 501C-4 organization, the IMEU Policy Project, about recent developments in the US Congress and Palestinian human rights. The episode unpacks the alarming rise in anti-Palestinian legislation and actions in Congress aiming to suppress Palestin…
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Testimonies from Palestinian Prisoners & Israeli Torture Camps
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Over the past eight months, Israel has kidnapped or unlawfully “arrested” hundreds of Palestinians. In Gaza, there are disturbing reports of Israeli soldiers kidnapping Palestinians from their homes being shackled, stripped, and forced to endure degrading and inhumane treatment.Currently, there are over 3,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel witho…
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In this episode of “This is Palestine,” we speak with Palestinian American Columbia student Maryam Alwan about the rise in student-led protests across college campuses speaking out against Israel’s genocide. She talks to us about the unified student demand calling on their universities to divest funds tied with Israel’s genocide and war crimes. We …
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Healing Under Genocide: Gaza's Healthcare Crisis
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Over the past six months, Israel has internationally destroyed Gaza’s healthcare system as part of its genocidal campaign. By November 2023, Israel had repeatedly bombed more than 36 hospitals in Gaza. As of publishing, the Israeli military has besieged and attacked Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza for over 11 days. Horrifying reports continue to…
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Israel Palestine Hamas Gaza War Debate Live Ep1 03/14/24
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Live debate about current events happening in Israel. Is Israel commiting a genocide in Gaza? Did Israel know about the attack and let it happen? Are the Palestinians in Gaza so innocent? Will the Muslims cause trouble on the Temple Mount during Ramadan? This is a religious war. How will it all end? What is the solution to end the Israeli Palestini…
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Confronting Genocide: Insights from the ICJ Ruling on Israel
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In this episode, host Diana Buttu speaks with Palestinian human rights lawyer Ahmed Abofoul about South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), charging Israel with the crime of genocide in Gaza. Mr. Abofoul is a Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer with Al-Haq, one of the oldest Palestinian human rights organizations. On Januar…
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Why Was The State of Israel Created By Secular Zionist Jews & Purim Explains Why The Shoah Happened.
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Neturei Karta And Anti Zionism Within Orthodox Judaism Hashem God is a Zionist 🇮🇱Neturei Karta lives by a fairytale made up by the rabbis. Deuteronomy 28 the blessings and curses proves Hashem God has Blessed the Creation of the State of Israel. All religious Jews should support and live in the Land of Israel. Stop waiting for the Mashiach. He alre…
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Gaza: World's Deadliest Place for Journalists
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In this episode, we take a deeper look into Israel’s deliberate targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Killing journalists is a war crime. According to the UN, Gaza is the deadliest place in the world for journalists right now. Additionally, the International Journalist Federation has issued a statement describing Israel’s killin…
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The Silencing of Palestinian Students in Israeli Universities
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In the aftermath of October 7, Palestinian students at Israeli higher education institutions quickly faced attacks for their social media posts. These attacks, coordinated between Israeli government officials, Israeli institutions, and far-right groups, targeted students who expressed dissent against Israel's attacks on Gaza. This led to the expuls…
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On October the 27th, Israel cut off all phone and internet communications to the Gaza Strip, further plunging the area into darkness. The cutting of internet and phone communications meant that vital life-saving systems such as ambulances, rescuers, and hospitals could not be reached to treat the injured or to rescue those trapped under the rubble.…
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Recap: South Africa & Israel’s Week 1 at the ICJ
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The case in which South Africa accuses Israel of violating the genocide convention at the International Court of Justice began this week with oral arguments presented by South Africa and Israel.The court will base its decisions on whether to order several provisional measures, including instructing Israel to suspend all military operations in Gaza,…
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Israel Advocacy - How To Counter The Pro Palestinian Pro Hamas Anti Israel Narrative
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How To Counter The Pro Palestinian Pro Hamas Anti Israel Narrative...Flip The Script.How The Pro Israel Narrative Needs To Change To Counter The Anti Israel Pro Palestinian NarrativeFrom the river to the sea, Israel will be free, free Israel, no justice no peace, we are under occupation. The Palestinians have stolen our land. we have every right to…
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What Should Happen To Gaza After The War? Why Anti Israel People Are Virtue Signaling Hypocrites.
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What Should Happen To Gaza After Israel Defeats Hamas?Who should control Gaza? Who and what are we fighting for? Make Gaza Jewish Again 🇮🇱✡️To All Pro Palestinian Anti Israel People: You Are Such Hypocrites STFU. Stop the fake virtue signaling that you care about children or human rights when you support the unaliving of Israeli civilians and child…
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Why The Israeli Palestinian Conflict Will Never End Unless These 4 Things Change
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Why The Israeli Palestinian Conflict Will Never End Part 1 - The Media Manipulation The Israeli Palestinian Conflict will never end due to the media manipulation of the narrative that confirms the bias and victim mentality of anti Israel and pro Palestinian supporters and cognitive dissonance keeps them from accepting the true reality.Why The Israe…
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South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide: What You Need to Know
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This week, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in front of the International Court of Justice or the ICJ. Hearings are set to begin on January 11 and 12, when South Africa and Israel respectively will give their first oral arguments. To help us understand what this means and what we can expect as the case unfolds, we’re joined by…
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Israeli Anti Government Anti Judicial Reform Protests - What's It Really All About
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Israeli Anti Government Protests VS Palestinian Protests In Gaza And West BankAnti Government protests in Israel prove Israel is a Democracy. You know who doesn't allow protests? Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Hamas doesn't allow ANY protests. The PA suppresses dissent against anyone who speaks out against them or shows support for anyone but…
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Israeli Elections 2022. How Did We Get Here? What I Think Will And Should Happen.
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Israeli Elections 2022. How Did We Get Here? What I Think Will And Should Happen.Why is Israel going to it's fifth round of elections in almost 4 years?A general overview of how the Israeli government is formed, the different parties, and why Israel can't seem to form a functioning government that forces the country into successive rounds of electi…
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Response To Another Channel's View On Sheikh Jarrah (Shimon HaTzadik) And The Rise Of anti-Semitism
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Response To Another Channel's View On Sheikh Jarrah (Shimon HaTzaddik) And The Rise Of anti-SemitismIs the rise in anti-Semitism a precursor to the Moshiach (Jewish Messiah)? If it is, then should Jews actually Welcome it? I don't think so. This video is in response to another channel about the Moshiach. He gave his opinion regarding the evictions …
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Question Everything? I Question Ryan Cristian Of The Last American Vagabond TLAV
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Question Everything? I Question Ryan Cristian Of The Last American Vagabond TLAV About The Whole Israel Palestinian ConflictI have watched videos from The Last American Vagabond, and for the most part about everything else he talks about - the Coronavirus and all it encompasses, I agree with and feel like he's telling the truth, so why when it come…
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The Truth About The Israeli Palestinian Conflict
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The Truth About The Israeli Palestinian ConflictWhy I started this channel.I explain how you can't know the full story unless you live here and experience it for yourself.I explain how the pro Israel advocates are not addressing the actual issues the Palestinian Arabs themselves are saying.I explain how the different segments of both Israeli Arabs …
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Pan Arabism Arab Nationalism. What The Israeli Palestinian Conflict Is REALLY About - NOT Oppression
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Pan Arabism & Arab Nationalism. What The Israeli Palestinian Conflict Is REALLY About - NOT OppressionThis conflict has always been about the fact that the Arabs here want ALL the land for Arabs only under Arab rule and Arab unity with the other surroundung Arab states. It literally doesn't matter how Israel treats them. Just EXISTING here is enoug…
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Do The Palestinians Descend From The Ancient Philistines/Canaanites? History Lesson.
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Do The "Palestinians" Descend From The Ancient Philistines/Canaanites? History Lesson.Whose Land is it? The Palestinians say it's theirs because they were here even before the original biblical Israelites. But they also are proud to call themselves Arabs and Muslims. Let's talk some history. And Religion. And the Israeli Palestinian conflict.✳️Vide…
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Reverend Mitri Raheb: Why Christmas in Palestine is Canceled This Year
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Last month, the Bethlehem municipality announced the cancellation of Christmas celebrations in the city of Christ’s birth, as a gesture of mourning and in honor of the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israel. Palestinian churches and local leaders emphasize that canceling Christmas in Palestine aims to send a message to the world…
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Hope Amidst Ruins: Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitta’s Frontline Testimony in Gaza
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For our 100th episode, Diana Buttu speaks with Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitta, a renowned British-Palestinian doctor. Just two days into Israel's brutal bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip, he decided to head to Gaza to provide life-saving medical treatment to Palestinians. He remained in Gaza for 43 days, giving the world a glimpse into the impact on Palest…
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A Palestinian Teenager’s Experience in an Israeli Prison
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As of the time of this recording, Israel has temporarily halted its brutal bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip. As part of the agreement to “pause” the bombing, Israel is releasing Palestinian kids and women held in Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Israelis held in Gaza. The vast majority of those released have never been convicted. In…
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Former Top UN Official Craig Mokhiber on Israel’s Genocide
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It has been more than 46 days since Israel began its brutal bombing campaign against Palestinians in Gaza. During this period, Israel has killed more than 14,000 Palestinians, including more than 5,500 children in Gaza alone. Thousands of Palestinians remain trapped under the rubble. The Israeli military has deliberately bombed hospitals, mosques, …
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Time and time again, we've witnessed the familiar cycle: Israel launches a brutal bombing campaign on Gaza, putting Palestine into the global spotlight. Palestinian voices are often sidelined in mainstream discourse. So, Palestinians turn to the only available tool they have: social media. It becomes their primary means to share their stories and a…
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Israel has been bombing the besieged Gaza Strip nonstop. Israel has cut off water supplies, fuel supplies, electricity supplies and even food and has prevented virtually all supplies from countries around the world from reaching the besieged Gaza Strip.Israel has killed over 10,000 Palestinians, including more than 4,100 children. Additionally, tho…
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Israel Imprisoned and Tortured Thousands of Palestinian Workers from Gaza
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Note the conversation of this podcast was recorded before the developments of November 3rd. The term '48' refers to the Palestinian territories before the creation of Israel, specifically the areas that became part of Israel following the Nakba in 1948. Thank you for listening to 'This is Palestine'! Follow our host Diana Buttu on Twitter: https://…
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Today marks the 25th day of Israel's ongoing bombing campaign in Gaza. The death toll has tragically risen to over 8,525 Palestinians, including more than 3,542 children at the time of this recording. These numbers, however, don't capture the full extent of the human tragedy, such as the people killed today by Israel's bombing in the Jabilya refuge…
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This podcast was recorded on October 22nd. Since then, the number of Palestinians killed has increased, with Israel now having killed over 6,547 Palestinians, including at least 2,704 children. We hear from several Palestinians in Gaza and the horrific experience they are enduring.Thank you for listening to 'This is Palestine'! Follow our host Dian…
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Israel gave the UN 24 hours to evacuate 1.1 million Palestinians from northern Gaza. That is impossible. Roads have been completely destroyed. Experts have warned that an Israeli ground invasion expected to follow would result in horrific mass violence against Palestinian civilians, including mass displacement. Palestinians are being told to leave,…
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14: Prisoners are the Inspiration for the Struggle
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In this final episode of Season One of the International Solidarity Movement podcast Hazel interviews Helmi Al Arraj, director of Hurryat. Hurryat is a Palestinian organisation that operates in the West Bank. It is an association that focuses on defending the rights of prisoners, as well as working against repression more broadly. For example, the …
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13: Land is Life: Jordan Valley Solidarity
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In this episode Tom and Nicole talk to Rashed Khudairy of the Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign. The Israeli state has wanted to annex the Jordan Valley since it occupied it in 1967. In 2021 Netanyahu announced plans to finally incorporate the Valley into the State of Israel. People in the Jordan Valley resisted strongly against these plans, and th…
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12: The General Union of Palestinian Women
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In this episode Hazel and Nicole interview Nadia Tweir from the General Union of Palestinian Women, in the city of Tulkarem in the North of the West Bank. Nadia has been involved in women's organising her entire life, and gives us a deep insight into decades of Palestinian women's resistance. Because of the length of the interview this edit only in…
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Israel continues to rain bombs on Gaza, home to more than 2 million Palestinians—half of them children—who have been trapped there under a suffocating Israeli siege for over 16 years. With no route to safety, Palestinians in Gaza face each day with the dread of a potential airstrike on their community, unsure if their homes will remain standing by …
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It's been 30 years since the #OsloAccords, and Palestinians have received nothing but fewer rights, increased settler land theft, and more Israeli violence. The "peace process" was a sham. Host Diana Buttu breaks down the Oslo Accords and the legacy they left behind. Listen to part 2 of our Oslo Accords episode. Thank you for listening to 'This is …
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It's been 30 years since the Oslo Accords, and Palestinians have received nothing but fewer rights, increased settler land theft, and more Israeli violence. The "peace process" was a sham. Host Diana Buttu breaks down the Oslo Accords and the legacy they left behind.Thank you for listening to 'This is Palestine'! Follow our host Diana Buttu on Twit…
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Listen to host Diana Buttu as she delves deep into a chapter of Palestinian history. Journey back to 1973, when under the cloak of night, Israeli soldiers seized a scenic hilltop near the town of Burqa, Nablus. Once a serene haven of apple orchards and mesmerizing terraces, this 173 dunam (approximately 43 acres) land, owned by Palestinians, was tr…
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What happened in Burqa, Ramallah - Part 1
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In part one of this two-part special, host Diana Buttu dives deep into the stories of two West Bank towns with identical names: Burqa. Beyond their names, these towns are united by an overwhelming challenge — the presence of Israeli settlers, soldiers, and a legal system that often appears to favor land acquisition. Our journey begins in Burqa near…
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In this episode, host @dianabuttu speaks with Hassan Jabareen, the founder and General Director of Adalah, a human rights organization based in Haifa that focuses on the rights of Palestinians. For more than 25 years, Hassan has litigated scores of landmark cases regarding Palestinians before the Israeli Supreme Court. Hassan explains to us how Isr…
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10: Resisting Demolitions in Khallet A-Daba’
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In Episode Ten of our podcast we speak to Jabba from the village of Khallet al-Daba’, in Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills. The Israeli supreme court has ordered the destruction of several villages in Masafer Yatta, and the occupation wants to destroy Khallet al-Daba’ first. The residents of Khallet al-Daba’ remain steadfast in the face of t…
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9: Dheisheh Refugee Camp - An Epicentre of Anti Colonial Struggle
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In this episode Tom and Hazel speak to Sireen Khudairy, who's a resident of Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. For many years, Dheisheh has been a centre of determined resistance against the occupation. We spoke to Sireen in December 2022. And she told us about life and resistance in Dheisheh, and also in the Jordan Valley. She also speaks about t…
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