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Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal

News You Can Use with Jamal Dajani & Jess Ghannam

Arab Talk with Jess and Jamal brings news and analysis of the Arab World and Middle East, as well as issues affecting the Arab American community. Arab Talk broadcasts live every Thursday from 2-3 PM/PT on KPOO, 89.5FM San Francisco. Follow us on Twitter @ArabTalk Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/arab-talk-with-jess-jamal/id1244474570?mt=2

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00:50:12

Michigan's Arab & Muslim Americans Vindicated by...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/11/10

Former field organizer for Biden’s 2020 campaign and co-founder of Project 1948, Adam Abusalah, explains how the Harris campaign alienated Arab and Muslim American voters in Michigan with her support for Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he argues contributed to her defeat in this swing state. Trump won Michigan by approximately 80,000 votes.

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00:59:24

Emboldened Israeli Settlers Eye Gaza

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/11/03

Wasting no time in taking advantage of the aftermath of October 7, Israeli settler organizations recognized an opportunity to immediately expel Palestinians from large swaths of West Bank villages, as well as to lay the groundwork for the more ambitious systematic displacement and reoccupation of Gaza.In his recent article in +972, "Copy-Paste the West Bank to Gaza: Hundreds Join Gaza Resettlement Event," Israeli journalist Oren Ziv explains how the Israeli resettlement movement is gaining

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00:53:06

Harris Can't Win Back Arab & Muslim Americans

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/10/26

Kamala Harris' campaign is struggling to gain traction with Arab and Muslim Americans in the swing state of Michigan. Dr. Ahmed Ghanim, a prominent Muslim leader and former Democratic candidate for Congress in Michigan's 11th district, shared his experience with the Harris campaign. He was invited to attend a Democratic rally in the Detroit area, where Harris appeared alongside Liz Cheney, but was abruptly removed without explanation. Ghanim was informed that if he did not leave voluntarily, the

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00:53:18

Gaza: Death Outlives War

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/10/20

In her recent report published by Brown University's Watson Institute entitled, "The Human Toll: Indirect Deaths from the War in Gaza and in the West Bank," Dr. Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins, a cultural anthropologist and an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bard College, explains how death will continue to outlive the war in Gaza. She demonstrates what a realistic assessment of the true loss of life and long-term suffering involves.

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00:53:08

The Arab Film Festival Opens With Films From Gaza &...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/10/13

Serge Bakalian, Executive Director of the Arab Film and Media Institute, and Managing Director Maya Labban present the 28th Arab Film Festival. The festival opens on Thursday, October 24th at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The festival will feature the documentary film "Life is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza" by Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly, and special guests, such as Alana Hadid, LIunr, and MC Abdul.

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00:58:23

The Biden Administration Keeps Enabling Netanyahu

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/10/06

Dr. Rania Masri, North Carolina Environmental Justice Network’s Co-Director of Organizing and Policy, discusses the recent attacks on Lebanon and Gaza. A supporter of Dr. Jill Stein, Dr. Masri believes that Vice President Kamala Harris is worse for world peace than former President Donald Trump.

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00:56:45

Harris Ignores Leahy Law, Will Continue Arming Israel

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/09/02

Jess & Jamal explain why time is running out for Kamala Harris to distance herself from U.S. policies that enable Israel to continue with mass murder and Genocide in Gaza. During her recent CNN interview, Harris remained in lockstep with President Biden’s unconditional arming of Israel, angering uncommitted voters and shrinking her chances of defeating Donald Trump. Huge U.S. shipments of weapons and bombs to Israel keep allowing it to massacre and starve civilians of all ages while violating

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00:55:33

Systematic Censorship Of Content Related To Palestine...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/07/14

Sociologist and author David Miller discusses Meta’s policies and practices to silence voices in support of Palestine and Palestinian human rights on Instagram and Facebook. Miller recently prevailed in an employment claim against the University of Bristol for unfair termination due to his criticism of Zionism.

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00:56:16

How A Presidential Debate Turned Into A Spectacle

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/06/30

Veteran journalist Rami Khouri discusses the US Presidential Debate, Israel's threats to Lebanon, and how the narrative on Israel is shifting on US college campuses. Rami Khouri is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Arab Center Washington and Distinguished Fellow at the American University of Beirut.

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00:57:29

McCarthyist Attack On Columbia University Students

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/04/22

Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley, discusses Israel's ongoing Genocide in Gaza and the growing global anti-Israel movement led by students demanding an immediate ceasefire. In the United States, students have initiated several demonstrations and sit-ins on college campuses that are reminiscent of the anti-war outcry during the Vietnam era. The most recent is at Columbia University in New York.

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00:52:37

Palestinian Americans Boycott San Francisco City Hall...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/03/31

Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), discusses why some Arab and Muslim-American organizations and individuals living in the San Francisco Bay Area boycotted the San Francisco City Hall Iftar, stating that Mayor London Breed and several city officials have made racist, harmful, and dangerous comments about Palestinians, Muslim and Arab-American communities during the ongoing Israeli Genocide in Gaza where more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed,

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00:57:28

Generational Extinction In Gaza

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/03/10

Dr. Rola El-Farra, a medical doctor from Houston, Texas, whose family originates from Gaza, has had more than 150 members of her extended family murdered during Israel’s ongoing onslaught and withholding of food and medical care. Dr. El-Farra speaks to the victims’ humanity with poignant accounts and pictures. She demands an immediate, permanent ceasefire, stating that every minute signifies the loss of a life, the starvation of a child.

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00:58:41

Israeli Soldiers Boast About Looting

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/02/26

In his recent article in +972 Magazine "Rugs, Cosmetics, Motorbikes: Israeli soldiers Are Looting Gaza Homes En Masse," Israeli journalist Oren Ziv reports that soldiers say not only is the practice ubiquitous but that senior commanders are pillaging as well.

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00:51:10

Netanyahu: No Victory Without Rafah

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/02/18

Jess & Jamal warn of a major slaughter of civilians if Benjamin Netanyahu implements his plan to invade Rafah."Whoever tells us not to operate in Rafah, is telling us to lose the war." Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade, despite warnings from several countries that such a move would have a devastating impact on displaced Palestinians sheltering there.

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00:56:05

Voting For The Lesser Of Two Evils Is Still Evil

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/02/12

Democratic and Republican parties offer Arab and Muslim Americans no viable choice in the 2024 Presidential election. The majority of them voted for Biden in 2020 as a protest against Trump’s Islamophobic rhetoric. Green Party Presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, explains how her party serves the interests of the majority of Americans and how young voters from 18-35 are turning away from establishment candidates.

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00:52:16

Arab & Muslim American Vote Could Cost Biden The...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/02/04

Biden's former field organizer in 2020 Adam Abusalah discusses why Arab & Muslim Americans in Dearborn, Michigan will not be voting for Biden in 2024. With Biden's approval rating at almost the lowest of his presidency, a win in swing states is more critical than ever in the 2024 presidential election. Michigan is a crucial swing state that the President carried in 2020.

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00:50:14

Is Nancy Pelosi Endangering Ceasefire Supporters?

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/01/31

Jess & Jamal discuss Nancy Pelosi's attack on ceasefire supporters, by smearing them as connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think some financing should be investigated. And I want to ask the FBI to investigate that,” Pelosi added without providing any evidence.

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00:56:35

South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel At The ICJ

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/01/16

Human rights attorney and activist Stanley Cohen discusses South Africa's Genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He adds that the significance of the fact that the country bringing the case is South Africa – an icon of the ravages of colonialism, settlement and apartheid – cannot be lost on anyone.

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00:50:39

International Court Of Justice Could Charge Israel...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/01/02

South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 22,000 people and caused widespread destruction in the besieged enclave. The application describes Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and

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00:57:27

The Battle For Justice In Palestine On College Campuses

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2023/12/17

Dr. Hatem Bazian talks about the Israeli Foreign Ministry's four-point plan, coordinating with the ADL and AIPAC, to muzzle and dismantle pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses in the United States. Major targets are Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) chapters across the US.

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