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Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal

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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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00:59:03

Israeli Settlers Deprive Palestinians of their Olive...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/11/02

Jess and Jamal discuss the recent surge in Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, which have reached unprecedented levels. This escalation is marked by increased frequency, severity, and coordination—often occurring with the support or presence of Israeli security forces—and has led to casualties, widespread property destruction, and the displacement of numerous Palestinian communities.Recently, settlers have focused on preventing Palestinians from harvesting their

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00:46:51

Human Rights Group Seeks Prosecution of British...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/10/26

The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) has applied for a summons in the magistrate’s court in the United Kingdom in an initiative to prosecute a British citizen who they allege fought in the Israeli military against Palestine and Palestinians. It states that the individual was in breach of the UK’s Foreign Enlistment Act of 1870, which proscribes any British citizen from fighting in another country’s military against another country with which Britain is at peace. Jonathan

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00:49:19

Will Israel Allow NGOs to Operate in Gaza?

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/10/12

Professor Liat Kozma explains that Israel has been systematically working to delegitimize and restrict international NGOs and human rights organizations operating with Palestinians in the occupied territories. One of the largest of these organizations, UNRWA, which has provided services in Gaza for many years, has been banned from operating in areas under Israeli control — including East Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank, and Gaza. Professor Kozma teaches in the Department of Islamic and Middle

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00:59:19

Why the 'Gaza Riviera' is Doomed to Fail

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/09/07

Can a Gaza reconstruction that excludes Palestinian heritage, silences their participation, and denies their suffering truly succeed? Journalist and analyst Sean Mathews argues the 'Gaza Riviera' is doomed to fail.

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00:53:48

Scholars Accuse Germany of Complicity in Gaza Genocide

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/09/01

In addition to the United States, several key European governments continue to provide intelligence and arms to the Israeli military—support that enables the ongoing genocide in Gaza and obstructs the path toward a political solution.Germany is among these governments, and its complicity is particularly striking given its own history of genocides in the 20th century. In a recent article for Middle East Eye titled “As Gaza becomes a death camp, German complicity reveals the West’s racist

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00:54:38

Outrage in UK over Palestine Action Ban

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/07/13

Former Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Bristol, David Miller, discusses the British Parliament’s vote to ban Palestine Action, a civil disobedience and direct action protest group. He also addresses a private prosecution brought against him by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which alleges that he “used X to send messages of a menacing character.”

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00:48:40

Israel's Attack on Iran Is About Regime Change

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/06/16

Jess & Jamal discuss the recent developments of the Israeli attack on Iran. Professor William A. Schabas talks about the escalating pressure on the International Criminal Court to abandon its case against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. President Trump recently issued an executive order sanctioning four of the judges presiding over the case. Schabas is a Professor of International Law at Middlesex

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00:55:21

Israel Plans to Stop the Madleen from Reaching Gaza

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/06/08

The Madleen set sail from Sicily on June 1st as part of the renewed Freedom Flotilla Coalition, aiming to establish a humanitarian corridor to Gaza. On board are 12 international human rights defenders from seven countries, including prominent Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.Huwaida Arraf, a human rights lawyer and former chair of the Gaza Freedom Flotillas, stated from Sicily that the mission directly challenges what she described as Israel’s illegal and genocidal blockade, as well as its

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00:50:29

Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked By Drones

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/05/04

Jess & Jamal discuss the drone attack on "Conscience," the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s civilian ship, anchored in international waters 14 miles off the coast of Malta.The ship was scheduled to take on board humanitarian activists from over 21 countries, then cut a humanitarian corridor to Gaza to deliver food, water and other life essentials to Palestinians in Gaza, among them Greta Thunberg and retired U.S. Army Colonel Ann Wright. Israel has imposed a complete siege on Gaza since March 2, not

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00:57:56

First Anti-Zionist Congress

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/04/27

Jewish Israeli dissident Ronnie Barkan, co-founder of "Boycott from Within," discusses the First Anti-Zionist Congress to be held in Vienna, Austria, on June 13, 2025. The congress aims to ensure anti-Zionist voices are heard globally, and that Israel is not the single legitimate representative of all Jewish people. Vienna was chosen as the location because it is the birthplace of Zionism. The congress features prominent speakers, such as Israeli historian and author Ilan Pappe, Holocaust survivor

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00:59:01

Why Did France Allow Netanyahu to Use its Airspace?

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/04/13

Since the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he has passed freely through France’s airspace in early February and April of this year. French lawyer Sarah Sameur, a member of the Council for JURDI, Jurists for the Respect of International Law, explains how France has been derelict as a signatory to the Rome Statute in not apprehending the plane. She rebuts French officials' claims that France’s airspace did not fall under its jurisdiction in this case.

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00:49:23

Ceasefire Was Never Part of Netanyahu's Plan

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/03/23

Geopolitical analyst and journalist Sean Mathews discusses his article for Middle East Eye, "How Trump's Gaza ceasefire imploded". More than 700 Palestinians in Gaza, many of them women and children, have been killed by Israel since it broke the ceasefire. Netanyahu described the strikes as “just the beginning." However, the United States bears responsibility for the ongoing carnage because it is U.S.-made 2000-pound bombs that have been annihilating entire neighborhoods, killing mostly

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00:52:40

Anti-Palestinian Racism

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/03/17

Dr. Lama Rimawi discusses anti-Palestinian racism in the US, which aims to censor and erase Palestinians and their narratives from the public sphere either directly through punitive measures or indirectly by eliciting fear of punitive measures to deter anyone from sharing Palestinian narratives.

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00:55:00

Israel Starves Palestinians During Ramadan

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/03/09

Jess & Jamal discuss the renewed fears of starvation during the holy month of Ramadan as Israel blocks aid to Gaza, violating its ceasefire deal with Hamas. Over a dozen human rights experts have denounced Israel for resuming what they described as "weaponized starvation" in Gaza.

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00:49:41

Doctors Against Genocide

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/02/23

Dr. Karameh Hawash-Kuemmerle and Dr. Nidal Jboor co-founders of Doctors Against Genocide talk about their organization's work to prevent future genocides and stop Israel and other countries from targeting hospitals, patients and medical staff. They also talk about the medical community's moral obligation to safeguard life and enhance health universally.

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00:58:43

Crackdown on Criticism of Israel Betrays European Values

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/02/02

Jewish Israeli activist Ronnie Barkan discusses how in Europe measures to repress dissent are rapidly accelerating and becoming more draconian. Laws are rapidly altered to circumvent international law to shield Israeli politicians charged with war crimes, while cracking down on critics of Israel.

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00:53:58

Female Israeli Soldiers Released, Gazans Return to...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/01/26

Jess and Jamal discuss the release of four female Israeli soldiers held by Hamas, as Israel raided the homes of freed Palestinians, warning their families not to celebrate or speak to the media. They also addressed President Trump's proposal to relocate 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.

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00:54:35

Israel Deliberately Destroying the Healthcare System...

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2025/01/05

Dr. Mads Gilbert, anesthesiologist and professor of emergency medicine at the University of Tromsø, Norway, discusses Israel's 14-month onslaught on Gaza's healthcare system, killing more than 1,000 healthcare workers, with many others disappeared and tortured. Dr. Gilbert spent more than 20 years working and training Gaza doctors.

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00:50:52

Syria: Hope and Fears

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/12/14

Dr. Mohja Kahf talks about the fall of the Assad regime and the aspirations of millions of Syrians to see the birth of a democratic and pluralistic Syrian government. Dr. Kahf is a poet, scholar, and professor of English at the University of Arkansas. She was born in Damascus and grew up in the Midwest.

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00:57:48

"Israel Must Be Expelled from the United Nations"

Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal ·

2024/11/24

Saul Takahashi, Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Osaka Jogakuin University, explains why Israel must be expelled from the United Nations. He also discusses the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.

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