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Rethinking Palestine

Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network

Rethinking Palestine is a podcast from Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, a transnational think tank that brings together Palestinians from across the globe to produce critical policy analysis and craft visions for a liberated, self-determined future. Host Yara Hawari engages with a range of Palestinian analysts to discuss recent developments and long-standing questions facing Palestinians worldwide.

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Palestine as a Transnational Anti-Colonial Struggle

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/09/29

In this episode, we speak with Hamza Hamouchene and Abi Bae of the Transnational Institute about their new book, Towards Palestinian Liberation: Global Perspectives on Anti-Colonial Resistance and Solidarity, published by Daraja Press.

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34:17

Christian Zionism in the Global South with Fathi Nimer

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/08/31

In this episode, we are joined by Fathi Nimer, Al-Shabaka’s Palestine policy fellow, to discuss his research on the spread of pro-Israel Christian Zionism across the Global South, with a particular focus on South Africa.

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15:55

Palestinian Intellectual History with Sabri Jiryis

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/06/25

Palestinian scholar, lawyer, and former director of the Palestine Research Center, Sabri Jiryis, joins this episode to discuss the historical significance of the Center and its archives, as well as his seminal work, The Foundations of Zionism, recently translated into English for the first time.

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35:13

War, Political Economy, and Palestine

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/05/28

In this episode, we're joined by Palestinian scholars Diana Buttu and Adam Hanieh to analyze what this moment reveals about the architecture of the US empire, the regional order being remade in real time, and what it means for the Palestinian liberation struggle at the center of it all.

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32:00

The US Democratic Party's Moment of Reckoning with...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/04/29

Tariq Kenney-Shawa, Al-Shabaka’s US policy fellow, joins our latest episode to unpack the widening divide between the US Democratic Party’s elite and its voting base over the ongoing Gaza genocide, military aid to the Israeli government, and support for Zionism.

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40:00

Israel's Scorched Earth Doctrine with Amjad Iraqi

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/03/31

Amjad Iraqi, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group and Al-Shabaka policy member, joins our latest episode to explore the regional chaos that the US-Israeli war against Iran has created and the Israeli strategy behind it.

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41:02

The Ceasefire Scam in Gaza — with Jacobin Long Reads

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/02/25

Last October, the Trump administration announced a ceasefire deal in Gaza after two years of relentless carnage. Since the deal was announced, Israel has continued to occupy much of Gaza, and its forces have killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians.Meanwhile, Donald Trump has launched his so-called Board of Peace to administer Gaza without any input from Palestinians. Having received a blank check for his scheme from the UN Security Council, Trump now presents the Board of Peace as an alternative to

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30:44

De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis

Rethinking Palestine ·

2026/01/29

Layth Malhis discusses the concept of "de-healthification" as the governing logic of health under settler colonialism: the systematic degradation, obstruction, and weaponization of the very conditions that make health of the Indigenous population possible.

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30:44

2025 in Review: Palestine and the Fight for Liberation

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/12/22

We close 2025 with curated highlights from this year's most powerful conversations. From the complexities of Palestinian politics to global responses to Gaza's genocide, this episode captures the moments that defined the struggle for justice over the past twelve months.

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34:59

Trump's Colonial UN Resolution for Gaza with Shahd...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/11/27

International law expert Shahd Hammouri examines the details and far-reaching ramifications of UN Security Council Resolution 2803, which endorses US President Donald Trump’s colonial plan for Gaza amid the ongoing genocide.

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23:49

Spain and the Gaza Genocide with Alys Estape

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/10/27

Alys Samson Estape, spokesperson for the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine in Spain (RESCOP), unpacks the Spanish government’s rhetoric and actions around the genocide in Gaza amidst mass grassroots mobilisation.

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40:13

Europe's Proscription of Palestine Solidarity with...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/09/30

Amira Hala joins us to discuss the European Legal Support Center's latest report, which exposes and contextualizes the systematic repression tactic of proscription against pro-Palestinian solidarity activism in Europe.

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58:54

Palestine State Recognition: Europe's Response to...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/08/27

In this episode, Al-Shabaka policy analysts Diana Buttu, Inès Abdel Razek, and Al-Shabaka’s Co-Director Yara Hawari are interviewed by Al-Shabaka's commissioning editor Dina Hussein on the recent wave of Palestine State recognition by several European powers as a policy response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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32:21

Global March to Gaza: Lessons from Egypt with Engy...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/07/29

Egyptian researcher and activist Engy Sarhan joins this month’s podcast to unpack the recent Global March to Gaza—offering critiques and urgent lessons for the international solidarity movement with Palestine.

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23:35

US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa Joudeh

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/06/24

Al-Shabaka policy analyst Safa Joudeh joins co-director Yara Hawari to discuss the privatization of aid and security, and how the Israeli regime and the United States weaponize humanitarian assistance as a tool for ethnic cleansing and colonization.

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39:01

Is the Tide Changing on the Genocide in Gaza? With...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/05/29

Al-Shabaka's US policy fellow, Tariq Kenney-Shawa, joins Co-Director Yara Hawari to examine whether mainstream media and political discourses are shiftingtheir stances on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and what those changes could mean for potentialaccountability.

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39:43

Countering Attacks on the Palestine Movement in...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/04/29

Agnese Valenti of the European Center for Legal Support joins Yara Hawari to examine how Israeli regime-backed NGOs are driving coordinated attacks on Palestinian civil society and pro-Palestine solidarity movements across Europe.

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35:40

Gaza Reconstruction Reality Check with Abed Kittana

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/03/31

Palestinian architect and researcher Abdalrahman Kittana, who has been actively engaged in discussions and initiatives on Gaza’s reconstruction, joins Yara Hawari to examine the various reconstruction plans and their feasibility amid Israel’s ongoing genocide.

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44:25

Gaza Ceasefire Challenges & Future Scenarios in...

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/02/14

In this episode, Yumna Patel, Yara Hawari, and Abdaljawad Omar discuss the precarious ceasefire and different future scenarios in Gaza and wider Palestine. This is the third and final episode in a collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.

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38:00

Trump and Israel's Plans for Gaza with Diana Buttu

Rethinking Palestine ·

2025/02/09

Diana Buttu and Mondoweiss’s Yumna Patel discuss the challenges facing the ceasefire in Gaza in the context of the Trump administration and its support for Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and Palestine. This is the second episode of a three-part collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.

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