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Occupied Thoughts

Occupied Thoughts by FMEP

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 goal

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00:43:02

Reviewing NAZA - a conversation with Mahmoud Mushtaha...

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2026/10/05

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with journalist & researcher Mahmoud Mushtaha and researcher & writer Muhammad Shehada about the new Israeli documentary NAZA. All three are from Gaza; Mahmoud survived the genocide, leaving Gaza for the UK in 2024. They discuss Israeli impunity and the goal of the wholesale destruction of Gaza, and they articulate criticisms of the film. Also see Mahmoud's review of NAZA for +972 Magazine, "The moment a human life becomes

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00:51:48

"The Elimination Project:" Israel's Effort to...

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2026/10/02

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with B'Tselem Executive Director Yuli Novak about B'Tselem's newest report, "The Elimination Project," which "looks at the current reality not as a collection of isolated incidents or specific harms, but as part of a comprehensive mechanism of elimination that works to dismantle the conditions for continued Palestinian existence in the West Bank, while deepening Jewish control and supremacy in an irreversible manner." Yuli and Ahmed

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00:50:04

"The Condition of Being Palestinian in English" Fady...

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2026/09/22

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with poet & physician Fady Joudah about Fady's new book, Exhibit G, which was released today by Milkweed Press and named on the 2026 National Book Award's Long List for Poetry They discuss the book's poetry, prose poems, and photographs, most of which come from the Gaza Soup Kitchen, and how Fady uses these to communicate the language and experience of daily living during this genocide. Fady asks, "what it is that Palestinians speak

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00:51:54

How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide

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2026/09/16

In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with historian and author Dr. Assal Rad about the media's role in the Gaza genocide, and about her newly-published book on this topic, "Don’t Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide." [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/834977/dont-say-palestine-by-assal-rad/]. For resources related to this podcast, go to: www.fmep.org

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00:40:59

What Will Sanctions on Israel do?

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2026/09/15

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with international lawyer Itay Epshtain about the recent decision by 12 countries, led by the UK and France and including Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, to UK, to impose sanctions on Israel, including import bans on goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The new policies may also include sanctions against companies providing services, such as construction or

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00:28:27

Six Months into the Iran War

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2026/09/08

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with journalist and commentator Negar Mortazavi about the developments & dynamics around the now six-month old war in Iran. They discuss what the U.S. got wrong in its expectations for the war, why the MOU between the U.S. & Iran broke down, and how the economic warfare of sanctions is working. They also look at what is happening on the ground in Iran, including with the possibility of real opposition to the regime, and how the

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00:53:09

The Jewish vote in Michigan, Florida, and Beyond

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2026/09/04

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with journalist Alex Kane (Jewish Currents) about the role that Palestine/Israel is playing in different elections around the country, the Jewish vote in Michigan and Florida, and how to think about the differences, similarities, and impacts of AIPAC versus J Street. See this new article by (Mari Cohen, Alex Kane, and Josh Nathan-Kazis in Jewish Currents (9/1/26): Could Jewish Democrats Actually Cost Abdul El-Sayed a Senate

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00:36:17

Navigating Bad-faith Accusations of Antisemitism

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2026/09/02

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with researcher Ben Lorber about the "bad-faith disinfo[rmation] attacks" against Hasan Piker and others, which cast critiques of Israel as antisemitism. Peter and Ben look at the competition between the Left and the Right to explain Israel's behavior and define anti-Israel politics, with the Left offering a structural critique of Israel, naming imperialism and ethnonationalism, versus the Right's focus on what they identify as

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00:43:48

How Powerful Is Israel’s Lobby?

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2026/08/18

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick, co-authors of the new book Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power. They discuss the priorities and mechanisms used by what the call the Israel Lobby and whether it always gets its way; how to talk about the Israel lobby without being a conspiracy theorist; and the possibilities for the Israel lobby's future. Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist who focuses on money in

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00:41:27

Supremacy over Democracy: The Shame of the American...

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2026/08/13

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor interviews FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart about Peter's recent Jewish Currents essay, "The Shame of the American Jewish Establishment," which offers a political and historical look at American Jewish institutions, known broadly as the American Jewish establishment. They discuss Peter's analysis of the trajectory of American Jewish institutions & their leadership, which in the mid-20th century saw American Jewish wellbeing as tied to the growth

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01:01:52

Israel, a Personal History - a conversation with...

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2026/08/06

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Swedish author Göran Rosenberg. They discuss messianism in Jewish history, the continuity from 1950s Tel Aviv to the settler movement Gush Emunim to the manifestation of the settlement movement today. They also look at questions of collective rights, framed in terms of 'peoplehood,' versus individual rights.Göran Rosenberg is the author most recently of Israel, a Personal History (Penguin Random House 2025). His other books

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00:46:29

Meeting Gaza's Needs for Food, Justice, & Accountability

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2026/08/04

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Hani Almadhoun, Vice President of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA and co-founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen, an initiative that Hani and his family in Gaza started to feed people in Gaza during the Israeli genocide. Hani and Ahmed speak about Hani's family in Gaza and the work of the Gaza Soup Kitchen from its founding until today. They discuss the mission and work of UNRWA and the role that UNRWA USA plays in supporting it. And they talk

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00:52:42

Reeling Israel In: A Conversation with Seth Ackerman

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2026/07/22

In this conversation, FMEP non-resident Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Seth Ackerman (Jacobin Magazine) about the latter's recent article on a speech by Rahm Emanuel (former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama), and what it might say about current political thinking in the the Democratic Party. They also discuss what opportunities exist in the U.S. to exert pressure on Israel and pursue accountable.For resources and biographies, please visit:

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00:15:57

On Building Power in the Palestine Movement

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2026/07/17

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Abed Abou Shhadeh, a community organizer based in Jaffa who served as a City Council representative of the Palestinian community in Jaffa-Tel Aviv from 2018 to 2024. The discussion centered on an essay Abed published June 18, 2026 at +972 Magazine: The Palestine movement must seek power over purity - https://www.972mag.com/palestine-bds-power-purity/

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01:26:59

The betrayal of Gaza’s journalists

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2026/07/16

In this episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Anan Quzmar, a Palestinian researcher focused on the systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists and the broader destruction of Gaza's documentation ecosystem; and Zo Brown (an alias), the founder of Databases for Palestine about Israel's assault on Palestinian journalism – starting even before 10/7/23 – and the failures of international organizations ostensibly devoted to defend journalists,

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00:51:26

The Biden administration and genocide: An interview...

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2026/07/13

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor does a deep-dive with award-winning foreign affairs journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed into the backstory of and some key themes in his new (and eagerly awaited) book: Crossing the Red Line (release date: 9/22/26; available now for pre-order - https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324118190).

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00:51:23

TrackAIPAC: A conversation with co-founders Cory...

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2026/07/10

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy, the co-founders of TrackAIPAC, a campaign to that, in its own words, seeks to "reveal and counter the influence of AIPAC and the Israel lobby by systematically documenting their financial contributions to our federal officials." They discuss how the campaign came about, how it has developed, and the criticisms they've received for its work. They also discuss the role of dark money in politics

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00:32:25

The Urgent Threat to Dr. Abu Safiya's Life: "They...

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2026/07/09

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Naji Abbas, Director of the Prisoners and Detainees Department at Physicians for Human Rights Israel, about the Israeli army's policies and practices of kidnapping and disappearing Palestinians into detention, where torture is rampant. Among the 5000 Palestinians detained without charge are 14 senior Palestinian doctors from Gaza, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, whose condition has

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00:45:38

The Ethnic Cleansing of Umm al Khair: A conversation...

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2026/07/08

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Eid Suleiman, a resident of the village of Umm al Khair in Masafer Yatta in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and Andrey X, a journalist and solidarity activist who is an Israeli citizen. They discuss settlers attacks and expansionism, who the so-called Hilltop Youth are, and the fact that the settler apparatus for dispossessing Palestinian people and confiscating their land operates as Israeli state policy. They also discuss

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00:59:32

Born into Apartheid: The Work of Dismantling Jewish...

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2026/07/01

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Yuli Novak, executive director of the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem. Their conversation covers a wide range of topics as Yuli addresses why it matters to understand the Israeli system from the inside. They discuss how Israelis were mobilized so quickly into supporting and committing genocide; the meaning and impact of the Zionist movement producing the Israeli apartheid state; and the expectation that Israeli

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