Rethinking Palestine
News & Politics Podcasts
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,...
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United States
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News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@AlShabaka
Language:
English
Website:
https://al-shabaka.org/en/
Email:
contact@al-shabaka.org
Episodes
Israel's Scorched Earth Doctrine with Amjad Iraqi
3/31/2026
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.
Duration:00:40:00
The Ceasefire Scam in Gaza — with Jacobin Long Reads
2/25/2026
Al-Shabaka Co-Director Yara Hawari joins Daniel Finn, host of Jacobin’s podcast Long Reads, for an update on Gaza and the wider international context.
Duration:00:41:02
De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis
1/29/2026
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.
Duration:00:30:44
2025 in Review: Palestine and the Fight for Liberation
12/22/2025
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.
Duration:00:30:44
Trump's Colonial UN Resolution for Gaza with Shahd Hammouri
11/27/2025
In this episode, Al-Shabaka policy analyst and international law expert Shahd Hammouri examines the details and far-reaching ramifications of the recently passed United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803, which endorses US President Donald Trump’s colonial plan for Gaza amid the ongoing genocide.
Duration:00:34:59
Spain and the Gaza Genocide with Alys Estape
10/27/2025
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.
Duration:00:23:49
Europe's Proscription of Palestine Solidarity with Amira Hala
9/30/2025
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.
Duration:00:40:13
Palestine State Recognition: Europe's Response to Genocide
8/27/2025
In this episode, Al-Shabaka policy analysts Diana Buttu, Inès Abdel Razek, and Al-Shabaka’s Co-Director, Yara Hawari, provide analysis on the recent wave of Palestine State recognition by several European powers as a policy response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Duration:00:58:54
Global March to Gaza: Lessons from Egypt with Engy Sarhan
7/29/2025
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.
Duration:00:32:21
US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa Joudeh
6/24/2025
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.
Duration:00:23:35
Is the Tide Changing on the Genocide in Gaza? With Tariq Kenney-Shawa
5/29/2025
Al-Shabaka’s US Policy Fellow Tariq Kenney-Shawa joins Co-Director Yara Hawari to discuss whether the tide is changing in mainstream media and political spaces after more than 19 months of ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Duration:00:39:01
Countering Attacks on the Pro-Palestine Movement in Europe with Agnese Valenti
4/29/2025
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.
Duration:00:39:43
Gaza Reconstruction Reality Check with Abed Kittana
3/31/2025
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.
Duration:00:35:40
Gaza Ceasefire Challenges & Future Scenarios in Palestine
2/14/2025
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.
Duration:00:44:25
Trump and Israel's Plans for Gaza with Diana Buttu
2/9/2025
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.
Duration:00:38:00
Palestinian Authority's Jenin Invasion Amid Gaza Ceasefire
1/26/2025
Yara Hawari and Mondoweiss’s Yumna Patel break down the latest developments in Jenin and across the West Bank within the context of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and recent ceasefire. This is the first episode of a three-part collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.
Duration:00:34:52
Palestine in 2024: A Year of Israeli Impunity & Genocide
12/23/2024
In this episode of Rethinking Palestine, Yara Hawari highlights the key discussion points with our guests in 2024 as the Israeli regime's settler colonial genocide has continued unabated across Palestine.
Duration:00:27:43
What Trump's Comeback Means for Palestine with Tariq Kenney-Shawa
11/28/2024
Al-Shabaka US Policy Fellow Tariq Kenney-Shawa joins the podcast to reflect on the 2024 US presidential election results in the context of ongoing genocide in Gaza and the future of the movement for Palestinian liberation.
Duration:00:32:58