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Occupied Thoughts
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…
Episodes
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The Escalation of Israel's Gaza-fication of the West Bank
In this episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks with preeminent journalist Dalia Hatuqa about the current realities of Israel violence…
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A toxic environment for those who dare to question: Prof. Katherine Franke w/ Peter Beinart
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart interviews Professor Katherine Franke, former faculty at Columbia University’s law school…
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Introducing 2025 Fellow Ahmed Moor: When "the urgency of the need isn't met by the pace of change."
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with writer Ahmed Moor, one of FMEP’s 2025 Palestinian Non-resident Fellows, about his…
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Holding Israel & the US Accountable for Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's 2025 Palestinian Non-residential Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of DAWN, a…
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Why Some Israelis Refuse To Serve in the IDF
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Atalya Ben Abba and Mattan Helman of the Israeli Refuser Solidarity Network. They…
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Phoenix of Gaza: a 360° view of Palestinian agency and life
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Nour Joudah speaks with Cal State University-San Bernadino Professor Ahlam Muhtaseb. Dr. Muhtaseb is…
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Can Syria Rebuild?
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart and analyst Maha Yahya discuss the new developments in Syria. They look at how Syria's new…
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Connecting the Bullets: Guns on the Kitchen Table to Organized Crime to Crimes Against Humanity
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with attorney and activist Meisa Irshaid, activist and author Rela Mazali, and Professor…
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Eyewitness to Israel's Intentionally Created Health Apocalypse in Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Dr. Tammy Abughnaim, an American physician who has been to Gaza twice since…
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How and Why South African Care About Palestinians
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with writer and editor William Shoki about the history of South Africa and Israel, how…
Occupied ThoughtsA Cartography of Genocide
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Non-Resident Fellow Peter Beinart talks to Eyal Weizman about his work at Forensic Architecture and the recently…
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Understanding Palestinian Pain & Resistance: Reporting from the West Bank
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Nour Joudah speaks with journalist Mariam Barghouti about reporting from the ground in the West Bank, views…
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Beyond unipolarity and the 'rules-based international order' toward a "Better Order Project"
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with policy experts Zack Paikin and Trita Parsi about the the new report they…
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Israel’s UNRWA Ban: What it means for Gaza, the UN and the World
On 11/28/24, despite warnings by the international community against such a step, Israel’s Knesset voted overwhelmingly to adopt two laws that effectively ban…
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Holding Israeli Media Accountable: Incitement to Genocide is a Crime
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Israeli human rights attorney Alon Sapir about the legal complaint he recently…
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"The clash between the stories we tell & the reality of life on the ground"
FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Coates' new book, The Message. Coates’ website describes this part of the…
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Israel’s Plans for a “New Order” in the Middle East - a conversation with Mouin Rabbani
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Mouin Rabbani about Israel's war on Gaza, its offensive in Lebanon, and how…
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The (Bipartisan) Betrayal of Arab Americans
FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Maya Berry, Executive Director of the Arab American Institute to discuss Maya’s experience testifying on hate crimes…
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Palestine in the 2024 U.S. Elections
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman discusses how Palestine is one of the defining issues of the 2024 elections with Rania…
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U.S. Policy Through the Looking Glass
FMEP Non-resident Fellow Rania Batrice talks with Matt Duss (Center for International Policy) about the current state of politics on Israel and Palestine in…
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The Accountability Archive
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Non-Resident Fellow Nour Joudah speaks with Philip Proudfoot and Mahdi Zaidan from the Accountability Archive…
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Turning Pain into Power: Feeding Families & Bringing Attention to Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Rania Batrice speaks with Hani Almadhoun, Gaza native, Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, and co-founder…
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Harrison Mann on Immoral Policy, Looming Regional War, and Leaving the Biden Administration
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Harrison Mann, a former U.S. Army major and executive officer of the Defense…
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The Core Truths About Palestine and Israel
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with writer Ahmed Moor about why Israel/Palestine is not exceptional, why Palestinians…
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The Assault on the Khalidi Library in Jerusalem
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Columbia Professor Emeritus Rashid Khalidi. They discuss how and why Jewish…
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Witnessing in the West Bank & Gaza with Riham Jafari
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Rania Batrice speaks with Palestinian communication and advocacy specialist Riham Jafari about Gaza and the…
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Israel is annexing the West Bank
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Professor Yael Berda about Israel's de facto annexation of the West Bank. A few…
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The Gaza Catastrophe, Part 2 — The U.S. Role & Responsibility
This session reviewed and analyzed the role Congress & the Executive have played vis-a-vis Israel and Palestine in general, and Gaza in particular, both before…
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The Gaza Catastrophe, Part 3 — International Law & Humanitarian Crisis
This session examined humanitarian conditions and issues of international law and accountability, including the ongoing genocide case before the International…
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The Gaza Catastrophe, Part 4 — What Comes Next?
What comes next? This session examined the prospects for reconstruction and governance in Gaza as well as implications of the ongoing crisis for internal…
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Introduction to the Gaza Catastrophe: 2024 Congressional Briefing Series
Khaled Elgindy of the Middle East Institute (MEI) and Lara Friedman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) speak with Sarah Anne Minkin (FMEP) about…
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The Gaza Catastrophe, Part 1 — How We Got Here
This session assessed the current situation on the ground in Gaza, how we got here, including the events of October 7, as well as conditions in the West Bank…
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Centering Gaza, Punished in College: What it's Like to be a Campus Activist Against this War
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Shraddha Joshi and Asmer Safi, two student activists organizing for Palestinian…
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A Look From the Radical Israeli Left: A Multi-Front Battle Against Fascism & Jewish Supremacy
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP non-resident fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Sapir Sluzker Amran about her identity as a Mizrachi, queer activist…
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Nakba Day 2024
On Nakba Day 2024 - commemorated amidst Israel's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza - FMEP is re-releasing a very special podcast produced last year in partnership…
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The Attack on Academic Freedom
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Professor Sahar Aziz of Rutgers University about the current attacks on academic…
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Why Palestine Is Part of (& Central To) the Movement for Climate Justice
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Non-resident Fellow Rania Batrice speaks to Mary Annaïse Heglar, a climate justice writer and essayist. The two…
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What Does it Mean for the US to Condition Aid to Israel?
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with analyst Seth Binder about the technicalities of U.S. aid to Israel. They discuss…
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Dead, Disabled, Displaced, Detained, Orphaned: The Toll of Israel’s War on Palestinian Children
This podcast is the audio recording of a webinar featuring Miranda Cleland, Defense for Children International-Palestine, & Hamdi Shaqqura, Palestinian Center…
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Updates on Gaza & Looking to the Future: Mass Depopulation & Continued Violence
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, political analyst Khalil Sayegh joins FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart to look at the current situation on the ground in Gaza…
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RESIGNED: The Former Biden Admin Officials Who Left Their Jobs Over Gaza
FMEP is honored to host Josh Paul, Tariq Habash, and Annelle Sheline for their first joint public appearance and conversation over their individual decisions…
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“Incitement, Destruction, Willful Flouting of Int'l Law”: Israel’s Assault on Al Shifa Hospital
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, 2023 FMEP Fellow Dr. Yara Asi joins FMEP's Dr. Sarah Anne Minkin to discuss Israel's March 2024 attack on Al Shifa…
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Rania Batrice & Ryan Grim on the Urgency & Need for Independent Journalism
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Rania Batrice speaks with journalist Ryan Grim about the limitations of mainstream media's reporting on…
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What Comes After the Destruction of Gaza?
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with writer Ahmed Moor about a range of urgent issues, including how the conversation…
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Biden & Israel: What it’s Like to Make Policy in the White House
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart is joined with Steven Simon, former Director of the National Security Council in the Obama…
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Media Bias in Reporting on Sexual Assault on October 7th - Breaking Down the Damage
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Rania Batrice and analyst Krystal Ball look at the controversy surrounding allegations of widespread and…
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Introducing Nour Joudah, 2024 FMEP Palestinian Fellow
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Nour Joudah, Assistant Professor at UCLA and one of FMEP’s 2024 Palestinian…
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How the War in Gaza is Transforming Democratic Politics
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellows Rania Batrice & Peter Beinart speak about Arab American politics and why the Biden administration is out of…
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How Mainstream Media Collaborates with Israel’s War on Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks with Dr. Assal Rad. Dr. Rad is a scholar of Middle East history. She works on research and…
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Introducing Rania Batrice, 2024 FMEP Palestinian non-resident Fellow
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin talks to Rania Batrice, political strategist, activist, coalition builder, and one of FMEP’s…
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"Famine is a Massacre in Slow Motion:" On Mass Hunger & Israel's Culpability in Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Yara Asi speaks with Alex de Waal of the World Peace Foundation and Tufts University and author of the…
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Impacts of Israel's War on Gaza - a Regional Tour d'Horizon
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks to Middle East policy journalist, analyst, and author Omar Rahman about the regional impacts…
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Promoting Risk & Undermining Rights: Morningstar’s Betrayal of Palestine & ESG (Part 2)
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks to international legal expert in business and human rights Tara Van Ho about the latest twist…
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Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza, Palestinian Refugees, and the Campaign Against UNRWA
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP non-resident fellow Peter Beinart interviews Chris Gunness, formerly the Spokesman and Director of Strategic…
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Israel's War on Gaza: Implications & Impacts on Saudi Policies & Politics
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Saudi researcher and analyst of Saudi foreign policy Aziz Alghashian about the…
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Separation, Dehumanization, Theft of Time: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Dr. Yara Asi speaks with Nathan Thrall, author of the recently-released A Day in the Life of Abed Salama…
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'Dehumanization of Palestinians in real time with no condemnation'-On resigning from the Biden Admin
FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Tariq Habash, a Palestinian American who was a political appointee in the Biden Administration's Department of Education…
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Israel's War on Gaza: Implications & Possibilities for Regional Escalation
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Middle East foreign policy/national security expert Jasmine…
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“The story of Attiya Nabaheen reveals the system that devalues Palestinian life”
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Rabea Eghbariah speaks with Sarah Anne Minkin, FMEP's Director of Programs & Partnerships, about his former…
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Repression in the Shadow of Israel’s War on Gaza Pt 2: Israel’s Criminalization of Palestinian Life
Featuring Hassan Jabarin (Adalah) and Ghousoon Bisharat (+972) in conversation with Peter Beinart (FMEP) While waging war on Gaza, the Israeli government has…