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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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International Law & Israel/Palestine: A Primer
FMEP Non-Resident Fellows Dr. Yara Asi and Rabea Eghbariah are joined by Dr. Ardi Imseis (Assistant Professor and Academic Director, International Law Programs…
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Repression in the Shadow of Israel’s War on Gaza Pt 1: 5 Israeli Human Rights Groups Sound the Alarm
Featuring Yahav Erez, Yesh Din; Anat Litvin, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI); Jessica Montell, HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual…
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From Israel's Blockade to the Siege on Al Shifa Hospital: Public Health in Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with 2023 FMEP Palestinian Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Yara Asi about public health in Gaza…
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The UN Tried to Silence Craig Mokhiber, He Resigned
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts" FMEP non-resident Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Craig Mokhiber, who recently resigned from his post as a Director at…
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Biden's "Full Tilt" Embrace of Israel & Its War on Gaza
FMEP Non-resident Fellow Peter Beinart talks to Ben Rhodes (Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States) about the Biden Administration's…
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Gaza, Israel and the 2023 War: Are There Any "Red Lines"?
Featuring: Jamil Dakwar (speaking in his personal capacity), Katherine Gallagher (Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional rights), Dr. Raz Segal…
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Catastrophe in Gaza: What's Next? Part 2
ft. Sari Bashi (Human Rights Watch), Amjad Iraqi (+972 Magazine) & Lara Friedman (FMEP) In the wake of Hamas’s massacres of citizens & residents of Israel on…
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Catastrophe in Gaza: What’s Next? Part 1
ft. Inès Abdel Razek (Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy), Fadi Quran (Avaaz), & Lara Friedman (FMEP) In the wake of Hamas’s massacres of citizens &…
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The Situation in Gaza: A Briefing
Tania Hary (Gisha) Nour Odeh (Political Activist) Omar Shakir (Human Rights Watch) in conversation with Lara Friedman (FMEP) For resources and bios, please…
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Free Speech, IHRA, & Palestinian Freedom - A Conversation with Rebecca Ruth Gould
In this episode of the Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP president Lara Friedman speaks with Professor Rebecca Ruth Gould, author of the newly published book…
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Forcible Transfer is a War Crime: West Bank Pogroms are Working
featuring Kareem Jubran (B’Tselem) & Sarit Michaeli (B’Tselem) with Dr. Yara Asi (FMEP). Forcible transfer of Palestinians in the West Bank is a reality. The…
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Human Rights Work under Apartheid: “To show reality, to shed light…to create hope in the struggle”
FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with the new Executive Director of B'Tselem, Yuli Novak, about the opportunities and challenges for human rights protection in…
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Hebron (Al-Khalil)Through Palestinian Eyes
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP 2023 non-resident fellow Rabea Eghbariah speaks with Abdullah (last name withheld), a tour guide from Hebron…
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Has Israel Annexed the West Bank?
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Kristin McCarthy talks to Shira Livne (ACRI/Association for Civil Rights in Israel) about all things annexation…
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Blockade, Bombings, and Continuing Trauma: Assessing Mental Health in Gaza
More than 15 years into Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, and after rounds of devastating Israeli bombing campaigns, life in Gaza continues to become more…
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Defending Palestine Free Speech: The Case of Fatima Mohammed
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks to Amal Thabateh, who is the Michael Ratner Justice Fellow at Palestine Legal, about the…
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The Palestine Laboratory - A Conversation with Antony Loewenstein
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks to journalist, filmmaker, and author Antony Loewenstein, about his new book, The Palestine…
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"We Can't Afford to Leave": A Conversation about Jaffa w/ Abed Abu Shehadeh
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP 2023 non-resident fellow Rabea Eghbariah speaks to Abed Abu Shehadeh, a political and community organizer from…
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The Destruction of Masafer Yatta with Basel Adraa & Yuval Abraham
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with journalists Basel Adraa and Yuval Abraham about the conditions of life in Masafer…
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"A Landscape of a Shrinking Space": Nazareth & the Baladna Youth Center
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP 2023 non-resident fellow Rabea Eghbariah speaks to Maria Zreik, a street photographer and political organizer from…
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"Now it is Happening to My Family": The Dispossession of Palestinians from the Old City of Jerusalem
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP 2023 non-resident fellow Rabea Eghbariah speaks to Raafat Sub Laban, a Palestinian human rights attorney from the…
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A Conversation with Anti-Zionist Activist Jonathan Pollak on Solidarity & His Impending Trial
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP non resident fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli anti-Zionist activist and solidarity…
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The Nakba is Our Framework: Framing and Understanding Palestine with Mohammed El-Kurd
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP 2023 non-resident fellow Rabea Eghbariah speaks to award-winning writer and journalist Mohammed El Kurd about the…
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How IHRA Antisemitism Definition Suppresses Palestinian Rights Advocacy in EU/UK: Insight from ELSC
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) director Giovanni Fassini and…
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Palestinian Rights, the IHRA Definition, & the Battle Around Biden's Antisemitism Strategy
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Yousef Munayyer (Arab Center Washington DC) & Emma Saltzberg…
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Israel's new anti-NGO legislation: An Effort to Eradicate Opponents of Illiberalism
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with two formidable experts on human rights and civil society about…
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Palestinian Hunger Striking and Defiance of Israel's Carceral Regime
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," 2022 FMEP non-resident Fellow Dr. Maha Nassar speaks with Dr. Basil Farraj about the recent death of Khader Adnan - a…
Occupied ThoughtsLiving Memory: Palestinian Artists Mark 75 Years of the Nakba
Project48 & FMEP proudly present a very special podcast commemorating 75 years of the Palestinian Nakba. We are honored to share the voices of 10 powerful…
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Shireen Abu Akleh: Her Life, Legacy, & the Continuing Fight for Justice
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with preeminent journalist Dalia Hatuqa on the 1-year anniversary of the…
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Accused of Antisemitism for Telling Students about Palestinian Life: Huwaida Arraf & Peter Beinart
Palestinian-American civil rights attorney Huwaida Arraf speaks with FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart about what happened since she was invited to address a high…
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FMEP-MEI Congressional Briefing Series, Part 6 - The Role Of Congress
Featuring: Hassan El-Tayyab (FCNL), Rebecca Abou Chedid (Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP), and Josh Ruebner (IMEU) This session explored the unique role played by…
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FMEP-MEI Congressional Briefing Series, Part 5 - Internal Palestinian Politics
Part 5: Internal Palestinian Politics Featuring: Dr. Dana El Kurd (University of Richmond), Salem Barahmeh, and Khaled Hroub (Northwest University – Qatar)…
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FMEP-MEI Congressional Briefing Series, Part 4 - Free Speech, Lawfare, & the Right to Protest
Part 4 - Free Speech, Lawfare, & the Right to Protest Featuring: Suhad Babaa (Just Vision), Yousef Munayyer (Arab Center Washington DC), & Dylan Saba…
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FMEP-MEI Congressional Briefing Series, Part 2 - Extremism in Israel
Part 2: Extremism in Israel Featuring: Amjad Iraqi (+972 Magazine), Natasha Roth-Rowland (+972 Magazine), and Shaul Magid (Dartmouth) This session explored the…
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FMEP-MEI Congressional Briefing Series, Part 1 – Beyond Oslo
Part 1 – Beyond Oslo Featuring: Omar Dajani, Dr. Maha Nassar, & Dr. Shibley Telhami This session examined the successes and failures of the Oslo process 30…
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Palestinian Public Health & Israeli Apartheid: Challenges, Possibilities, and Priorities
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP 2023 Palestinian Non-resident Fellow Dr. Yara Asi speaks with FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin about how to understand…
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Kohelet Policy Forum:How a Far-Right, US-Funded Israeli ThinkTank Shapes Policy&Law in the US&Israel
As Israel’s far-right has gained political influence and momentum, including with respect to the current government’s “judicial reform” plans, the outsized…
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The Quest for Justice for Palestine at the ICC and ICJ: Where Things Stand Today & Why it Matters
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks to Vito Todeschini (legal expert in human rights law, international humanitarian law and…
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"Unprecedented" days: Protesting "under the banner of democracy" and ongoing apartheid
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with +972's Haggai Matar about the developments of the last two days -- Netanyahu firing…
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'If the thief is the judge, who will hear the complaint?' Escalating SettlerViolence in MasaferYatta
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Ali Awad, writer & activist from Tuba in Masafer Yatta, and Cassandra Dixon, a…
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The Cost of a Palestine Caveat: Biden Admin Chooses Politics Over Human Rights Expertise
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Non-resident Fellow Peter Beinart speaks to Maya Berry (Arab American Institute) and Jim Cavallaro (University…
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“A struggle within a struggle”: An anti-apartheid analysis of Israel’s anti-government protests
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Haggai Matar about the growing Israeli protest movement against the Netanyahu…
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'We Are Determined to Stay": One Palestinian Family's Story of Dispossession in Jerusalem
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Kristin McCarthy speaks to Rafat Sub Laban (human rights lawyer) and Amy Cohen (Ir Amim) about the Sub Laban…
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Allyship & the Fight for Palestinian Liberation
In this fourth webinar episode in FMEP and Al Shabaka’s four-part series, Learning and Unlearning Palestine, Saleh Hijazi (BDS Movement), Nadya Tannous…
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Backlash and Perseverance: The UC Berkeley LSJP Bylaw and Its Aftermath
FMEP non-resident fellow Maha Nassar speaks with Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine members Malak Afaneh and Risa Nagel about the pro-BDS bylaw…
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Introducing Yara Asi, a 2023 FMEP Non-Resident Fellow
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin talks to Yara Asi, who is one of two 2023-2024 Non-Resident Fellows joining FMEP. Dr. Asi…
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Introducing Rabea Eghbariah, 2023 FMEP Fellow
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin talks to Rabea Eghbariah, human rights attorney, doctoral student at Harvard Law School, and…
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Normalizing and Peacemaking as Discourses of Violence
In the third episode in FMEP and Al Shabaka’s four-part series, Learning and Unlearning Palestine, this webinar - featuring Dr. Maha Nassar, Dr. Yara Hawari…
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The Delusion of the Supreme Court as a Last Bastion of Human Rights in Israel
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Nonresident fellow Peter Beinart is joined by Nathaniel Berman (Brown University) and Sawsan Zaher (human rights…
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Lawfare in Action: Attack on US Campaign for Palestinian Rights as a Case Study
In this episode of FMEP’s Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Ahmed Abuznaid (US Campaign for Palestinian Rights - USCPR) and…
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Dispatches from the Near Future
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, Jehad Abusalim (FMEP 2022 Palestinian Non-Resident Fellow) speaks with Sarah Anne Minkin (FMEP Director of Programs and…
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Learning & Unlearning Palestine Part 2: Limited Paradigms
In this second episode in FMEP and Al Shabaka's four-part series, Learning and Unlearning Palestine, this panelists Dr. Muhannad Ayyash, Dr. Lana Tatour, and…
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Settler Violence: More Than Criminal
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, Kristin McCarthy (FMEP's Director of Grants & Operations) speaks with Ziv Stahl (Executive Director of…
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Learning and Unlearning Palestine Part 1: Who Can Speak on Palestine?
Welcome to the first episode in a new webinar series co-hosted by Al Shabaka and the Foundation for Middle East Peace: Learning and Unlearning Palestine Part…
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On Stage: How to Make a Revolution
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Hebron-based activist Issa Amro and Israeli activist & playwright Einat Weizman…
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Commonsense Rules for reporting & consuming news on Palestine
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts -- which comes in the context of ongoing violence in Palestine that only lately broke through to mainstream headlines when…
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Domination, Suppression, & Control: The Old & New Policies of the Current Israeli Government
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Kristin McCarthy talks to Dr. Suhad Bisahara - the Legal Director of Adalah - about the new Israeli government…
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A War Crime in the Making: UN’s Francesca Albanese on Ethnic Cleansing in the South Hebron Hills
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks to Francesca Albanese -- international legal expert and the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the…
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Why Did Harvard Deny a Fellowship to the Former Director of Human Rights Watch? Israel.
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” FMEP Non-resident Fellow Peter Beinart is joined by Ken Roth (formerly Human Rights Watch) and Harvard professor…
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Explained: What Israel's New Government Means for Settlements, Outposts, & Area C
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP Non-resident Fellow Peter Beinart is joined by Ziv Stahl (Yesh Din) to sketch out what the new Israeli government…