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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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Scorched Earth & Settlements in Jerusalem
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Kristin McCarthy speaks with Daniel Seidemann (Terrestrial Jerusalem) about a myriad of developments in Jerusalem…
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The Nakba & its Generational Impact on Palestinians: Memory, Identity, & a Future Rooted in Justice
Featuring Palestinians who lived through the 1948 Nakba and their descendants: Nida El-Muti, Dina El-Muti, and Hasan Hammami The Nakba, the displacement of…
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Welcome to the Panopticon: Israel’s Systematic Surveillance of Palestinians & Its Implications
Three major stories broke over the past week about Israel’s cyber-surveillance of Palestinians, from hacking the phones of human rights defenders and…
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The Terrorism Smear: Israel’s Move to Shut Down Palestinian Human Rights Work
In late October, the Israeli government declared six Palestinian human rights groups to be “terror organizations” – a designation that criminalizes their work…
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Israel's Anti-Terror Law & Pegasus are Terrorizing Palestinian Human Rights Defenders
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Lara Friedman talks to Ubai Aboudi, director of Bisan Center for Research and Development - a Ramallah-based…
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"Secret Israeli dossier provides no proof for declaring Palestinian NGOs ‘terrorists’"
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Israeli journalist Oren Ziv (Local Call, +972 Magazine) about the blockbuster…
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Terror Designations – Israeli Capital Punishment for Palestinian NGOs
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with Michael Sfard, Israel's preeminent human rights lawyer. Michael offers his insights into…
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Show us the evidence: Peter Beinart with human rights attorney and Member of Knesset Gaby Lasky
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP non-resident fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Gaby Lasky, Member of the Israeli Knesset and human rights attorney…
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Using "Terrorism" Charges to Target NGOs: Lessons from the Case of Mohamed Halabi
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with award-winning Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab about the case of Mohamed Halabi -- a…
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Not Without Precedent: The History of Israel’s Escalating War on Palestinian Solidarity Work
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, about…
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Israel Declares War on Palestinian Human Rights Defenders
FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with Sarit Michael (Btselem) and Ines Abdel Razek (PIPD) about the Israeli government's announcement that it has declared a list of…
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The Occupation & the Biden Administration
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Lara Friedman and MEI's Khaled Elgindy speak to Danny Seideman (founder/director of Terrestrial Jerusalem) and…
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The Malmö Forum -- Fighting Antisemitism or Policing Discourse on Israel?
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with Swedish political scientist Dr. Anders Persson about this week's International Forum on…
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Pogrom in Mufagara and 'fighting for our justice'
FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with journalist and activist Basil Adraa and activist and water management expert Natasha Westheimer about the increase in…
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Banned by Facebook for calling Palestinian prisoners "heroes": Orly Noy with Peter Beinart
After the Palestinian prisoner escape, Orly Noy - a journalist, translator of Farsi literature into Hebrew, and political and Mizrahi activist - wrote a post…
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What's Behind Shifting U.S. Politics on Palestine, and Where is it Going?
FMEP's Lara Friedman and MEI's Khaled Elgindy speak with Tariq Kenney-Shawa about the Palestinian diaspora, the shifting narrative around Palestine in the…
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The Abraham Accords, Israel, Biden, and Regional Trends
This week marks the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords. In this podcast, FMEP’s Lara Friedman talks with the Quincy Institute’s Annelle Sheline about the…
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Nakba, Mob Violence, and Inequality: the Past, Present, & Future of Palestinian Citizens of Israel
featuring Hana Amoury (Activist), Orwa Switat, PhD (Urban Planner), & Rami Younis (Director/Writer)with Sarah Anne Minkin (FMEP). This past May, Palestinian…
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Palestinian Protests and the Future of the Palestinian Struggle
Since the Palestinian Authority’s killing of political activist Nizar Banat in June, Palestinians have been holding protests in Ramallah and other parts of the…
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Palestinian Bodies Held Hostage by Israel
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks with Budour Hassan (JLAC) and Noura Erekat (Rutgers) about Israel’s policy of holding…
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Case Study: How a Settler Law-Breaker Became the #2 Official in Israel's Ministry of the Interior
FMEP's Lara Friedman speaks to Kerem Navot's Dror Etkes about the appointment of a prominent settler to the number 2 position in the Ministry of the Interior -…
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NSO Group & Israel's expertise in spyware & repression
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Peter Beinart interviews Yousef Munayyer and Dahlia Scheindlin about the Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group…
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Palestinian Liberation & Leadership: What’s Next? W/ Ines Abdel-Razek, Tareq Baconi, & Lara Friedman
Join FMEP and Palestinian analysts discussing the current state of Palestinian leadership and how Palestinians are contending with multiple layers of…
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The System & Soldiers Behind Settler Violence
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” FMEP's Kristin McCarthy talks to Avner Gvaryahu (Breaking the Silence) about a new collection of testimonies from…
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Can US Law & the Israeli Government Force Ben & Jerry’s to Support Occupation? w/ Lara Friedman
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," Peter Beinart interviews FMEP President Lara Friedman about the potential blowback Ben & Jerry's faces for their…
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Palestine @ the intersection of regional, global, & historical struggles w/ Iyad El-Baghdadi
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, Lara Friedman talks to Arab Spring veteran activist Iyad El-Baghdadi about the way forward for Palestinians -- both on…
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Make ‘Em Laugh: Comedy and the Fight for Palestinian Rights
From the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live, to Egypt’s Bassem Youssef, to Israel’s Eretz Nehederet, comedy has long played a powerful role in shaping how…
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Grassroots Protests & Violent Repression by the Palestinian Authority
Aseel AlBajeh (Al Haq), Dr. Yara Hawari (Al Shabaka), and Mona Shtaya (7amleh)join FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin to discuss grassroots protests in the wake of the…
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Why Palestinians are Rising Up Against the Palestinian Authority
Last week, a Palestinian political activist, Nizar Banat, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority and died soon after in their custody. His family accuses…
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Challenging Israel's Policy of Legalized Vengeance
In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, Jessica Montell, Executive Director of the Israeli human rights organization HaMoked, joins FMEP's Lara…
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Palestinians, Israelis, 1948, & Now: Researching, Teaching, and Asserting the Reality of the Nakba
featuring Leena Dallasheh (Humboldt State University), Shay Hazkani (University of Maryland), Sherene Seikaly (University of California, Santa Barbara) with…
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Winds of Change in the Grassroots & Congress on Palestine
FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks to political, policy, and advocacy strategist Rania Batrice about the changing political landscape in the grassroots and in…
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The Alienation of Palestinian Americans in U.S. Politics & Media
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, Lara Friedman asks Omar Baddar what it is like to be Palestinian American in U.S. politics, government, and media. They…
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The Extremist Through-Line in Israel's Domestic & Regional Policies
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” Lara Friedman speaks with Elizabeth Tsurkov about extremist trends in Israel and how they are manifest in the latest…
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US discourse on Israel/Palestine & Black-Palestinian solidarity
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," Lara Friedman speaks with Dr. Maha Nassar about changes in the U.S. discourse on Palestine and Israel, shifts in US…
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The cast changes, the policies stay the same - Yousef Munayyer on the Bennett/Lapid coalition
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” analyst Yousef Munayyer joins FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin to discuss the implications of a potential new government in…
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Israel's Mass Arrest & Collective Punishment of Palestinian Citizens of Israel
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin is joined by Nareman Shehadeh Zoabi, a social and economic rights attorney working with Adalah…
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A Pivotal Moment for Israel-Palestine
Featuring Amjad Iraqi (+972 Magazine), Ahmed Alnaouq (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor), Lara Friedman (Foundation for Middle East Peace) with Haggai Matar (+972…
Occupied ThoughtsPalestinians Rising: From Jerusalem to Umm al-Fahm
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," Kristin speaks with Fayrouz Sharqawi of Grassroots Al-Quds to unpack what is happening in Jerusalem and across…
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"More than History: 1917, 1936, & 2021" ft. Sherene Seikaly & Sarah Anne Minkin
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” Professor Sherene Seikaly offers historical framing and comparisons necessary for understanding what’s happening with…
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Palestinians Strike - w/ Salem Barahmeh & Kristin McCarthy
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Kristin McCarthy is joined by Salem Barahmeh to discuss the general strike Palestinians across Palestine led on…
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Decolonizing the Narrative - ft. Nooran Alhamdan & Sarah Anne Minkin
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Nooran Alhamdan about Palestinians in the US, shifts in American politics, where…
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"One people, one pain" w/ Widad Assaf & Sarah Anne Minkin
On this episode of "Occupied Thoughts" FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin interviews Widad Assaf, the Legal Coordinator of FMEP partner Human Rights Defenders Fund…
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On the Organized Violence against Palestinian Citizens of Israel w/ Sawsan Zaher & Sarah Anne Minkin
In this episode of "Occupied Thoughts," FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin talks with Sawsan Zaher, the Deputy General Director of Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab…
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The Nakba & the Current Crisis
In this edition of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Lara Friedman speaks with Dr. Carol Daniel Kasbari (Middle East Institute) about the the violence today in…
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Top Of Mind: Palestinian Analysts On Unfolding Scenes of Protest & Devastation
FMEP hosted a conversation with three Palestinian thought leaders - Ines Abdel Razek, Zaha Hassan, and Nadia Hijab - to discuss what is happening now and…
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"Dispossession & Violence in Sheikh Jarrah" ft. Lara Friedman, Aseel AlBajeh, Buduour Hassan
The struggle in Sheikh Jarrah is again on center stage this week. Once again, Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah are facing imminent evictions, approved by Israeli…
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"Breaking the Israel-Palestine Status Quo" ft. Zaha Hassan and Daniel Levy with Peter Beinart
In this new episode of "Occupied Thoughts," Peter Beinart interviews Zaha Hassan and Daniel Levy about the new Carnegie Endowment for International Peace…
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“In This Place Together” w/ Peter Beinart, Sulaiman Khatib & Penina Eilberg-Schwartz,
In this new episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” Peter Beinart interviews Sulaiman Khatib and Penina Eilberg-Schwartz about their new book, In This Place Together…
Occupied ThoughtsPresenting: Israel, Palestine & the Role of Congress - An Accelerated Learning Series
The Middle East Institute (MEI) and the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) hosted an eight-part webinar series for members of the House and Senate and…
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Israeli and Palestinian Elections: Opportunities for Change or More of Same?
Ft. Peter Beinart, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Diana Buttu, and Orly Noy. Last week, Israelis went to the polls for the fourth time in two years to elect a new…
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Nathan Thrall, Peter Beinart, and “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama”
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” Peter Beinart interviews Nathan Thrall about Thrall’s new essay in the New York Review of Books, “A Day in the Life of…
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Mainstreaming the Extreme: How Meir Kahane’s Vision of Jewish Supremacy Conquered Israeli Politics
When Israeli citizens go to the polls on March 23rd, one thing they will be voting on is whether to bring followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane into the Knesset as…
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Implications & Impacts of the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism on Palestinians
Ft. Lara Friedman (FMEP), Ahmad Daraldik (FSU), Dima Khalidi (Palestine Legal) & Sherene Seikaly (UCSB) For more information, including speaker biographies and…
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Israel/Palestine & the ICC -- Sawsan Zaher with Peter Beinart
In this new episode of Occupied Thoughts, Peter Beinart interviews Sawsan Zaher, Deputy Director of Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in…
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Occupied Thoughts: Jerome Slater's "Mythologies Without End" with Peter Beinart
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, Peter Beinart interviews Jerome Slater about his new book, Mythologies Without End: The U.S., Israel, and the…
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Occupied Thoughts: Former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes with Peter Beinart
Peter Beinart speaks to Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor from 2009-2017, about working on Israel, Palestine, and Iran in the Obama Administration…
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Occupied Thoughts: Thinking Big - James Zogby with Peter Beinart
In the latest episode of "Occupied Thoughts," host Peter Beinart speaks with James Zogby about a regional approach to the conflicts, problems, and politics of…
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Occupied Thoughts: Except for Palestine: Peter Beinart w/ Marc Lamont Hill & Peter Beinart
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” host Peter Beinart interviews Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick, co-authors of Except for Palestine: The Limits of…
Occupied ThoughtsOccupied Thoughts: Beyond the Two State Solution - Jonathan Kuttab w/ Peter Beinart
In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” host Peter Beinart is joined by Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab, who recently published the book…