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On episode 31 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, Nora and Asa discuss Israel’s vaccine apartheid and are joined by physicians and writers Dr. Ghada Karmi and Dr. Osama Tanous. It was recently reported that Israel is giving thousands of “spare” vaccines to foreign countries in exchange for political support, while denying vaccines to 5 million Palestinians under its military rule in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel is failing in its obligations under international law as an occupying power by not offering the vaccine to the Palestinians of occupied territory. Karmi and Tanous explain how occupation and settler-colonialism impact not just COVID-19 outcomes for Palestinians but public health in Palestine overall. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-31-israels-vaccine-apartheid

For video version and more background, go to: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-30-israels-war-labour-and-democrats In our pilot video episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, Ali Abunimah joins Asa and Nora for an in-depth look at the new US president. What does the Joe Biden administration and the return of the pro-war, Israel-allied Democrats to the White House mean for Palestine and Palestinians? Ali explains that the grassroots of the Democratic Party has become much less pro-Israel in recent years, while party leaders have resisted the push to stand with Palestinians.

On Episode 28 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, we present excerpts of a recent discussion about the years-long struggle of five imprisoned Palestinian American men who led the Holy Land Foundation, a Texas-based charity. This panel commemorates more than ten years since the unjust prosecution of The Holy Land Five: Shukri Abu Baker, Mohammad El-Mezain, Ghassan Elashi, Mufid Abdulqader, and Abdulrahman Odeh, who are each serving between 15 and 65 years in federal penitentiaries. Hosted by Miko Peled, author of the 2018 book “Injustice: The Holy Land Foundation Five” the discussion features daughters of the Holy Land Five, in addition to Leena Al-Arian, Executive Director of the Coalition for Civil Freedoms and the daughter of Dr. Sami Al- Arian, another Palestinian-American who was deported on trumped up charges. For more information: https://mikopeled.com/2020/11/27/12-years-of-injustice-the-story-of-the-holy-land-foundation-five/

On episode 27 of The Electronic intifada Podcast, Asa and Nora are joined by Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in the UK. PSC recently concluded a week of direct action to amplify the growing opposition to Israel's apartheid system, the ongoing expulsion of Palestinians from their land, the 13-year siege on Gaza and the formal annexation of the occupied West Bank. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-27-vision-equality-jerusalem Music: "Rafif," Kamilya Jubran Photo: Ben Jamal (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

On Episode 26 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, we have an in-depth conversation with former UK Labour MP Chris Williamson. Williamson was the only Labour MP under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership period to recognize the truth about the party’s “anti-Semitism crisis” – that it was a manufactured disinformation campaign orchestrated by the pro-Israel lobby and the right. Image: Chris Williamson addressing a Jewish Voice for Labour protest against the IHRA “working definition” in 2018. The document conflates legitimate criticisms of Israel with anti-Semitism. (Stephen Chung/Newscom)

On Episode 25 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, we speak with writer and author Steven Salaita and EI's Ali Abunimah about the phenomenon of what Salaita calls Muslim Zionists. These are organizations and their leaderships that purport to represent Muslim Americans but work closely with Israel lobby groups to undermine and silence Palestinian rights advocates. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-25-muslim-zionists Image: Steven Salaita (Haymarket Books)

On Episode 24 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, we speak with boycott activists who are taking on major corporations complicit in Israeli settlements and weapons manufacturing industries. Guests: Huda Ammori, Palestine Action; Dalit Baum and Noam Perry of American Friends Service Committee. Photo: Palestine Action

On episode 23 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, author and activist Susan Abulhawa discusses her new novel Against the Loveless World. Abulhawa’s Palestinian protagonist and narrator, Nahr, tells the story of her life from solitary confinement inside an Israeli prison cell called “the cube.” Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-23-against-loveless-world

On episode 22 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, we ask how powerful the Israeli army really is. Author Shir Hever has researched in depth the economic factors behind Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as the Israeli arms and surveillance technology industries. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-22-why-israel-isnt-powerful-it-wants-us-think

On Episode 21, we are joined by Lubnah Shomali, advocacy manager with Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights to talk about the detrimental effects that international aid agencies place onto Palestinian civil society. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-21-how-eu-polices-palestinian-rights-groups Photo: Lubnah Shomali, Badil (Eyewitness Palestine)

Professor Joseph Massad joins us to discuss Israel's theft of Palestinian land and the current Trump-Netanyahu annexation plan. Added to previous annexations, Massad argues that the plan could mean about 70 percent of the West Bank is declared as under Israeli "sovereignty" -- far higher than the 30 percent usually discussed by the media. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-20-joseph-massad-annexation Photo: Palestinians in Gaza City demonstrate against Israel's annexation plans, 1 July 2020. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

Ajamu Baraka of Black Alliance for Peace and Kristian Davis Bailey of Black for Palestine discuss the revolutionary moment in the US as people rise up against police violence and strengthen solidarity with Palestinians. Photo: Palestinians in Bethlehem hold a vigil for George Floyd and Iyad Hallaq, 2 June. (Abedalrahman Hassan/APA Images)

Filmmaker and activist Iara Lee was a passenger on the Mavi Marmara, part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was intercepted and raided by Israeli commandos on 31 May, 2010. Israeli forces killed 9 people aboard the ship. She tells us about her experience and how she's still pursuing justice ten years later. We also feature an interview with Mohammad Samara, a nurse and activist in Nablus, about the COVID-19 pandemic in the occupied West Bank. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-18-israels-mavi-marmara-massacre-10-years Photo: The Mavi Marmara, part of the 2010 Freedom Flotilla hijacked by Israel. The subsequent backlash in global public opinion led Israeli spies to begin monitoring Palestine solidarity groups. (Wikipedia)

"The coronavirus has exacerbated, in fact highlighted, the racist system that exists in the country," says lawyer Diana Buttu. Israel initially only provided COVID-19 testing to cities and towns where most of the inhabitants are Jewish. Towns inside Israel with a large Palestinian population have been ignored, Buttu explains. Now, she says, “the numbers of cases of Palestinians who have tested positive is on the rise, mostly because there has been such a push by Palestinians to have testing in these areas.” Nora and Asa also discuss how they are coping on coronavirus lockdown in the US and UK, and Asa gets into a recent leaked British Labour Party report. Image: Palestinians distribute cleaning supplies amid fears of the spread of COVID-19, near Hebron. Mosab Shawer/APA Images

Dr. Mona El-Farra is the Health Chair of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip and a member of the Union of Health Work Committees. Dr. Mona is also the director of Gaza Projects for the Middle East Children's Alliance (mecaforpeace.org) Photo: Ashraf Amra / APA Images

Dealing with a problem like the COVID-19 pandemic consists of three major pillars: diagnosis and identification of infected patients, protection of healthcare workers, and treatment, Dr. Tarek Loubani tells The Electronic Intifada Podcast. "In Gaza, those three pillars of a response to an infectious pandemic like this, not one of them is intact." Guests: Dr. Tarek Loubani, Reidun Garapick Photo: Palestinian youths disinfect people as a preventive measure amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus, Gaza City, 23 March, 2020. (Mahmoud Ajjour/APA Images)

On episode 15 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, filmmaker and journalist Abby Martin, joined by her lawyer, Gadeir Abbas, discusses her recent free speech lawsuit against the state of Georgia and its anti-BDS law. Later in the episode, activist and writer Tony Greenstein explains the state of anti-Zionist politics following the struggle over the UK Labor party. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-15-resisting-censors

In Episode 14 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, Nora and Asa welcome back As'ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University Stanislaus and a commentator on Middle East politics, to the show to discuss the aftermath of US president Donald Trump's assassinations of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of Iraqi militias that were instrumental in the defeat of ISIS -- so-called Islamic State. Photo: A Palestinian holds a flyer at the mourning service for Qasem Soleimani in Gaza City, 4 January. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

On episode 13 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, Nora and Asa are joined by Ali Abunimah to discuss the most significant stories of 2019. "We have no option but to hold onto hope and to keep struggling for the world we want to live in," Ali says. "We see Palestinians holding on, we see that spirit of steadfastness still there and we see people around the world" advocating for Palestinian rights, he adds. Image: A Palestinian protester dressed as Santa Claus holds a sign on the remains of a demolished Palestinian house. Bethlehem, 23 December 2019. (Abedalrahman Hassan/APA Images)

Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin joins Nora and Asa to talk about the production of her documentary film, Gaza Fights for Freedom. Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since 30 March, 2018. Read more on this episode here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-12-gaza-fights-freedom For more information on the film, visit https://gazafightsforfreedom.com/

Lana Ramadan, international advocacy director of the Palestinian prisoners' support organization Addameer, joins Nora and Asa to talk about a recent raid on their office by Israeli forces, current conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and those under administrative detention, and the work that Addameer does to hold Israel accountable. For more information, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-11-israeli-jailers-break-palestinians-ribs Photo: Lana Ramadan, Addameer

We speak with political analyst Diana Buttu, former negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization and a Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, to talk about the outcome of the Israeli elections and the prospects for equality for Palestinians inside Israel and under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Music: "Ana Mish Politi" by Tamer Nafar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIYbJ2NYaQI)

Professor and writer As'ad AbuKhalil joins us to talk about Israel's election and prospects for justice for Palestinians. We also discussed what's behind Israel's recent attacks against Lebanon, Syria and Iraq; the solidification of the US-Israel-Saudi alliance and the Saudi-Qatari sectarian agitation campaign; and the ongoing war on Yemen. Plus, Asa gives us an update on being barred from the upcoming UK Labour Party conference. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-9-asad-abukhalil-israels-sham-elections Music: "Enough" by Maysa Daw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDtNgm_eAOw) Image: As'ad AbuKhalil on Consortium News Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVoWDsLPX8)

On episode 8, we speak to attorney Radhika Sainath of Palestine Legal about a significant win in the fight for Palestine rights advocacy on US campuses. Later in the broadcast, we discuss Siegebreakers – a new novel set in Gaza – with its author, Justin Podur. Image: Ahmad Awad, who graduated in 2017, is one of five students who successfully sued Fordham University over its refusal to allow the establishment of Students for Justice in Palestine (Fordham SJP) Music: “Wea’younha” by Sanaa Moussa

On episode 7, Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley host a discussion about Act.IL, an online influence campaign funded by the Israeli government. They are joined by Michael Bueckert, who's been behind some of the most vital research on the group, publishing much of it to his @AntiBDSApp Twitter account(https://twitter.com/antibdsapp). Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-7-behind-israels-troll-army Music: "The Death of Neoliberalism" by Lowkey Image: Still from a video on Act.IL's YouTube channel Production assistance by Sharif Zakout Subscribe to The Electronic Intifada Podcast on Apple Podcasts (search for The Electronic Intifada). Support our podcast by rating us, sharing and leaving a review, and you can also donate to fund our work.

On episode 6 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by EI contributor Hamza Abu Eltarabesh in Gaza. Abu Eltarabesh talks about the recent devastating attacks on Gaza by Israeli occupation forces and the ongoing struggle for the Palestinian right of return after 71 years of expulsion. Following the interview with Abu Eltarabesh, we feature excerpts from a recent speech by Columbia University professor, historian and author Joseph Massad who argues that the Zionist movement and the Israeli state have always been implacably hostile to democracy and universal rights. Special thanks to Tamara Nassar for translation. For more: http://bit.ly/2Hy3q8U Music: “Ala Khair" by @RevolutionMakers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oCFf93lGFo&feature=youtu.be) Image: Palestinian protesters in Gaza gather to demand the right to return to their homeland on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, 14 May 2018. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images) Production assistance by Sharif Zakout

On episode 5 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by researcher and activist Stephanie Skora. Skora's recent report, "Pride with Prejudice" questions the activities of A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel group that claims to be concerned about gay, lesbian and transgender rights. The report demonstrates how the group relies on donors who have supported right-wing political campaigns. With co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-5-how-gay-rights-group-uses-right-wing-funding-promote-israel Music: "Send It" by Indigo Mateo ft. Lauren Jimenez (https://soundcloud.com/indigo-mateo) Production assistance by Sharif Zakout.

This week on The Electronic Intifada Podcast, co-hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by Hatem Bazian, a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and chair of American Muslims for Palestine. Bazian talks about being the target of a black ops intimidation campaign reportedly organized by Psy-Group, an Israeli intelligence firm staffed by former Mossad agents, which spied on activists and professors on US campuses. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-4-how-israel-spies-us-campaigners Theme music and production assistance by Sharif Zakout Music: "Dheisheh" by Excentrik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua9rCY1gza8) Subscribe to The Electronic Intifada Podcast on Apple Podcasts (search for The Electronic Intifada). Support our podcast by rating us, sharing and leaving a review, and you can also donate to fund our work.

Podcast Episode 3: Demolishing the two-state fantasy This week on The Electronic Intifada Podcast, hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by their colleague Tamara Nassar to discuss Israel’s recently increasing policies of rampant home demolitions and erasure of Palestinian villages. We also focus on the increasing collaboration between Israel and dictatorial Gulf states. Show notes with links: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-3-demolishing-two-state-fantasy Photo: Palestinian protesters take part during a demonstration against Israel's plan to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank, 5 October 2018. Shadi Hatem/APA Images

For the second show in our new podcast format, hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley are joined by Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone Project and co-host of the excellent Moderate Rebels podcast. Read more about this episode here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-2-how-israel-helps-latin-american-death-squads As someone with long history with The Electronic Intifada, there was a lot to discuss with Max, and the conversation is wide-ranging and global in outlook. We take a look at the Integrity Initiative, a covert disinformation operation funded with millions of pounds from the British government’s foreign and defense ministries. The Grayzone Project has done some of the leading reporting on this shady outfit. "If you want to understand not just Russiagate but how our media is acting as a permanent arm of the national security state, both in the UK and the US, you have to understand the Integrity Initiative scandal," Blumenthal says. Run out of the offices of an obscure London think tank called the Institute for Statecraft, just what is this “initiative” up to? How is it working to subvert Labour, the Democrats and the wider left in the UK and the US? Exactly what is its right-wing extremist agenda? Since recording took place on the day the attempted coup in Venezuela was launched, we also talk about what's been going on there. While Palestine is the top of the list of "foreign policy" issues that some social democrats are too quick to wave the white flag over, Venezuela is another clear example. How does the US-led subversion of that country show that Israel is a leading part of a transatlantic alliance against progressive governments? Finally, we also discuss "Russiagate" and how it is being weaponized against the left in the US and the UK, including against Palestine solidarity. Photo: Palestinians in Gaza rally in support of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in front of the UN headquarters in Gaza City, 28 January. (Ashraf Amra/APA Images) Music: Go Down Standing by Excentrik Production assistance by Sharif Zakout

Joining Nora Barrows-Friedman as co-host for the first time is her colleague and fellow reporter Asa Winstanley. This week we take a deeper look at Asa’s latest investigative article, “Fake Labour accounts fueling ‘anti-Semitism crisis’,” which went viral soon after publication. We discuss how the story came about and the wider background of events in the UK Labour Party over the last few years. Who is behind the “anti-Semitism crisis” in Labour? Is this media narrative having an effect? How is Israel like ISIS? Has there been any official response to the story? What would Asa say to Jeremy Corbyn if he had another chance to interview him? And why do people who try to ban the term “Israel lobby” annoy the hell out of us? Image: UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, 2016 (Sophie J. Brown, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremy_Corbyn,_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party,_UK.jpg) Music: Go Down Standing by Excentrik f/Rythmatic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75IBELKprro) Production assistance: Sharif Zakout

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Student supporters of Palestinian rights resist smears, repression and intimidation from UCLA administration, Zionist groups and local lawmakers; Professor Rabab Abdulhadi is vindicated in a fight against a lawfare suit intending to keep her silent. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-las-israel-lobby-fails-ban-conference-palestinian-rights (Photo: National Students for Justice in Palestine)

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: University of Michigan punishes professor for refusing to write a recommendation letter for a student wishing to study abroad in Israel; Major Jewish communal organizations fund far-right wing, Islamophobic and homophobic groups. Guests: - Radhika Sainath, staff attorney, Palestine Legal - Stephanie Skora, researcher Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-michigan-professor-punished-supporting-boycott (Photo: Emily Mathews/Flickr)

The US and Israel have long exchanged programs to share practices of police militarization, mass surveillance, violent repression of communities and movements that both governments define as a threat, and racial profiling. Plus: A Palestinian American secretly recorded her interrogation by Israeli officers at Ben Gurion airport. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-how-israel-helps-refine-us-tactics-repression (Photo: Jewish Voice for Peace - Philadelphia)

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: The Episcopal Church takes action to support Palestinian rights; Germany implements municipal and national crackdowns on Palestine activism. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-episcopal-church-votes-refuse-profits-israeli-crimes (Photo: Members of the Episcopal Church join a protest outside an immigrant detention center in Texas. Photo by Jennifer Bing)

Activists with the Virginia Campaign for Human Rights talk about how they are fighting the proposed changes by Israel advocacy organizations that deliberately distort or omit Israel's historic and current violations of Palestinian rights. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israel-lobby-seeks-erase-occupation-virginia-schoolbooks (Photo: Israel's illegal wall in the occupied West Bank could be described as a "security fence" if Israel lobby groups are allowed to edit Virginia's textbooks. Najeh Hashlamoun / APA images)

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Human rights activists keep up pressure on Philadelphia Orchestra over its Israel tour; Ehud Barak protested in San Francisco. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/philadelphia-orchestra-teams-israeli-soldiers

Dr. Tarek Loubani describes being shot in the legs by Israeli sniper as Gaza hospitals are forced to improvise with lack of basic supplies. Photo courtesy of Tarek Loubani (in blue scrubs, in a photo taken on 11 May. His colleague, Mousa Abu Hassanein, second from right, was shot and killed on 14 May). Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-clearly-marked-gaza-medics-shot-israeli-snipers

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: A report from the Great March of Return, after Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza; excerpts of talks by Ghada Karmi, Joseph Massad, Ilan Pappe and Salman Abu Sitta. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/horrific-unprecedented-israel-massacres-almost-60-palestinians-gaza (Photo: Palestinian protesters demand their rights during the Great March of Return, Rafah, Gaza Strip, 14 May. Photo by Mahmoud Bassam/APA Images)

Israel denies entry to the executive director and board chair of the Center for Constitutional Rights, using false information from Zionist blacklisting websites; author Sunaina Maira explains why the academic boycott is growing in popularity across US universities despite lawfare campaigns aimed at silencing scholars. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israel-scans-troll-websites-decide-who-can-enter

Two young activists with the Demiltarize! Durham2Palestine coalition talk about the significance of banning local police training programs with Israeli forces. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-how-durham-activists-led-city-ban-police-training-israel(Photo: Ajamu Dillahunt of BYP-100 addresses a rally outside Durham city hall, 16 April. https://twitter.com/Durm2Palestine/status/986005261939769345)

"Every Palestinian was a target" at March of Return in Gaza; Scholars call for an end to Study Abroad in Israel programs at US universities. Photo: Palestinian protesters take part in a mass protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 30 March. (Ashraf Amra / APA images)

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Israeli lawfare "backfires" in New Zealand; Bay Area supporters of imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi rally for her release. (Photo: Protesters in Oakland, California, protest the imprisonment of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, 31 January. Image by Bill Hackwell)

On The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi denied bail in an Israeli military court; Activists celebrate the closure of a New York City diamond store owned by Israeli billionaire and settlement profiteer Lev Leviev. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-how-israel-couldnt-bear-ahed-tamimis-slap (Photo of Ahed Tamimi, Ofer prison, 20 December: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills)

Journalists and activists recall the first intifada and how the legacy of popular organizing during the 1987 uprising still resonates today. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/stones-slingshots-and-organizing-recalling-first-intifada (Image: Palestinian women confront Israeli soldiers, Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza, 1988. Robert Croma / Flickr)

This is the full interview with Ziad Abbas of the Middle East Children's Alliance. An excerpt of this interview was produced for The Electronic Intifada Podcast.

Trump appeals to his anti-Palestinian base by declaring Jerusalem as Israel's capital; As'ad AbuKhalil analyzes the latest power plays in Lebanon and the consequences of a strengthening alliance between the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-trump-rewards-israels-intransigence Music: "Borderlands" by Naima Shalhoub. (Photo: Mahfouz Abu Turk / APA Images)

Human rights defender Issa Amro on trial in Israeli military court; US lawmakers seek to end financial complicity in Israel's torture of Palestinian children in military detention. Photo: Activists Farid al-Atrash (left) and Issa Amro (right) in front of the Ofer Israeli military prison on 29 October, after their first military tribunal. (Twitter)Music: Sharif Zakout. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/issa-amro-they-are-trying-put-me-jail

Graphic novelist Iasmin Omar Ata talks about the struggle for recognition in an interview with Marguerite Dabaie. Read Dabaie's full review of "Mis(h)adra" here: https://electronicintifada.net/content/visualizing-feeling/21841 and read the podcast blog post here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-visualizing-feeling

Anti-Palestinian groups are escalating attacks on a cafe over a mural honoring Rasmea Odeh. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-defending-palestinian-culture-oaklands-reems (Photo by Sharif Zakout)