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Biden Airdrops Food to Gaza, Supplies Bombs to Israel
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-03-03 20:07
Three U.S. C-130 cargo planes dropped 38,000 Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) — in locations near the seashore in Gaza. President Biden announced the U.S. would begin air dropping food to starving Gazans after at least 115 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded, when Israeli tanks and soldiers opened fire on them, as they lined up to receive flour. More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, while the Biden administration continues to supply Israel with bombs.
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Israeli Soldiers Boast About Looting
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-02-26 00:43
In his recent article in +972 Magazine "Rugs, Cosmetics, Motorbikes: Israeli soldiers Are Looting Gaza Homes En Masse," Israeli journalist Oren Ziv reports that soldiers say not only is the practice ubiquitous but that senior commanders are pillaging as well.
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Netanyahu: No Victory Without Rafah
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-02-18 21:23
Jess & Jamal warn of a major slaughter of civilians if Benjamin Netanyahu implements his plan to invade Rafah. "Whoever tells us not to operate in Rafah, is telling us to lose the war." Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade, despite warnings from several countries that such a move would have a devastating impact on displaced Palestinians sheltering there.
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Voting For The Lesser Of Two Evils Is Still Evil
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-02-12 01:12
Democratic and Republican parties offer Arab and Muslim Americans no viable choice in the 2024 Presidential election. The majority of them voted for Biden in 2020 as a protest against Trump’s Islamophobic rhetoric. Green Party Presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, explains how her party serves the interests of the majority of Americans and how young voters from 18-35 are turning away from establishment candidates.
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Arab & Muslim American Vote Could Cost Biden The Presidency
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-02-04 22:21
Biden's former field organizer in 2020 Adam Abusalah discusses why Arab & Muslim Americans in Dearborn, Michigan will not be voting for Biden in 2024. With Biden's approval rating at almost the lowest of his presidency, a win in swing states is more critical than ever in the 2024 presidential election. Michigan is a crucial swing state that the President carried in 2020.
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Is Nancy Pelosi Endangering Ceasefire Supporters?
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-01-31 01:01
Jess & Jamal discuss Nancy Pelosi's attack on ceasefire supporters, by smearing them as connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think some financing should be investigated. And I want to ask the FBI to investigate that,” Pelosi added without providing any evidence.
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South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel At The ICJ
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-01-16 00:07
Human rights attorney and activist Stanley Cohen discusses South Africa's Genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He adds that the significance of the fact that the country bringing the case is South Africa – an icon of the ravages of colonialism, settlement and apartheid – cannot be lost on anyone.
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International Court Of Justice Could Charge Israel With Genocide In Gaza
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2024-01-02 20:42
South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 22,000 people and caused widespread destruction in the besieged enclave. The application describes Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnic group.”
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The Battle For Justice In Palestine On College Campuses
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-12-17 20:23
Dr. Hatem Bazian talks about the Israeli Foreign Ministry's four-point plan, coordinating with the ADL and AIPAC, to muzzle and dismantle pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses in the United States. Major targets are Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) chapters across the US.
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Israel's War On Journalists
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-12-10 21:55
Award-winning journalist Daoud Kuttab discusses Israel's intent on purging independent eyewitnesses of the ongoing Genocide and atrocities it is perpetrating in Gaza. Close to 70 days into Israel's assault on Gaza, more than 63 journalists have been killed due to Israeli bombardment and targeted killings. Several journalists had their entire families wiped out by Israel.
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International McCarthyism Against Criticism Of Israel
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-12-03 19:53
Yara Jamal worked as a production assistant and web writer before she was terminated with “no warning” by the Canada TV Atlantic bureau in Halifax. She is one of the latest victims of a new international McCarthyism against criticism of Israel.
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Funding Genocide
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-11-26 20:33
Montréal-based activist and author Yves Engler discusses how HESEG Foundation For Lone Soldiers, a registered Canadian Charity, supports and encourages Canadians and non-Israelis to join Israel's military. Yves Engler notes that HESEG may violate Canada’s Foreign Enlistment Act.
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Israel's Lies Alienating Media
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-11-19 19:08
Richard Silverstein, author of the Tikun Olam blog, discusses how Israel's lies have cost it all credibility and alienated the media. He also talks about how Israel's supporters in the US are doubling down on muzzling all speech critical of Israel on college campuses, social media, and public assembly.
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Gaza's Carnage In Context
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-11-12 19:53
Anti-Apartheid Israeli activist Dr. Stavit Sinai contextualizes the events leading to Hamas's attack on Israeli military bases and settlements on October 7. She adds, "this is a rebellion...a slave rebellion."
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Israel Intends Turning Gaza Into A Toxic Wasteland
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-11-05 19:20
Dr. Anis Germany discusses the devastating effect of Israel's genocidal bombing of Gaza on healthcare and infrastructure. He adds that the aftereffects will result in massive Palestinian fatalities due to the spread of infectious diseases, polluted water, and toxic agricultural land.
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Mass Global Support For Palestinians Defies Western Governments' Bias
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-10-29 17:39
Dr. As'ad Abukhalil discusses the ongoing genocide in Gaza, with more than 8,000 civilians, including more than 3,000 children, slaughtered by Israel since October 7. Dr. Abukhalil explains the history of both the bias of Western media and governments towards Palestinians, and how it contradicts the global masses' sentiments.
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Gaza Genocide: "Not In Our Name"
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-10-22 21:05
Ariel Koren discusses her recent opinion piece with Ellen Brotsky, "We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza." Koren explains how Israel meets all the criteria of Genocide under International Law.
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Gaza: Bias In US Media Coverage
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-10-09 22:11
Dr. Hatem Bazian discusses the roots behind the bias exhibited by US media outlets covering Gaza, and the anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiments expressed by US politicians, in order to protect and whitewash Israel's long-term Occupation and its human rights abuses of Palestinians.
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ADC Sues U.S. for Admitting Israel into Visa Waiver Program
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-09-30 01:58
Adam Shapiro, advocacy director at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) discusses the federal lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) regarding admitting Israel to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, stating that it is not following the law in applying the definition of reciprocity for Israel. The Waiver has also drawn strong pushback from 4 Democratic Senators who wrote that Israel has failed to meet the requirements of reciprocity for U.S. citizens with Palestinian residency.
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Dreaming The Diaspora
From 🇪🇬 Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal, published at 2023-09-25 16:20
Arabic violin virtuoso Georges Lammam discusses his upcoming performance, "Dreaming the Diaspora: An Arab Immigrant’s Journey from Beirut to San Francisco." Georges talks about his story as a Palestinian refugee born in Lebanon, after his family was forced to leave their ancestral home in Haifa, Palestine during the Nakba in 1948. Georges’ journey is presented through the lens of cultural arts. To learn more and purchase tickets: https://dancemissiontheater.org/2023/07/30/oct-20-22-dreaming-the-diaspora/