The Nakba of Gaza

This week Lara and Michael discuss the uprisings in LA and the solidarity seen at the protests. We also cover updates around the groundbreaking lawsuit brought by pod alum Damia Taharraoui which seeks to hold Israeli/French citizens accountable for genocide in French courts. 

Lara and Michael sit down separately this week. Lara reads from her submission on the political economy of the Gaza genocide prepared as part of her work for the Gaza Tribunal's Sarajevo session and Michael talks about being digitally disappeared from Instagram by one of Meta's m ... Show More

This week Lara and Michael sit down with Professor Maura Finkelstein, a formerly tenured professor who was one of the first people targeted in academics after the Al Aqsa Flood. Maura is one of the many Jewish antizionist voices that rejects normalization. We discuss academic rep ... Show More

In recent weeks, with the IDF focusing most of its attention on the Northern front, the media has been paying less attention to what’s actually happening in Gaza. What would constitute the Gaza War being over? Is there any progress on a Day After Plan for Gaza? What is the status ... Show More

Israel admits responsibility for an attack on an ambulance outside a Gaza hospital saying it was being used by Hamas. As the Israeli forces pound Gaza from the air and on the ground, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there will be no ceasefire until Hamas hostages are fre ... Show More

It's been one year since Hamas attacked Israel and started a war in Gaza. Israelis and Palestinians look back, and Vox's Joshua Keating says Israel's occupation is looking permanent.This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Haleema Shah, edited and fact-checked by Matt Colle ... Show More

La trêve entre Israël et le Hamas a déjà volé en éclats. Elle n'aura duré que deux mois. Lundi 17 mars, l'État hébreu a bombardé, de manière particulièrement intensive, la bande de Gaza. Le bilan est lourd: au moins 500 Palestiniens ont été tués selon la défense civile de Gaza, d ... Show More

Alex Traiman, CEO of Jewish News Syndicate, joins Sid to explain why "all hell" did not break loose over the weekend in regard to President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's threat to the terrorist organization that is Hamas in Gaza, that if they didn't return all ... Show More

The Israeli military has sought to defend its actions in Gaza a week ago when its troops fired upon a convoy of vehicles, killing fifteen paramedics, civil defence workers and a UN worker. An Israeli spokesman said there had been no random shooting and militants had been targeted ... Show More

Willy Massay returns to the show to discuss his recent (second) trip to Gaza as a medical volunteer. He got back two weeks ago and stayed for over a month. He discusses his heart-wrenching experiences, the wintry conditions and terrible air quality in Gaza and how both are impact ... Show More

As Israel says its troops have entered Gaza City, the humanitarian crisis is stark. Bakeries in North Gaza are closed, according to the UN, and hospitals are nearly out of fuel, says the Palestinian Red Crescent. The UN Secretary-General today called for an unconditional release ... Show More

For weeks, the Israeli military has isolated the north of Gaza, conducting air strikes and ground attacks, including on residential areas and hospitals. In back-to-back attacks on Beit Lahia and the nearby Jabalia refugee camp last Friday and Saturday, more than 100 people were k ... Show More

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the killing of six hostages in Gaza shows Hamas doesn't want a ceasefire deal. The deaths came as aid agencies begin a mass vaccination campaign against polio in the Palestinian territory. We look in detail at both.Also in th ... Show More