We journey into the past to explore the systematic Jewish settlement on Palestinian lands dating back to 1861, facilitated by Ottoman laws and influenced by British involvement, illustrating that the Nakba of 1948 was not an isolated or abrupt event.This episode is a collaborative production between Sowt and the Palestinian Museum.It was originally published ... Show More
Apr 2024
Blocked Waters: Fishing Under Occupation
Tracing the blockade imposed on fishing in Palestine, we delve into the significance of the sea, fish, and fishing for Palestinians, exploring the changes that have impacted fishermen – and the sea – under the occupation.This episode and its original Arabic version are a collabor ... Show More
23m 35s
Nov 2023
#7 - The Early Colonization of Palestine ft. Dr Ilan Pappé
Building on our last episode, here we aim to delve deeper into the early contemporary history of Palestine between the late 19th century up until the Nakba in 1948. With Dr Pappé, a veteran Israeli scholar, we discuss life under colonialism, how lobbying shaped Western support of ... Show More
52m 17s
Dec 2022
Gabriel Polley, "Palestine in the Victorian Age: Colonial Encounters in the Holy Land" (I. B. Tauris, 2022)
In this episode I have interviewed Gabriel Polley, winner of the Ibrahim Dakkak Award for the best essay published in 2021 by the Jerusalem Quarterly.
Narratives of the modern history of Palestine/Israel often begin with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Britain's arrival in ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2023
[BEST OF] Understanding Settler Colonialism in Israel and the United States
<p><strong><em>Originally aired on May 30, 2021</em></strong><br /> <br /> In this classic episode, Alyson and Breht use texts from Fanon, Cesaire, Mao, and Lenin to help make sense of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the history of zionism, the role of the United States in t ... Show More
2h 5m
Nov 2023
#6 - The 100 Year History of Israel-Palestine
The history of Israeli colonisation of Palestine is often described as too complicated to learn, and so when looking at events that occur in contemporary Palestine, everything lacks necessary context. In this episode of the Let's Talk Palestine Podcast, we try to give you a simpl ... Show More
1h 28m
Mar 2024
1. Nakba (Part one) with Suad Amiry
In 1948 an estimated 750,000 Palestinians were displaced as Zionist militias paved the way for the establishment of the state of Israel. Many historians refer to this ethnic cleansing. For Palestinians, it is known as the Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe. In this episode, the renown ... Show More
48m 24s
May 2024
Settler Colonialism: Kalam Shorts (Teaser)
What is Settler Colonialism, and can it be applied to Israel? In this instalment of Kalam Shorts, Sam and Edgar explore this terminology and talk about the French Jewish scholar, Maxime Rodinson, and his seminal 1967 work, "Israel: A Settler Colonial State?" To gain access to the ... Show More
1 m