#1542 Despair and violence in Israel's illiberal and exclusionary "democracy"
Air Date: 2–10-2023
Today, we take a look at the recent rise in tensions in the wake of Israel electing what may be their most right-wing government to date. Literal fascists are now in the governing coalition, violence is rising and reforms are being considered to effectively remove judicial review from the governing process all while the US continues to give its support.
Read more#1419 Losing support for the indefensible (Israel and Palestine)
Air Date: 5–25-2021
Today we take a look through a wide-angle lens at the current flareup of the conflict in Israel and Palestine including a discussion of disparate power dynamics, lived experience in Palestine, the creation story of Hamas, understanding the definition of apartheid and recognizing how the reactions in American politics and media are shifting.
Read more#1337 The Indicted and the Impeached Make Peace with Continued Oppression (Israel)
Air Date: 2–19-2020
Today we take a look at the, ahem, "Peace Plan" devised by the US and Israel with absolutely no input from Palestinians. Plus, some additional discussion of how things are going in Israel/Palestine (not well) and how opinion has begun to shift dramatically within the Democratic Party.
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