Tomorrow we’ll be joined by Luca, an @ISMPalestine activist to discuss his recent mission in the West Bank & @AAIUSA ED, Maya Berry will join to discuss Y’alla Vote, the nationwide Arab American voter mobilization campaign & the challenges they faced in the midterm elections.
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Listen to El-Sayed. Yes, he's cocky. Yes, he doesn't hide his brains. He has enough confidence in himself and in his identity to let everyone know that he will never accept anything less than full equality. That he and people like him will redefine what it means to be American.
You know who he reminds me of: All those brash Jews who crashed through the barriers of antisemitism in the middle of the last century.
I am an American, Michigan-born.
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Being pro-Palestine is good politics and good policy.
As we wait for more election results, we already know we have a strong slate heading to the Congress to fight for an end to US complicity in apartheid and genocide.
The tides are shifting. Stop Arming Israel. Free Palestine.
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Pro-Palestine candidates are winning up and down the ballot tonight.
These candidates are ready to fight to protect the Palestinian rights movement, divest from genocide, apartheid, and war, and fight for working communities.
The tide is turning.
This week Nagwa will be discussing Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide with it’s founder journalist Tariq Ra’ouf and discussing last weeks elections in Israel with journalist Gilbert Achcar.
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Can’t wait for this conversation between a Jewish Elder & Academic in the Palestinian Solidarity Movement & the ONLY Jewish member of Biden’s admin w/ the moral clarity to resign over his Gaza policy @ Octavia’s Bookshelf, Pasadena sponsored by ME Ministries @ All Saints Church
Tomorrow Nagwa will be in conversation w/@Jasper_Craven about his piece @NatCounterPunch, Pete Hegseth’s Desperate Crusade for Masculine Validation & w/Emran Feroz, talking about his @truthout article, The War on Afghanistan Was Launched 25 Years Ago. It Still Hasn’t Ended @KPFK
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60 Minutes interviewed Samed Khdair, a Palestinian American recently beaten by Israeli settlers and denied meaningful assistance by the U.S. Embassy. They cut his interview from the final broadast, and aired this instead.
The segment barely acknowledged Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers and failed to mention U.S. citizens killed— including Nasrallah Abu Siyam, Khamis Ayyad, and Sayfollah Musallet — all killed in the past year alone.
By airing such a watered-down piece, CBS gave viewers a grossly incomplete account of an issue that should matter deeply to Americans: how our citizens are treated by a state that receives billions of our taxpayer dollars and influences our foreign policy at the expense of our own interests.
These omissions make the violence appear less urgent and leave Washington’s failure to protect its own citizens without meaningful scrutiny. Lesley Stahl, CBS, and CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss owe viewers the full story.
Another glaring example of the Palestine exception —and the erosion of journalistic standards at 60 Minutes.
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“I am bothered by the fact that America's turning on us, and we're turning on America. … I see it as losing a friendship,” says Mordehai Minster, who co-founded a sheep farm in the West Bank.
“But Israel will find other allies,” he says. cbsn.ws/3UgL065
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In 1971, I visited Palestinian camps in Lebanon & Jordan documenting their stories of the Nakbah. It was both heartbreaking & inspiring. I heard what they’d lost & witnessed their determination to return. They passed their keys & memories on to their children - Palestine lives!
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Tune in to @KPFK today as I'll discuss the new U.S. government sanctions targeting Iranian students and scholars, forcing educational companies to cancel standardized language proficiency tests in the country. I'll be live on @MidEastInFocus at 4 pm ET
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You’ve killed over 20,000 children in Gaza.
❗️ CHILDREN IN GAZA EXPLOITED: Footage shows a terrorist using a child to transfer weapons into a civilian home in central Gaza, using him as a human shield to transfer the weapons, in an attempt to prevent the IDF from striking & thwarting their transfer.
Upon identifying the presence of a child, the IDF refrained from carrying out any strikes against the terrorist.
Today we discuss escalating pogroms plaging WB agricultural village, Al-Mughayyir w/Danyal Masoud & Hana Masud. Then we discuss poignant doc film Holding Liat, being released on digital platforms Oct 2, w/award winning filmmakers Brandon & Lance Kramer @KPFK @meridianhillpix
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New: DAWN has filed referrals in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇳🇴🇦🇺 to sanction heads of COGAT—Israeli army body overseeing mass starvation in Gaza. Sanctions must go beyond individuals & target institutions. 🇬🇧 said it'll broaden its sanctions—Alian & Halevy would be good start. dawnmena.org/us-uk-other-sta…
Today conversations w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi about the current situation in Yemen including the broken ceasefire; and with Mohammed Mourtaja about GazaIndex and his recent article at Jacobin, "Israel Has Robbed Gaza's People Of Their Homes" @KPFK @GazaGenocideCtr @jacobin @shireen818
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Israel's rage at this film is itself revealing. Israel's problem isn't really the content, it's that the filmmakers betrayed the Hebrew firewall. If you follow Israeli Hebrew discourse on Gaza, the genocidal nature of it is not hidden at all. It is proudly embraced. Israel is essentially upset that this film airs the military's bloodsoaked laundry for the world to see, not that the laundry is dirty itself.
Important piece
"Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary"
nytimes.com/2026/09/18/opini…
