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March 13, 2025   (Episode # 1,156)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (occupied Palestine); 2) Briefs from members of Mahmoud Khalil's Legal Team, and several Columbia & Barnard Faculty, Jewish Community Leaders, and Immigrant Rights Advocates Condemning ICE Detention of Khalil, and Demanding his Immediate Release
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,156), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) We will talk about Palestinian-American Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student from Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents on March 8, 2025, revoking his permanent residency (Green Card) at the order of the US Secretary of State, and is working on deporting him form the United States, for speaking against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, a clear violation to the first amendment and free speech. A federal Judge on March 11, 2025, temporarily blocked the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, who is being held in a detention center in Louisiana, although he was living in and arrested in New York.

We will hear briefs & remarks delivered at two press conferences from members of his legal team (Ramzi Kassem, Co-Director & Founding Director of Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) Project, and a member of Mahmoud's Legal Team, Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center of Constitutional Rights, and a member of Mahmoud's Legal Team, and Shezza Abboushi Dallal, Staff Attorney with the CLEAR Project who will read a statement from Mahmoud's wife), and we will also hear from several Columbia & Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, and immigrant rights advocates (Michael Thaddeus, Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University, Donna Lieberman, President & CEO of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Yinon Cohen, Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University, Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, Ann Whitney Olin Professor in the Departments of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University, & Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies, Shaun Abreu, New York City Council Member, Nara Milanich, Chair of the Department of History at Barnard College, representing the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Marianne Hirsch, William Peterfield Trent Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender at Columbia University, Jason Klein, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, and Jamie Beran, Bend the Arc CEO), condemning ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil, and demanding his immediate release.

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March 6, 2025   (Episode # 1,155)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank); 2)  Soumaya Ghannoushi on Gaza & Trump's Plan; 3) Daniel Levy on Gaza; 4) Dr. Fady Joudah's "Dedication" Poem
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,155), we will have 4 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Commentary by Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics, explaining to Middle East Eye how Israel’s assault on Gaza is not just a war but a deliberate attempt to erase its history, culture, and identity, and how Gaza has survived for thousands of years and it cannot be erased by Trump and Israel.

3) The remarks delivered at the United Nations by Daniel Levy, former Israeli negotiator sharing his vision on what’s happening in Gaza and the future.

4) A special poem titled “Dedication” by Dr. Fady Joudah, Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator, who won numerous awards and recognitions over the years.

Date:

February 27, 2025   (Episode # 1,154)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank); 2) DAWN's Historic & Unprecedented Referral to the ICC to Investigate & Prosecute President Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,154), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) DAWN, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes democracy, the rule of law, and human rights for all of the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, submitted a historic and unprecedented referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking an urgent investigation and prosecution of former President Biden, State Secretary Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for aiding and abetting war crimes, forced displacement, and genocide in Gaza. DAWN’s 172-page submission to the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, lays out the legal basis for investigating Biden, Blinken, and Austin for aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes, forced displacement, and genocide in Gaza. The filing says U.S. officials were fully aware that Israel would use the weapons they approved for mass killings and targeted attacks on civilians, and argues these US officials must be held accountable for their roles in these crimes. Prepared with the support of ICC-registered lawyers and other war crimes experts, the submission details a pattern of deliberate and purposeful decisions by these officials to provide military, political, and public support to facilitate Israeli crimes in Gaza; this support included at least $17.9 billion of weapons transfers, intelligence sharing, targeting assistance, diplomatic protection, and official endorsement of Israeli crimes, despite knowledge of how such support had and would substantially enable grave abuses.

On February 24, 2025, DAWN held a press conference to provide further details about their submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In this episode, we will air the remarks delivered at that press conference, and some of the questions and answers that followed. We will hear from Raed Jarrar, DAWN’s Advocacy Director, Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN’s Executive Director, Reed Brody, International Legal Expert and DAWN Board Member, and Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq organization in occupied Palestine.

Date:

February 20, 2025   (Episode # 1,153)

Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank); and remarks delivered at the UK Rally for Palestine
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,153), we will have 2 segments:
  
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) We will air some of the remarks delivered at the Rally for Palestine and a response to Trump's ethnic cleansing plan held on February 15, 2025, in London in the UK and attended by more than 175,000 people, including the remarks of Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, Jenin, Palestinian activist with the Palestinian Youth Movement, organizer, and story teller, Daniel Wernberg from Jewish Bloc, Yara Eid, Palestinian journalist and Human Rights Advocate from Gaza, Hamza Stitan, a British-Palestinian from Gaza, Zarah Sultana, a British politician and a Member of Parliament, Jeremy Corbyn, a British politician and a Member of Parliament, who will also read a message from Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, and the remarks of Owen Jones, British newspaper columnist, commentator, journalist, author and political activist.
 
The rally was organized by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Date:

February 13, 2025   (Episode # 1,152)

Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza and West Bank; Omar Baddar on Trump's Gaza Plan; David Hearst on Trump's Gaza Plan & his SHOCKING Plan for Greater Israel
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,152), we will have 4 segments:
  
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Omar Baddar, Palestinian American political analyst and member of the National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute, discussing on Democracy Now! Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip from its Palestinian inhabitants and occupy it. Baddar says “There's no question that even though the entire region would reject it … the fundamental reality is that we are heading to the complete destruction of Palestinian society in Gaza as a matter of status quo.”
 
3) An opinion piece on Trump’s plans for Gaza titled “If Trump tries to take over Gaza, Palestinians will die where they stand” from David Hearst, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye.
 
4) David Hearst exposing Trump’s SHOCKING Plan for Greater Israel at Double Down News.

Date:

February 6, 2025   (Episode # 1,151)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Dr. Riyad Mansour & Francesca Albanese on Trump's Gaza announcement; 3) Hani Almadhoun on the situation in Gaza; 4) Ahmed Alnaouq's testimony; 5) Joint Statement on Palestine by The Hague Group
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,151), we will have 5 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Reactions to President Trump’s announcement about the US occupying Gaza and ethnically cleansing the Palestinians from it by Dr. Riyad Mansour, Ambassador of the State of Palestine at the United Nations, and Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

3) The remarks of Hani Almadhoun, Senior Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA-USA, and Co-Founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen, delivered on February 5, 2025, on the situation in Gaza during the meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP).

4) The testimony of Ahmed Alnaouq, Journalist and Writer from Gaza, and Co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, on Israel's Genocide in Gaza delivered at The Hague Group on January 31, 2025.

5) The inaugural Joint Statement on Palestine issued on January 31, 2025, by The Hague Group, a group of nine nations from the global south (Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa), formed to protect and uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement was read on behalf of The Hague Group by Zane Dangor, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa.

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January 30, 2025   (Episode # 1,150)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon); 2) Palestine Legal's Statement on Trump's Executive Order; 3) Interview with Abed Ayoub
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,150), we will have 3 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Lebanon, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) Palestine Legal's Statement on Trump's Executive Order aiming to Punish Protests of Israel's Genocide in Gaza, and promote Anti-Palestinian Discrimination.

3) Interview with Abed Ayoub, National Executive Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), conducted by Ali Abunimah and Nora Barrows-Friedman with the Electronic Intifada about the US government’s escalating attack on those who speak up for Palestinian rights, and what can be done to protect ourselves individually and collectively.

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January 23, 2025   (Episode # 1,149)

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Remarks of Francesca Albanese and Gabi Kaplan at European Palestinian Network Conference
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,149), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
2) The remarks of Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, speaking about “Justice and International Law: Where Palestine Stands”, followed by questions and answers, and the remarks of Gabi Kaplan, Coordinator of European Jews for Palestine (a new network of Jewish collectives in Europe in solidarity with Palestine), delivered at the European Palestinian Network Conference, held on January 11, 2025, in Denmark. During the previous episode of Arab Voices, we aired the remarks of Palestinian Journalist Wejdan Abu Shammala, who spoke at that conference.

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January 16, 2025   (Episode # 1,148)

1) Gaza Ceasefire; 2) Gaza Journalists' Message by Abubaker Abed; 3) Electronic Intifada Newscast; 4) Wejdan Abu Shammala at European Palestinian Network Conference; 5) Dr. Rania Masri at Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,148), we will have several segments:
 
1) Gaza Ceasefire announcement between Hamas and Apartheid Israel, and the catastrophic situation in the occupied and destroyed Gaza Strip.

2) Palestinian Journalists’ message from Gaza by Abubaker Abed, Palestinian journalist and commentator in Gaza.

3) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.
 
4) The remarks of Palestinian Journalist Wejdan Abu Shammala from Gaza, who lost over 200 members of her family during the current genocide, delivered at the European Palestinian Network Conference.
 
5) Dr. Rania Masri, a long-time activist and organizer, speaking at the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, which concluded its three-year investigation of the United States weapons makers, and charged them with conspiring to commit War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide, all in violation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Date:

January 9, 2025   (Episode # 1,147)

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast (Gaza); 2) Remarks of Rik Peeperkorn, Tanya Haj Hassan, and Riyad Mansour at UNSC on the Health System in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,147), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) We will air some of the speeches delivered at the United Nations Security Council Emergency Meeting on Israel’s attacks on the healthcare system in Gaza, describing the horrific situation there, and the perspectives of healthcare workers in Gaza. We will air the remarks of Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for the West Bank and Gaza, Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, Medical Practitioner at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and Dr. Riyad Mansour, Ambassador of the State of Palestine at the United Nations.

Date:

January 2, 2025   (Episode # 1,146)

1) Latest Electronic Intifada Newscast; 2) Miko Peled & Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy on the Genocide in Gaza
 
During this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,146), we will have 2 segments:
 
1) The latest Electronic Intifada Newscast, a summary of the latest developments in the occupied Gaza Strip, summarized by Nora Barrows-Friedman.

2) The remarks of both Miko Peled, Israeli-American activist and author, and Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy, president of the Oxford Union debating society, delivered on November 28, 2024, at the historic Oxford Union debate titled “This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide”.
 
During the previous episode of Arab Voices, archived on our website ArabVoices.net, we aired the remarks of Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian writer, author, and human rights activist, delivered at the same debate.