State of rage? Amal Abou Zeid, former member of the Lebanese Parliament
Suppressing an issue in the hope that it will go away by itself is a common strategy for dealing with challenging and unpleasant realities. Sometimes, it works, but clearly not in the case of Israel and Palestine. The decades-long procrastination in terms of addressing the problem in an authentic and meaningful way has led to such an accumulation of rage and hatred that the status quo can no longer be contained. Is there still a peaceful way out? To discuss this Oksana is joined by Amal Abou Zeid, a former member of the Lebanese Parliament and an adviser to former Lebanese President Michel Aoun.
CrossTalk Bullhorns: âGaza is back!â
Gaza is back after going dark and being cut off from the world. Israel continues to deny Gaza everything needed to sustain modern life. In the meantime, the West is collectively turning a blind eye to the collective punishment of the Palestinians.
CrossTalking with Martin Jay and George Szamuely.
Gaza bloodbath: Israel is in a strategic mess â Sir Lawrence Freedman
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sir Lawrence Freedman, emeritus professor of war studies at Kingâs College University of London and a member of the Iraq Inquiry Committee. He discusses Israelâs deadly onslaught in Gaza and Hamasâ attack on October 7, the Israeli ambassador to the UN demanding that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres resign, what he views is likely to come after the fighting between Israel and Hamas ends, Israelâs undeclared nuclear weapons program, why what Israel can achieve via military action is limited and how Israel is in a strategic mess, whether the US could win a war against Iran should the conflict expand, and much more.
Gaza-Israel conflict
October 7 was the deadliest day in Israelâs 75-year history, and it has led to a major confrontation with an old foe â Hamas. While the world awaits the Israeli invasion of Gaza, the ongoing attack on the isolated Palestinian territory has resulted in thousands of deaths, including many children. Direct Impactâs Rick Sanchez talks to American rapper and political activist Immortal Technique about the conflict and whatâs next.
Gaza-Israel conflict
On the morning of October 7, Israel suffered the deadliest day in its 75-year history, when Hamas fighters killed over 1,400 Israelis in a surprise attack on towns bordering the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Israel responded by launching a massive barrage of airstrikes and artillery on Hamas positions, killing thousands of Palestinians in the process. Israel's political leadership has since formed a unity government in preparation for a ground offensive into the Palestinian territory. To break down this conflict, host Manila Chan is joined by journalist Sam Husseini, who discusses the events that led to the attack, and its aftermath.
The cost of militaries
On this episode of The Cost of Everything we take a closer look at the military spending of countries as global conflicts are developing, especially in the Middle East with the current Israel-Hamas conflict. Host Christy Ai spoke with founder of Food not Bombs Keith McHenry about how military budgets vary between countries and how they define their geopolitical status like Israel with their fast response to the Hamas attack considered one of the fastest and almost impossible to match mobilizations. Furthermore, which countries get the most bang for their buck on their military spending and which ones tend to waste large amounts of their budgets on useless or obsolete weaponry.
RT News - October 26 2023 (09:00 MSK)
22 people are dead and dozens wounded as a gunman goes on a rampage in the largest US mass shooting so far this year. The suspect is at large and authorities issue a shelter in place order for all locals. 33 people are killed after Israel strikes a residential area of Gaza according to local authorities. The Palestinian death toll tops 65-hundred amid a dire humanitarian crisis in the region. And, as Russia and China veto a US resolution on Gaza at the United Nations security council, the Russian ambassador to the UN slams Washington's attempt to use the measure as a political tool.
RT News - October 25 2023 (09:00 MSK)
Officials in Gaza say Israel has dropped 12-thousand tonnes of explosives on Palestine, comparing it to the power of the bomb that leveled Hiroshima, as 58-hundred are killed in the area in less than three weeks. Over 120-thousand people evacuate from northern Israeli border towns as tensions with Lebanon escalate. Israel says the UN Secretary General must resign - after Antonio Guterres suggests the Hamas attack on Israel was a response to 56 years of Israeli occupation. As demonstrations in support of Palestine spread across the world, crowds in Kenya take to the streets to express their solidarity with Gaza.