South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide: What You Need to Know

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The Law of the Noose: Israel’s Discriminatory Execution Bill Targeting Palestinians

On March 30, 2026, Israel passed a new "death penalty law" that would impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of what Israel defines as “terrorism.” In this episode of This is Palestine, we speak with Qaddura Fares, former head of the Palestinian Commission for Prisone ...  Show more

There are No Innocents: Beita 1988 and the Logic of Collective Punishment

This episode examines the 1988 Beita incident, a few months following the outbreak of the first Intifada, when an entire Palestinian community was punished for a crime they did not commit. Through eyewitness accounts and historical context, we trace how home demolitions, mass arr ...  Show more

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