US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa Joud...

Al-Shabaka’s Tareq Baconi joins us to discuss his new book, What Now: On Palestine, Freedom, and Our Global Future. He lays out three strategic pillars for Palestinian liberation and calls on the movement to reground itself in the struggle's uncompromising revolutionary principle ...  Show more

In this episode, we speak with Hamza Hamouchene and Abi Bae of the Transnational Institute about their new book, Towards Palestinian Liberation: Global Perspectives on Anti-Colonial Resistance and Solidarity, published by Daraja Press. 

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Amb. David Satterfield, the U.S. special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues. They discuss the crisis in Gaza, the challenges of getting aid to civilians, and the role of humanitarian assistance in ending the conflict. Then, Jon ...  Show more

As Israel continues bombing Gaza, bringing its health care system to the brink of collapse, Jordan's Queen speaks with Christiane Amanpour about the humanitarian catastrophe and the plight of Palestinians. Plus, seasoned hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin, who played a prominent r ...  Show more

Forced displacement, mass incarceration, guns for votes. The Israeli government is currently taking advantage of the fact that everyone's eyes and ears are fixed on the Gaza Strip by accelerating its own agenda in the West Bank to completely ethnically cleanse it. All of these de ...  Show more