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This week’s MEMO review examines claims about Netanyahu’s advance knowledge of 7 October, his provocative UN speech and Israel’s sweeping West Bank closure. We discuss calls to free Marwan Barghouti, moves to bar Arab-led parties from Israeli elections, Trump’s rejection of Iran’s proposal and allegations of election interference involving Israeli firms.

In this week’s Palestine This Week, Nasim Ahmed and Muhammad Shehada discuss allegations that Israel is destroying evidence of war crimes in Gaza, the growing use of AI to select targets and the disturbing revelations in the documentary NAZA. They also examine genocidal rhetoric and Israeli exceptionalism, plans for Gaza’s reconstruction, state-backed settler violence in the occupied West Bank, the controversy surrounding Ed Sheeran and the political weaponisation of Iran’s protest death toll.

In this episode we speak to Muhammed Shehada about his clash with the Board of Peace and his concern that it is burying evidence of genocide in Gaza. We unpack revelations in the Haaretz that Benjamin Netanyahu was warned in advance of the 7 October attack. Marking twenty-five years since 9/11, we look at how the War on Terror emboldened Israel, and at the rise in Islamophobia since — fuelled by Israel-linked groups working in alliance with the far right. We close on Britain’s sanctions against Israeli settlement products, the ferocity of the backlash, and how easily measures like this can be circumvented. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction & Overview 00:01:29 The Board of Peace and the burying of genocide evidence 00:10:43 The warning Netanyahu buried: what the UAE told him before 7 October 00:20:50 When Hamas offered all the hostages — and Washington refused 00:34:14 Twenty-five years on: how the War on Terror emboldened Israel 00:40:44 Inside the Middle East Forum's Muslim surveillance database 00:46:09 Israel, the far right, and the manufacture of Islamophobia 00:56:30 Britain's settlement sanctions: symbolism or substance? 01:04:17 How Jewish institutions were absorbed into the Greater Israel project

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we look at Israel’s election campaign and how politicians are competing to run the most hateful campaign in an effort to win support from an increasingly radicalised Israeli public. We also discuss the push to expel Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Israel’s efforts to win US backing for its plans, allegations of apartheid against Palestinian students in Israeli universities, Britain’s proposed sanctions on illegal settlements, Nicaragua’s case against Germany at the ICJ and concerns over the future of UNRWA. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 01:40 Israel’s Election and the Politics of ‘Vice Signalling’ 08:05 Israel’s Annexation Camp Versus the Control Camp 18:24 Israel Seeks Trump’s Support to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza 23:31 Blair Asked the PA to Remove Palestine from Textbooks 28:05 Apartheid in Israeli Academia After 7 October 29:57 Labour’s Sanctions on Israeli Settlements 39:46 Britain Owes Palestine 46:47 Why Nicaragua Is Taking Germany to the ICJ Over Gaza 50:47 The Future of UNRWA and the Race for UN Secretary-General 56:20 Is X Shadow-Banning Pro-Palestine Accounts?

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine allegations that evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is being removed by Trump's "Board of Peace", South Africa’s latest submission to the ICJ over Israel’s non-compliance with provisional measures and growing scrutiny of illegal settlements and settler violence in the occupied West Bank. We also look at Britain’s economic ties to companies linked to settlements, Israel’s vast arms export industry, US punishing Kurds over the Iran war and the suppression of pro-Palestine voices on X, including MEMO. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 01:24 Board of Peace accused of destroying evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza 05:13 UN Security Council hears damning testimony on the Board of Peace and Gaza aid 10:24 Has Israel returned to its pre-7 October policy of containing Hamas in Gaza? 16:27 South Africa documents Israel’s non-compliance with ICJ provisional measures 23:23 UK public contracts raise questions over economic ties to illegal Israeli settlements 32:31 Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attacks UK measures targeting illegal Israeli settlements 40:58 US Congress moves to penalise universities that boycott Israeli institutions 46:58 Israel exports six times more weapons per capita than the US 51:38 US military aid to Kurds reportedly at risk over refusal to join plans against Iran 54:39 X accused of suppressing pro-Palestine voices as MEMO becomes latest target

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we begin with Jared Kushner’s meetings with Hamas political leader Khalil Al-Hayya and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking what the talks mean for the future of the Gaza ceasefire. We revisit the long-debunked claim that Palestine was sparsely populated before early Jewish settlement and ask why this version of history continues to resurface. We also look at changes to Saudi school textbooks, including the removal of the phrase “Muslims will never give up Jerusalem”. The episode also looks at settler violence in the occupied West Bank and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s decision to describe Israeli settlers as “terrorists” after American citizens were besieged by Israeli settlers. Finally, we discuss a false quotation attributed to an Iranian commander that travelled from social media into Israeli media, Benjamin Netanyahu’s rhetoric and ultimately political debate in Washington. What does the episode tell us about the use of manufactured intelligence to build the case against Iran? And as Israel becomes increasingly isolated in parts of Europe and the US, why is Netanyahu’s government building closer ties with far-right governments and movements across Latin America and elsewhere? 01:33 Kushner’s Gaza talks with Hamas and Netanyahu 12:41 Revisiting claims about early Jewish settlement in Palestine 21:50 Saudi Arabia removes Jerusalem pledge from school textbooks 30:24 Huckabee calls Israeli settlers “terrorists” 33:52 Israel accused of laundering false intelligence on Iran 39:36 Iran MOU expires as US regional goals fall short 44:08 Israel deepens ties with the global far right

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we begin with Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Trump’s Gaza plan and the growing power of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. We also discuss the emerging Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan security alignment, shifting Gulf politics and Israel’s efforts to manufacture evidence against Iran with the aim of inciting US bombing of the Islamic Republic. The conversation then turns to how Washington’s longstanding alliance with Israel continues to shape US policy in the Middle East, the role of Islamophobia in sustaining that relationship. 1:15 Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza plan: Is Hamas a politically useful bogeyman? 08:11 Why is Trump allowing Netanyahu to defy and undermine him? 13:55 Has Israel lost control of its settlers in the occupied West Bank? 20:09 Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye: Is a new Muslim strategic bloc emerging? 22:46 Has Saudi Arabia accepted the limits of US power after the Iran war? 27:15 Are new fault lines emerging between Saudi Arabia and the Abraham Accords states?32:25 How Israel manufactured evidence of an Iranian nuclear threat 37:44 Robert Kagan, US Islamophobia and the blowback from America’s support for Israel

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we are joined by Palestinian political analyst Muhammad Shehada to examine the major developments of the past seven days. The episode covers the latest Hamas-Israel ceasefire negotiations, the role of Gaza in exposing dark money and foreign influence in US politics, Israeli-funded efforts to “poison” AI-generated information and important legal victories protecting anti-Zionist speech in the UK and Germany. We also discuss why Israel and the US are being mentioned in connection with the Ceuta migration crisis, as well as the debate sparked by Green Party plans to twin Greater Manchester with Ramallah and the history of terrorism in Palestine. 1. Latest developments in the Hamas-Israel ceasefire negotiations 2. Gaza is the "ultimate revealer" 3. Israeli-funded efforts to “poison” AI-generated information 4. Legal victories in the UK and Germany 5. Israel, the US and the Ceuta migration crisis 6. Green Party plans to twin Greater Manchester with Ramallah and the origins of terrorism in Palestine

In this week’s episode, we begin with the growing normalisation of rhetoric aimed at erasing Palestinian identity and ask how Israel’s war on Gaza could reshape the global politics of genocide. We also explore the deepening crisis within Zionism, the surge in settler violence across the occupied West Bank and the future of the International Criminal Court following the removal of its chief prosecutor. The discussion also considers Zohran Mamdani’s call for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest, Washington’s escalating hostility towards international institutions that challenge Israel and the strategic calculations surrounding a Saudi-US nuclear deal tied to normalisation with Israel. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 00:46 The Normalisation of Calls to Erase Palestinian Identity 10:55 How Gaza Could Redefine the Global Politics of Genocide 17:48 Has Zionism Reached the Edge of the Abyss? 28:08 Settler Violence Surges Across the Occupied West Bank 33:55 Karim Khan’s Removal and the Future of the ICC 42:51 Zohran Mamdani’s Bid to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu 47:36 The US Targets International Institutions Challenging Israel 52:05 The Saudi-US Nuclear Deal and Normalisation with Israel

In this episode, we examine Trump’s drastically reduced Gaza recovery plan, growing criticism within Hamas over the consequences of 7 October and Israel’s covert efforts to downplay the scale of death, starvation and destruction in Gaza. We also discuss the failure of a major pro-Israel influence campaign in the US, rising congressional resistance to military aid, Mahmoud Abbas’s proposed Palestinian elections, legal challenges to US sanctions on the International Criminal Court and Mahmoud Khalil’s case against Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups. The episode also explores Palestinian claims to ownership of land designated for a new US embassy in Jerusalem, reports that Trump urged Israel to withdraw from Syria and Lebanon and FIFA corruption. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 01:11 Trump’s Board of Peace scales back Gaza recovery plan 10:36 Disagreement within Hamas over 7 October 15:25 Israeli-linked Arabic media campaign targeting Arab audiences 19:39 Israel’s failed US influencer campaign and shifting political support 25:39 Mahmoud Abbas announces decree allocating seats to Christian Palestinians 29:56 US groups challenge Trump’s ICC sanctions 37:24 Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump officials and pro-Israel groups 44:07 Palestinian families challenge planned US Embassy site in Jerusalem 49:00 Trump reportedly asks Netanyahu to withdraw from Syria and Lebanon 52:59 Argentina, Lionel Messi and FIFA corruption

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine the EU’s new Gaza initiative, claims that Gaza’s authorities obstructed the delivery of humanitarian aid, the escalating campaign against UNRWA and Washington’s attack on the International Criminal Court. We also discuss Ro Khanna’s detention by Israeli settlers, shifting US and UK political attitudes towards Palestine, Lindsey Graham’s legacy, the renewed Iran conflict and reports of an alleged Israeli plan involving Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine Hamas’s decision to dissolve its government and the wider implications of Trump’s so called peace plan, as Israel moves ahead with proposals for “controlled humanitarian zones”. We also discuss whether Hamas remains a major threat or has become a convenient justification for continued Israeli domination, before turning to new claims about 7 October, debates over just war theory, Zionism’s erasure of Palestinians, Mike Huckabee’s remarks in Jerusalem and reports that US officials feared Israel was plotting to kill Iranian negotiators.

This episode of Palestine This Week opens with Israel’s renewed push to promote the so-called “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza, asking whether ethnic cleansing is now being pursued without even the pretence of concealment. We also look at Trump’s proposed Gaza board and warnings that it could create a legal black hole for officials and contractors, before turning to the unprecedented lawsuit filed by ICC judges against US sanctions they describe as an attempt to punish and coerce the court. The episode also explores growing threats to journalism, from the UK’s State Threats Bill to double standards in how the media defines press freedom, alongside new revelations about the Hannibal Directive during the events of 7 October. We then assess whether Israel’s confrontation with Iran has punctured the myth of Israeli military invincibility, and close with Lebanon, where Israeli media figures speak openly about pushing the country towards civil war as part of a wider regional strategy. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 00:20 Israel revives plans for the “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza 06:24 Trump’s Gaza board and the creation of a legal black hole 12:11 ICC judges sue the Trump administration over sanctions 21:25 UK State Threats Bill raises alarm over press freedom and journalism 31:11 New Hannibal Directive revelations from 7 October 38:18 Iran, Gaza and the crisis of Israeli military invincibility 45:43 Israel’s strategy for Lebanon: escalation, fragmentation and civil conflict

This week, we begin with Hannah Arendt, the Jewish intellectual who warned that a state built without Palestinian consent would be condemned to permanent war. Her warning now feels less like abstract history and more like a description of Israel today: a militarised society, trapped in endless war and dependent on propaganda to justify the violence needed to sustain its project. We also look at the casual anti-Muslim racism used by Israel advocates to dismiss equality for Palestinian, the UN Human Rights Council’s findings on Israel’s targeting of children in Gaza, and the rise of settler violence in Hebron and around Al-Aqsa Mosque. The episode ends with Trump’s U-turn on Iran, Lebanon’s central role in US-Iran diplomacy and the pro-war commentators already trying to explain away another Middle East disaster. Get your copy of ‘Gaza Apocalypse’ by Mouin Rabbani: https://orbooks.com/catalog/gaza-apocalypse/ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Overview 01:13 Hannah Arendt’s warning: Was Zionism destined for permanent war? 10:14 The casual anti-Muslim racism of Israel advocates 18:41 Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian children in Gaza 26:50 Hebron, Smotrich and the collapse of the Hebron agreement 36:51 Trump’s U-turn on the Iran war: What explains the shift? 40:57 Lebanon as the make-or-break arena for US-Iran diplomacy 46:59 Iran war cheerleaders and the making of another American debacle