Inside-America

Inside-America

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Inside-America episodes

  • BLM for Palestine | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
    Standing in solidarity. African American lawmakers and Black Lives Matter activists express their support for Palestinian rights, as they continue their fight for racial justice in the US —one year since the murder of George Floyd.
    The BLM movement resonated across the world, with millions of people marching in solidarity. But it struck a particular cord with Palestinians living under a brutal Israeli occupation for decades. George Floyd’s image was painted on the Israeli annexation wall built in and around the occupied West Bank. A few days after Floyd’s cold-blooded murder last May, a Palestinian man, Eyad al-Hallaq, was shot dead by Israeli police. Like Floyd, he was unarmed —he was al-so autistic and on his way to a special needs school in East Jerusalem. Protestors in Palestine held up posters with his image next to George Floyd’s with the slogan “From the USA to Pales-tine… Racism is a crime.”
    Today, many BLM activists have come out in support of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation using hashtags like #FreePalestine and #SaveSheikhJarrah.
    Guests:
    Omar Fateh
    Minnesota State Senator for District 62 (D)
    Talib Kweli
    American Rapper and Activist
    Zellie Imani
    Co-founder of Black Liberation Collective
    Maytha Alhassen
    Historian and Journalist
    26 min
  • Ending The Occupation | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
    As Israel continues its military assault on Gaza, US President Joe Biden is facing mounting calls at home and abroad to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop his onslaught on Palestinians.
    As the civilian death toll rises, Biden has reiterated his ‘firm support for Israel’s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks’ and for the third time, the United States blocked a United Nations Security Council statement which would have called for a ceasefire.
    Under growing pressure from his own party, President Biden expressed support for, but did not demand, a ceasefire. The White House press secretary said the administration’s approach to handling this crisis is through “quiet and intensive diplomacy”.
    Can progressive lawmakers, grassroots activism, pressure by pro-Israel groups, and a slight shift in mainstream US media coverage of the crisis, bring enough pressure to bear on the Biden administration to recalibrate America’s traditional unconditional support of Israel?
    Guests:
    Jim Moran- Former US Member of Congress (D-Virginia) from 1991 to 2015
    Roger Waters- Peace activist and co-founder of Pink Floyd
    Alan Solomont- Vice Chair, Chair Elect and Member of the Executive Committee for J Street, a a pro-Israel advocacy group that represents ‘pro-peace Americans’
    Craig and Cindy Corrie- Parents of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003. They are board members of the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice.
    Watch other episodes of Inside America ➡ Weekly in-depth interviews with American opinion and policy-makers exploring the issues shaping US politics. 👉http://trt.world/InsideAmerica​
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    52 min
  • Israel's Impunity | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
    As Israeli security forces continued their attacks against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, the Biden Administration came under renewed criticism for failing to take a firm stance against the Israeli government.
    Leading congressional members of the Democratic Party condemned Israel’s use of force and efforts to forcibly displace Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
    Senator Bernie Sanders said “the United States must speak out strongly against the violence by government-allied Israeli extremists in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and make clear that the evictions of Palestinian families must not go forward”.
    Senator Elizabeth Warren also called on the Biden Administration to speak out against Israel’s’ efforts to forcibly displace Palestinians: “the forced removal of long-time Palestinians residents in Sheikh Jarrah is abhorrent and unacceptable. The Administration should make clear to the Israeli government that these evictions are illegal and must stop immediately.”
    Several other Democratic members of Congress called on the Biden Administration to stand up for the rights of Palestinian families and urge the Israeli government to stop its evictions, calling the violence against Palestinians ‘completely unacceptable.’
    With the Israeli government receiving $3.8 billion dollars in military aid every year from the US government, a growing number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill are questioning the way that money is being used.
    As the debate in Washington over conditioning aid to Israel gains momentum, what impact will it have on the Biden Administration’s tepid response to Israel’s escalating use of force?
    Guests:
    Mitchell Plitnick
    President of ReThinking Foreign Policy
    Omar Shakir
    Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch
    26 min
  • The New Space Race | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
    The world is entering a new era in space exploration, with more players and private companies vying for their place in space. As the Biden administration tries to restore America’s status domestically and internationally, can it lead the way in the conquest of space?
    Guests:
    Charles Bolden- Former NASA administrator under President Barack Obama, retired United States Marine Corps Major General and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions
    Gavin Schmidt- Acting NASA senior climate adviser, climatologist and former director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies
    Watch other episodes of Inside America ➡ Weekly in-depth interviews with American opinion and policy-makers exploring the issues shaping US politics. 👉http://trt.world/InsideAmerica​
    Follow us: 👉www.twitter.com/_InsideAmerica 👉www.twitter.com/Ghida_Fakhry
    Subscribe: 👉Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3d0LYLy
    26 min
  • Biden's 100 Days | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
    As presidential candidate, Joe Biden had made lofty promises. On day one of his presidency, he signed 17 executive orders relating to the pandemic, climate change, racial justice, immigration and more. In his first 100 days, Biden signed more executive orders than any other US President: 60, including 23 directly rescinding Trump’s policies.
    Latest polls show Biden’s approval rating at 52%. That is the third-lowest approval rating of any American President since 1945: Gerald Ford had a 48% approval rating in 1974 after his pardon of Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump had a 42% approval rating at the same stage in his presidency in 2017.
    Where Biden has impressed the American public is his handling of the Coronavirus pandemic, with a 69% approval rating. However, his handling of other major domestic issues like border security and immigration, received only 33 percent approval. On gun issues, 34 percent of Americans approved of his performance. For his dealing with China, President Biden garnered 35 percent approval.
    Guests:
    Donna Shalala
    Former Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Joe Grogan
    Former Director of the Domestic Policy Council
    Joseph Nye
    Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
    27 min

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Weekly in-depth interviews with American opinion and policy-makers exploring the issues shaping US politics, with Ghida Fakhry.​