The occupation of Palestine continues with no end in sight, and this remains the primary political struggle in the region as America’s client states normalize with Israel. But now there’s a new backdrop: the war in Ukraine exposing Western double standards alongside the US-China New Cold War. 

Fundamental to US geostrategic aims in the region is taming the “axis of resistance” stretching from Iraq to Iran to Syria to Lebanon and Palestine. This played out in yet another Israeli bombing campaign against the besieged Gaza Strip. 

Here to help us understand the state of the resistance in Palestine and beyond, and the shifting regional alliances in the Middle East is Ali Abunimah, executive director of the Electronic Intifada and author of “The Battle for Justice in Palestine.”

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TIME CODES

0:00 Intro

2:11 Palestine as central to anti-imperialist resistance 

5:15 Why does Israel keep killing Palestinians? “Mowing the lawn” 

15:33 Why is Israel attacking the West Bank?

23:49 Armed resistance & Ukraine double standards

34:26 What is the right to resist?  

45:06 Iran backs the resistance Resistance Axis stronger than ever 

47:54 Potential war? Hezbollah warns Israel not to steal Lebanon’s offshore gas

59:23 Salman Rushdie

1:08:50 The Edward Said & Obama photo: Have progressives learned their lesson?