Francesca Albanese joins the Palestine Debrief podcast to discuss a variety of important topics: the people who inspire her, her interview with Piers Morgan, her recent tour of Canada, the ICC arrest warrants against Israeli officials Netanyahu and Gallant, the hostility she faces from certain reporters, Canada’s vote at the UN, and her role as the UN Special Rapporteur.

Francesca Albanese is an international human rights lawyer and a leading expert on Palestine and the Middle East. She is a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and has worked extensively on issues related to international law, humanitarian law, and human rights. Francesca has authored numerous reports and articles on the legal and political challenges facing Palestinians, advocating for justice and accountability. With a strong academic background and years of field experience, she is a respected voice on the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the broader Middle East.

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In this episode of Palestine Debrief, Mouin Rabbani, a leading Middle East analyst, discusses the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon and its broader implications for the region. He provides in-depth insights into the expanding conflict in Syria, the evolving dynamics in Lebanon, and the shifting political landscape. Mouin also explores the role of the international community and the future of the Middle East. Additionally, he analyzes the coming for the second Trump administration's policies on the region, particularly in relation to the conflict. This conversation offers a timely and thought-provoking analysis of one of the most critical issues facing the region today.

Mouin Rabbani is a prominent Middle East analyst and commentator, with extensive expertise in Palestinian and regional politics. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies and has written extensively on issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Arab politics, and the broader Middle East. Mouin’s insights are frequently sought by international media and policymakers, and he has contributed to various academic journals and publications on the dynamics shaping the region. Known for his in-depth analysis, he offers critical perspectives on the political and humanitarian challenges facing Palestine and its neighbors.

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We speak with Jon Elmer to provide us alternative views on reporting in Gaza and Lebanon. This episode was recorded before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon.

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This episode we speak to Ardi Imseis, currently Assistant Professor at Queen’s Faculty of Law in 2018, following a 12-year career as a UN official in the Middle East, first with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and then with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We talk about UNRWA's history, establishment and implications of Israel banning of UNRWA.

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This episode is five interviews with Canadians who suffered mentally, emotionally and financially in their attempts to be reunited with their families in Gaza under the governments Temporary Resident Visa Program for Gazans (TRV).

The first interview is with Samar Alkhdour whose story highlights the government's attempt to suppress advocacy and freedom of expression and assembly revolving critique of the TRV.

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Link and Resources (hyperlinked):

- Email Ministers Miller and Joly - Gaza Visa Day of Action
- CityNews Samar's Criminal Harrassment Charge Statement
- All past articles and interviews covering Samar Alkhdour's advocacy.
- CJPME Gaza Visa Program: Intended to Fail
- CJPME Press Release on Samar Alkhdour

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This episode is a conversation with Jason Toney, Director of Media Advocacy at CJPME about Canada's Media Ethics and our Media Accountability Project. We talk about the Canadian media's ethics, standards, biases, and erasure of Palestinian content. We speak about the impact CJPME had on media and the challenges we face.

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This episode discusses how Israel utilizes technology in their genocide in Gaza, we talk about the AI Lavender, social media censoring of Palestinian voices, media's extensive biases towards the Israel narrative, and IDF soldiers/ Israel government officials who hold positions in media organizations.

My guest is Paul Biggar from Tech4Palestine, who was fired from the board of a company he started after publishing this blog post.

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In August 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoked the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF). This is significant because the JNF is central to the Zionist movement, historically acquiring land in Palestine for exclusive Jewish settlement. It has also supported Israeli military projects and illegal settlements in occupied Palestine.

Here to talk about the efforts to achieve this revocation and the implications of this decision is Corey Balsam from Independent Jewish Voices and Nicholas Pope, a lawyer following the issue.

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On January 9th, 2024, IRCC started accepting applications for a Temporary Residence Visa Program for Gazans with Canadian Family Ties that was called "Crisis in Gaza: Special Measure for Extended Family". Not long after it became clear that the program was not designed to accept refugees. Nothing about the program was urgent and in comparison to past programs the “special measures” seem to highly indicate racism towards Palestinians. 

We have Safinaz El-Solh from Gazan Canadian Community Group who were directly affected by the crisis with family Gaza who organized together to focus on the program.

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worldbeyondwar.org/canadastoparmingisrael

Earlier in August the US government announced that General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc. a Quebec-based company is the principal contractor in the sale of 50,000 high explosive mortar cartridges and related equipment to the Israeli military, which is worth $61 million US (or about $83 million in Canadian dollars). This is part of a total of $20 billion US weapon export announced and approved by the US to Israel. 

This catches Canada is several lies they have made since October. The lie of sending only “non-lethal” weapons. The lie that the Trudeau government stopped all arms exports to Israel earlier this year. As it turns out they do not need export permits nor approvals to send weapons to the US, which in turn sends them to the Israeli military. 

Here to talk to us more is Rachel Small from World Beyond War who has been monitoring and supporting grassroots resistance to the Canada-Israel arms trade. 

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Check out their map of the companies across Canada arming Israel here.

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