The Inside Story Podcast

With increasing numbers of people receiving COVID-19 vaccines, some countries are ready to welcome back tourists.

The European Union has agreed to reopen the bloc to vaccinated travellers.

But it's up to the 27 member states to decide who can enter, and whether they need to spend time in quarantine.

Is it safe to reopen?

And will the tourism industry recover?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Sharron Livingston - Founder of thetravelmagazine.net, an online travel website

Ulrich Brueckner - Political Analyst Professor at Stanford University in Berlin

Richard Dawood - Director of Fleet Street Clinic and a specialist in Travel Medicine

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A ceasefire is holding for now over Gaza, but the Israeli military and Hamas both warned that attacks will resume if the other side breaks the truce.

11 days of fighting has left thousands of families homeless, and destroyed vital infrastructure.

U.S. president Joe Biden has promised to help.

But what will it take to achieve a lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Mohammed Nabulsi - Palestinian Youth Movement

Beth Miller - Jewish Voice for Peace Action

David Pollock - Senior fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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The United States has traditionally been Israel's most important ally.

But American politicians and the public are increasingly challenging Washington's long-standing and unquestioned loyalty.

Progressive Democrats pressured President Joe Biden to demand a ceasefire on Gaza, and they want weapons sales to Israel to stop.

Recent polls show Americans, including younger American Jews, are showing more support for the Palestinians.

So how will this shift affect future ties?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Omar Baddar - Member, National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute

Razzan Quran - Palestinian Activist

Jesse Mechanic - Writer and Contributor to Huffington Post, Mother Jones

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Many migrants using inflatable rings and dinghies have often made the dangerous journey from Morocco into Spain.

But this week an influx of at least 8,000 was unusually high, threatening a humanitarian crisis.

Many were young men, but there were also families and unaccompanied minors.

At least one person died making the crossing.

Thousands have been expelled by the Spanish authorities.

Campaigners are worried the migrants' rights have been violated during what they describe as a 'rapid pace of expulsions'.

The number of arrivals has now dropped after what appears to be an attempt by Morroccan authorities to tighten border controls.

Police scuffled with people as they tried to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

The event has caused a diplomatic row between the two countries.

So, how does this affect the migration across Europe?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom.

Guests:

Catherine Woollard, Secretary General of European Council on Refugees and Exiles

Ruth Ferrero, Lecturer in Political Science and Senior Researcher at Complutense University of Madrid

Lahcen Haddad, Strategic Affairs Analyst and former Moroccan minister.

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The world's leading energy agency warned global carbon dioxide emissions were expected to rise at their second-fastest pace ever this year.

Now it's released a landmark report listing ambitious steps that are needed to cut down carbon dioxide emissions to zero in 30 years.

Among them is a ban on new developments in new coal, gas and oil projects.

The energy sector is responsible for about 75% of the emissions that are driving up global temperatures.

And the agency says a drastic scaling-back of fossil fuels is needed if the world is to stay within safe limits of global warming.

That includes no new gas boilers or petrol and diesel cars, to list just a few of the everyday conveniences that will be affected.

The IEA called on governments to 'act now' if they want to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

So what are the challenges ahead?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Mads Flarup Christensen, Executive Director of Greenpeace Nordic.

Cornelia Meyer, Economist and Oil and Gas Specialist.

Chandra Bhushan, CEO, International forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology.

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It's a region that's been besieged for decades, and where living conditions were already dire.

Now, after more than a week of Israeli bombardment, Gaza is on the brink of a deepening humanitarian crisis.

More than 212 Palestinians have been killed - including at least 61 children.

Hospitals are overwhelmed and running low on medical supplies.

UN schools are full of thousands of people who've fled for their lives with little to survive on.

Clinics, including one run by Doctors Without Borders, have been damaged, and water, power and food are all in short supply.......

Agencies say existing aid will only last for a few days and they are appealing for help.

But reaching people in need has been a struggle for those on the ground.

One Israeli air raid hit the Qatar Red Crescent Society office in Gaza.

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Matthias Schmale, Director of Gaza Operations for the UN's Palestine refugees' relief agency UNRWA.

Juan Paris, Psychiatrist with Doctors Without Borders.

Ibrahim Fraihat, Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

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More than 200 Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.

Residential buildings flattened and water supplies running out.

Israel says it is targeting military facilities in self-defence following rocket attacks by Palestinian factions.

Ten people in Israel have been killed in the past week.

Hamas says its actions were in response to Israel's policy of the forced displacement of Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem and the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli forces.

That spread into fighting between mixed communities of Jewish and Palestinian-Israelis......

The UN is warning the fighting could unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis.

International calls for a ceasefire have been mounting.

So, where does that leave Palestinians who are fighting for their rights?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:

Triestino Mariniello, Reader in Law at Edge Hill University in the UK, and Member of the Legal Team Representing Gaza Victims before the International Criminal Court.

Tim Murithi, Head of Peacebuilding Interventions at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.

Sultan Barakat, Director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at Doha Institute.

Saleh Hijazi - Amnesty International

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Israel is being condemned for carrying out air strikes on a building that housed the offices of Al Jazeera and the Associated Press in Gaza.

People were only given an hour's warning to leave Al Jalaa tower.

Footage of the destruction was shown live on television and on social media, a platform that Palestinian activists are using extensively to show the impact of the conflict.

But in an age of online information, can anyone control the message?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Nour Odeh - political Analyst

Arsen Ostrovsky - CEO, The International Legal Forum

Saleh Hijazi - Amnesty International

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There have been two intifadas, or mass Palestinian uprisings, both fuelled by anger at Israeli occupation and oppression.

Some now see the beginnings of a third one.

Anger is growing at intensifying Israeli air strikes on Gaza, killing dozens of people each day.

And in an unprecedented escalation, Jews and Palestinians are turning on each other in mixed cities across Israel.

Can this tension be contained?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Sally Abed - member of the National Leadership Standing Together, a Jewish-Arab social movement

Yossi Mekelberg - Associate fellow, Chatham House

Yaser Alashqar - Assistant professor, Trinity College Dublin

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Young Palestinians and some Israelis have emerged as the new face of activism against Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank that began more than 50 years ago.

They're leading protests against Israeli air strikes and the forced displacement of Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem.

Social media posts on the conflict have been shared hundreds of thousands of times.

But are political leaders hearing their demands for change?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Mariam Afifi - Palestinian activist

Morriah Kaplan - spokesperson, IfNotNow, a movement working to end American Jewish support for the occupation.

Najla Shawa - humanitarian worker

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