Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian writer and poet Mosab Abu Toha joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches to discuss Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. From the mass famine unfolding across the Strip to his own brutal detainment by Israeli forces, Mosab shares what it means to survive genocide and to bear witness to it in real time. They also explore the Western world’s complicity, the dehumanization of Palestinians in media and politics, and the role of art, poetry, and truth-telling in the face of extermination.

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How do we remember war, and who gets remembered? In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Step Vaessen speaks to Sabina Tanovic, a Sarajevo-born expert in memorial architecture. From the genocide in Srebrenica to the destruction in Gaza, Tanovic explores how monuments shape justice, history, and collective healing.

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France says it’s ready to recognise an independent Palestinian state. The announcement comes at a time of growing international outrage against Israel’s war on Gaza. Several European countries - including Spain, Ireland, and Norway - have already recognised Palestinian statehood. And pressure is mounting on the United Kingdom to do the same. But would any recognition lead to change on the ground? And how will France navigate any backlash from Israel and the US?

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Instagram-perfect vacation photos come at a steep cost for the communities living in popular tourist destinations. Many holidaymakers are unaware that, in several countries, landlords are evicting long-term tenants to convert properties into short-term holiday rentals, driving up housing prices and displacing residents. In this episode, we examine the rise of the anti-tourism movement across Europe and explore what a more sustainable tourism model could look like for some of the world’s most visited hotspots.

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The Israeli blockade of aid has caused a hunger crisis in Gaza and is condemning a growing number of its people to death by starvation. Nonetheless, Palestinian journalists are risking their lives to expose what Western media often softens or obscures: the use of starvation as a tool of genocide.

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In the decades since its 1949 revolution, China has emerged – or reemerged – as a global power, and the U.S. government sees China’s rise as an existential threat. Now there’s a bipartisan consensus, anchored in the Pentagon’s strategic doctrine, preparing for war and “great power conflict” with China. Brian Becker talks with Prof. Ken Hammond, who recently returned from teaching in China, about the political, social, and class character of the Chinese socialist project.

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BT will stream the March Against Occupation in Korea live on July 27th at 12 p.m. in Times Square, NYC.


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Trump said the quiet part out loud on his way back from his disaster Trip in Scotland. Francis Maxwell reports.

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In just 6 months, Trump presides over the most scandal-scarred and corrupt Department of Justice in US History, which is all coming to a head in the way the DOJ is being willingly used by Trump to try to stop him from “being f’d” in the Epstein Pedophile Coverup scandal. Michael Popok catalogues all the corruption scandals in reverse chronological order starting with Alina Habba US Attorney appointment, DOJ leadership trying to clear Trump’s name through Epstein’s co-conspirator and Trump’s considering using his pardon power to cover up the scandal; the use of a phony conspiracy investigation agains the Clintons and Obama; Emil Bove’s corruption on full display in his judicial appointment confirmation hearing, and federal judges already not believing a word the the DOJ says in their courtrooms, and finding them in contempt.

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Mahjoub Maliha of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) joins the show to discuss Morocco’s decades-long occupation of Western Sahara, known as Africa’s last colony, and the growing backlash to former South African President Jacob Zuma’s recent visit to Rabat, where he recognized Moroccan sovereignty over the territory. Maliha discusses Morocco’s grave human rights abuses against the Saharawi people and the global struggle for Western Sahara’s liberation from Western-backed colonial rule.

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