Coronavirus Is The Shock, Dictatorship Is The Doctrine
Nowhere has the coronavirus pandemic been used more cynically to shut down political debate and the right to protest than in Israel. The Israeli government’s state of emergency goes even…
Palestine Is Occupied, Segregated, And About To Face COVID-19
Israel’s military control of Gaza and the West Bank has only grown more brutal during the pandemic. Workers are held in quarantine, prisoners have been infected, and Israel is withholding…
Authoritarianism Vs. Democracy: How Will We Fight COVID-19?
Historian Yuval Noah Harari’s work shows how to interpret the COVID-19 crisis as part of the global struggle between liberal elites and the rising populist right. Subscribe to our page…
Is This The Death Of The Two-State Solution?
In his new book, “Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality,†Ian Lustick describes the end of not only the two-state solution, but also the idea of partition. Director/Video…
Has The Coronavirus Crisis Softened Hamas?
The Gaza Strip lacks protective gear, clean water, and ventilators, putting immense pressure on Hamas to sign a ceasefire agreement with Israel. But the Israeli side isn’t as eager to…
Israelis Cheer Palestinian Party Leader Ayman Odeh At Rally Against Netanyahu Coalition Government
After three election cycles, Netanyahu and Gantz’s coalition formed the largest government in Israeli history, even as Netanyahu faces a corruption trial. Director/Video Editor: Taylor Hebden Visual Produer: Andrew Corkery…
Israel Is Involving Itself In Libya’s Civil War. Why?
Khalifa Haftar’s onslaught on Libya’s capital was openly supported by the UAE, but evidence has emerged that his forces received weapons and training from Israel. Subscribe to our page and…
UK Supreme Court Reverses BDS Ban
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the largest British Palestinian solidarity group, successfully petitioned to reverse a 2016 ban preventing local governments divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation. Director/Video Editor:…
Palestinians And Israelis Remember Casualties Together
The alternative memorial service organized by peace organizations in Israel/Palestine challenges the racist official memorial services of the State of Israel in which only Israeli casualties are remembered. Director/Video Editor:…
How Democracy Falls In East Europe And The Balkans
Freedom House says Eastern European and Balkans democracies are in danger. COVID-19 has opened the door to surveillance, and threatens democracies from Hungary to India to Israel. Subscribe to our…
Israel Strips Financial Aid From Palestinian Prisoners, Leaving Them To Face COVID-19 Alone
Calls and visits are denied to many of Israel’s Palestinian prisoners, leaving their fate in the pandemic unknown. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
How Is Biden Different From Trump When It Comes To Palestine?
Biden pledges to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, boasts of “unstinting support†for Israel, promises to fight the BDS movement and send military aid, and spins it as a…
Strange Slow Dance Between Israel And The Gulf States, Despite Annexation
UAE ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba wrote an article promising normalization on the condition that Israel does not annex parts of the West Bank. Jamal Juma’ of Stop The Wall pushed back…
Netanyahu Ties Corruption Trial To West Bank Annexation Plans
Netanyahu says his trial is not about corruption, but about the fate of Israel and the Jewish people. He demands Palestinians give their consent to Israeli annexation, leading to anti-annexation…
Boycotting Israel Is Not A Crime, Says European Human Rights Court
The EHRC overturned the French court’s convictions of 12 BDS activists for “incitement to discrimination” in a watershed ruling for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Producer: Shir Hever Director:…
Chevron Plans Middle East Offshore Drilling, Capitalizing on Militarized Climate Chaos
Chevron has announced its entrance into the hotly contested Mediterranean Sea, creating military tension between competing regional powers. Discussions over climate change and ecological impacts have gotten lost in the…
‘Zionist’ is not hate speech, activists say
A Saturday Night Live joke about Israel’s vaccine apartheid sparked outrage from some ardent supporters of the Israeli government, but the controversy speaks to larger threats to free speech in…
Will US policy on Palestine/Israel change under Biden?
In the first segment of this week’s “Marc Steiner Show,” we discuss what changes we should and shouldn’t expect in U.S. policy toward Palestine and Israel in the Biden era.…
A Dutch court may help deliver justice for a Gazan family killed in an Israeli strike
In 2017, Ismail Ziada filed a civil suit at the District Court of the Hague against former Israeli military leaders Benny Gantz and Amir Eshel for their role in a…
The Marc Steiner Show: Israel’s August raid on Palestinian NGOs, w/Sahar Francis
In August 2022, the Israeli Defense Forces conducted dawn raids on the offices of seven Palestinian human rights NGOs. The targeted organizations included groups working to support Palestinian women and…
Rattling the Bars: Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian boy imprisoned by Israel at age 13
Now 20, Manasra has spent a third of his life in prison. A hearing on Aug. 16 will determine whether to release him from seven months of solitary confinement. Rattling…
UN Commissioner: ‘Apartheid’ not enough to describe Israeli settler colonialism
Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East has come and gone. Biden dropped in on Israeli and Palestinian leaders, then flew to Saudi Arabia for the top of his agenda—getting…
Harvard almost rejected me for my views on Israel w/Ken Roth | The Marc Steiner Show
The censorship and purging of critics of Zionism is a longstanding phenomenon in US academia. And a recent incident with Ken Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, shows…
Israel can never be a democracy while occupying Palestine | The Marc Steiner Show
As Israelis march en masse against Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial coup, many around the world are questioning why these protests did not materialize in defense of Palestinian land and life. For…
Israel’s West Bank checkpoints, from the eyes of Palestinian workers
In the West Bank of occupied Palestine, workers queue up at Israeli military checkpoints on their commutes to work. These workers are made to walk in single file through humiliating…
Khader Adnan’s matyrdom and Israel’s abuse of Palestinians w/Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi| Rattling the Bars
The death of Khader Adnan in Israeli detention during a hunger strike on May 2 of this year sparked mourning worldwide and a general strike in occupied Palestine. The 45-year-old…