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Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed pushes back against Gaza genocide denial
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- Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed pushes back against Gaza genocide denial
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Speaking on the Raging Moderates podcast hosted by Scott Galloway, US senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defended the use of the term genocide when describing the situation in Gaza.
“When people use dehumanising language against a people, when they bomb their hospitals and their schools, when they attempt to displace them from where they are … that seems to me to be deliberate targeting,” he says.
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- Iran threatens to disrupt airport operations in neighbouring countries if they stop Iranian flights
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- “If any country joins the United States in this adventure, its airports will no longer be able to operate flights.”
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in an interview with state TV on Wednesday that if neighbouring countries cooperate with the United States by stopping Iranian flights, Iran will ensure their airports cannot function.
On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said all Iranian airlines would be forced to stop operating on 23 September under the threat of secondary sanctions on air service providers.
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- Rubio says US does not want to see West Bank ‘flashpoints’
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- “The last thing this region needs is an additional flashpoint.”
Speaking to reporters, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Washington believes that the last thing Israel or the Middle East needs is for the occupied West Bank to become a “crisis”.
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- Pezeshkian says Iran would not ‘bend the knee’ to US threats in UN speech
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- “There are nuclear bombs in Israel, yet inspectors are in Iran.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that Tehran will never “bow its head” to US threats but is open to diplomacy, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic.
Addressing Trump directly, Pezeshkian said the US leader “must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying. We will never bow our head[s] or bend at the knee”.
Pezeshkian also accused the US and Israel of hypocrisy for trying to constrain Iran’s nuclear programme while allowing Israel to maintain a nuclear arsenal. Israel does not admit to having nuclear weapons, but it is widely believed to have them.
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- French foreign minister says that Palestinian elections ‘must absolutely be held’
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the Palestinian elections scheduled for November “must absolutely be held” during a press briefing on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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- Tony Blair says that ‘to be free, Gaza must live in peace with its neighbours’
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- “There is talk of ‘Free Palestine’, but for Palestinians living in Gaza, they don’t need a slogan; they need a solution,” said former UK Prime Minister and founding member of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Tony Blair.
Blair made the remarks at a gathering held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
“To be free, Gaza must live in peace with its neighbours and with itself,” Blair said, before adding: “And this cannot happen if it’s governed by those who use Gaza as a base for war against a neighbour it has no chance of defeating.”
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- ‘The Golan will remain Syrian,’ says Ahmed al-Sharaa at UN General Assembly
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa insisted at the UN General Assembly in New York that the Golan Heights would remain Syrian, after Colombia last month recognised Israeli sovereignty over the strategically important territory.
Al-Sharaa also condemned Israel’s continued attacks and incursions into Syria, saying they were “at odds with the orientation we’re seeing at global level”.
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- Unrwa chief says Israel is ‘squeezing’ Palestinian refugee agency ahead of polls
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Israeli government is “squeezing” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ahead of elections in an effort to boost its appeal to voters, Unrwa’s interim chief Christian Saunders said in an interview.
“I think Israel just needs to be more flexible in what it allows in and how much it allows in,” Saunders added.
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- Are UK charities bankrolling Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem?
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- 17:25
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- "Britain can stop this"
This was the plea from a Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah resident, as a new Middle East Eye investigation uncovered UK-registered charities donating over a million dollars to an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva planning an 11-storey expansion into the Palestinian neighbourhood.
The charities can claim Gift Aid on those donations, meaning the UK government tops them up by 25 percent.
Ohr Somayach already runs a campus in an Israeli settlement on land seized in 1967 and regarded under international law as occupied. Sheikh Jarrah has long been a flashpoint for forced evictions and protest against Israel's expanding occupation.
MEE Journalist Oscar Rickett joins Mohamed Hashem to break down what he found.
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- The collapse of Germany's political centre explained
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- 12:48
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Germany’s left-wing party took the lead in the state elections on Sunday, with its leader Elif Eralp citing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign style as inspiration.
Focusing on key issues like housing, the mayoral candidate was able to take 25.7% of the vote.
However, elsewhere in the country, the AfD saw another success, raising questions over the increasing divide between voters moving away from centrist politics.
MEE’s Mohamed Hashem is joined by historian of modern German history and associate professor at George Mason University Samuel Clowes Huneke to discuss what this means for Germany and beyond.
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- UK charity money funding displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem | Exclusive
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- "Britain can stop this," plead a Palestinian man in Sheikh Jarrah over the links between UK charity money and a yeshiva expansion project in East Jerusalem that would build on Palestinian land.
Speaking to Mohamed Hashem on MEE Live, MEE's Oscar Rickett explained how Ohr Somayach has been granted permission to build an 11-storey building in Sheikh Jarrah.
Watch the full episode on MEE's YouTube channel.
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- Far-right Israeli minister Ben Gvir says he seeks defence post
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Speaking at a presser on Tuesday, far-right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir says he will seek the position of defence minister in the next government ahead of pivotal elections next month.
Ben Gvir says one of his priority as defence minister would be to devise “a strategic plan to encourage voluntary emigration (of Palestinians) from both Gaza and Judea and Samaria".
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- Israel orders 187-year-old British consulate in Jerusalem shut within 30 Days
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced the closure of Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, giving diplomats 30 days to leave, a facility that has operated in the city since 1838, predating the State of Israel by over a century.
The move came hours after UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from Israeli West Bank settlements and accused Israel of turning a blind eye to what he called the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians. France and Canada joined the measure the same day, with nine more countries backing it.
Sa'ar also banned 11 to 12 British MPs from entering Israel and ordered UK staff off the Gaza coordination mission within a week, as senior Israeli officials including President Isaac Herzog and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir publicly slammed the UK's decision.
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- Medics smuggle iPhones into Gaza to film documentary
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- 9:59
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- “I am not the same person I was before I went to Gaza.”
In this interview, British Iraqi war surgeon Dr Mohammad Tahir and filmmaker Mike Lerner discuss The Mission, a documentary following Tahir’s medical missions to Gaza. The film offers an unfiltered look at the reality of working inside Gaza’s hospitals, from treating patients in overwhelmed medical facilities to witnessing the immense pressures faced by local medical teams.
The Mission contains graphic footage from inside Gaza’s hospitals. Viewer discretion is advised.
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- Who Controlled the Narrative After 7 October? | Norman Finkelstein
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- "The moment you say it’s a war, Israel has won the propaganda war.”
Norman G. Finkelstein joins David Hearst to discuss his new book, Gaza’s Gravediggers, the evidence behind claims arising from 7 October, changing attitudes towards Israel among American Jews, Ed Miliband, international law—and why he argues that what happened in Gaza was not a war, but a genocide.
The David Hearst Podcast latest episode is now out, watch it now on Middle East Eye’s YouTube channel.
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- “The Moment You Say It’s a War, Israel Has Won” | David Hearst Podcast with Norman Finkelstein
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- 1:53:43
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- In this episode of The David Hearst Podcast, David Hearst speaks with political scientist and author Norman G. Finkelstein about his new book, Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places.
Rather than concentrating solely on those who ordered and carried out Israel’s assault on Gaza, Finkelstein turns his attention to the international officials and institutions entrusted with establishing the facts, upholding international law and protecting civilians. He argues that some of these institutions did not merely fail Gaza but helped provide political, legal or moral cover for its destruction.
In a wide-ranging and at times confrontational conversation, Finkelstein discusses the evidentiary standards applied to allegations of sexual violence on 7 October, including what he says was the absence of forensic evidence, digital imagery and direct witness testimony in support of some widely circulated claims. He also recounts testimony collected fr...
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- Burnham defends UK decision to sanction Israeli settlements
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Speaking at a press conference at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended the UK’s decision to impose sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
“If we face a situation where there's a tender to put settlements on the West Bank, that, in effect, make a two state solution not viable, what do we do? Because if we do nothing, then it further erodes people's trust in politics,” he said.
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- Did military GPS jamming technology cause two civilian plane crashes?
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Rhana Natour, journalist and producer, says that military GPS jamming likely played a role in two sudden civilian plane crashes this summer, raising urgent questions about air safety in an era of expanding electronic warfare.
She explains that the first crash occurred in New Mexico in May, when a medical evacuation plane lost its GPS capabilities during a US military jamming exercise. With air traffic controllers overwhelmed by multiple GPS-less aeroplanes, the pilots attempted a visual descent in the dark and flew straight into a mountain.
The second crash involved a Pakistani cargo plane in June, which nose-dived into the sea at supersonic speed just minutes after losing its GPS over the Strait of Hormuz. Natour notes this is one of the world’s "most heavily GPS-denied areas", but warns that overlapping jamming by various countries makes the crash investigation a "big, big mess".
Aviation journalist Jeff Wise argues that the industry relies on...
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- Macron calls Gaza ‘a spectacle that shames us all’ at UNGA address
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Speaking at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron slams world leaders’ inactivity in the face of Israel’s violations of the Palestinian people’s right to exist.
“What is our credibility worth if we remain inactive on Gaza? Some claim that peace has been achieved, but this has not opened up humanitarian deliveries for a second. Are we to just watch this spectacle that shames us all?,” he said.
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- Sharaa to Trump: ‘Why don't you give New Jersey to the Israelis?’
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- “Why don't you give New Jersey to the Israelis?”
During an Atlantic Council panel in New York on Tuesday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa recounted a past White House meeting where he joked with President Trump over his decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.
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- Burnham says war on Gaza and settlement expansions pushing two-state solution to ‘point of no return
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to warn that continued war on Gaza and Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank were pushing prospects for a two-state solution towards a "point of no return”.
Burnham cited the planned E1 settlement project, saying it would sever East Jerusalem from the West Bank, and urged action to match long-standing international support for a Palestinian state.
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- Could Germany’s Left-Right divide change Europe?
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- 32:16
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- After Germany’s left-wing party Die Linke took the lead in Berlin’s state election and the far-right AfD won in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, German politics looks more polarised than ever.
As people turn from centrist politics, Middle East Eye’s Mohamed Hashem speaks to Samuel Clowes Huneke, an associate professor in modern European history at George Mason University to ask: is Europe headed for a divided future?
Then he is joined by MEE’s Oscar Rickett to discuss a UK charity that has been involved in funding a yeshiva in occupied East Jerusalem, which now has approval to expand into Sheikh Jarrah.
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- US citizen deported to Mexico amid Trump immigration crackdown
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- In April the US government deported an American citizen named Brian Morales to Mexico in one of the first known such incidents during this latest immigration crackdown. Rhana Natour speaks to Morales's attorney who says there could be many more cases like this.
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- Are Germans turning away from centrism? Berlin elections explained
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Germany's far-right party AfD and its left-wing Die Linke are not equally opposed, said Samuel Clowes Huneke on MEE Live, speaking to Mohamed Hashem.
The professor of modern German history argued that while Die Linke ran on issues like affordable housing, AfD ran on anti-immigrant, exclusionary rhetoric.
Die Linke's win in Berlin's state election and recent AfD victories show Germans are turning away from centrism, but are they as polarised as they seem?
Watch the latest episode of MEE Live on YouTube.
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- Turkish president slams Israel’s ‘genocidal mindset’ at UNGA
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- “We face a genocidal mindset that is insatiable in its killing.”
During his address at the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel’s “genocidal mindset” and criticised its actions in Gaza.
Erdogan said that Gaza has become “the most inhuman and shameful concentration camp of our time”, calling it "the world’s largest graveyard for children".
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- King Abdullah of Jordan says ‘Israel is attempting to erase Palestinian lives’ in Gaza
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Israel was “attempting to erase Palestinian lives and impose a new territorial reality in Gaza”.
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- Trump threatens to drive Iran 'into hell' if Tehran fails to reach deal
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- "Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, or Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?,” says Trump at UN general assembly.
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- Israeli settlements in West Bank ‘raise spectre of ethnic cleansing’, says UN chief
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Israeli settlement expansion, violence and displacement in the occupied West Bank are damaging prospects for peace and raising the “spectre of ethnic cleansing”.
“Violence, displacement and settlement expansion in the Occupied West Bank are bulldozing the path to peace and raising the spectre of ethnic cleansing,” Guterres said at the opening of the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level gathering.
“We cannot allow the two-State solution to disappear before our eyes.”
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- Israeli forces raid town of Palestinian suspected of shooting Israeli settler
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Israeli forces raided Biddu, the hometown of a Palestinian man suspected of fatally shooting an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank the previous day, with soldiers seen arresting blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinians.
The Jerusalem Governorate, the Palestinian local authority for the area, said Israeli forces raided Biddu at dawn and “carried out a large-scale arrest campaign targeting dozens of young men”.
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- ‘People had given up on Gaza’: Norman Finkelstein on The David Hearst Podcast
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- “The moment you say it’s a war, Israel has won the propaganda war.”
Norman G. Finkelstein joins David Hearst to discuss his new book, Gaza’s Gravediggers, the evidence behind claims arising from 7 October, changing attitudes towards Israel among American Jews, Ed Miliband, international law—and why he argues that what happened in Gaza was not a war, but a genocide.
The full episode of The David Hearst Podcast will be released tomorrow, Wednesday, on Middle East Eye’s YouTube channel.
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- ‘Shame on you’: Netanyahu calls out Mamdani ahead of UNGA
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- In a video posted on his X account on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of supporting “Hamas terrorist monsters”.
“Shame on you for inciting riots against New York Jews. I'm coming to the UN. I'm going to tell the truth about our heroic soldiers. And I'm going to tell the truth about you,” he says.
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- Iran’s Pezeshkian accuses US of ‘trampling’ on MoU ahead of UN General Assembly
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Speaking in Tehran before heading to New York for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the US of trampling on its agreement to end the war with Iran.
“They are blocking the routes, they are blocking the air routes, they are blocking the land routes, they want to stir up internal divisions. But we will, God willing, render all of this futile by the grace of God,” he said, referring to new US sanctions on 27 Iranian air carriers as part of a wider sanctions project aimed at blocking Iran's access to the global economy.
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- How Dick Cheney reshaped the presidency after 9/11
- Runtime
- 12:52
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- In 2003, Abu Omar was abducted from a street in Milan by CIA officers, flown to Egypt and tortured.
His case would become one of the best documented examples of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme.
But the story of how America came to operate secret prisons, conduct warrantless surveillance and embrace torture began decades earlier.
A quarter of a century after 9/11, we look at how then-Vice President Dick Cheney helped reshape presidential power during the War on Terror, and the consequences of those decisions today
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- Is this the end of the Petrodollar?
- Runtime
- 15:55
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- America is not able to reopen two of the Middle East's main shipping routes. What does that mean for the global energy trade and the US dollar around the world?
This episode of The Big Picture explains what the "petrodollar" is, how the relationship between oil and the dollar works, and what the true threat to the US dollar may be.
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- Could the Iran war end the petrodollar?
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Can Iran force ships to pay for oil in other currencies? And will it weaken the US dollar if they do?
The US-Israeli war on Iran has sparked panic about the future of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency. But the relationship between oil and the dollar isn't as simple as you think.
To find out how the petrodollar began, and whether the Iran war could send the US dollar into decline, visit Middle East Eye's YouTube channel for the full story.
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- Artists under occupation: Tamer Nafar
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- 16:14
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- "If I knew that I have the talent to, to like, have a ghost plane where no radar can see it and I jump on it as a pilot, and I fly it over, and I break down the siege and I give food to people. I'll fucking drop the microphone tomorrow."
In this episode of Artists Under Occupation, Deana Soni interviewed Palestinian rapper, actor, screenwriter and activist, best known as the founder and lead vocalist of DAM, one of the pioneering groups in Palestinian hip-hop.
Tamer Nafar reflects on growing up in Lyd, discovering hip hop, and how his experiences of identity, displacement and inequality shaped his art. He talks about the politics that found him, the challenges Palestinian artists face, and the role of art when you cannot directly change the world around you. He also opens up about the emotional cost of continuing to create, his relationship with his father, and the ideas behind his latest album In the Name of the Father, the Imam and John Lennon.
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- How Dick Cheney reshaped the presidency after 9/11
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Dick Cheney was never president. But after 9/11, he became one of the most powerful figures in the White House.
For decades, Cheney had argued that Watergate had weakened the American presidency. As Vice President under George W. Bush, he helped push the limits of presidential power during the War on Terror, from warrantless surveillance and secret prisons to extraordinary rendition and torture.
25 years after 9/11, we look at how Cheney helped reshape the American presidency, and how those decisions continue to shape debates over executive power today
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- JD Vance blames Iran for rising oil prices
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- US Vice President JD Vance says the reason oil prices are rising in the US is “because the Iranians continue to fire missiles and drones at commercial shipping”, failing to mention the role the US-Israeli war on Iran played in the disruption to international shipping.
“This is fundamentally about the Iranians. If the Iranians want to terrorise international shipping, we, of course, are going to do everything that we can to push back against that,” says Vance, in an interview with Newsmax.
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- Medics smuggle iPhones into Gaza to film documentary
- Runtime
- 9:59
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- “I am not the same person I was before I went to Gaza.”
In this interview, British Iraqi war surgeon Dr Mohammad Tahir and filmmaker Mike Lerner discuss The Mission, a documentary following Tahir’s medical missions to Gaza. The film offers an unfiltered look at the reality of working inside Gaza’s hospitals, from treating patients in overwhelmed medical facilities to witnessing the immense pressures faced by local medical teams.
The Mission contains graphic footage from inside Gaza’s hospitals. Viewer discretion is advised.
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- UN finds 'reasonable grounds' US committed war crimes in Iran
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Sara Hossain, the chair of the UN fact-finding mission on Iran, said on Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February and that these constituted war crimes.
The US attack on the Minab school killed at least 150 people, including approximately 120 children. Another strike hit a “clearly identifiable sports complex and residential area” in the southern Iranian city of Lamerd.
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- US networks boycott Trump coverage over White House media ban
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Major US television networks boycotted President Donald Trump's outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new White House helipad, leaving his speech inaudible over the sound of an idling helicopter.
The networks staged the protest after Trump announced on Friday that he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House grounds.
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- Israeli man throws stone at Church of St. John the Baptist in Hafia
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Surveillance footage reportedly shows an Israeli man throwing a stone at the Church of St John the Baptist in Haifa.
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- Saudi air strike targets a local market in a village near Bab al-Mandeb in Yemen
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Footage released by Yemen’s Houthis shows what they say is a Saudi air strike targeting a local market in a village near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
The Houthis now control strategic coastal areas overlooking the strait after seizing them from Saudi-backed government forces.
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- Qatar PM says Israel is failing to uphold Gaza ceasefire commitments
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has called on Israel to fulfil its commitments to the Gaza ceasefire, accusing them of “acting recklessly” by continuing to kill Palestinians and blocking humanitarian aid from entering the territory.
Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum in New York on Sunday, Al Thani said the obligations set out in the agreement had not been met and called on the Israeli government to fulfil its commitments.
The Qatari prime minister was speaking about Doha’s mediation efforts to end the war in Gaza, saying peace could not simply mean bringing parties together to sign an agreement if its provisions are not subsequently implemented.
Qatar has been a key mediator in negotiations over Gaza alongside Egypt and the US.
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- Palestinian-American musician Anees speaks on Macklemore censorship
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Palestinian-American musician Anees praises his friend and fellow artist Macklemore, saying attempts to silence the rapper have only amplified his voice. He added that Macklemore’s willingness to speak out for Palestine has encouraged others to stand up and speak out as well.
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- Ed Sheeran fans react to singer’s Gaza statement after Macklemore controversy
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Ed Sheeran fans in Philadelphia gave mixed reactions to the controversy surrounding the singer’s concert after he addressed Gaza on stage.
The controversy began after rapper Macklemore, who was opening for Sheeran, made comments in solidarity with Palestine during a performance in New Jersey, including saying “Free Palestine” and performing his protest song “Hind’s Hall”.
Macklemore was subsequently removed from the remaining US dates of Sheeran’s tour after venue owners, including billionaire Robert Kraft, objected to his participation.
Kraft said the decision followed Macklemore’s recent comments and accused the rapper of antisemitism.
Sheeran and the tour’s producers ultimately conceded to the pressure, and Macklemore was removed from the remaining dates. Several other supporting acts then withdrew from the tour in solidarity with Macklemore.
At his Philadelphia concert on Saturday, Sheeran said the situation in Gaza was “catastrophi...
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- Francesca Albanese on NAZA, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's Gaza documentary | UNAPOLOGETIC
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- "The moment the enemy recognises your pain, is no longer the enemy."
Francesca Albanese on the debate within the Palestine movement over NAZA, and Israeli voices being platformed over Palestinian ones.
Full episode available on our channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wPawZE4GWk
UNAPOLOGETIC is hosted by Ashfaaq Carim.
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- NAZA film sees through the Israeli mask
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Soumaya Ghannoushi, a writer and expert in Middle East politics, argues that attempts to suppress artists and filmmakers speaking about Palestinian suffering are ultimately feeble.
Speaking about the political backlash faced by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor over their Gaza documentary NAZA, Ghannoushi says efforts to silence or intimidate artists will not work.
She argues that while institutions may be able to control who gets access to stages and platforms, they will not succeed in supressing the truth about Palestine. She draws comparisions to the Vietnam War and Apartheid South Africa where artists became oustpoken critics.
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- Israeli actress Sarai Givaty's child terrorist remarks reemerge and draw Nazi comparisons
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Israeli actress Sarai Givaty's remarks justifying Israel's killing of children in Gaza by arguing that, "they will grow up to be terrorists," has remerged online.
UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has compared the comments to arguments the Nazis gave during the Nuremberg Trials to justify their killing of children during the Holocaust.
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- Title
- Barack Obama responds to Trump's media outlet bans
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- Former US President Barack Obama has responded to Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, saying it is, “unimaginable”.
Speaking at Colgate University, Obama questioned what the reaction would have been had his administration barred Fox News from the White House.
Trump announced the bans on Friday, accusing the three outlets of repeatedly reporting what he called “fake news”. Journalists from the outlets have been denied entry and had their White House press passes revoked.
Press freedom advocates have raised concerns over the move’s implications for the First Amendment, with the outlets saying they may challenge the bans.
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