Palestine Remembered

Welcome back to our listeners for the first Palestine Remembered programme for 2018.  Last November, Robert Martin went to the home of Bassem Tamini and spoke to him about Nabi Saleh, the Ramallah village the Tamini family have long called home, a town that has for years been at the forefront of the resistance to the Israeli occupation of their land.  

Whilst Palestine Remembered is on a short summer break from normal programming, they present some wonderful music for your listening enjoyment.

In the final programme for 2017, the Palestine Remembered hosts, Nasser, Robert and Yousef, discuss the major issues affecting Palestine during 2017. This will be the last programme for 2017, although Palestine Remembered will return to the 3CR airwaves in early 2018.

To comment on Trump's infamous declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, we spoke to Laila Odeh, a France 24 correspondent in Jerusalem and also with Ahmad Naguib, an Egyptian news analyst and political commentator."We are heading to a third intifada" Odeh said as she gave an inside reflection of events from Jerusalem.From Cairo, Naguib spoke about the importance of Jerusalem to Egypt and the Arab world, as he also shared his views on BDS and anti-normalization. 

This week on Palestine Remembered, Robert Martin interviewed Israeli Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan about propaganda, ideology and hate in Israeli school books and the curriculum.  Also Nasser Mashni speaks with Gideon Levy, an Israeli author and journalist with the newspaper Haaretz.

Palestine Remembered talks to Dr Ahmad Jamil Azem, the director of the Palestinian and Arabic studies programme at Birzeit University in Palestine, about the American pressure on the Palestinians and the closure of the PLO delegation in Washington.

Palestine Remembered interviews Robert Martin about his recent visit to Palestine.

Palestine Remembered interviews Dr Ahmad Tibi a Member of Israel’s parliament the Knesset. The interview was recorded by Robert Martin during his travels to Palestine and was conducted along with an International Group of Solidarity activist.

Palestine Remembered discusses the Balfour Declaration, it origins and consequences for the Palestinian people.

Palestine Remembered speaks to Dr Ghassan Khatib from Birzeit University about the recent reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas

Palestine Remembered speak to Robert Martin who is on the ground in Palestine… his journey, thoughts and observations thus far.

Palestine Remembered speaks with Ms Susan Shalabi, Vice President of the Palestine Football Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confederation about Palestine’s success in the recent Asian Cup qualifying rounds and of the challenges Palestinians face playing football. We also discuss the recent BDS victory against Elbit Systems Australia.

Michael Shaik - the person behind the flotillas idea to break the Gaza blockade.Michael Shaik is an Australian advocate for Palestine, and a regular commentator & writer on the Palestinian issue. Michael shared some highlights of his long journey in supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom, and his views on current issues. 

This week Palestine Remembered replays their thought provoking programme commemorating the 35th anniversary of the massacres of Sabra and Shatila.

Palestine Remembered talk to Dr Ahmad Jamil Azem, the director of the Palestinian and Arabic studies programme at Birzeit University in Palestine, about Israel’s diplomatic offensive into Africa, South America, India and China.

This week Palestine Remembered commemorates the 35th anniversary of the massacres of Sabra and Shatila.

This week Palestine Remembered breaks down the “Peace Process” and dispels the myth of Palestinian intransigence.

This week Palestine Remembered speaks to Laila Odeh, a Palestinian reporter in Jerusalem who works for France 24 in Palestine. She talks of the challenges reporters face in the “only democracy in the  middle east”.

Robert Martin, co-host and now guest, unpacks his story of becoming one of the most vocal Australian voices in support of Palestine.  He takes us through the journey of discovering the Palestinian narrative, and how the Israeli hostilities against Gaza in 2014 made him see the Palestinian struggle from a completely new perspective. 

Palestine Remembered commemorates the 9th anniversary of the passing of esteemed Palestinian thinker, poet and thought leader, the icon of Palestinian art Mahmoud Darwish.We also review recent Labor party voting in state conferences with respect to the recognition of the State of Palestine by the next federal Labor government and discuss APAN’s recent Canberra Parliamentarian dinner (watch speeches here)We invite our listeners to join us at APAN’s annual fundraising dinner – details can be found here  For comments or questions please call or text 0437 990 415