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Ex-Palestinian PM Fayyad: ‘PLO should expand to include Hamas’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Former Palestinian Authority PM Salam Fayyad says Palestinians should be tending to their own interests, not Israel’s.

“No national liberation movement in history is based on what its enemy wants,” says the former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad.

For the Palestinian Authority to have any legitimacy in the eyes of the Palestinian people, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) would have to expand its membership to include Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Fayyad tells host Steve Clemons.

Without achieving a “national consensus”, the Palestinian Authority is in no position to rule the Gaza Strip when Israel’s war on Gaza ends, Fayyad says. Otherwise, the United States’ hopes for a “revitalised” Palestinian leadership are pointless.

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Gaza’s journalists: ‘Targets’ or ‘casualties’ of Israel’s war? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Gaza’s journalists are being killed at an unprecedented rate. Plus, Israel’s most powerful allies in the US – Christian Zionist broadcasters.

According to Gaza’s government media office, Israel’s military has now killed 97 journalists in the Strip. Israel has barred international media from entering Gaza, firsthand reporting on the onslaught there has been left to Palestinians already locked into the occupied territory – documenting their own genocide.

Contributors:
Amahl Bishara – Professor of anthropology, Tufts University
Arwa Damon – Former senior international correspondent, CNN
Sari Bashi – Program director, Human Rights Watch
Wael Dahdouh – Gaza bureau chief, Al Jazeera Arabic

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The settler movement – which has placed 700,000 Israelis on the West Bank in complete contravention of international law – now has its eyes on Gaza. Producer Flo Phillips on Israeli developers’ plans in post-war Gaza.

The war in Gaza & the end times – the Christian Zionist view

Evangelicals in the United States – many of whom call themselves Christian Zionists – are some of the biggest supporters of Israel in the US, and they broadcast their support on TV and radio networks that have huge audiences.

Contributors:
Chrissy Stroop – Senior correspondent, Religion Dispatches
Melani McAlister – Author of The Kingdom of God Has No Borders
Sarah Posner – Journalist, author of Unholy

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Who wins the race for electric cars? | Automotive Industry

The global race for electric vehicles is at full speed and it is driving geopolitical rivalries.

For every seven cars sold around the world last year, one was electric. And global sales of electric cars are expected to set another record this year.

Governments are offering incentives to buy cleaner cars, as part of a push to reduce carbon emissions.

China is leading the race right now.

But, United States President Joe Biden wants to change that – and he’s spending billions of dollars to boost production in the US.

Meanwhile, the European Union is playing catchup, and investigating allegations that Beijing isn’t playing by the rules.

Plus, how green are electric cars compared to fossil fuel ones?

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Who might be the next US president? | Joe Biden

Biden and Trump are frontrunners in an uncertain contest.

Next year’s US presidential election is predicted to be a contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

But not even that is certain in the most uncertain of election campaigns.

So who else might be in the mix? And what are the important issues?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Tim Constantine – Senior vice president of diplomacy and external affairs at Washington Times and host of The Capitol Hill Show

Thomas Gift – Director of the Centre on US Politics at University College London

Arshad Hasan – Democratic political strategist

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Israel’s AI-powered ‘mass assassination factory’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘Accountability can’t be transferred to any software system,’ software engineer Laura Nolan unpacks use of AI in war.

“A mass assassination factory” was the headline of the investigation by +972 magazine and Local Call that unveiled the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) based targeting system by Israel.

The system, called Habsora, or the Gospel in English, uses advanced technology to get targeting recommendations faster than a team of human beings.

But, are technological advances making war deadlier? What kind of information goes into an AI-based military targeting system like the one Israel uses?

On UpFront, software engineer and member of the Stop Killer Robots coalition, Laura Nolan, talks to Marc Lamont Hill about using AI systems in warfare.

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Could Israel’s war on Gaza cause a wider conflict? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Regional tensions are rising over the US-backed war.

More than 20,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israel, armed and backed by the United States and European allies.

More fighting nearby too: Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen among the groups involved.

Could Israel’s war trigger a wider conflict?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Omar Rahman – fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He focuses on Palestine, Middle East geopolitics and American foreign policy in the region.

Miko Peled – human rights activist and author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, which is based on his experiences as the son of a former military governor of the Gaza Strip

Elijah Magnier – military and political analyst who, as a former war correspondent, has covered more than 35 years of conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

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Where does the conflict in Sudan stand after eight months? | TV Shows

Fighting shows no sign of ending and no political settlement on the horizon.

It’s been more than eight months since the lives of millions of Sudanese were plunged into conflict and uncertainty.

The paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces, has gained momentum in recent weeks, consolidating its grip on the vast Darfur region and seizing new territory, including the second-largest city, Wad Madani.

It’s been a major hub for people displaced from their homes.

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) – a regional body which has been trying to spearhead peace talks – said last week that had it secured a commitment from the rival sides to implement a ceasefire and hold dialogue.

So how does this latest development in Wad Madani change the dynamics of the conflict?

Presenter: Cyril Vanier

Guests:

Hamid Khalafallah – Researcher and policy analyst specialising on Sudan’s constitution building

Alan Boswell – Horn of Africa project pirector at the International Crisis Group

David Shinn – Former US chief of mission in Sudan

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Can a US-led coalition secure the Red Sea shipping lane? | Houthis

Houthi rebels have attacked several vessels in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors.

The ripple effect of Israel’s war on Gaza is causing a maritime crisis in the Red Sea – one that may have major implications for the global economy and trade.

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has been carrying out attacks on commercial vessels. The Iran-backed group says it is targeting ships linked to Israel in protest against its assault on Gaza.

As a result, several large shipping firms have suspended operations in the strategically important waterway.

The United States has announced a multinational task force to respond to the attacks.

But how effective will it be? And what impact will the disruptions have on the global economy?

Presenter: Cyril Vanier

Guests:

Thomas Juneau – non-resident fellow at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies

James Moran – former European Union ambassador to Egypt, Jordan and Yemen

Stavros Karamperidis – lecturer in maritime economics at the University of Plymouth

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Is the US complicit in the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, there is growing concern over humanitarian conditions in the besieged enclave.

Before the Israel-Hamas war, more than 500 aid trucks entered Gaza every day through the Karem Abu Salem crossing with Israel and the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

Those deliveries halted when Israel imposed a complete blockade on October 7 after Hamas carried out attacks on southern Israel.

Israel has temporarily reopened the route through Karem Abu Salem, called Kerem Shalom by Israel, to allow in more humanitarian aid.

At least 24 trucks have been allowed through – but the deliveries are far short of fulfilling the needs of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Should the United States, a staunch ally of Israel, be doing more to help the Palestinians? And how complicit is Washington in the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded?

Presenter: Cyril Vanier

Guests:

Robert Hunter – senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University

Khaled Elgindy – senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and its director of Palestine and Israel-Palestinian affairs

Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison – director of development and expansion at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

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Will Israel reach a deal on captives with Hamas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Netanyahu insists the war on Gaza will continue – despite growing anger over the Israeli army’s killing of three captives.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again declared its military campaign in Gaza will not stop until Hamas is defeated.

But with more than 100 Israeli captives being held in Gaza, he is facing growing public anger – and pressure to do more to secure their release.

To make matters worse, Israel’s army says it mistakenly killed three of them – one was holding a white flag – during a military offensive in the strip.

That has led to thousands of Israelis protesting in Tel Aviv.

The head of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad has now met senior Qataris in Europe in another attempt to secure a prisoner swap.

So, can Netanyahu agree on a deal after failing to secure the release of all the captives? And how is he dealing with their families’ anger?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests

Alon Liel – Former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and adviser to the families of the Israeli captives

Yossi Mekelberg – Associate fellow of the MENA Programme at Chatham House

Sultan Barakat – Professor of Public Policy at Hamad bin Khalifa University

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