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We are joined by 88-year-old Jewish German American Marione Ingram, who describes how her scheduled speaking tour in Hamburg — the city she fled in the Holocaust — was “postponed” this month amid a wider backlash against those speaking out against Israel’s assault on Gaza. Ingram has been protesting for months outside the White House calling for a ceasefire, and characterizes U.S. and German pro-Israel policy as “disturbing” and “frightening.” As a survivor of the Holocaust, Ingram says, “My childhood... Читать дальше...

We speak with award-winning Palestinian American artist and filmmaker Emily Jacir, whose event in Berlin in October was canceled after Israel launched its ongoing assault on Gaza. Jacir decries a pattern of “harassment, baseless smear campaigns, canceling shows, canceling talks” conducted against Palestinian artists in Germany and around the world. “It’s very much part of a coordinated movement,” she says, connecting global censorship of diasporic Palestinian voices with the violent “targeted destruction... Читать дальше...

We spend the hour looking at how artists, writers and other cultural workers in the United States and Europe are facing a growing backlash after expressing solidarity for Palestine. We begin with one of these “canceled” cultural workers: renowned Palestinian American artist Samia Halaby, whose first U.S. retrospective was canceled by her graduate alma mater, Indiana University, after she criticized Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. The school’s provost said this week the show would have been a “lightning... Читать дальше...

Pakistan Launches Retaliatory Airstrikes Against Iran, U.S. Bombs Yemen for Fourth Time in a Week, Israeli Bombing in Rafah Kills 16 Displaced Palestinians, Including Children, Israel Blows Up Israa University Near Gaza City, Palestinian Journalist Wael Fannouneh of Al-Quds Today TV Killed by Israel in Gaza City, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres Reiterates Call for Ceasefire in Gaza, 10 Palestinians Killed in Occupied West Bank as Israel Carries Out Major Raids, U.K. House of Commons Approves Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda... Читать дальше...