77. The Question of Hamas and the Left with Abdaljawad Omar

06/10/24 • 47 min

Mondoweiss’s Managing Editor, Faris Giacaman, speaks to Abdaljawad Omar about his article, “The Question of Hamas and the Left.” In it, Omar argues that Leftist critics in the West of Hamas fail to understand the complexity of Palestinian politics and resistance. He writes, “One cannot ground solidarity with Palestine on a politics that dismisses, overlooks, or excludes Hamas.”

Abdaljawad Omar is a PhD student and part-time lecturer in the Philosophy and Cultural Studies Department at Birzeit University.

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76. ICC arrest warrants sought for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant

On May 20, the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, filed arrest warrant applications for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three senior Hamas leaders.

Mondoweiss correspondent David Kattenburg called the charges against the Israeli leaders a "bombshell." Khan said the two men "bear criminal responsibility" for a host of war crimes and crimes against humanity including:

starvation of Gazan civilians as a method of warfare,
wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury in the besieged enclave,
wilful killing or murder,
intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population,
extermination by starvation,
and persecution and other “inhumane acts” committed from at least October 8.

All of these crimes form part of a "widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population pursuant to State policy."

In this episode, Yumna Patel speaks with Hassan Ben Imran, a member of the Governing Council of Law for Palestine, about Palestinians' long effort to access international legal institutions and the impact of this development. Later, I speak to Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign policy columnist for The Nation, about how these indictments deepen the crisis of international order.

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The Shift: Biden administration slams ICC move – Michael Arria
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78. How Israel's massacre of 270 Palestinians in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp unfolded

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Mondoweiss’s Gaza Correspondent, Tareq Hajjaj, recently published an article featuring witness testimonies of the deadly Israeli attack on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza. Massive airstrikes hit the camp just as the Israeli military staged a raid on homes inside the camp where Israeli captives were being held. Four captives were recovered alive while over 270 Palestinians were killed and as many as a thousand were wounded. Resistance groups claimed that three other captives were killed by the Israeli military during the raid.

Mondoweiss’s Managing Editor, Faris Giacaman, spoke to Tareq about his reporting.

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‘I heard all of my friends’ last breath’: Testimonies from the Nuseirat massacre - Tareq Hajjaj
Israel kills over 200 Palestinians to return 4 captives; U.S. allegedly involved in operation - Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau
My Nuseirat - Haidar Eid
Gaza resistance sources say fear is rising U.S. pier will be used for forced displacement of Palestinians - Ahmed Omar
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