Today’s podcast guest is Tony Klug, a Middle East analyst who has been a senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum.
In this episode, we discuss the plausibility of a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the feasibility of such a resolution, the past negotiations between Israel, the Palestinians, and involved Arab states, and what can be done based on the current facts on the ground.
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Dr. Tony Klug has been a senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum. He has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970s and was one of the first advocates of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the wake of the 1967 war. His PhD thesis (1979) was on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. For many years, he worked at Amnesty International, where he headed the international development program.
The next live episode of my podcast is this upcoming Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00am EDT with Tony Klug, senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum. He has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970s and was one of the first advocates of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the wake of the 1967 war. For many years he worked at Amnesty International where he headed the international development program.
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Today’s podcast guest is Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, his scholarly work and practice has also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building.
In this episode, we discuss the background of the current war in Sudan, both the immediate spark and the underlying history, the role of external forces in the conflict, the prospects for a resolution to this conflict, and the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe that has been fueled by this war.
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Alex de Waal is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, his scholarly work and practice has also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building. His latest book is Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine (Polity Press 2017). He is also he author of The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa (Polity Press, 2015), a full list of his publications is available below. Following a fellowship with the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard (2004-06), he worked with the Social Science Research Council as Director of the program on HIV/AIDS and Social Transformation, and led projects on conflict and humanitarian crises in Africa (2006-09). During 2005-06, de Waal was seconded to the African Union mediation team for Darfur and from 2009-11 served as senior adviser to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan, where he took on a number of roles in the negotiations leading to the independence of South Sudan. He was on the list of Foreign Policy’s 100 most influential public intellectuals in 2008 and Atlantic Monthly’s 27 “brave thinkers” in 2009.
The scale, frequency, and brazenness of human rights violations around the world have not diminished, but rather have grown profoundly, raising the question of whether the very notion of “civilization” is little more than a veneer. Scores of countries spanning the globe have committed large-scale, documented abuses against their own populations and/or native groups, and against civilians in neighboring countries, and are doing so with impunity.
Hundreds of ICE deportation flights are moving people across the United States and around the world each month, but much of this system remains difficult for the public to see. Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor is changing that by tracking routes, destinations and transfers using aviation data and other verified sources. In June alone, the project documented 288 removal flights to 36 countries. The monitor also tracks transfers to third countries and movements between U.S. detention facilities. This matters because transparency can help families locate loved ones, assist attorneys representing detainees, and allow journalists and advocates to scrutinize whether immigration enforcement complies with legal and human-rights protections.
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They came here illegally, they leave by whatever means necessary
Get them out of the USA o
Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump believing he would lower costs and improve their economic lives. Now, a new AP-NORC poll finds 65% of U.S. adults say Trump’s policies bear significant responsibility for persistently high prices, while only 17% approve of his handling of the cost of living. For many families, the economy is no longer about campaign promises or political slogans. It is about what they can put on the dinner table, whether they can pay their rent, afford healthcare, or fill their gas tank. The real measure of economic policy is ultimately how it affects people’s everyday lives.
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The dems didn’t give you lower prices. How people forget.
Perhaps the reason that groceries are so expensive is because of the millions of illegal alien invaders and lazy welfare grifters get theirs for free that I pay for with my tax dollars.
PTICES ARE HIGHER NOW THAN EVER UNDER TRUMP AND NOW BECAUSE OF TRUMPS IRAN WAR AND THE COST OF DIESAL- TRUCKERS ARE NOW ON STRIKE. NOW EVERYTHING WILL RISE AGAIN. YUP! TRUMP HAS DONE THAT TOO!
Amnesty International is calling for the abolition of ICE for the first time in its history, citing what it describes as systemic human rights violations across U.S. immigration enforcement. Its investigation documents allegations of discriminatory arrests and detention, denial of due process, repression of peaceful protest, inhumane detention conditions, and unlawful use of lethal force. Amnesty argues these are not isolated abuses but evidence of deeper systemic failures that limited reforms cannot fix. These serious allegations demand independent investigation, accountability, and public scrutiny. No immigration agency should operate beyond the reach of human rights and the rule of law. A day of judgment is near in a court of law for Trump, who initiated these gross human rights violations.
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That means increase the size of ice
Lice, lice, baby.
Amnesty International can pound sand
You don't have to like it you just have to deal with it
Sane people call for the abolition of Amnesty International
And then what happened
DITTO DITTO DITTO DITTO I AGREE 100%
Do not take the polls or the election for granted. Don’t sit this one out folks. We can get this done. We need to get this done. Get out there and get this done. Vote blue in numbers too big to rig!!
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Can anyone point out a time between 2008-2016 where Amnesty International had anything to say about the EXACT same thing that they are magically now upset about?
We need ICE.
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No one cares what amnesty international says.
Good call
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GO ICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 👏👏👏
And nobody cares
The bullshit is right in their name...amnesty (hahaha)
Fake post… stupid people
I call for the abolition of Amnesty International. There, problem solved, right?
Pakistani authorities have arbitrarily detained members of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s family, including his three sisters, along with activists from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party ahead of planned protests. Amnesty International says the detentions violate rights to liberty, freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Authorities have also erected roadblocks in Islamabad, while officials have vowed to prevent the demonstrations. Amnesty called for the immediate release of Khan’s relatives and PTI workers and urged authorities to facilitate peaceful protest rather than suppress it. A government cannot protect public order by preemptively silencing political opposition. The right to peaceful protest is not a privilege granted by those in power—it is a fundamental human right.
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Free Imran Khan now
FREE IMRAN KHAN
Who is this poster. Looks like a Jew. How he can say imran is innocent. He is sowing what he sowed for others.
