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.
Listen now; link in bio.
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.
Russia is intensifying its crackdown on tools that allow people to bypass state censorship, further restricting access to independent information. Human Rights Watch reports that authorities are increasingly blocking Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), targeting their infrastructure, removing circumvention tools from app stores, and pressuring technology companies to comply. In August alone, 20 VPN providers reportedly experienced disruptions linked to government blocking. The crackdown is part of Russia’s broader effort to control the digital space, where access to independent media and major communications platforms has already been severely restricted. When governments decide what citizens can read, see, and say, censorship becomes a powerful tool for suppressing dissent and insulating authority from scrutiny.
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Amnesty International has criticized UEFA for allowing Israel to compete in the 2026/27 Nations League, arguing that the Israel Football Association continues to include clubs based in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. Amnesty says this violates FIFA rules and conflicts with international law, and has called on UEFA and FIFA to suspend the association unless it excludes those clubs. Ireland’s football association has also formally asked UEFA to consider Israel’s suspension. UEFA has nevertheless allowed the matches to proceed, using neutral venues where necessary. Amnesty argues that sporting bodies cannot separate fair play from human rights: when their own rules are at stake, accountability should not stop at the stadium gates.
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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.
Listen now: soundcloud.com/alon-ben-meir/on-the-issues-episode-168-tony-klug
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.
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TRUMP Rejects International Election Observers
By declining to invite OSCE observers to monitor the 2026 midterm elections, Trump has shown another sinister attempt to prevent free and fair elections. For the first time, the U.S. has done so since international monitoring began in 2002. The OSCE, which has observed 12 rounds of U.S. elections, called the decision a departure from established commitments. Human Rights Watch says it comes amid broader voting-rights concerns, including expanded use of the SAVE citizenship database and plans to deploy about 1,000 federal monitors to polling places. The administration is lying when it proclaims that the measures aim to prevent ineligible voting. As November approaches, independent scrutiny matters especially now when the election’s result is so consequential for American democracy.
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In all my years I didn’t know international election observers were observing me undercover. I’m thinking it was that little old lady in the Walker. 🤣🤣🤣🫵🏽
A solution in search of a problem!
Why have international security when ice can be there
Actually he is trying to make it right again
Is this a surprise to anyone ?
We only need ICE at the polls
He’s actually trying to make them fair and honest!!
I don't know but sleeping on the job can cause accidents
He's been doing that for 8 years.
Aha! Planning something?
So funny, in every country are two reality, human are insane 🤣
Were you first in line with your international Covid card too???
If they were observing and the fraud happened anyway, what good are they?
Hope so.
Yes he is.
EXACTLY... require voter ID for everyone!
Making sure that other nations aren't affecting our elections is a good thing. Make America Great Again.
Vote SAVE ACT for fair elections
Get your pitchforks ready.
Push your senators to pass the SAVE Act so he can’t.
Trying ?? It’s a done deal !
LOOK AT THAT FACE AND COMPARE.......
Is Russia and China allowing them to monitor their elections?
Why would we want international observers. Let let American observant.
