Today’s podcast guest is Samer Sinijlawi, a Palestinian political activist who calls for democracy and Palestinian political reforms, and the founding chairman of the Jerusalem Development Fund.
In this episode, we discuss the future of the Palestinians in light of the current state of affairs, the need for new Palestinian leadership, and what Palestinians can do to build bridges and create dialogue with Israelis.
Listen now; link in bio.
In recent years, Russia has been accused of forcibly transferring hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children into Russian territory. It deprives Ukraine of its future generations, undermines national cohesion, and potentially violates international law. The systematic abduction and indoctrination of Ukrainian children could weaken Ukraine’s cultural continuity, while the trauma inflicted on these children will reverberate for generations.
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In my latest podcast episode, Evaggelos Vallianatos, a historian, environmental strategist, and writer, speaks about some of the unexpected events fueling climate change. As he notes, the fossil fuels powering fleets of tanks, aircrafts, and boats used in wars in Africa, the Middle East, and Ukraine, are all having tremendous, adverse effects on the climate.
Listen to this and more in my latest episode; link in bio. Podcast episodes are also available on all major podcasting apps.
America’s treatment of immigrants is a moral catastrophe. Families fleeing violence and persecution are seized, caged, and pushed out to countries where torture, rape, and political repression are routine, often with only the barest pretense of due process. This is not border “enforcement”; it is deliberate cruelty used as a political weapon. It has already stained America’s name before the world and shredded any claim to moral leadership.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is approaching, but in the United States, it unfolds amid rising concerns over human rights. Human Rights Watch warns that abusive immigration enforcement, threats to media freedom, and discrimination risk overshadowing the tournament. This was meant to be the first World Cup with a clear human rights framework—yet current policies are creating fear rather than protection. With most matches hosted in the US, immigrant communities, journalists, and even fans may face heightened risks, including visa restrictions and profiling. A global celebration of sport should unite people, not expose them to exclusion and intimidation. The question remains: will rights be protected, or ignored?
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Afghan women are being erased, silenced at home and now beyond borders. An Afghan human rights researcher was asked to let a man speak in her place, after a media outlet cited Taliban rules requiring women to appear fully covered or not at all. Nearly five years after the Taliban’s takeover, women are banned from education, restricted from work, and pushed out of public life. Now their voices are being suppressed globally. This is what systemic repression looks like. Afghan women should not have to fight to be heard; their voices matter everywhere.
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Today’s podcast guest is Samer Sinijlawi, a Palestinian political activist who calls for democracy and Palestinian political reforms, and the founding chairman of the Jerusalem Development Fund.
In this episode, we discuss the future of the Palestinians in light of the current state of affairs, the need for new Palestinian leadership, and what Palestinians can do to build bridges and create dialogue with Israelis.
Listen now: soundcloud.com/alon-ben-meir/on-the-issues-episode-145
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A 26-year-old woman is sitting in jail in Türkiye for defending her home. Esra Işık, an environmental activist, faces up to seven years in prison for peacefully protesting coal mining that threatens olive groves near her family’s land. She is detained not for violence, but to stop her from protesting again—an abuse of power that reflects how Erdoğan’s government is treating its own people. Silencing environmental defenders, criminalizing free speech, and ruling through fear.
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Those scum who killed hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children in Palestine have no right to speak or ask something.
