Rania Khalek Dispatches
by Rania Khalek
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Are Democrats Hijacking the Palestine Movement? w/ Sana Saeed
Are Democrats Hijacking the Palestine Movement? w/ Sana Saeed
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Catch Rania Khalek's Dispatches for insight, analysis, investigations, interviews and on the ground reports on global issues from a left perspective.
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- Are Democrats Hijacking the Palestine Movement? w/ Sana Saeed · 1 h 13 minIs the Democratic Party actually changing to embrace Palestine and left-wing causes, or is it doing what it always does: absorbing the movement that threatens it? Rania Khalek is…
- Terror, Pogroms & Land Theft: Inside Israel's Final Push to Take the West Bank, w/ Jasper Nathaniel · 45 minJournalist Jasper Nathaniel just spent a month in the occupied West Bank, and he came back with a warning: while the world watches Gaza, Israel is finishing a decades-long…
- Greater Israel: The Plan to Dominate the Middle East w/ Daniel Levy · 42 minThe media wants you to think “Greater Israel” is a fringe fantasy belonging to Ben Gvir and the settler far right. It's not. It's a project for dominating the entire Middle East…
- Revulsion at Israel Is Changing Everything, w/ Susan Abulhawa · 50 minIt's been over a thousand days since Israel began its livestreamed genocide in Gaza, and global politics is still shifting as a result. Candidates who refuse AIPAC money are…
- The World Has Turned Against Israel, w/ Ali Abunimah · 53 minAli Abunimah joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches to discuss the dramatic collapse of global support for Israel, the growing backlash against Western support for genocide in Gaza…
- They Want You Hopeless: The Psychology of Empire & Resistance, w/ Lara Sheehi · 1 h 3 minAs Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues and Lebanon faces ongoing aggression and political pressure to capitulate, many people are grappling with fear, exhaustion, and despair…
- Iran Didn’t Collapse — And Now Trump Is Cornered, w/ Trita Parsi · 35 minThe U.S. and Israel launched a massive war on Iran expecting quick capitulation. Instead, Iran absorbed the assault, retaliated across the region, and exposed major limits to…
- U.S.-Iran War About to Explode Again? w/ Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran · 1 h 8 minThe Trump administration has announced a new military operation in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran is warning that any unauthorized U.S. presence will be treated as hostile. At…
- Are Israel & the US Failing in Lebanon and Iran? w/ Jon Elmer · 1 h 6 minAs war spreads across Lebanon and Iran, the U.S. and Israel claim they are making progress. But on the ground, the picture looks far more complicated. After a supposed pause in…
- Before Hezbollah: The Leftist Resistance Israel Crushed in Lebanon · 1 h 8 minAs Israel escalates its war on Lebanon, one narrative dominates: that Hezbollah is the cause of the conflict. But that story erases decades of history. Long before Hezbollah…
- Iran Defiant as Trump Threatens ‘A Civilization Will Die Tonight,’ w/ Mouin Rabbani · 59 minDonald Trump has issued a shocking ultimatum to Iran: submit, or face the destruction of its civilian infrastructure and the total devastation of the country within hours. As…
- Trump Threatens to Take Iran ‘Back to Stone Age.’ Here’s Why It May Backfire. | w/ Foad Izadi · 33 minThe U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has entered its second month, and despite repeated assassinations, attacks on infrastructure, and growing civilian casualties, Iran has not…
- Inside the Strait of Hormuz: Eyewitness to US-Israeli War Crimes in Iran | w/ Dimitri Lascaris · 32 minJournalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris just returned from Iran, where he traveled from Tehran to the Strait of Hormuz, witnessing firsthand the impact of the US-Israeli war. From…
- One War Across Many Fronts: Iran, Lebanon & the ‘Axis of Resistance’ | w/ Ali Hashem · 25 minSpeaking from Tehran, Al Jazeera correspondent and columnist Ali Hashem explains how Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq are all part of a single, interconnected battlefield, a…
- The War On Iran Is Spiraling Out of Control, w/ Trita Parsi · 26 minAs the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran escalates into a second month, the situation is becoming increasingly unpredictable and uncontrollable. Iranian missiles are hitting Israeli…
- Israel Wants to Annex South Lebanon — But Hezbollah Isn’t Defeated, w/ Karim Makdisi · 59 minAs Israel expands its war across the region, Lebanon is once again in the crosshairs. Israeli officials are openly calling for pushing the border to the Litani River, annexing…
- Iran Won’t Back Down — And Is Ready to Escalate If the US Does, w/ Mohammad Marandi · 34 minThe United States and Israel are pushing the region toward a dangerous escalation with Iran, threatening strikes on energy infrastructure and even raising the possibility of a…
- Fate of Global South Hinges on Iran War, w/ Marxist Economist Prabhat Patnaik · 53 minIn week 4 of the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, the global economy has been pushed to the brink. Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz shows just how key it is to…
- Iran Plays the Long Game Against Trump — And It’s Working · 48 minThree weeks into the war on Iran, the conflict is expanding more than ever. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, energy infrastructure is under attack, and U.S. bases are increasingly…
- Israel Invades Lebanon Again: The Greater Israel Project That Keeps Failing · 1 h 9 minIsrael has expanded its war across the region, bombing Lebanon and Iran while preparing a potential ground invasion into southern Lebanon. Israeli officials claim the goal is…
- War on Iran Could Crash the Global Economy: Yanis Varoufakis Explains · 52 minThe war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran could send shockwaves through the global economy. Energy markets, shipping routes, fertilizer supply, and cloud infrastructure are all…
- Military Analysis of Iran’s Strategy + U.S. Soldiers’ Growing Opposition to the War · 1 h 23 minAs war between Iran, Israel, and the United States escalates, what’s actually happening on the battlefield, and how is the conflict being viewed inside the U.S. military itself?…
- Iran Prepared for a Long War. Vali Nasr on Trump’s Miscalculation · 43 minAs Israel expands its war on Iran and U.S. officials float the possibility of American boots on the ground, what is really happening behind the headlines? Iran expert at Johns…
- Huckabee Admits Insanity of Christian Zionism on Tucker: Israel Can Take ‘All’ of Middle East · 35 minMike Huckabee’s reference to borders stretching “from the Euphrates to the Nile” has sparked a diplomatic firestorm across the Middle East. Even governments that normalized…
- Rubio vs AOC: Different Strategies, Same Empire [Preview] · 49 minAt the Munich Security Conference, Marco Rubio said the quiet part out loud. No more “rules-based order.” No more liberal pretense. Just open coercion. After Gaza — after a…
- On-the-Ground in Iran as US Prepares New Bombing Campaign · 53 minThe United States is mobilizing for a new war on Iran — repositioning military forces, floating assassination threats, and insisting on negotiations at the same time. As this…
- Minneapolis Erupts, Protests Spread Nationwide After ICE Killing of Alex Pretti · 1 h 23 minJoin Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra for a special live show as Minneapolis erupts after Border Patrol agents killed nurse and legal observer Alex Pretti, just hours after a…
- Iran, Venezuela, Palestine: The Collapse of International Law | Craig Mokhiber · 1 h 4 minRania Khalek is joined by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, "Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of…
- ‘There’s Been No Betrayal Here’ | Exclusive w/ Venezuela’s Ex-Foreign Minister · 52 minThe U.S. military raid on Venezuela on January 3 shocked the world. On Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s former foreign minister, to explain what…
- Why Trump Attacked Venezuela: Empire, Oil & China, w/ Ben Norton · 1 h 34 minRania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked…
- Gangster Imperialism: After Kidnapping Maduro, Trump Threatens Cuba, Colombia, Mexico · 1 h 33 minRania Khalek is joined by Zoe Alexandra of People’s Dispatch and special guests for a live episode of Dispatches examining the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on…
- Can DSA Hold Mamdani Accountable? Its Co-Chairs Respond · 48 minA DSA member just won one of the most significant left-wing electoral victories in recent memory with Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York — despite red-baiting, anti-Palestinian…
- Zohran Rises, Trump Flexes, Europe Falls — w/ Yanis Varoufakis · 40 minAs the world slides deeper into imperial rot — from Trump’s transformation of the U.S. into a Department of War state, to Europe’s political collapse, to global leaders…
- Why Israel Has No Future in the Middle East | Nakba Survivor Dr. Ghada Karmi · 45 minAs Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, killing and starving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with Western backing, even during so-called ceasefires, one thing…
- Trump’s LIES about Venezuela EXPOSED · 57 minDozens have been killed in U.S. airstrikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts. The Trump administration claims it’s targeting drug traffickers — but there’s no…
- How Big Tech Is Colonizing the Internet, Partnering with Israel · 31 minBig Tech loves to sell itself as a liberatory force for connection, free speech, and empowerment. But when it comes to Palestine, those same companies have partnered with Israel…
- Is Zionism Collapsing? w/ Historian Ilan Pappé · 48 minWhat we’re witnessing in Gaza is not just another chapter of Zionism — it’s the final stage. That’s the argument of Israeli historian Ilan Pappé, who joins Rania Khalek on…
- ‘Greater Israel’ Exposed: The Existential Threat to Lebanon & the Levant · 54 minIsrael and its U.S. backers are advancing a clear project: Greater Israel. That means weakening every state in the Levant, fueling sectarianism, and pressuring Lebanon to disarm…
- Boat of Veterans Joins Gaza Flotilla, Israel Threatens ‘Terrorism’ Arrests, w/ Greg Stoker · 40 minU.S. military veteran Greg Stoker joins Dispatches from the ship deck of the Global Sumud Flotilla, comprised of dozens of boats that just launched from Barcelona with the goal…
- Israel Killed Shireen. The U.S. Covered It Up. Now Journalists Are Being Hunted. · 44 minIsrael murdered Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, then lied about it. The Biden administration helped them cover it up. Now, Israel is targeting even…
- Why No Military Intervention Against Israel? Hypocrisy of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ · 45 minThe Western elite once claimed ignorance during the Holocaust. Today, Israel’s genocide in Gaza unfolds in full view, yet nothing is done. The most powerful states arm the…
- NATO Lost in Ukraine and the West Is In Denial, w/ Vijay Prashad · 47 minTrump met with Putin. Hillary Clinton praised his “better understanding” of Ukraine. Europe bowed its head and posed for a photo. And Ukraine? Still collapsing — politically and…
- ‘Hypocrites!’ Krystal Ball Torches Dem Leaders on Israel · 44 minJournalist and co-host of Breaking Points Krystal Ball joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches for a raw conversation about Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Democratic Party’s…
- Israel Is a Death Cult, Politicians Are Cowards & the Media Is Rotten, w/ Abby Martin · 54 minStarvation. Mass death. Children wasting away on camera. And still, no consequences. Rania Khalek is joined by Abby Martin to expose the full horror of Israel’s genocidal war on…
- Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza: Starvation as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, w/ Mosab Abu Toha · 56 minPulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian writer and poet Mosab Abu Toha joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches to discuss Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. From the mass…
- Killed While Collecting Water: Inside Israel’s Extermination Plot | w/ Craig Mokhiber · 1 h 9 minIsrael has turned Gaza into a giant kill zone, with hundreds of Palestinians — including many children — gunned down while trying to collect food at so-called “humanitarian”…
- Iran-Israel War: Trump Tries to Control Monster He Created? | LIVE w/ Trita Parsi · 40 minThe U.S. has officially joined Israel’s war on Iran, bombing Iranian nuclear sites and obliterating what was left of the nuclear talks. With Trump hinting at regime change, the…
- MEDIA FRAUD AND WAR: Assal Rad LIVE on Iran, Israel, and U.S. Complicity · 1 h 23 minAs Israel’s war on Iran escalates, the media continues to flip the script—framing Israel as the victim and Iran as the aggressor, despite Israel initiating the conflict with…
- How Israel’s Supporters Play Victim to Justify Genocide & Silence Critics w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman · 37 minAs Israel commits a live-streamed genocide in Gaza, Western media and political elites continue to center one narrative: Jewish fear. But what about the actual victims of this…
- WAR ON IRAN: Dispatches LIVE w/ Elijah Magnier on Israel’s Massive Bombing Campaign · 1 h 0 minIsrael has launched an all out war on Iran, with hundreds of strikes accross the country on military, nuclear and civilian infrastructure as well as assassinations of military…
