Arab Voices (Episode # 1,212)

During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have 4 segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine including the Israeli genocide and catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing Israeli atrocities in the West Bank, and Lebanon, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) Rania Khalek Recounts ‘Terrifying Massacres’ in Beirut w/ Vijay Prashad - From BreakThrough News: Rania Khalek, an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on BreakThrough News, speaks with historian and analyst Vijay Prashad and Zoe Alexandra, Editor-in-Chief at Peoples Dispatch, after escaping Beirut, recounting a “horrendously terrifying” day as Israeli airstrikes leveled residential buildings without warning, overwhelming hospitals and leaving scores dead and injured. She describes indiscriminate destruction across densely populated neighborhoods, challenging claims that the attacks targeted militants and warning that “nowhere is safe” in Lebanon. Khalek also warns this escalation could expand regionally, arguing that what’s being done to Lebanon today could soon be repeated against Iran — with U.S. backing. “If the Israelis are doing this to Lebanon now, they will do it to Iran again, and so will the Americans.”

3) Netanyahu’s Gospel: From Christ to Genghis Khan - From Middle East Eye Opinion: Soumaya Ghannoushi, a writer and expert in Middle East politics, argues that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks in referencing Genghis Khan elevate conquest and violence above the moral teachings of Jesus Christ. Ghannoushi points out that when Netanyahu claimed, “Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan", he was rejecting the principles of mercy and the sanctity of life in favour of a “campaign of obliteration". She emphasises that this is not merely just rhetoric but a functional strategy in action, citing recent restrictions on Christians to celebrate in Jerusalem and Israel’s two-year genocidal war in Gaza.
 
4) Can Christian Palestinians survive Israel’s occupation? - From Middle East Eye (presenter Aaya Al-Shamahi): As the world prepares for Easter, many Palestinian Christians are being blocked from reaching their holy sites as Israeli restrictions tighten further amid the war with Iran. Israel has long restricted access for Palestinian worshippers in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. But this year, access to Jerusalem is severely limited, with site closures imposed and ceremonies cancelled during Holy Week. On Palm Sunday, senior church leaders were prevented from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the first time in centuries. For a community that now makes up less than 2% of the population, their presence is under growing strain from Israeli occupation, land loss and settler violence. So how did Palestinian Christians go from the “living stones” of Christianity to struggling to survive?

Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A., and Europe. Following is a partial list of radio stations that air/syndicate Arab Voices.