With a long history of activism, Pomona College students live up to their reputation of never backing down from mobilizing against oppression. We conducted a brief interview with a PR spokesperson for the Pomona Divest Apartheid, a resilient on-campus pro-Palestinian movement that has only grown more determined and larger in student numbers and support despite the administration's heavy handed initial approach against its own students (and traditions) using local law enforcement as its mercenari...
May 12, 2024•23 min
On this episode of our coverage and analysis of Israel's Rafah assault, we examine the geo-political factors influencing the changing US policy towards Israel and the mounting international pressure to halt this misguided military action. We are joined today by returning geo-political analyst, Elina Xenophontos. https://www.instagram.com/elina_linax/ #israelpalestineconflict #ceasefire #decolonize #antiimperialism #globalaffairs #foreignaffairs #humanrights #israelhamaswar #counterterrorism #mil...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Now, Three months ago I said the Rafah assault probably wouldn’t happen. It’s operationally impossible, Israel has no achievable goals, the resistance is still active in the north, but sometimes I forget that every decision Israel makes is in its own worst interest and its only agenda is genocide and ethnic cleansing at all costs. Its absolute insanity, but let’s breakdown the major developments and what they mean going forward. Video credit: https://www.instagram.com/zirafamedia/ #israelpalesti...
May 08, 2024•46 min
Pro-Palestine student protests have flared up across the country in conjunction with campus and police crackdowns, with many students learning that their universities are essentially collegiate hedge funds. They demand divestment from Israel. The level of state violence they have endured at the hands of police has not been seen since the Vietnam Backlash. In this Episode we discuss the Imperial Boomerang, or the thesis that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial terri...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Most American conservatives support Israel but are completely unaware of Israel establishing Epstein's empire, their cultivation of corruption with our politicians, their alliance with and monopoly over the main stream media and Hollywood, their involvement in supplying tyrannical regimes (including our own) with surveillance technology, their psyop of manipulating the American church culture to believe that Israelis are the "ancient Israelites", and their cooperation with big multinational corp...
Apr 30, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Last night Israel launched its response to Iran, and as anticipated, in the words of National Security Minister Ben Gvir “It was Weak.” Israel and the collective West’s non-0existent response to Iran, as well as Iran’s master class deterrence policy, clearly exhibits the historic proportions of the global re-alignment of power that is occurring. After Decades of of provoking Iran via copious assassinations against key members of it military and scientific communities, Iran’s calculated response ...
Apr 23, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Nobody fascists like my people. In this episode we focus on Germany as American college campuses erupt in protest because of its symbolic importance. Germany has a lot of "sins of the father" dynamics going on which places it ideologically in support of Israel unconditionally. The central question is if this authoritarian crackdown can ever be checked. We have invited Helen Fares, a Syrian/German journalist (or Syrian living in Germany) on to discuss this shocking intractability of the German Go...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 19
The ghost wars for regional influence in the Gulf and the Levant between Israel and the US, Russia and Iran, continue but the long-established status quo has changed. In this episode of Operational Breakdown, we look at Iran's telegraphed yet effective and measured response to Israel's bombing of its Consulate in Damascus. We also talk about the logic of Deterrance, which is an important pillar of geo-political analysis. #israelpalestineconflict #ceasefire #decolonize #antiimperialism #globalaff...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
A continuation of what turned into an unexpected cross interview, we dive into personal stories from Palestine, the often-sour relationship between American Jews and Israelis, racism among Israeli Jews, the horrors that Palestinians face, the inevitable demise of the Israeli apartheid, Wally's genius strategy suggestions in bolstering the economic power of Palestinians in the West Bank and the light of hope awaiting the future of Palestine. Support Wally and all of his endeavors by checking out ...
Apr 15, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 17
With the illegal Israeli settlements expanding further in the West Bank, entrepreneur and Palestinian American activist, Wally Rashid gives us a horrifying glimpse into the the nightmare that Palestinian families face on a daily basis at the hands of the most violent and deranged Israeli settlers. Broken up into two parts, this episode also served as a dynamic mutual interview between Wally and Mark, and the impact which experiencing the West Bank first hand left on their lives as American men. ...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On April 1st, Israel took the unprecedented action of leveling an Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria. Embassies and diplomatic buildings have historically enjoyed international protection since they are recognized as sovereign territory. So, how will Iran respond to this attack on its own soil? They are being calculated, and not rushing a hasty response. Here we break it down through the lens of a very irresponsible article in Time Magazine. #israelpalestineconflict #ceasefire #decolonize #ant...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Weaponized starvation, bombing safe zones, the destruction of infrastructure including hospitals, libraries, schools… Using white phosphorous on people… sound familiar? In this episode we draw parallels between the genocide of the Tamil People in Sri-Lanka, which Israel was also involved in, and the current catastrophe in Gaza. So to guide us through this sad chapter in modern history, we have Dushyanthi Satchi - a licensed clinical psychotherapist and policy analyst. She has a Masters in both c...
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 16
While AIPAC is a significant force in United States politics, many Christian Evangelical politicians would still support Israel unconditionally no matter its crimes. In this episode we plumb the thorny depths of Evangelical End-Times Prophecy, which dominates the lives of over 100 million Americans. We invite you to listen, as you cannot understand the American political landscape without taking these very reasonable people into account...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Continuation of a discursive and chaotic marathon of academic discourse with the Doc and an anonymous guest who requested to remain mostly as an occasional interactive listener . We invited a personal friend of Mark - Palestinian American Muslim mom, Rashy, who is incidentally also a student of O'Mara's lives. Recorded on Sunday, March 24th during the holy month of Ramadan, the Jewish holiday of Purim and Palm Sunday, 3 holidays of the 3 Abrahamic faiths. We didn't cover nearly the amount of ter...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Another discursive and chaotic marathon of academic discourse with the Doc and an anonymous guest who requested to remain mostly as an occasional interactive listener . We invited a personal friend of Mark - Palestinian American Muslim mom, Rashy, who is incidentally also a student of O'Mara's lives. Recorded on Sunday, March 24th during the holy month of Ramadan, the Jewish holiday of Purim and Palm Sunday, 3 holidays of the 3 Abrahamic faiths. We didn't cover nearly the amount of territory as ...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
An introductory discussion about Julian Assange, the Wikileaks witch-hunt, and an examination of the Islamic State. Here is your primer for the uninitiated! Elina Xenophontos - an International Law and Globalisation specialist. She has worked as a researcher in international and EU policy, with special focus on financial and corporate crime. She has worked with organisations such as SOMO - The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations based in the Netherlands. Instagram - https://www.ins...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This is a very free-form episode about the proposed Rafah Assault, Bibi's political predicament, and how I (Greg Stoker) almost got kicked out of Ranger Regiment in a shoot house ten years ago...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Ex-Israeli Soldier discusses militant Zionism and the dehumanization of the self, which allows for the atrocities that we are seeing on the ground. We also rag on Liberals on this one again. One of my favorite past-times. Thanks to Yuval Manns for coming on. Links below: https://www.instagram.com/yuvalmanns/ https://yuvalman.com/ #israelpalestineconflict #ceasefire #decolonize #antiimperialism #globalaffairs #foreignaffairs #humanrights #israelhamaswar #counterterrorism #militaryindustrialcomple...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Three US Military Veterans - A former US Army Ranger, a Field Artillery Officer, and an Intelligence Officer walk into a podcast to discuss IDF targeting, government corruption, and interpretations of the word "Terrorist." As we watch the brutal prosecution of the civilian population of Gaza, we are wondering if you have any veterans in your life who are still on the fence about the morality of what's happening on the ground. If so, please send them this. Thanks to special guest Josephine Guilbe...
Mar 14, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 11
The construction of this "Aid Port" on the shore of Gaza is a very transparent attempt to entrench and exploit Western energy interests in the Gaza marine basin. In this episode we discuss the strategic importance of Cyprus, an Island with its own colonial struggle, within the context of the ongoing catastrophe in Palestine. We are joined today by: Elina Xenophontos, an International Law and Globalisation specialist. She has worked as a researcher in International and EU policy throughout Europe...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
It is Monday, March 11th and a temporary aid port was announced by the Biden Administration in order to deliver humanitarian aid and bypass an increasingly uncontrollable Israel. Let's break it down!
Mar 11, 2024•44 min
Acclaimed Journalist Anthony Loewenstein joins us to discuss the general process of how Israel designs, tests and exports the technology of Apartheid and occupation around the globe. Links: https://www.instagram.com/antloewenstein@antloewenstein https://twitter.com/antloewenstein https://www.youtube.com/user/antonyloewenstein https://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Laboratory-Exports-Technology-Occupation/dp/183976208X #israelpalestineconflict #ceasefire #decolonize #antiimperialism #globalaffairs #for...
Mar 11, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We are still seeing a problematic conflation of Jewishness and Zionism. We need to resist and challenge this at every turn because it only fuels Israeli militancy and lends credence to its claims of existential threat. The following exhaustive conversation strives for this nuance. Part 2: is all about the history and various forms of antisemitism and why it's vital to the liberation of Palestine to keep it out of the movement and foster cooperation between Jews and Palestinians to end this occup...
Mar 08, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 8
We are still seeing a problematic conflation of Jewishness and Zionism. We need to resist and challenge this at every turn because it only fuels Israeli militancy and lends credence to its claims of existential threat. The following exhaustive conversation strives for this nuance. Part 1: is all about the history, factions, and various forms of Zionism. Cheers! Follow Dr. O'Mara on his channel for more in-depth education on everything anthropology and history: https://www.youtube.com/@OfficeHour...
Mar 08, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
A lot of unfortunate things happened this past week. From Kamala Harris's cynical speech to the beef between Netanyahu and Gantz, we do out best to cover all the strategic developments in an hour and four minutes. Cheers!
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Michael Schirtzer, Comedian and co-host of the Palestine Pod, discusses Zionism and Anti-Semitism within the context of Palestine. We believe this is an important issue so we can consider this episode part 1 of 2 on this topic. The Palestine Pod: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePalestinePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael_schirtzer?igsh=eXhybTF0MXA4NDFx
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode we focus on the complex humanitarian situation on the ground in Gaza, the difference in circumstances between the north and the south, with Palestinian Journalist and Activist Zeena Aqel. We also touch on civilian/IDF interactions on the ground, as well as protests outside of the Rafah border crossing by Israeli Settlers. Zeena's Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/zeenaaqel?igsh=MTk2YnQyeWxkZGNjaA%3D%3D
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
On Sunday, February 25th, US Airman Aaron Bushnell lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. In this episode we look at various viewpoints in order to assess public reaction and predict how certain actors will try and shape the narrative around this extreme action.
Feb 27, 2024•49 min
Today we are joined by Jason Green, retired Field-Grade Air Defense Artillery Officer to talk about the basics of air defense and why you should learn about it in order to not be manipulated by the media, and the war-mongering "Bomb Iran" politicians. The US is vulnerable in the Middle East and will not risk escalation. Let's get into it!
Feb 25, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this Episode we discuss the anti-Netanyahu Protests in Tel-Aviv, the dissonance of the colonizing mentality, and the "allyship" of Liberals. We again get into to the self-serving narrative of Neoliberals as an expression of supremacy in the latter third of the episode. You know, because it's almost election season and this is an extremely important topic. We are joined by Jenan Matari - Palestinian storyteller, content creator, and activist. Jenan's Social: https://www.instagram.com/jenanmata...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 4
