The Irish government currently allows visa-free travel for Israelis. But Palestinian students must get visas and more than half are being rejected. The Electronic Intifada’s contributor Abubaker Abed in Ireland joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to talk about his latest reports on why students who had already received admission and full scholarships to Irish universities are being denied.
On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer covers the loss of more than one-third of the US military’s MQ–9 Reaper drone fleet in Iran and Yemen.
Israel is maintaining its relentless attacks on Lebanon. Journalist Roqayah Chameseddine reports on a deafening silence and a total lack of intervention from the Lebanese government, leading families to face the Israeli onslaught alone.
Once the home to Gaza’s vineyards, Sheikh Ajlin has now been taken over by crows and stray dogs. Amro Rashad Abo Aisha and Nour Abo Aisha explain in their article ‘Crushed but defiant: The grape growers of Gaza.’
Produced by Pierre Loiselle, Nora Barrows-Friedman and Tamara Nassar. Music by Greg Wilson.
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