‘An Ongoing Nakba’: How Israel, the Media, and the West Set the Stage for Gaza’s Genocide

‘An Ongoing Nakba’: How Israel, the Media, and the West Set the Stage for Gaza’s Genocide

From Unshocked with Naomi Klein by Zeteo

June 3, 2025 · 13 min

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Naomi Klein interviews Rula Jebreal about her book discussing the ongoing violence against Palestinians and the media's role in it.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com When Western politicians are asked about Israel’s attacks on Gaza, they tend to start off by talking about October 7th. But as Palestinian foreign policy analyst and Zeteo Contributor Rula Jebreal writes in her new book, Israel’s actions are actually an extension of a decades-long campaign of violence against Palestinians. An ongoing Nakba, Rula writes. In this special episode of Unshocked, Rula joins Naomi Klein to discuss her new book, out in Europe and in Italian only (for now), “Genocidio: Quello Che Rimane Di Noi Nell'era Neo-Imperiale” (Genocide: What Is Left of Us in the Neo-Imperial Era). Rula’s book delves into Israel’s attacks on the United Nations, the Western media’s handling of the war, and her childhood experience of growing up in a Jerusalem orphanage. Rula wrote this book, she explains, because "Our memory is not written in history books. Our memories are written in refugee camps, on the walls and the streets... What remains of us in this moment is to document this history." Rula and Naomi also discuss what her book says about Europe’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza, and how it is…

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Host: Naomi Klein

Guest: Rula Jebreal

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Books & works: Genocidio: Quello Che Rimane Di Noi Nell'era Neo-Imperiale

Places: Europe, Israel, Gaza, Palestine

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