The war that was never supposed to end became the foundation of an entire political empire. A war stretched across decades, fueled by fear, sustained by ambition, and kept alive by leaders who understood that conflict can be the most profitable currency of all. Israel and Netanyahu built their power on that endless war — a war that pulled America into battles it never needed, never wanted, and never fully understood.
But then came the deal that broke the alliance. A moment when Washington shifted, when diplomacy dared to challenge the machinery of escalation, when the promise of peace threatened the very structure that had kept certain leaders untouchable. And the reaction was immediate: outrage, betrayal, political knives drawn in every direction. Because peace, for some, is more dangerous than war.
Then came the unmasking of Israeli officials. For the first time, the world watched them confronted on air, pressed by journalists who refused to bow, exposed in real time as their talking points collapsed under evidence. The shield of silence cracked, and the world saw what Palestinians have been saying for generations.
And now we enter the media war — a battlefield where narratives collide, where truth fights for oxygen, where propaganda is no longer guaranteed victory. Anchors challenge. Audiences question. Officials stumble. The old script is failing.
And in the middle of this chaos stands Donald Trump, spiraling into what many describe as political hallucinations. A man who once believed he controlled the board now realizes he was only a piece in someone else’s game. He is watching allies turn into enemies, watching donors vanish, watching the consequences of his own choices close in from every direction.
So where is the world heading now? Toward accountability? Toward collapse? Toward a new order? Or toward a storm none of us are prepared for?
The answer is not clear. And maybe that is the most honest place to begin.
If you have thoughts, I want to hear them.
Email me at TWIPpodcasts@gmail.com and tell me how you see it.
This is This Week in Palestine.
Author Mohanad Alsayed joins host Nora Barrows-Friedman to talk about his new memoir called Scars and Medals. His stories include growing up during a grassroots Palestinian uprising against Israeli military occupation, and answering his grandmother’s dying wish to undertake a quest to find her son—a rebel uncle who vanished while being hunted by Mossad.
On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer reports on how a Hezbollah Anti Tank Guided Missile torched an Israeli army tank during the battle of Ali al-Taher ridge
With their offices destroyed and their colleagues targeted, reporters must create new paths to continue their work. Ohood Nassar’s latest article looks at why Gaza’s journalists are forced to start from scratch.
Sonic Café kicks things off with the Counting Crows and their track “Boxcars” from the 2025 “Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets” release. Welcome to our cozy little radio café tucked away in the Pacific Northwest, where eclectic music, comedy, and pop culture always find their groove. I’m your host Scott Clark, and this is episode 489.
We’ve cooked up something special this time. First, get ready for a laugh-out-loud sketch from Key & Peele that hilariously exposes the mind games of competitive cooking shows. Later in the show, comedian Shane Gillis takes to the skies for a hilarious exchange with a flight attendant — classic comedy with altitude.
Our music mix is pulled from 57 years. Tune in for The Breeders from ’92, Neil Young finally settling the question — is it better to burn out or fade away? — we join Sam Fender for a bit of people watching. Plus gems from Duffy, Paul McCartney, Wet Leg, Cowboy Junkies covering “Sweet Jane,” and many more. Plus, we’ll dial the Sonic Café time machine back to 1968 to spin Spirit’s “I Got a Line on You.”
And hey — a warm Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor, United Nations Home Security. Their motto? “There’s nothing we wouldn’t do for you… but very little we can.” Classic.
So let’s get to it — here’s Billy Squier from 1984, and we’re the Sonic Café.
The transcendent experience of street basketball is the topic of two conversations with Onaje X. O. Woodbine, author of “Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball.” Woodbine grew up in the inner-city of Roxbury, Massachusetts, became a skilled street basketball player and attended Yale University on a basketball scholarship. After two years as a star player on the Yale team, he chose a different life path and quit.
After graduating from Yale, Woodbine earned his Ph.D. in religious studies from Boston University. His book, “Black Gods of the Asphalt” presents a social-anthropological view of this inner-city sport where coaches often assume the role of father, mentor and friend. He contrasts the lessons learned on the street basketball courts, with those learned at the predominantly white basketball courts and locker rooms of Yale University.
Onaje Woodbine visited with Radio Curious by phone on August 13, 2016, from his home in Andover, Massachusetts, and began by describing his relationship with his father, Dr. Robert Woodbine.
The book Dr. Onaje Woodbine recommends is “Jesus and the Disinherited” by Howard Thurman.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Germany, France 24, Japan, and Cuba.
New find Little Sparta encourages you to "Turn On The Radio" and tune this week for Celt In A Twist, a contemporary mix of Celtic rock, pop, jazz, funk and trad (from Stratford, Ontario's The Bookends) Plus, veterans of the craft like Runrig and Sinead O'Connor and another spin from supergroup The Ollam. Gems a plenty this week!
Our ride on the global side takes us to Portugal, Brazil, Chad, Serbia, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru, Ethiopia, Dominica, Mali, Puerto Rico and Australia, touching home base in Canada along the way. Free passage, zero blockades. Call shotgun and join us for an hour of World Beat Canada.
We're getting thrifty with our music, as we track down a couple tunes about going to thrift stores, a side trip to hawaii with some uke sounds, and bro country is a thing, so we spin a tune poking fun and the whole thing...oh sorry.....should say "tribute". Go cry in your beer if you don't like it.
On Bob Avakian's social media post: REVOLUTION # 114. What do you say to people who argue that there aren't really splits among the rulers, that they're "just all the same, and all no good"? Noche Diaz and Joe Veale take on bogus B.S. from Black social media "influencers" and hustlers telling Black people to stand down, and stay out of the streets during the April 5 national "Hands Off" protests. What's Behind the U.S.–Backed Genocide in Gaza?
Donald Trump's Humiliating Iran War Defeat the Most Significant Since Vietnam; In Another Attack on Free Speech, Trump DOJ Indicts 15 Minneapolis Anti-ICE Activists Pastor; Studies Find Serious Health Impacts on Formerly Incarcerated Older Adults.
