
Occupied Thoughts
Hosted by Ahmed Moor and Peter Beinart and Lara Friedman · Occupied Thoughts by FMEP
3.8from 244 ratings
- 386
- Episodes
- 171
- Transcribed
- 244
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Occupied Thoughts
From the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), Occupied Thoughts amplifies the voices of FMEP grantees and partners, offers critical framing, and promote new ideas and new angles on the many issues connected to achieving justice, security, and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP works to defend and support Palestinian rights, end Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and ensure a just and secure future for Palestinians and Israelis. FMEP advances this goal through its grants program, public programming, and research. www.fmep.org
- Publisher
- Occupied Thoughts by FMEP
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Jul 2017
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
171 of 386 episodes have a transcript.

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Palestinian Struggle: the tip of the spear to moving towards a more just and egalitarian world

8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Barred from Knesset Elections: Sami Abu Shehadeh on the State of Israeli "Democracy"

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Settler Violence is Out of Control
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The Palestinian Struggle: the tip of the spear to moving towards a more just and egalitarian world
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's guided by ideology, strategy and organization. And you can't have one. So I'm being very simplistic here and sort of trying to present this in a way that's logical. But generally speaking, any liberation movement is grounded in certain ideological pillars. So these are values that the movement and adherence of the movement are committed to. And out of this ideology, out of the values that we're coming to the movement with, one develops a singular strategy. What is our strategy? The strategy really tends to answer the question of what is to be done. And only once we have an ideology and a strategy set out, can we then begin talking about organization. […]
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- Tareq Baconi
- Sami Abu Shehadeh
- Dalia Hatuqa
- Mahmoud Mushtaha
- Muhammad Shehada
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 158 ratings
- Spotify
- 2.8 / 5
- 86 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 94
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Who hosts Occupied Thoughts?
Ahmed Moor and Peter Beinart and Lara Friedman host the show. Published by Occupied Thoughts by FMEP.
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