Groundwork Podcast

Season 3 is out now!

Groundwork is a podcast about activists working in Israel and Palestine. Each week, we’ll talk to activists working on the ground everyday demand justice, peace, and equality for all, end the occupation, and stop the bloodshed. Join hosts Sally Abed, of Standing Together, and activist and comedian, Noam Shuster, as we return for a third season.

Groundwork is a partnership project of Alliance for Middle East Peace and New Israel Fund.

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LATEST EPISODES

A Mother’s Fight for Israel’s Hostages

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis fill the streets alongside Einav Zangauker, shouting, “Deal! Now!” Einav’s son Matan was taken hostage by Hamas almost one year ago, and she has since become a leading voice for the hostage families. Her demand is simple–that her son, and the rest of the hostages held in Gaza, come home. This episode tells the story of one mother’s fight, against great odds, to demand better, to bring her son home safely, and to lead a movement for change. This episode was reported by Dina Kraft and produced and edited by Julie Subrin. Groundwork is produced by Elisheva Goldberg, Nick Acosta, Yoshi Fields, Julie Subrin, and Dina Kraft. Scoring by Joel Shupack with music by Blue Dot Sessions. Theme music by System Ali. This show is a joint production between the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) and New Israel Fund. You can learn more about them on…

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Steadfastness in a West Bank Village

Last season, Elisheva Goldberg took us on a trip to Umm al Khair, a village in the West Bank carrying on the legacy of the late peace activist Hajj Suleiman. Now, amidst home demolitions and settler violence, we return to Area C for an update on the people living there and the solidarity movements working to support them. Listen back to Elisheva’s first piece, “A Quiet Transfer,” from Season 2 of Groundwork.

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Vivian Silver’s Legacy: From Grief to Action

On October 7th, Vivan Silver, a lifetime peace activist with Women Wage Peace, AJEEC-NISPED, Road to Recovery, and many more, was murdered in Kibbutz Be’eri. This week, we’re talking to her son, Yonatan Zeigen, about honoring her legacy through his own peace activism. Join us as we talk to Yonatan about his work and the challenges facing peace activists on the ground. Learn more about the Vivian Silver Impact Award, given to one Palestinian and one Jewish Israeli each year. Organizations supported or founded by Vivian Silver: AJEEC-NISPED (Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Equality, and Cooperation – Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Economic Development) is an Arab-Jewish organization for social change Road to Recovery is an Israeli Association of volunteers who drive Palestinian patients – primarily children – from checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza for life-saving treatments in Israeli hospitals. Women Wage Peace was founded in the…

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