Episodes
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Ground Report: Mikhael Manekin
We’re back with our one-on-one series, Ground Report, where we sit down with an activist to have a conversation about who they are, what motivates them, and what kind of […]
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Echoes of Home
Our story follows Wasim Almasri, a Palestinian refugee, in his search for belonging in an imperfect homeland. As he attempts to navigate the complexities and multitudes within his own Palestinian […]
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Ground Report: Robi Damelin and the Parents Circle – Families Forum
We’re back this week with our one-on-one series, Ground Report, where we sit down with an activist to have a conversation about who they are, what motivates them, and what […]
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Three Bullets
Organized crime and violence within Arab communities in Israel is one of the top issues for most Palestinian citizens of Israel. This issue comes ahead of even the Palestinian Israeli […]
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Ground Report: Dov Khenin
This episode is different. Every month, in addition to our regular program, we’re going to release an episode where host Sally Abed sits down for a one-on-one, candid conversation with […]
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A Quiet Transfer
We’re going to the West Bank. On January 5, 2022, leading Palestinian activist Hajj Suleiman was run over and killed by a truck subcontracted by the Israeli police. Underneath the […]
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No Such Thing as a Partial Democracy
We’re starting the season off with a developing story: Historic protests are happening all across Israel. Many are afraid that new government policies will mark the end of any semblance […]
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Groundwork Season 2 Trailer
In our new season we tell stories of people on the front lines. Israel is about to have its most extreme-right wing government in the country’s history. Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit […]
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Episode 3: Haifa
The final episode on mixed cities is about Haifa. This port city is Israel’s third-largest city and likes to bill itself – though not without critique – as a place of more successful integration among its Jewish and Palestinian residents than in other parts of the country. During the war in May, there were clashes between the police and Palestinian protesters, alongside arson attacks, and attacks on stores. Many stood up to protest the violence, including longtime Haifa residents and activists, Jafar Farah and Merav Ben-Nun. Jafar is a civil rights campaigner who founded and directs Mossawa, a Haifa-based organization that promotes equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Merav is an expert in peace education and a founder of the bi-lingual Arabic and Hebrew Hand-in-Hand School in Haifa and a civil rights activist.
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Episode 2: Lod
The second episode on mixed cities is about Lod, also known as Lud or Lydd. It’s a working class city about 20 minutes from Tel Aviv, located close to Ben Gurion airport – Israel’s main international airport. In May, as war broke out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Lod became the epicenter of the worst inter-ethnic fighting between Israel’s own citizens since 1948. There were shootings in the streets, neighbors attacking one another, lynching, cars and homes burned. A state of emergency was declared. Two men were killed, one Jewish, the other a Palestinian citizen of Israel. Listen in for a conversation with Rula Daood of Standing Together and Dror Rubin, a community organizer. Both activists in the city see the violence as a wake-up call to change Lod.