In Episode 38 of The Enlightenment Podcast, Shamim and Hanan engage in a profound conversation with Mouin Rabbani, a Dutch-Palestinian analyst and writer renowned for his incisive commentary on Palestinian politics, international law, and Middle Eastern geopolitics.

Rabbani has dedicated his career to analyzing the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs.

He has held significant positions, including Senior Analyst and Special Adviser on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and Principal Political Affairs Officer with the United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Syria. Currently, he serves as a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Dialogue, and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). He is also a co-editor of Jadaliyya, where he also hosts the Connections podcast and co-hosts Long Form Conversations with Bassam Haddad.

Mouin is a staunch critic of the Oslo Accords, and opposed them from the very outset because they demonstrably failed to address the key issues of occupation and self-determination. His writings delve into themes of Zionism, settler colonialism, and the shortcomings of the so-called “peace process”. His analyses are featured in esteemed publications such as the London Review of Books, The Nation, and Middle East Report.

In this episode, Mouin discusses why the Oslo Accords have failed, how Western powers have enabled and sustained the Israeli occupation, and why Zionism must be understood as a settler-colonial project.

Mouin’s Work:

📰 Selected articles in The Nation, London Review of Books, and Middle East Report

→ https://www.thenation.com/authors/mouin-rabbani/ → https://www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/mouin-rabbani

🎧 Connections Podcast with Mouin Rabbani – Analyses on Palestine, geopolitics, and the Global South

→ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLkT5TSHWFSYKY_6vrNn_vZAmfunA_s9g

Referenced in the Episode:

📘 A History of False Hope: Investigative Commissions in Palestine by Lori Allen → https://www.amazon.com/History-False-Hope-Investigative-Commissions/dp/1503614182

📄 Tyranny of the Veto: PLO Diplomacy and the January 1976 United Nations Security Council Resolution by Colter Louwerse → https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363025715_Tyranny_of_the_Veto_PLO_Diplomacy_and_the_January_1976_United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution

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